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Monday, 5/1: Copy Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test 31, Tom Sawyer

Copy homework into assignment book.

Book Pitch starts Thursday!

“SAWs, 5/1.”
inequity, resources, adequate, illustrate, disproportionate
     

6. (2) The campers did not have _____ ______ to survive in the wilderness, so they had to come home.
7. He used several examples to _______ his point.
8. Historically there is a(n) ______ between the wages paid to men and to women for the same job.
9. The world’s wealth is distributed very _____(ly), with the wealth of the richest 1% equal to that of the other 99% combined.

 

Debrief Test #31.
Bonus Question fo’ +1: I was wrong on the test (#34); we do have a plot going because we already have a conflict going.
What is our first conflict? _____ vs _____.

 

Tom Sawyer… Our second inciting incident! Chapter 9.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 4/13: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #30

Prep Sheet for Test #30.

 

Mental Floss. (Some Reruns!)  Use back of sheet.

  1. Figure out what the animals are! (Example: a dull person  = boar.) Write the ANIMAL!
    a) first you get a parking ticket, then you get this   b) hair-control foam    c) to run away or escape
  2. Wacky Wordie:  PinnAcLeS  (Pinnacles are mountain peaks.)
  3. You have 27 marbles. You have 4 cups. Put an odd number of marbles in each cup.
  4. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
  5. Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example,  Skyrocket/Trolleyman conceals Rock & Roll.
    a) Surprised/Trashiness   b) Delaware/Bordering    c) Thundershower/Intellectual
  6. A magazine competition invited people to come up with “invented” inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this one is?
    It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries or electricity needed. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, and cunning. Produce magical effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.

 

Test #30.

Monday, 4/10: SAWs, Husker Du, Mars!

Here’s a link to Friday’s Test if you missed it.

Guest Teacher Behavior!? Really?!

“SAWs, 4/10.” – guarantee, contrast, parallel, industry, logical
    
6. At first Pony only saw the ______(s) between his life and Cherry’s…
7. …but soon he realized there were many ______, and they weren’t as different as they seemed.
8. This word also means the habit of working hard. ______
9. His argument wasn’t very ______, so he lost the debate.
10. There’s an old saw that says there isn’t anything in life that is ______(ed) except death and taxes.

Correct Test #29. Collect back.

“Parts of Speech Revue and Review.” There will be a Madlib Grammar Quiz this week.

Revue!

“Grammar Review, 4/10.”  Copy the sentence and label each word with its part of speech.
( The word on is a preposition. Ignore the word the.  10p)

Homer tripped very awkwardly and hit his fat head on the door.

 

The Martian Chronicles!

“The Taxpayer” and “The Third Expedition”

Why does the taxpayer want to go to Mars?

 

Mars Facts and Pics

    • Average temperature on Mars is about  -67, Martian surface temperatures range widely from as little as -207 at the winter pole to almost 80 on the day side during summer.
    • A Martian year is  686.98 days.
    • The pressure is only 1% of Earth’s. Almost no atmosphere.
    • Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles composed mostly of solid carbon dioxide (“dry ice”).
    • Pics and facts courtesy of nineplanets.org.

 

 

 

 

Monday, 3/27: Copy Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test 28, GMovie

Copy homework into planner.
Giver Project due Friday.

“SAWs, 3/37.” — Once each for the pix, once each for the sentences.
aspect, retain,  relevant, affirmative, discriminate

venn  Picture 8 5_Reasons_To_Retain_Employees-620x320  310px-Systemic_operations When-Can-A-Business

6. Their religion affects almost every ______of their lives.
7. He is old enough to _______right from wrong.
8. A landlord may _____ part of your deposit if you break the lease.
9. The ideas and observations expressed in The Outsiders are still _____today.
10. She gave a(n) ______ answer, not a negative answer.

 

Wheel Of Doom!

Debrief Test 28.  Ummm. Yeah.

GMovie.

Which changes/scenes are you going to use to try to prove your thesis?

