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Thursday, 1/18: Clauses, 120 Seconds, Vladek

Tomorrow’s Test: Clauses and Vladek and Husker Du.

Checking Pink Sheet p149. I will be actually reading Part B.

Correct Pink Sheet, p149 – Part A. 10/10 = +2, 9/10 = +1.

“Clauses, 1/18.” – Write I, D or NOT.

  1. I sent the llama to the store before the party started.
  2. When we all finally got there.
  3. If you were a bird, you would like it in a tree.
  4. If you were a bird, you would like it in a tree.
  5. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.
  6. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.
  7. The llama is a quadruped with fins for swimming.
  8. Since Jenni ate the hot dog, she got sick.
  9. Jack was much quicker than the llama was.
  10. Joe ate the hot dog even though the llama told him not to.
  11. Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house.

 

120 Seconds. Next reading day is Tuesday, 1/23.

 

Vladek.

Thursday, 1/11: Mental Floss, SAWS, 120, Vladek

Have a great 4-day weekend! Grades start over next week with the new semester!

Use your own sheet of paper.

Prep sheet for “Test” #18:
Name:                   Date:                               Period:
SAWs: ___/11  Maus Quiz: ___/12  KBARR: ___/30

 

Mental Floss.

  1. What famous fictional character is represented here?   ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
  2. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
  3. What number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
  4. Spell the word candy with just 2 letters.
  5. How many F’s (capital or small–no trick here) are in the following sentence? (Alert: Counting.)
    Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.  

 

“Test” #18. (17p)
contact, prime, pose, minimum, (un)monitored, anthropomorphic, propaganda

  1. There has been a lot of discussion recently about raising the _____ wage.
  2. The _____ reason is that most people can’t live on so little money.
  3. No matter what anybody tells you, there has never been any _____ with any extra-terrestrials. Other planets are just too far away.
  4. Everybody assumes that any extra-terrestrial life we meet will be _______, but it’s more likely it won’t look anything like us.
  5. The teacher _____ the students’ behavior with a hidden camera.
  6. Hitler’s _____ campaign against Jews included speeches, posters and movies.
  7. To get past the guard, the spy____(ed) as a delivery man.
  8. It was very sad that the young man was killed in the _____ of his life.
  9. Ponyboy was not as _____ as people would think. His oldest brother made sure he always knew what Pony was doing.
  10. Mr. Coward ____(ed) a question almost nobody could answer.
    _________________________________________
    Maus, chapter 1
  11. Why does Anja try to break the engagement with Vladek?
  12. (quote) What promise to his father does Artie break?
    Maus chapter 2
  13. Why does Vladek threaten to break the engagement with Anja?
  14. (p30) Why are the police drawn as pigs?
  15. (2) When Anja gets _____, the treatment is to take her to a _____.
  16. What is the first foreshadowing Vladek gets of the troubles that are coming?

 

120 Seconds!

 

Monday, 12/18: SAWs, Debrief “Test” #16, Homework? RESEARCH!

Copy “homework” into planner. All SAWs are fair game.

“SAWs, 12/18.”  furthermore, emerge, exploit, confront, interfere

 

  1. It is usually better to _____ problems than to avoid them.
  2. ______ is a transition word, used to add to your argument.
  3. The quarterback ____(ed) a weakness in the defense and threw for 5 touchdowns.
  4. After the hurricane, she ____(ed) from her shelter to find her home destroyed.
  5. This word’s roots literally mean “between to hit.”
  6. This word’s roots literally mean “together to face.”
  7. Many ____(ing) technologies that are new to us now will become common in the near future.
  8. Please do not ____ with firefighters as they try to do their job.
  9. Her many ____(s) made for a great non-fiction book.

 

Go over “Test” #16. Yay!

 

RESEARCH IS DUE!

  1. EasyBib your Works Cited page.
  2. Copy and Paste your Works Cited page to the end of your paper.
  3. Format all your citations like the model.
  4. Be sure to cite your graphics.
  5. PROOFREAD out loud.
  6. SHARE your document with me. Yes, again.
  7. PRINT LINK. DO NOT PRINT WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ME!
  8. Staple.
  9. Make sure your name and period are on the front page.
  10. Put it in the basket.
  11. RELAX.

Friday, 12/15: paperwork, Quiz #16, Research

Music Assembly Schedule (6th Period)

Prep sheet for “Test” #16:
Vocabulary Practices: ___/14 ___/13 ___/11 Vocabulary h/w: ___/20
Other Extra Credit: ? (Pending outcomes of Vocab Relays in 3rd and 5th.)

 

Mental Floss.

  1. How far can you walk into the woods?
  2. What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
  3. Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
  4. The more you take away the bigger it gets; the more you add, the smaller it becomes. What is it?
  5. Wacky Wordies:
    ZERO

    PhD 
    BSc. 
    B.A. 

    (a)

    		 N 
    E 
    V 
    E 
    S

    (b)    		 ONHOLEE 

    (c)

 

“Test” #16.

 

Get back to work on research!

Finished writing?

  1. Proofread.
  2. EasyBib your Works Cited page.
  3. Copy and Paste your Works Cited page to the end of your paper.
  4. Format all your citations like the model.
  5. Be sure to cite your graphics.
  6. PROOFREAD out loud.
  7. SHARE your document with me. Yes, again.
  8. PRINT LINK. DO NOT PRINT WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ME!
  9. Staple.
  10. Make sure your name and period are on the front page.
  11. Put it in the basket.
  12. RELAX.

 

Thursday, 12/14: Vocab + Relay, Research: The Due Date is Nigh!

 

Tomorrow’s “Test”: Vocab + SAWs.

“Vocab, 12/14.” (11)
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. You may _______ to someday be as cool as Mr. Coward. (Good luck with that.)
  6. Doing your homework every day before playing video games is a _______ strategy for success.
  7. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice emanated from such a _______ girl.
  8. Sixth Period tried to ____ Mr. Coward’s anger with cookies.
  9. (2) Mr. Scrooge (“Bah, Humbug”) is the ____  _____.
  10. * There was a flaw _____ in the design of the bridge, so it was sure to fail eventually.

 

 

Vocab Relay is Baaaaaack!

 

Research!

  • Due Tomorrow??!
  • Approximately 1000 words.
  • 3+ sources w/ properly formatted Works Cited.
  • 2+ graphs, charts, maps, etc. These should help explain, not just decorate.
  • In-text citations.
  • Introductory anecdote.
  • Evident organization. (By question, by sub-topic, etc.)
  • Proper mechanics.

PRINT LINK. DO NOT PRINT WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM ME!