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Announcements:

1. Notebook audit on Friday.
2. Extra Credit Opportunity: Go here and join in the conversation. Comment thoughtfully on all four questions. Copy/paste your comments into a Google Doc or similar and submit them with your Outsiders project. You will receive bonus credit on your project.

“Lollys’, Lollys’, Lollys’, Get Your Adverbs Here!”

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(Copy!) Adverb: A word used to modify (describe) a verb, adjective, or another adverb. When?  Where?  How? 

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Example: Yesterday, I ran there very quickly, which I usually never do. (6 adverbs!)

“Adverb Practice, 10/27.” Copy each underlined word below, and say whether it is being used as an adjective, or an adverb. [+2 for all 6. +1 for 5/6.]

1. She jumped up suddenly, and left the room.
2. That oil painting is absolutely magnificent.
3. (2) At the pet shop, a cuddly, little kitten snuggled up to me, and I nearly bought it.
4. (2) The early bird gets the worm early.

 

Checking: Vocabulary Definitions.

“Vocabulary Practice, 10/27.” Write the answer.

1. _____ “Where’s the ‘Any’ key?”
2. _____ (Bonus for this guy’s name.)
3. _____
4. _____ (Bonus for what this is called. Further bonus if you actually spell the word correctly.)
5. (2) Which two vocabulary words this week have prefixes that mean not?
6. The codeine in your cough syrup is a ______ of the same plant that is used to make heroin.
7. Their relationship was rather _____, with many ups, downs, and in-betweens over the years.
8. Which vocabulary word has a prefix that means again?
9. Unlike the Socs, the greasers were considered to be _______ characters
10. The engineer was fired because he was ___ and couldn’t do his job properly.

 

 

The Midwife’s Apprentice.

What’s a midwife?
What’s an apprentice?
What was life like in 1300?
*What do you think the average life expectancy was back then?
*In those times, girls could be married off as young as..
*What percentage of children in those times died before the age of 5?
*At what age typically did children start working full time?

 MWA Aloud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcome to the Second Quarter! (No, grades do not start over.)

Copy homework into planner.

Debrief Test #9.

Outsiders Jeopardy!

 

4th period Assembly Schedule.

Prep Sheet for Test #9:
KoS Sheet: ___/35      Warm Ups: 10/21: ___/10  10/22: ___/5
Vocabulary H/w: ___/20     Vocabulary Practices: 10/20:___/12   10/21:___/10  10/22: ___/10
Other Extra Credit: May include: +1 for quadruped, +1 for Limburger, +3 for vocab relay.

 

Mental Floss

Test #9.

Doodle Theme: Go off on the existing doodle!

 

Tomorrow’s Test: KoS, Vocabulary, Outsiders, Husker Du.

You have 8 minutes for the warm up AND the vocab practice. You better get started. Don’t forget separate titles and dates.

“Warm Up, 10/22. KoS.” (5p) Write D, IMP, INT, or E. (Bonus: Answer #2.)

1. Do you know what Limburger is
2. Please tell me what Limburger is
3. Will you please tell me what Limburger is
4. It is soooo unfair that you won’t tell me what Limburger is
5. I know what Limburger is

“Vocabulary, 10/22.” (10p) Write the vocab word. All words used once except one.

1. (2) In the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” the tortoise is ______ and the hare is ______.
2. The lawyer’s argument was so _____ the jury acquitted his client.
3. The clown _____(tion) filled the parking lot with tiny cars.
4. compelling : boring :: scarce : _____
5. “Now, now, don’t be ______. Speak up!”
6. Most stores these days don’t ____ over the price.
7. His _____ facade hid a very dangerous person.
8. gossipy : discreet :: safe : ______
9. The only noun on the list: ______

 

Vocabulary Relay!

 

Outsiders.

Climax = ?

Ch9: What about Dally’s rant? Stay gold?

Ch10: Dally = gallant? Was his death sadder?

Ch. 11: Transition chapter. Falling action.  Ponyboy in _____.

Chapter 12: Falling action and Resolution.

Let’s read.

 

Checking: Vocab Show-Me-You-Know Sentences.

“Warm Up, 10/21.” For 1-6, write the answer. For 7-10, write D, IMP, INT, or E.

1. An interrogative sentence is more commonly known as a _____.
2. True/False? An imperative sentence always ends with an exclamation point.
3. The subject of an imperative sentence is always ____.
4. A sentence like you might find in an encyclopedia entry would be called a(n) ____ sentence.
5. A sentence where you instruct someone to do something is called a(n) ____ sentence.
6. True/False? An exclamatory sentence must contain an interjection such as wow, OMG, or oh.
   

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7. What kind of sentence is this
8. List three ways these animals are different
9. I can’t believe I ate the whole thing
10. The llama is a quadruped

 

“Vocabulary, 10/21.” Write the word. You will use words more than once.

1. “Nothing in the mail but junk mail and a death certificate.”
2. “Election years are the best time to land–they never notice us in all the _____.”
3. ______
4. ______
5. After he forgot his wife’s birthday, he had to _____ for several days before she forgave him.
6. He practiced the skate trick ______(ly) until he got it right.
7. My mom didn’t find my reasons for “needing” an X-Box8 very _____, so I was denied.
8. He was so hungry, he ate the food, ____ of the mold around the edges.
9. The warnings about the storm were ____. It was clear you needed to take cover.
10. compelling : boring  ::  cordial :  ____

 

Outsiders. LAST DAY TO FINISH ch 11 + activities:

• When you are finished with chapter 10: Come to my desk and choose one question, and answer it using at least one example from the book. You don’t have to write the question, but your answer should make the question obvious. Your response should be at least a paragraph long. Give your post an appropriate and creative title.
• Go get a Chapter 10 Quiz (yellow) from the stack. Do not write on the sheet! In your notebook, write the letter and the first four words of the answer.  Open Book! Return the sheet to the pile.
• Read ch 11. Answer the following questions in your notebook under the title, “Chapter 11.”
  1. Pony says he hopes that Bob’s parents hate him for the death of their son. a) True   b) False
  2. Randy says that the only thing he’s felt in a long time is…
  3. Pony says that the only feeling he’s had in a while has been…
  4. Pony insists that he was the one that killed Bob, and that Johnny is alive. This is a stage of grief called…
  5. What does Darry do in Chapter 11 that “he’s never done” before?
• Get an SE Hinton Profile (white) from the stack and read it. In your notebook, answer questions 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 in your notebook under the title, “SE Hinton.”
• Done? Work on homework.