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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. (January 27)

Prep sheet for Test #18:

KBARR: ___/24     Vocab Practice: ___/13 ____/13   ___/13    Vladek: ___/5

Other Extra Credit: Period 6 gets +2 for vocab relay, all others get +1.

Mental Floss.

1. There is a building with thirty stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?
2. What two words contain the most letters?
3. Wacky Wordy: my you’re way
4. Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words? (Hint: Sing them to yourself.)
   gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den
5. Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
   • a) “Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves.”
   • b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage.
   • c) “Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!”
   • d) “Sam, arsenic is poisonous! I read about it on the internet.”

Test #18.

Tomorrow’s Test: Prepositions, Vocab, Vladek, Husker Du. Preview.

“Prepositions, 1/26.”Write out the completed sentences.

1. The dream was exciting.  –Add an adjective prep phrase that tells what kind of dream it was.
2. (2) I was running. –Add two adverb prep phrases about how, when, or where you were running.
   
3. (2) Turtles were chasing me. –Add an adjective (turtles) AND and adverb (chasing) prep phrase.

“Prepositions Pretest, 1/26.” 10/10 = EXEMPT from the Prepositions section of the test tomorrow. NOT COLLABORATIVE! ANSWER NOT LETTER!

1. A prepositional phrase must always end with a… a) preposition  b) verb  c) clause  d) noun or pronoun  e) NOTA
   Prepositional Phrase   or     Not a Prepositional Phrase
2. As the llama rode down the street, he waved to all his fans.
3. As the llama rode down the street, he waved to all his fans.
4. The llama with pink fur ate a doughnut while playing Fortnite.
5. The llama with pink fur ate a doughnut while playing Fortnite.
6. The llama was going to skip on his way home from Gramma’s House.
7. The llama was going to skip on his way home from Gramma’s House.
8. The llamas in the accident were treated for their injuries.
9. The llamas in the accident were treated for their injuries.
10. I saw a llama riding his bike along the highway.

“Vocab, 1/26.” ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Towards the end of the book, Vladek gets very ____ and weak because of his health issues.
6. Vladek is so ____, he spent four hours unpacking, refolding and then repacking their luggage.
7. He spoke in an _______ voice about the upcoming battle which they would probably lose.
8. The roots of this word mean “to pass through.” _____
9. The root of this word meant “loose or too easy.” _____
10. The root of this word was Latin for “everywhere.” _____
11. The root of this word meant “not modest.”
12. (2) When your sadness is _____(ed), your soul has found ___. (Awww.)

Vocab Relay!

Vladek.

Excerpts at 41:20  and 49:03.

MAUS  II.  Chapter 3 – 4

SMYK’s due.

“Prepositions, 1/25.”  Write the prepositional phrases you find in each sentence. Each sentence has two.

1. The family of llamas camped by the lake because it was peaceful.
2. I found an old photo of a toothless llama in the attic, and Mom made me throw it away.
3. Llamas live in burrows and under brush, and they are cute.
4. Llamas have been used for transportation in many places, but that is not a llama.
5. Among the people honored at the banquet, the llama really stood out.
6. Three llamas fell off the boat when the storm hit out of nowhere.

“Vocab, 1/25.” ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.
5. It is taking us awhile to ______ the concepts of compound and complex sentences.
6. The smell of brownies _____(ed) the house and made me very hungry.
7. With about 40,000 locations worldwide, Subway Sandwich places are _____.
8. Mr. Coward is not happy about Zoltan’s less than _____ papers. They are very difficult to decipher, and scores might get entered incorrectly.
9. The roots of this root mean “to be like.”
10. The original root of this word meant “fear.” (As in fear of failure?)
11. The root of this word means “to throw.”
12. (2) Whenever she was _____, she always seemed to find _____ in her music.

Vladek…

“Maus Check, 1/25.”

1. p212, panel three, the one on the left. _____
2. p212, second to last panel, the one talking. _____
3. p221, first panel, the one on the right. _____
4. How did Vladek manage to get over to Birkenau and actually see Anja?
5. p228, second to last panel, the one in stripes. _____

Book 2, Chapter 3: “And Here My Troubles Began”

ATTENTION: FINALLY A LINK TO MAUS FOR ABSENTEES: Book 2

Definitions due.

“Prepositions, 12/15.” For 1-10: Copy the boldfaced, underlined “phrase” and say PP (Prepositional Phrase) or no PP. (LOL)
Bonus: What’s wrong with #10 For #11: Write the sentence.

1. As the llama rode down the street, he waved to all his fans.
2. As the llama rode down the street, he waved to all his fans.
3. The llama with pink fur ate a doughnut while playing Fortnite.
4. The llama with pink fur ate a doughnut while playing Fortnite.
5. That llama will be gone within a year or two.
6. That llama will be gone within a year or two.
7. The llama was going to skip on his way home from Gramma’s House.
8. The llama was going to skip on his way home from Gramma’s House.
9. I saw a llama riding his bike along the highway.
10. The llama told us about the great vacation he had at lunch.
11. Combine the following three sentences into ONE SIMPLE sentence using prep phrases.
    • A girl rode her unicycle.
    • Down the street is where she went. (down)
    • She had a llama-shaped balloon.   (with)

“Vocab 1/24.”
  
ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. After he missed the tying field goal, the kicker was _____ for days.
6. The goal of immigrants used to be _____(ion), but these days people are proud of their differences.
7. When the little girl gets tired, she gets ____, and pouts about everything.
8. The light in the room didn’t seem to come from any one source; it just sort of ______(ed)  the walls, casting a soft glow.
9. Since they were so tired, they walked at a very _____ pace.
10. By definition, memes are _______.
11. When Anja died, Vladek expected Artie to give him _____, not the other way around.
12. The root of this word means “omen.”
13. The roots of this word mean “change to sweet.”

“Vladek Review, 1/24.” These are on the test Friday!

1. How does Pavel try to show Artie what Auschwitz felt like?  
2. What makes Art shrink down again on p207?
3. What’s a barrack (aka a block)?
4. Why does the tin shop foreman, Yidl, dislike Vladek? 
5. What does Vladek do to change Yidl’s opinion?
6. What was Appel?
7. Who helps Vladek establish and maintain contact with Anja?
8. What was a Selektion?

Vladek…. to p234 at least.

ATTENTION: FINALLY A LINK TO MAUS FOR ABSENTEES: Book 2

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KlyHWThq59suQTf9yk2JGddPkxxH_En8vkTVhC0BGJ8/edit?usp=sharing

KINDNESS WEEK!

Copy homework into planner.

“Prepositions! (COPY)   A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. It is ALWAYS part of a phrase.  TIME, DIRECTION, LOCATION.

“Over the hills and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go.”

DO NOT USE THE SAME WORD TWICE! Copy the boldfaced underlined parts.

“Prepositions, 1/23.”

1. My llama was lying ____ the couch.
2. The llama ____ the counter was rude.
3. The llama flew the chopper ____ the clouds.
4. The llama who sits ____me is annoying.
5. The llama ____ the bridge is a troll.
6. The llama looked ___ the window.
7. The llama bought a can ___ beans.
8. The llama trudged ___ the hill.
9. (2) The llama went ____ me ___ the store.

Debrief Test #17.

Vladek!