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Tomorrow’s Test: Apostrophes, Vocab, This week’s reading.

“Apostrophes, 4/6.”

1. The first digital music players appeared in the ____. (90)
2. The _____ house has the best garden gnome. (Castillo)
3. _____ idea was it to invite him?  (Who)
4. _____ dog looks like a buffalo.  (Alexis)
5. (2) The _____ volleyball team has _____ last home game today. (girl, they)

“Euphemisms, 4/6.”
Bonus: Euthanasia is a euphemism for…  Bonus II: The prefix eu means… ________

1. intentionally inaccurate statement
2. monthly accommodation payment
3. governmental revenue ($) enhancement
4. chronologically advanced
5. friendly fire
6. encore telecast

“Vocab, 4/6.”  Each word once plus one SAW.
             

Vocabulary Relay! Original Stylie!

Together with your group, “translate” the poem.

1. What does she mean when she says “‘Tis the Majority In this as ALL, prevail…”?
2. What is the message of the poem?
3. Give the poem a title that isn’t the first line.

What does the expression, “The end justifies the means” mean?

“The Earth Men.”  Collaborative and Open Book. Write the answers not the letters. 

1. The best word(s) to describe most Martians’ reaction to the Earth men would be… a) fear. b) anger. c) indifference. d) politeness. e) none of the above.
2. What does the captain say that finally makes Mr. Aaa stop and listen to him?   a) “All the way from Earth.”  b) “Mr. Ttt sent us to see you.”  c) “Earth. Rocket. Men. Trip. Space.”  d) “We came sixty million miles.”  e) “We’re from Earth.”
3. What is it the Earth men want from the Martians?  a) Land. b) They want the Martians to surrender. c) Recognition. d) Goods to trade with Earth. e) All of the above.
4. Even though it doesn’t really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What’s the point?  a) To show how weird the Martians are. b) To show us a glimpse of what Martian life is like. c) He’s comparing the Earth men to the spider; they are just toys that the Martians play with. d) To show that the girl really isn’t interested in the man’s story. e) B and D.
5. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is…   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology
6. “Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor…” (p23)  a) flashback  b) foreshadowing  c) metaphor  d) simile  e) NOTA
7. What was the Martian’s explanation for the rocket?
8. (quote) Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain?
9. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?
10. Which sense is your tactile sense?
11. What is the climax of the story?

Wednesday, 4/5/17 — Welcome Guest Teacher!

“Apostrophes, 4/5.”

1. (2) Do you know _____ _____?  (you, ABC)
2. We are going to the ______  for dinner.  (Lopez – all of them.)
3. Please make sure you cross all the ____ in your essay.  (T)
4. The sign said “_____ Greetings.”  (Season)
5. (2) ____ very important to give the llama _____ favorite teddy bear before bed.  (It, it)

“Vocabulary, 4/5.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. He seemed smart, even though most of the facts he knew were rather ________.
7. He pinched her arm, a little bit with _____(ity), and a little bit with meanness, to get her to pay attention.
8. Why do we have to go through all this ________ just to add on to our house?
9. somber : jovial :: humility : _______
10. “…masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners’ _________.”
11. ***Please _______from being a bonehead while the guest teacher is here.
12. ***You have that _____, don’t you?

Continue reading The Earth Men aloud.
Finished? Quiz.
“The Earth Men.” Collaborative and Open Book. Write the answers not the letters.

1. The best word(s) to describe most Martians’ reaction to the Earth men would be… a) fear. b) anger. c) indifference. d) politeness. e) none of the above.
2. What does the captain say that finally makes Mr. Aaa stop and listen to him?   a) “All the way from Earth.”  b) “Mr. Ttt sent us to see you.”  c) “Earth. Rocket. Men. Trip. Space.”  d) “We came sixty million miles.”  e) “We’re from Earth.”
3. What is it the Earth men want from the Martians?  a) Land. b) They want the Martians to surrender. c) Recognition. d) Goods to trade with Earth. e) All of the above.
4. Even though it doesn’t really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What’s the point?  a) To show how weird the Martians are. b) To show us a glimpse of what Martian life is like. c) He’s comparing the Earth men to the spider; they are just toys that the Martians play with. d) To show that the girl really isn’t interested in the man’s story. e) B and D.
5. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is…   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology
6. “Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor…” (p23)  a) flashback  b) foreshadowing  c) metaphor  d) simile  e) NOTA
7. What was the Martian’s explanation for the rocket?
8. (quote) Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain?
9. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?
10. Which sense is your tactile sense?
11. What is the climax of the story?

