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“Spelling, 10/25” COPY!!

1. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
2. rewrite : revision :: story : ______ 
3. purpose : function :: guideline : _______
4. locker : storage :: _____ : security
5. soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
6. What spelling rule do these words follow?

“Vocab, 10/25.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, transgression, aghast, ebb, boon, stanch

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
6. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
7. The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
8. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
9. Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
10. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
11. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be.
12. (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.

“Scramble, 10/25.” (teemed = was full of) (p75 – 2nd paragraph)
Bonus: The original actually has a mistake. What is it?

• and the inn teemed
• or coming home
• soon it was Christmas
• going away
• with folk

“TMA, 10/25.”

1. On p26, what does the word “laden” mean? (middle paragraph)
2. Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? (p29)
3. What is the “heat and light within” Beetle on p32 referring to?

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18WvFnBwcUqISiyXlf1ntcwXLCANCtrj9nRz6_7fntNs/edit?usp=sharing

“Spellling, 10/24.”  Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.”
NOT COLLABORATIVE! DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR SPELLING LIST!

1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) beleivable  d) all correct
2. a) insurence  b) security  c) separately  d) all correct
3. a) cooperation  b) moveable  c) ignorance  d) all correct
4. a) maturity  b) narrative  c) creative  d) all correct
5. What is the rule that this week’s spelling words follow?
6. Bonus: Find the other spelling mistake in this warm up.

Copy homework into planner.

“Sentence Scramble, 10/24.”

• saw witches and devils
• and fear lived
• suddenly
• everywhere
• in every cottage
• the whole village

What kind of sentence did you end up with? S? CD? CX?

Debrief  Test #9. Yay! Better!

TMA Ch4/5

Prep Sheet for Test #9:

KBARR: ___/24     Vocabulary Practices: ___/12   ___/12   ___/13 Influencers: ___/5 TMA: __/5
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss:

1. Mr. Cheeselog wasted lots of money every day for years, and now he is a millionaire. How?
2. Wacky Wordy. What phrase is represented here?
   Spring – Hola   Summer – Bonjour   Fall – Hello   Winter – Aloha
3. A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for two one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight. Why weren’t the one hundred dollar bills taken?
4. Bob was having a big party. He decided on a technique to get lots of people to come. He invited his five closest friends and said that they could each invite 4 people.  Each of those could invite 3. Each of those could invite 2. Each of those could invite 1. Overall, how many people did Bob invite to his party?
5. What is special about this letter arrangement?
   umop
6. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

Test #9

Doodle Theme: Free the Doodle!

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du, Vocab, Influencers, TMA. Preview here.

“Warm Up, 10/20.” Which version of the underlined word is correct?

1. Neither Jack nor Jill understand(s) the danger of that hill.
2. Both Jack and Jill know(s) what to do when a llama attacks.
3. Either Jack or Jill is/are going to the party but not both.
4. Whether Jack or Jill go(es) doesn’t matter to the llama.
5. Whether Jack and Jill go(es) is not important.
6. The fire in the church. (PM)
7. Dally, Pony, and Johnny go to the movies. (PM)
8. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas. F? RO? CS?
9. After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.  S?  CD?  CX?

10. Copy and Punctuate: what did you do asked the llama it looks bad

“Vocab, 10/20.”

5. Pokemon Live was a worldwide ____ for awhile.
6. I cannot _____ cheating in class. (Not validate.)
7. The root of this word was Old French for “imagine or create.”
8. The root of this word meant “made legal.”
9. Ponyboy thought that the greasers should be treated with more _____ by the Socs; they were just as good as they were.
10. (2) We should be very _____ of the _____ world of social media; it’s not what it seems.
11. The root of this word was Latin for “raising up”?
12. Write a derivative of the word child. (Not a plural) _____

Medieval Cottage

“TMA, 10/20.”  In England, Lady Day was New Year’s Day (i.e. the new year began on 25 March) from 1155 until 1752.

1. True or False? Sleeping in the dung heap, Brat dreamed of “snug cottages, and warm bread, and mothers who hugged their babies.”
2. What made the midwife decide to take Beetle home? (“Quote” a line from the book.)
3. Why does Beetle not resist the bullies?
4. Why do you think Beetle saved the cat? (Don’t say she felt sorry for it.)
5. Why did Beetle cuss at the cat instead of talking nicely?

Chapter 3—>

 

“Warm Up, 10/19.”

1. The greasers win the rumble.  (Plot Mountain)
2. Two-Bit is relieved when Ponyboy picks up the broken bottle.  (Plot Mountain)
3. Pony is in denial about Johnny’s death.  (Plot Mountain)
4. Alice learns to walk and speak again in her new body.  (Plot Mountain)
5. I think that llama is _____.  (they)
6. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (teacher)
7. We don’t have to walk since the llama has a truck with lots of room. S? CD? CX?
8. Copy and punctuate: Who said no pain no gain

“Vocab, 10/19.”
 

6. Part of being kind is treating everyone with _____.
7. The prefix of this word means “not.”
8. He bought his computer from a(n) ____ dealer, and when it broke the next day, they told him he was out of luck.
9. Everyone said they would ____by the judgment of Mom.
10. It’s always best to be ______about what you see on social media.
11. Ponyboy was _____(ed) by the dream of a better life, but it always seemed just out of reach.
12. The root of this word meant “to draw water into a channel.”

The Midwife’s Apprentice.  Takes place ca. 1300.

What’s a midwife?
What’s an apprentice?
What was life like in 1300? We’re going to find out.

Maybe??! IF you have your chromebook.

Possible Topics: The funny names.  Stay Gold.  Darry as Dad. Soc v Greaser and feelings.  Hair and haircuts. Fashion and coolness.  Johnny and Dally. Fire in the church. Living situation. Do it for Johnny. The rumble.