Friday, 2/10: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 22

Prep sheet for Test 22:
SAWs: ___/9  S/CD/CX: ___/7  ___/7  Vocab H/W: ____/20    Vocab Practices: ___/12  ___/13  ___/12  Vladek: ___/10         Other Extra Credit: For vocab Relay: +3 for per3, +2 for all others, +1 each for 5/6 or better on Husker Dus, +1 each for correct Sentence Combining sentences.

Mental Floss.

  1. Wacky Wordies:
    a) OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN   
    b) S – N – O – W
    (I probably should have done this one in December.)
  2. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
  3. What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
  4. Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1997 nickels are worth about $100?
  5. What’s the common link?
    • a) tailor, wrestling match, bowling alley
    • b) watermelon, tournament, flower
    • c) hurricane, needle, potato
    • d) barber, rooster, beehive
  6. Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words? (Hint: Sing them to yourself.)
    gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den

Test #22.

Doodle Theme: A new TOY.

Thursday, 2/9: Husker Du, Sentence Combining, Vocab + Relay, Vladek

Tomorrow’s Test: Clauses One Mo’ Time, Husker Du, Vocab, Vladek.

Let’s practice!

“Husker Du, 2/9.”
1-6. What past test will come back to haunt you?!

“Sentence Combining, 2/9.”

  1. The llama usually got seasick. He lived on a houseboat. (CX)
  2. A girl rode her unicycle. Down the street is where she went. She had a llama-shaped balloon. (SIMPLE!)
  3. She likes pizza. The llama prefers salmon burgers. (CD)
  4. **(Bonus!)  The llama said, “BOO!”  Some people screamed. Other people laughed at her. (CD-CX)

“Vocab, 2/9.”
 people-awash-cash-22947694 lrg  HT-Grumpy-Baby crisis-bankruptcy28A1981600000578-3080366-image-a-19_1431539677497fqqs3dvcnbsiyrkwnram
1. _____  2. _____  3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____  6. _____ 7. _____  (No, not hypochondria.)
8._______(ion) is another word for slavery.
9. Mrs. Krabapple on the Simpsons was a ______ who always thought she had the disease she was reading about.
10. Which word has a prefix that means not? _____
11. (2) The ______ customers needed someone to _____ for them to get their money back.

 

Vocabulary Relay!

 

VLADEK!

 

 

Monday, 2/6: Copy Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test #21, Vladek

Late Start/Extended Homies Schedule.

Copy homework into planner.

“SAWs, 2/6.  (9p)
financial, compensation, fund, sum, recover

004 plussfeature-free

  1. _____ (Not financial.)
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The roots of this word means “together hang thing.”
  5. (4) After his accident, he received almost no ______  ______, and he couldn’t work while he _____(ed), so they set up a _____ to help pay his bills.
  6. A good team is more than the _____ of its parts.

 

Debrief Test #21. Hrrmm.

Vladek.

 

 

Friday, 2/3: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #21

Prep sheet for Test #21:
Interview Questions: ___/15  SAWs: ___/10   *S/CD/CX: ___/10
Vocab H/W: ___20   Vocab Practices: ___/12  ___/12  ___/12   Vladek Quiz:  ___/8
KBARR: ___/40
Other Extra Credit: +1 for periods 2 and 6 for Vocab Relay, +3 for period 3 for Vocab Relay, +1 for CX#5, +1 for some for “cobble”

Mental Floss.

  1. A man builds an extraordinary house where all four sides face south.  A bear walks up to one of his windows and peers in. What color is the bear?
  2. There is a building with thirty stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?
  3. What two words contain the most letters?
  4. Wacky Wordy: my you’re way
  5. Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
    • a) “Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves.”
    • b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage.
    • c) “Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!”
    • d) “Sam, arsenic is poisonous! I read about it on the internet.”

Test #21.

Doodle Theme: A new sport!

 

105!?

Thursday, 2/1: Clauses (again), Vocab + Relay (duh), Interview Questions, Vladek

Tomorrow’s Test: S/CD/CX, vocab, Husker Du, Vladek.

Let’s see those interview questions!

Tips:

  1. Prepare your questions in advance. Ask open ended questions.
  2. Don’t conduct an interview, have a conversation.
  3. Have Energy!
  4. Ask before you record.

 

“S/CD/CX, 2/2.”

  1.  Ziggy ate a doughnut.  –Add a phrase that describes the doughnut AND a dependent clause to make a complex sentence. (because, although)
  2.  The llama ran to Mom.  –Add an independent clause to make a compound sentence.
  3. Although Vladek…   –Copy and complete the sentence starter. What kind of sentence did you end up with?
  4. (2) Combine the following two sentences into one. First as a compound sentence, then as a complex sentence.
    • We took the skinheads bowling.
    • The llama stayed at home alone.

 

“Vocab, 2/2.”
macgyvertool_310squeezebucksnoodle

  1. _____  (It’s a paper clip. The subheading says, “The only tool you’ll ever need.”)
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. She blamed him for the incident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
  6. Vladek _____(es) Artie for using too many wooden matches…
  7. …because he is too “_____” to buy them.
  8. During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips and pizza.
  9. Sometimes it’s tough to not ______ to peer pressure.
  10. In The Outsiders, when we referred to a facade, we were saying that the person was _____(ing) about their true feelings.
  11. The prefix of this word means before. ______
  12. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____

 

VOCABULARY RELAY!!

 

Maus: Behind the scenes. The original 3-page story.

 

Vladek Quiz, 2/2.” ???

  1. What happened to the guy who turned Vladek’s family into the Gestapo?
  2. What saved Vladek’s life on p120?
  3. “(quote) What is a kombinator?
  4. What is the latest cause of Anja’s breakdown on p124?
  5. What happens to Pesach?
  6. Why are the roads on p127 shaped like a swastika?
  7. (quote) Why is Artie worried about portraying Vladek as he really is?

Vladek.