“Apostrophe’s Review, 4/4.”

1. Our family has a hard time keeping up with the _____. (Jones)
2. ______ are not allowed… (Student)
3. …in the ______ lounge.   (more than one teacher)
4. We have three _____ in our class.  (Johnny)
5. _____ responsible for this mess?  (Who)
6. Find the mistake above.

“Vocab, 4/4.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. We spent the evening playing ______ Pursuit, trying to answer obscure questions.
6. The mad scientist demonstrated his _____ by building a time machine and trying to change history. Of course he just made things worse.
7. After the death of his brother, he sat _____(ing) in his room wondering whether it was his fault.
8. Mr. Coward does not put up with _______ speech in his classroom.
9. It is difficult to _____ accurately about the future because things are changing so rapidly.
10. (2) Santa Claus is usually portrayed as a _____, smiling, fat man with a very pleasant ______.

“The Flying Machine, 4/4.”

1. The Flying One understands why the Emperor is killing him.  a) True  b) False
2. The Emperor enjoys having the Flying One killed.   a) True  b) False
3. The mechanical garden that the Emperor “dreamt to being” represents…  a) how the Emperor is as skillful in his own way as the flying man.  b) the fragility and beauty of the Emperor’s kingdom.  c) how China must look from the sky.  d) all of the above.  e)  none of the above.
4. The Emperor has the Flying One killed because… a) he thinks he will drops stones on the Great Wall.  b) he thinks that the man has an evil heart. c) he fears that someone will use the man’s invention for evil. d) he is jealous of his inventiveness.  e) none of the above.
5. On page 247, when the Emperor says that it is “well for her” that the Flying One’s wife is asleep, what does he mean?  a) She won’t have to see her husband killed  b) She won’t be mad at the Emperor.  c) It won’t hurt when he has her killed  d) She will get a large settlement.  e) NOTA
6. The Emperor is really afraid of… a) inventiveness.  b) the future.  c) the Flying One.  d) flying machines.  e) NOTA
7. Which of the following groups of words best describe the theme of the story? a) Strength, pain, joy. b) Foolishness, anger, endurance. c) Communication, friendship, honesty. d) Fear, frustration, bewilderment.
8. “The butterfly now touches the earth. And suddenly…a clumsy worm.” (p246) The Servant is using a _________ to describe the Flying One and his apparatus.  a) simile  b) flashback  c) foreshadowing  d) metaphor  e) NOTA
9. “…The Flying One enters, proud of his feat, proud of his equipments, which he brandishes…”  (p246) The word brandishes as it is used here, most nearly means…  a) drops.  b) shows off.  c) tosses away.  d) puts away.   e) points with.
10. “The unmarked grave is dug where Time, some little while, must sleep to wake again some other year.” (p251) The Emperor is speaking metaphorically, and most likely means…
11. There are several places where the author foreshadows that the Emperor is worried about the Flying One’s feat. Quote one from page 246 or before.
12. Explain the Servant’s comparison in #8.

“The Earth Men” from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

What happens (historically) when two very different cultures meet?

What does telepathy literally mean? What would having true telepathy be like?

Giver Projects due!

Chromies!

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 12/5. With any luck, we should have improved. Right?

Finished?

1. Work on your Giver Book v Movie blog post which is due Tuesday.
2. Do the ETC Portal Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win a Kindle Fire.
3. Start on next week’s vocab.

Prep sheet for Test 26:
Husker Du: ___/20       Vocab H/w:___/20      Vocab Practices: ___/12  ___/13  ___/12
Giver Quizzes: ___/10  ___/9  ___/10      Giver KBARR:___/36
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.

1. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme. Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat
   a) nondescript crustacean  b) old story  c) big boat  d) timid gnat  e) kiss dog
2. Wacky Wordy:  EILN  PU
3. Wacky Wordy: Long
                            Due
4. What word could GHOTI be an alternative spelling for?
   (Big Hint: RouGH wOmen loTIon.)
5. James said that he was born on February 29, 1900. What birthday did he celebrate in the year 2000?
6. If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull, who weighs 300 pounds, eats three bales of hay each day, how much hay, then, should a mommy bull eat if she weighs 800 pounds?

Test 26.

Husker Du. Period One.

28. Even though he may not be “book-smart” he has a lot of _____ about the world.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom   f) NOTA
29.  For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____…  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom   f) NOTA
30. …of a _____ who breaks windows and graffitis and such. a) sage  b) denotation  c) infer  d) delinquent  e) fathom  f) NOTA
31. 90% of 40 = ______.  a) 4  b) 30  c) 35  d) 36  e) 5   f) NOTA
32. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ____  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) rueful  e) conform  f) NOTA
33. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
34. She has such a soft voice that I can hardly hear her.  a) soft – adjective,  hardly – not  b) soft – not,  hardly – adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
35. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom

Husker Du, Period Two.

28. The root of this word means “life.” _____ a) diminutive  b) vivid  c) volatile  d) saw  e) skinflint  f) NOTA
29.  Across the street from his house was a tepee.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
30. You may _______ to someday be as cool as Mr. Coward.  a) iconic  b) pacify  c) saw  d) aspire  e) NOTA
31. The amount of work required in an Honors class can be quite _______.   a) diminutive  b) skinflint  c) volatile  d) daunting  e) vivid   f) NOTA
32. inspiring : daunting :: stable : ______ a) pacified  b) volatile  c) skinflint  d) pragmatic  e) NOTA
33. You would like it if you were a bird.   a) simple sentence  b) complex sentence  c) fragment   d) compound sentence
34. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice emanated from such a _______ girl.  a) diminutive  b) dilemma  c) aspire  d) daunt  e) NOTA
35. The llama is a quadruped, and he has a beak for eating and fins for swimming.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence  d) compound sentence  e) run on

Husker Du Period Three.

28. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
29. Maybe the mall where the store was charged a high rent.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
30. How does the German officer at the POW camp know that Vladek isn’t used to physical labor? a) Vladek acts lazy. b) Vladek tries to get out of working.  c) He thinks Jews don’t work.  d) Vladek’s hands.  e) NOTA
31. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence, that mistake is called a(n) ____.   a) independent clause  b) run-on  c) phrase  d) fragment    e) NOTA
32.   a) solitary  b) isolation  c) system d) confinement  e) mental
33. A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.  a) noun/conjunction  b) subject/verb  c) predicate/verb  d) subject/noun  e) NOTA
34. How many battles did Vladek fight in as a soldier? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 0
35. The morphic part of anthropomorphic means…  a) changed  b) human-like  c) animal-like  d) shaped  e) NOTA

Husker Du. Period Six.

28. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) conducive  c) dogged   d) wistful   e) gorge  f) NOTA
29. fear : panic :: ask : _____  a) implore b) conducive  c) bluff  d) acquit  e) gorge  f) NOTA
The upstairs library is a really great place to quietly study for an upcoming test.
30. really:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
31. quietly: a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
32. upstairs: a) noun  b) adjective  c) verb  d) adverb  e) NOTA
33. is:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
34.  Since I studied, I ______(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) acquit  b) dogged  c) bluff  d) implore  e) gorge  f) NOTA
35.  Why do we not see Johnny stab Bob the Soc?  a) Pony is a 3rd person narrator, and didn’t see it.  b) S.E. Hinton wanted to make it more dramatic.  c) It’s sadder that way.  d) Pony is a 1st person narrator, and didn’t see it.  e) The book company wouldn’t let them show that in 1967.  f) NOTA