Wednesday, 9/4: Fastbridge Reading

Chromies out.

Check your headphones before starting Fastbridge.

  • https://slcusd.illuminatehc.com/login
  • Sign in with Google (red button).
  • Continue to Portal.
  • Select Fastbridge Learning from the sidebar.
  • Fast Track Reading.
  • Do the aReader and the AutoReader (Do all of the mini tests.)
  • Do anything that says Reading until they’re all gone

If you finish early, work on your Messy Room. (Due to be shared with me by tomorrow!)
Make sure you have:

  • Name and Period typed on the document itself.
  • Paragraphs.
  • 350 words or more.
  • Spell-checked and proofread.
  • Come up with a groovy title.
  • Shared it with me: mcoward@slcusd.org.

It that is finished, you may work on homework from other classes or sign up for tutorial for Friday.

Tuesday, 9/3: Homework, Sentence Scramble, Debrief test #2, Outsiders, (Plot Mountain?)

Copy homework into planner:

Note the new day for the Messy Room and 3/4 page for KBARR response.


“Sentence Scramble, 9/3.” Use every word. Do not break up the pieces. DO NOT ADD ANY WORDS. Rearrange the chunks until you get the right-sounding sentence. Write it down. There might be more than one way (bonus)!

  • the roast pig
  • immediately stick
  • when
  • an apple
  • is finished
  • in its mouth
  • to learning
  • used for cheating
  • because they cause distractions
  • cell phones are banned
  • and are sometimes
  •  in most schools

Debrief Test #2. Hmmm. Maybe we should study. You will see several of these questions AGAIN on Friday!


Messy Room Samples.

PLEASE TYPE YOUR NAME AND PERIOD ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF!!!!


The Outsiders aloud.

PLOT Mountain. Copy into your notebook on a fresh page! You will get to use it on tests. If you finish copying early, decorate it!

Where on The Mountain?

  1. “And they lived happily ever after.”
  2. The 5 W’s usually are given here.
  3. Nemo gets taken.
  4. Where most of the action usually occurs.
  5. Dad finds Nemo in Finding Nemo.
  6. A book with a sequel will sometimes leave out which two parts?

Friday, 8/30: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #2

 

Tutorial Schedule. After Break, go to the tutorial you chose earlier this week.

Have a great 3-day Weekend!


Prep sheet for Test #2:

KBARR:___/24  (I’m coming to see it and give you that number.)

SMYK: ___/10 (Yesterday!)

Vocabulary Practices: 8/27:___/13 (Tuesday)  8/28: ___/13  (Wednesday)

Other Bonus: Period 5 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3 and 6 get +1.


Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

  1. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with  him? (Note: It asks how many animals, not how many pairs.)
  2. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.
  3. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? (Alert: math.)
  4. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school? (Not a trick, just math.)
  5. If everybody in the world jumped off a cliff, would you? Why/not? (No credit without correct reason!!)
  6. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef

Test #2.

Doodle Theme: WEIRD Planet!!!

Thursday, 8/29: S/V, Vocab + Relay, Outsiders

Tomorrow’s Test: S/V/A, Vocab, Outsiders. Link to preview after period Four.

Checking SMYK’s!

KBARR chart and 1 page of response due tomorrow!


“S/V/A, 8/29”  For each sentence below: First name the Subject and Predicate, then list the Adjectives. Each sentence has one of each.

  1.  With a loud groan, the llama finally started his homework.
  2. The next llama in line was Steven.
  3. What is the real subject of this sentence?
  4. I am wet.
  5. In my silly dream, a llama dreamed of me.

Review of Messy Room Assignment.

Assignment:  “My Room is Such a Mess” (don’t call it that, though) due next Wednesday, 9/4. 
Show me the most nightmarish room imaginable. I want to feel, see, hear, taste (ewww), smell everything.
1 page (350+ words), Google Doc with a title shared with memess(y), gross, disgusting, dirty, stinky, etc. No opinions, just *WDILL?

(*What Does It Look Like? Smell like? Sound like? Etc.)


“Vocab, 8/29.” Each word used exactly once!

  1. The roots of this word meant “to kick restlessly from pain.” ____
  2. The root of this word means “believe.” ____
  3. The root of this word meant “face.” ____
  4. The roots of this word meant “cocky, aggressive.” ____
  5. The root of this word meant “pretending to be dumb.” ____
  6. The root of this word meant “at a distance.” ____
  7. The root of this word meant “to elect.” ____
  8. The root of this word meant “to hate.” ____
  9. The roots of this word meant “finely dressed.” ____
  10. The root of this word meant “to have enough.” ____
  11. The root of this word meant “to confuse.”

Vocab Relay!

 


Outsiders Test Preview.

  1. When Cherry says that she “kind of admires” Dally, this is ironic.  a) True  b) False
  2. “It was almost four months ago…” This begins an example of…
  3. “Not over his dead body…”  This is an example of…
  4. Cherry’s explanation for the difference between Socs and greasers is…
  5. Cherry finds herself able to talk to Pony better than her “friends” because…

Outsiders aloud.

Wednesday, 8/28: Warm Up, S/V, Vocab, Outsiders

“Warm Up, 8/28.” (10) Write the ANSWER not the letter for #7.

  1. “Two-Bit nodded wisely. ‘Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.’”  Adjectives?
  2. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  3. they:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  4. “Mr. Morton is the ______ of the sentence, and what the ________ says, he does.”
  5. What is the verb in the sentence, “I am wet”?
  6. Only two words on our vocab list are verbs. Which two?
  7. Even though words like gross, ugly, fun, and weird are technically adjectives, they are really _____, and not ______.  a) descriptions, modifications  b) opinions, adjectives  c) opinions, descriptions  d) modifiers, descriptions  e) articles, opinions

“Subjects and Verbs, 8/28.” Name the SUBJECT and PREDICATE of each sentence below. Each answer should be two words only!

  1. It was a long climb up Mount Cheddar with my llama.
  2. The llama with the grin on his face asked a dumb question.
  3. In his dream, the llama thought of running in the grass.
  4. The llama, in the course of the dodgeball game, took one to the face.
  5. The surprise party really cheered up the llama.

“Vocab, 8/28.”

 
aloof, elite, wince, elude, incredulous, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, facade, ironic, asset

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. Organization and listening skills are good ____(s) to have, especially in middle school.
  7. Ponyboy _____(ed) when Marcia asked why Soda wasn’t in school. It always pained him to think about it.
  8. The root of this word means “believe.” _____
  9. Dally spat ______(ly) as he thought about what the Socs did to Johnny.
  10. Maybe his cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings.
  11. mask : facade :: resource : _____
  12. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me.
  13. When Cherry says that she “kind of admires” Dally, this is ironic.  a) True  b) False

The Outsiders aloud