“Vocab, 11/20.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Abby is a _____ form of Abigail.
5. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are _____ figures in American history.
6. She faced a _____ about turning in her friend for cheating.
7. The villagers sacrificed a >_____< to try to _____ their angry god. (>___< = Previous vocab word = bonus.)
8. The amount of work required in an Honors class can be quite _____.
9. The dream was so ____ that I fell out of bed trying to fly.
10. inspiring : daunting :: stable : ______
11. skinflint : benevolent :: ______ : easy
12. Give an example of a saw that is different from the one you used for your SMYK.

Each group “translates” one set of lines using the vocab key.
How does this relate to the quote from yesterday?

“It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”

“MONSTERS! Review Quiz, 11/20.” SOLO!!!! CLOSED BOOK! (5)

1. What do the people of Maple Street think the UFO is at first?
2.  Who gets them thinking it might be something else?
3. So far in the play, who is the scapegoat for all of the fears of the people of Maple Street?
4. Why?
5. What was our inciting incident. (Be careful!!!)

Connect the Poem to the Play!

Pssst… Act! “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.

“Daily Scramble, 11/19.” Two sentences or one with a semicolon. No commas!

• the compsognathus
• than a chicken
• in fact
• some very small dinosaurs
• was only
• there were also
• slightly larger

“Vocab, 11/19.”
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. forgettable : iconic :: emotional : _______
6. She has high ______(ations). She wants to rule the world.
7. huge : diminutive :: inspiring : ______
8. The root of this word means “life.” _____
9. Reading Shakespeare for the first time can be rather ______.
10. (2) They tried to ______ the angry and _____ mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.
11. “Dig and be dug in return” is Langston Hughes’s version of the old ____ about treating others how you want to be treated.
12. Fifth Period tried to ____ Mr. Coward’s anger with cookies.

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” p246.

“Sometimes I ain’t so sho who’s got him a right to say a man is crazy and when he ain’t. Sometimes I think there ain’t none of us pure crazy and ain’t none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”   (From As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner)

“Translate.” (Sum up the above in 20 words or less.)
Is he right? What makes you think so/not?

Discuss:

• What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
• What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
• Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
• How does fear affect the decisions you make?
• In general, what are (most) humans scared of?
• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
• Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared too?)

Read intro on p245.

Basic script vocabulary: pan, zoom, voiceover, etc.

Assign roles.

Let’s “act.”