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I will be checking last week’s KBAR responses and today’s vocab definitions.
Guest Teacher Class Ratings: Per 1: 9.  Per 3: 10!  Per 5: 9.  Per 6: 9.

Warm Up, 9/15/15. All vocabulary. No need to copy. Always be prepared to explain your reasoning. You will use words more than once.

1. _____ (Fill in the blank for the cat.)
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (Bonus for the name of the Greek mythological character.)
5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with.
6. I waited until Mom’s anger ___(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
7. Listening to music is not ______ to studying.
8. Since I studied, I _____(ed) myself quite well on the test.
9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
10. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one.
11. I was ____________ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.

Correct Test #3.

“Messy Room” Samples.

The Outsiders.

Welcome Guest Teacher!

I. Copy homework into assignment books. Guest teacher hands out vocab sheets.

II. Go to library for orientation from Mrs. Schwoerer! Yes, I will ask questions on the test about it.

III. Thank you.

I. Prep your Sheet for Test #3:

KBAR Response: ___/10   KBAR Chart: ___/15 (To be filled in by the guest teacher)  Wednesday’s Warm Up ___/12.

Other extra credit might include:

• Spelling Word Practice (+3)
• 90% + on Adjective Practice Quiz (+2)
• Hoops (+?)

II. Mental Floss.

1. In a certain city, 5% of all persons in town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from the city’s phone directory, how many of the people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?
2. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with  him? (Note: It asks how many animals, not how many pairs.)
3. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.
4. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? (Alert: 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 #3.

Doodle Theme: Alien Invasion!

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, Warm Ups, Adjectives, Outsiders, but mostly Husker Du. Leave your KBARResponse out next to your computer.

I. Meet in Computer Lab (G2) for STAR reading test. Directions:

• Sit at the computer with the same number as your clicker.
• Log in with your school computer username and password. (Not your Google login! NO @!!)
• Click: Start (Windows Logo)–All Programs–Applications–StarReader–StarReader 242-S.
• Find and double-click on your class period on the list: “Mr. Coward’s ___ Period.”
• Find and double-click on your name. The list is alphabetical by last name. If you don’t see your name on the list, come see me immediately.
• THIS TIME THE PASSWORD IS YOUR INITIALS: If your name is Jimmy Cheeselog, your STAR password would be jc.
• Once the test begins, your mouse no longer works. Use the number keys to select the correct answer and press ENTER. The first three are easy practice ones to show you how it works.  GO!
• When you are finished, click Stop Testing and exit the program.
  

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• Follow this link and take the adjectives practice quiz. If you score 90% or better, you are ready for adjectives tomorrow. Call me over for extra credit!

Back to the classroom for Outsiders!

Tomorrow: Please meet in the G2 Computer lab next door to the library. Be sure to know (or have with you) your school username and password.

“Warm Up, 9/9/15.” Copy 1-6! The answers will be spelling words. Write the answers for 7 and 8. For 9 and 10, list the adjectives you find in each sentence (if any).

1. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
2. painful : pleasurable :: together : _____
3. rewrite : revision :: story : ______ 
4. locker : storage :: _____ : security
5. house : stationary :: trailer : _____
6. soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
   

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7. The reason we drop the last e from a word like narrate  before we add an ending like ive,  is that… a) Narrate ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending ive  also ends with an e.  c) The ending ive  begins with a consonant  d) The ending ive  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending ive  begins with a vowel.
8. The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like separate before we add an ending like -ly, is that…  a) Separate ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending -ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA
   

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9. My pink llama swam smoothly across the calm seas to his hidden lair.
10. I climbed Mt. Cheese only to find that the view was disappointing.

Show-not-Tell Practice.
Use a separate sheet. Do not put your name on it.
Joey was…

1. afraid
2. excited
3. bored
4. happy
5. sad
6. angry
7. silly

You have 5 minutes to write 3+ sentences that SHOW what Joey LOOKS/SOUNDS like. You can’t state any opinions. Just show what he’s doing  and what he looks/sounds like as clearly as you can.  You are trying to SHOW how Joey is feeling, not tell us.
Then I mix them up and we read them and the rest of us try to decide which Joey you had. REMEMBER: NO TELLING.

Example: You can’t say, “He was starting to get sleepy…” It has to be something like, “His eyelids drooped for a second and then snapped open again. His head sagged to the side…”

The Outsiders…