Thursday, 9/28: Vocab + Relay, FROs, Outsiders, Lightning Round?!

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab + SAWs, FROs, SC, Outsiders, Husker Du.

Checking Pink Sheet: FROs Side 2, Part B.

“Vocab, 9/28.”
michael-maslin-hey-don-t-blame-me-i-don-t-make-the-laws-i-just-circumvent-them-new-yorker-cartoonpremonitionIt was ugs discovery...but it would be exploited by others.'Finding work may not make YOU happy but it would make me delirious!'

1.”Don’t blame me! I don’t make the laws, I just _____them!”
2. “What’s a _____, Joey?” “I knew you were going to say that!”
3. It was Ug’s discovery, but it would be____(ed) by others.
4. “Finding work may not make you happy, but it would make me _____(ly) happy.”
5. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
6. Dally’s [_____] ______(s) have landed him in jail more than once.   [  ] = one of last week’s vocab words = extra credit.
7. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.
8. Grandpa Simpson likes to ____ about his days as a young man when things were better.
9. The greasers and the Socs have agreed to a sort of _____-fire before the rumble. They have agreed not to fight until the big one.
10. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
11. * If you want to stay on top of your grade, you should take the ______, and check Powerschool regularly, and talk to the teacher if you see a problem.

 

VOCABULARY RELAY!

Correct Pink Sheet, Side 2, Part A. (5p)

NEW! Sentence Scrambles. Use every word. Do not break up the pieces any more. Rearrange until you get the right-sounding one. Write it down.

1a. as we roared
1b. Dally cussed
1c. and nearly tore out
1d. out of the Dairy Queen
1e. under his breath
1f. the transmission of the T-bird

 

2a. looked up from his scrambled eggs
2b. once upon a sunny morning
2c. who sat in a breakfast nook
2d. quietly nibbling the roses
2e. with a gold horn
2f. a man
2g. to see a white unicorn
2h. in the garden

 

Test Preview: Lightning Round! 10 Questions from tomorrow’s test! Earn at least 8 for extra credit!

 

  1. The adventurer’s ____(s) made for a great novel.  a) sullen  b) smolder  c) exploit  d) siege e) circumvent  f) NOTA
  2. It is sometimes fun to ___ a little brother or sister’s lack of savvy.  a) exploit  b) cease  c) juvenile  d) delirious e) circumvent  f) NOTA
  3. obey : ignore :: predict : ______  a) siege  b) circumvent  c) sullen  d) reminisce  e) delirious  f) NOTA
  4. The strange life of the llama.   a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  5. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  6. Why would Johnny be “having the time of his life” in the church?  a) He wants to pay back for what he did to Bob.  b) He feels needed for the first time.  c) He likes little kids.  d) He thinks the cops will go easy on him.  e) He secretly wants to die.  f) NOTA
  7. Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False
  8. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail?   a) Dally is proud of his past.  b) Dally is cold and mean.  c) Dally has jail savvy.  d) Dally cares about something.  e) NOTA
  9. The curtain opened the show began.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
  10. The scene in the burning church would be considered part of the _____ of the story.   a) climax  b) inciting action  c) exposition  d) rising action  e) falling action  f) resolution

 

The Outsiders.

 

 

Friday, 9/8: Test #3

Friday, 9/8/17.
Prep Test Sheet for Test #3:
KBARR: ___/15
        Vocab:  ___/6  ___/10   Verbs: ___/7
Other Extra Credit:

The guest teacher will check your kbar chart and write in your notebook. Be sure to record the number.

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


Trade and Grade. Correct answers = +1. Ignore wrong or missing answers.

Test #3.

You know what to do when you are finished.
Doodle Theme: Alien Invasion!

Here is this week’s Trackword Grid.

Thursday, 5/25 (9): YEE #4, Message to 6th Grade

  • How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the newspaper?

YEE #4. No need to panic…yet.

For those who have completed their YEE obligation, use a separate sheet of paper for your AlternaYEEs. Date it each time. Turn it in at the end for extra credit.

“AlternaYEE, 5/25.”  Anagrams! Each of the phrases below unscrambles into the name of a character from one of our books/stories. If the last name is given in the book, it is included in the anagram. Ignore any apostrophes, spaces or capitals. Use all the letters.

  1. Support A Disco
  2. Let Sin Rampage
  3. I Meet Greasers (It’s a trick!)
  4. Fun Biker Lyncher
  5. Fried Leech
  6. A Lilac Satin Wimp

 

 

 

Message to 6th Grade.  Singles or Partners (2x content).
Due by Next FRIDAY. It’s only homework if you don’t finish in class.

Form:

  • StoryboardThat! Comic (10+ panels)
  • Prezi?
  • Web Site?
  • Google Slides (15+)
  • Quiz (20+ questions.)
  • ???
Content:

  • Three Expectations vs. Reality
  • Three Good Things About Laguna
  • Three Pieces of Advice
  • One Euphemism?
  • Upbeat and Funny
  • Proofread!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rubric:

  • All Content Items (15)
  • Mechanics (20)
  • Effort (10)
  • Creativity (15)Total: 60

StoryboardThat! People:
If you have already used the site, log in with the account you already created. Just join this class too and save it there. If you are a Noob:

  1. Copy the following key: laguna
  2. Click the link below, and choose “I’m a new user.”
    Join StoryboardThat
  3. Click on the Google Button and sign in with your @student.slcusd.org username and password.
  4. Click I am a Student.
    a) The School is Laguna-MS.  b) The key is lagunaand  c) use your real first name and last initials.
  5. Scroll down to “Manage my Classes.”
  6. Join the appropriate class that begins with 2017-.
  7. The password is “cheese.”
  8. Click Create Storyboard.

HERE are some photos of Laguna to use in your project.

 

Tuesday, 5/23 (11): English B, Yee#2, Finish SBAC

“English B, 5/23.”

  1. The word theme, as it is used here, means…
  2. The word “true” in line #5 most likely means…
  3. “I am the only colored student in my class. …sit down and write this page”   He makes a big deal about how he gets home to do this paper because…
  4. (quote) Which line in the poem is about how his writing will be shaped by his experiences?
  5. Bop is a type of…
  6. Durham and Winston-Salem are cities in…
  7. Harlem is a neighborhood in…

  8. (Bonus) YMCA stands for…  _________  __________’s  ____________  ____________

 

YEE #2.

 

Finish SBAC Testing if Needed.
If you are finished:

  1. Do homework.
  2. Play the Word Game Challenge. You may try each game multiple times, but you only receive extra credit for each game once:

 

Monday, 5/15 (17): SRI, Debrief Test #33.

No homework this week. SBAC starts tomorrow. Bring your headphones!
2017 SBAC Daily Block Testing Schedules

SRI.

Click:  https://h100000583.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess
Click the blue RI icon on the lower left. Follow the directions. Make a note of your score.
The last time we did this was 3/31. With any luck, we should have improved. Right?

If you have Ms. Knuttila, Ms. Ahearn, or Mrs. Whitman, you have already taken this.

When we are finished, we will go over Test #33.