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Late Start Schedule.

Bonus Warm Up: Why do we have a Leap Day (like today) every four years?

Copy homework into planner. Please note new day for interviews. (I will be gone on Thursday.)

Finish and Correct Test #24.

Warm Up, 2/29. Copy the 10 spelling words. Then write the answer, chosen from the list, for each of the analogies. No need to copy the analogies themselves.

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 audible, reliable, available,  incredible, equipped,  abbreviate, necessary, villain, beginning, edible

1.  climax : end :: exposition : ______
2.  (2) food : ______ :: music : ________
3. protagonist : hero :: antagonist : _______
4. rigid : flexible :: optional : _______

 

If time: Vladek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking: KBARResponding.

Prep Sheet for Test #24.
Vocabulary Homework: ___/20
Vocabulary Practices: ___/12  ___/12  ___/13
Warm Ups: ___/5  ___/6  ___/6
Other Extra Credit may include: per 1,4,5 +3 and per 3 +2 for vocab relay, +1-4 for Lightning Round, +1 or 2 for Prepositions, +1 for EBOLA!!!!!)

Mental Floss.

1. Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit.  However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it and why? (Yes, they’re all real places.)
   Arrawarra (Australia), Caraparac (Peru), Daba Qabad (Somalia),  Krape Park (United States),  Ilokano (Polynesia), Nagubugan (Philippines),  Oktahatko (United States)
2. What color is represented by this “word”?   BRLEUDE
3. Cross out six letters and you’ll find an easy word. What is the word?  SBAIXNLETATNERSAS
4. Wacky Wordy:   AMUOUS
5. The same 3-letter word can be placed in front of the four following words to create a new word. What word?
   PUT,  BREAK,  SIDE,  STANDING
   
6. A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have? (Alert: math)

 

Test #24.
ALERT: Please answer the following at the bottom of the test as  Question #38:

 (3) Artie tells Pavel that Vladek, in addition to being lucky, was “…amazingly present-minded and resourceful.”  Give at least three examples from anywhere. I do not want any “bunker” examples; nothing to do with “hiding.” There are plenty of other ones.

Doodle Theme: A new invention.

Clickers: YES!?

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling (like today’s Lightning Round), Vocabulary, Prep-O-Sitions, a bit o’ Vladek.

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Put down your pens and grab your clickers… It’s time for…
Lightning Round for Spelling. (Pssst. This is tomorrow’s spelling section. Almost)

1. a) correspond  b) arrangment  c) illegible  d) all correct
2. a) assortment  b) irregular  c) illiterate d) all correct
3. a) attempt  b) accostumed  c) immature  d) all correct
4. a) irresponsible  b) illogical  c) immeasureable  d) all correct
5. a) irresistible  b) accompany  c) irreplacable  d) all correct
6. a) illeagal  b) account  c) assure  d) all correct
7. a) immigrant b) irrational  c) beginning  d) all correct
8. Which word follows the “drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel” rule?  a) arrangement  b) irreplaceable  c) irresponsible  d) illiterate  e) NOTA
9. All but one of the i- words this week mean “____ something.”  a) to do  b) with  c) extra  d) not  e) NOTA
10. Which spelling word has a prefix that means “together”?  a) immigrant  b) assure  c) accompany  d) correspond  e) NOTA

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“Vocabulary, 2/25.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. “Why yes, Your Honor. That would make me his _____.”
4. Satan, disguised as a snake, _____(ed) Eve into eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
5. Before they can make plastic, oil must be _____(ed) from the ground.
6. control : regulate :: speak for : ______
7. His farm tries to use _____ methods so they don’t completely use up the resources of the land.
8. The car is 10 years old, but it’s still in _______ condition because the owner was obsessive about taking care of it.
9. His neighbor’s car, on the other hand, has already been _____(ed) to the junkyard.
10. The protesters _______(ed) for the release of the political prisoner.
11. polluted : pristine :: fair : ______(ed)
12. preparation : foresight :: rule : _____(ion)
13. discourage : seduce :: promote : _______

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Vocabulary Relay!

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Prep-O-Sitions. Preview of Tomorrow’s Test.
How, When, Where = Adverb. Which One, What Kind = Adjective.

1. The Unikitty with the pink fur ate a doughnut.    a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
2. I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
3. That field of corn will be gone within a year.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
4. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother’s house.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
5. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after him.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
6. Timmy mailed the letter to his grandma in the post office.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase

Bonus: What is wrong with #6?
Do Part D on Worksheet.

 

Vladek!

“Warm Up, 2/24.”  * = spelling. COPY 1-4!

1. * ripe : immature :: common : ______ (Not immeasurable, but still 2 more.)
2. * school : assignment :: bank : _____
3. * try : attempt :: promise : _____
4. * illicit : illegal :: seductive : ______
5. * Which spelling word(s) follow(s) the “drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel” rule?
6. * Which spelling word(s) is/are an exception to that rule?

 

“Vocabulary, 2/24.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. If you had the _____ to invest in Apple years ago, you would be rich now.
5. The government _____(s) how much lead may be found in our water supply. (Except if you live in Flint, Michigan.)
6. I don’t want to _____ you against the movie, but I thought the book was much better.
7. “When we’re done,” one top water exec said, “tap water will be _______(ed) to showers and washing dishes.”
8. At first,  bottled water was  a “_______ product.” That’s one that is sort of weird and “out there.” Like oxygen bars or pet rocks.
9. middle : fringe :: enemy : _______
10. rule : regulation :: preparation : _______
11. (2) “Have you ever noticed how bottled water labels try to _______ us with pictures of mountain streams and _______ nature?”

 

Prep-O-Sitions!

 Prepositions Worksheet Part C.

C. Add prepositional phrases to each short sentence and rewrite it. Add the type of phrase(s) indicated.

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

 

 

Vladek. Why do you think Vladek is still so racist? Why does he not see what a hypocrite he is?

 

 

“Warm Up, 2/23.” COPY 1-4! * = spelling word.

1. * sloppy : illegible :: huge : _____
2. * illogical : irrational :: usual : _______
3. * police : arrest :: pen pal : ______
4. * Which spelling word has a prefix that means “together”?
5. (2) All of this week’s spelling words that begin with i-, except one, use the first two letters to mean _____.  Which i- word is the exception?

 

Prep-O-Sitions.

Read and do 1-7 (Part A and B) on sheet.

 

“Vocabulary Practice, 2/23.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. His group is on the political ____. They are at the very edge of what most people believe.
6. The machines __________ the juice from the apples.
7. He _______(ed)  people into following him by telling them lies in a very charming and persuasive way.
8. The violence in that city has gotten out of hand; it has now reached ________ proportions.
9. When you read or hear something, remember to look for that person’s _______. How they feel about the subject can affect what facts they present.
10. Some bottled water companies claim they are helping to fight the obesity ______ with their product.
11. (2) Your lawyer is supposed to be your _____ in court, explaining your side of the story; he is supposed to be _____(ed).

 

Vladek.
Discussion.  The blurb from the Washington Post on the back of Maus says, “A quiet triumph, moving and simple–impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to achieve in any medium but comics.”  Do you agree with this? Why or why not? Can we find evidence/examples from the book to prove your point?