 

 

 

Friday, 3/24: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #28

Prep sheet for Test 28:

Mental Floss.

  1. For each pair of words, move one letter from one word to the other to make a pair of synonyms.  Example: boast — hip.  Move the S and you get boat — ship. The movement could go either way.
    a) open — cop      b) cave — curt       c) cares — pest
  2. What book can an author never really finish writing?
  3. George Washington’s wife was sweeping when George Washington’s wife slipped and got wet.  How many w’s in all?
  4. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
  5. Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
    llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope
  6. Two friends were talking. Bob said “Have you ever thought about what rhymes with orange?” Ben replied, “Nothing rhymes with orange.””Actually something rhymes with orange,” said Bob. Who is right?

Husker Du, Period One.

27. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some!   a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
28. The ______ sets our story, or plot, in motion. a) climax b) inciting action c) exposition d) rising action e) climax
29. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. a) Fragment b) Complete Sentence  c) Run-On
30. The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. a) But b) Nevertheless c) Because d) So e) NOTA
31. 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 likes little kids.   c) He feels needed for the first time. d) He thinks the cops will go easy on him. e) He secretly wants to die.  f) NOTA
32. Herds of fiendish llamas called dooms roam the empty countryside. a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence
33. most important : ___ :: administrator : ___ a) princapal/princaple b) principal/principal c) principle/principal d) principal/principle

Husker Du, Period Two.

27. “It’s just because you’re the baby–I mean he loves you a lot. Do you ____?” a) sage b) gingerly  c) savvy d) conform e) connotation f) NOTA
28. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak b) infer c) rueful d) gingerly e) conform  f) NOTA
29. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____. a) connotations/denotations b) denotations/connotations.
30. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person d) fourth person
31. she: a) first person b) second person c) third person d) fourth person
32. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ____ a) sage b) infer  c) savvy   d) rueful e) conform
33. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some! a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence

Husker Du, Period Three.

27. What prompted Alyce’s first cry? a) When she couldn’t find Edward. b) When Edward said he was happy at the manor. c) When the cook said they looked like twins. d) When Edward first hugged her. e) When the carpenter’s assistant said Edward might have been eaten by a goat. f) NOTA
28. When the author says on p92 that the cook had “words pouring forth from her mouth with none to listen,” what does she mean? a) The cook is crazy. b) The cook is talking to herself.c) Everything the cook says is a lie. d) Nobody listens to the cook.  e) NOTA
29. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school. a) meander b) flounder  c) ample d) deceit e) bustle  f) NOTA
30. I know Pedro quite well. _____, Pedro happens to be my best friend. a) nevertheless b) in fact c) meanwhile d) still e) as a result  f) NOTA
31. Are there political or corporate biases? a) Currency b) Purpose  c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Relevance
32. I’m a good bowler, and my ball has pretty flowers on it. a) good – adjective, pretty – not b) good – not, pretty – adjective c) both adjectives d) both not
33. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____. a) connotations/denotations b) denotations/connotations.

Husker Du, Period Six.

27. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school. a) meander b) flounder  c) ample d) deceit e) bustle  f) NOTA
28. Why was Magister Reese watching Alyce at first? a) Because she was pretty. b) Because he wondered why she was so gloomy. c) Because of the way the cat hung around her. d) He’s just weird. e) NOTA
29. “Too much ale and too few wits” = a _______. a) surfeit b) lout  c) contented d) remedy e) sullen  f) NOTA
30. The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. a) But  b) Nevertheless  c) Although  d) So e) NOTA
31. She tried to _____ the situation by apologizing to her friend. a) scowl b) remedy  c) content d) devour e) begrudge  f) NOTA
32. The part of the story where the midwife won’t take her back. a) climax b) rising action c) falling action d) resolution e) exposition
33. “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not ____ me my little economies.” a) berate  b) begrudge c) reluctant d) discontented e) sullen f) NOTA

 

Test 28.

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