120 Seconds

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!

 

Tuesday, 1/9: SAWs+, Maus, 120 Seconds Begins!

“SAWs+, 1/9.” contact, prime, pose, minimum, (un)monitored, anthropomorphic, propaganda

  1. (2) The _____ height requirement ____(ed) a problem for my little brother, who wanted to ride the extreme coaster, but was too short.
  2. There was ____ on the play, but not enough to call a penalty.
  3. It was very sad that the young man was killed in the _____ of his life.
  4. Please do not leave the campfire _____. It can turn dangerous quickly.
  5. Remembering the P part of CRAAP will help you recognize ______ when you see it.
  6. Goofy is _____, while Pluto is not.
  7. I hoped everyone is ____(ed) for their 120 Seconds and ready to nail it!
  8. The test was closely ____, so nobody could cheat.
  9. The morph in anthropomorphic means…
  10. The anthro in anthropomorphic means…

 

“Maus Log II, 1/9.” Open Book, Open Neighbor. (12p)

  1. (2) What things does Artie say have “taken their toll” on his father?
  2. What physical sign does Vladek still have from the concentration camps?
  3. Why is Chapter One called “The Sheik”?  (Because…)
  4. On p14, the circular panel marks the beginning of Vladek’s story in the past. Where do we first interrupt that story, and come back to the present for a moment? (page and panel)
  5. Maus is told in ____ person. a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd d) 4th
  6. What year did Vladek meet Anja? (p17)
    Character ID. Identify each person either by name (if given) or by explanation.
  7. p13, panel 4, the one in the dress.
  8. (2) p17, panel 2, both characters.
  9. p20, panel 1, the person with the cigarette.
  10. p20, last panel, the person on the right.

Artie, Vladek, Anja, Lucia Greenberg, Anja’s mom, Mala

 

120 Seconds!

 

Time left? More Vladek!

Monday, 1/8: Homework, SAWs, 120 Review, Comix?

Copy homework into planner.

“SAWs +, 1/8.” contact, prime, pose, minimum, (un)monitored + anthropomorphic, propaganda
            
contact, prime, pose, minimum, (un)monitored + anthropomorphic, propaganda

 

 

 

120 Seconds begins tomorrow!  Review.
Volunteers?

 

 

Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus Log I – 1/8/18”   Read the first two pages:

    • Translate his father’s last sentence into a normal English sentence.  What does he mean?

 

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

 

Wednesday, 12/20: SAWs Review, 120 Seconds Redux, Euphemisms, “The Pedestrian”

Review 120 Seconds.
We start when we get back. Here’s another (slightly too long) demo.

 

 

 

 

“SAWs, 12/20.”
whereas, capable, ongoing, compatible, notion
   
1. _____  2. _____  3. _____  4. _____  5. _____
Jimmy was a  6)______ worker and his friendly personality made him  7)______ with the team,  8)_____ Joey had the 9)_____ that he was too good for the job and had  10)______ problems until he was fired.
consequence, undernourished, extract, modify.
   
11. _____  12. _____  13. _____  14. _____

   
15. _____  16. _____  17. _____  18. _____

 

“Euphemisms II.” Translate each euphemism.
Bonus: Euthanasia is a euphemism for…
Bonus II: The prefix eu means… ________

  1. intentionally inaccurate statement
  2. monthly housing accommodation payment
  3. governmental revenue ($) enhancement
  4. encore telecast
  5. chronologically challenged (chron = time after the Greek god, Chronos.)

 

“The Pedestrian”  and  “The Forecast”  p196.

Bonus: What does the prefix ped- mean?

“OG/Ped Quiz, 12/20.” Write the answer, not the letter.

  1. Why did Gran-Da try to burn the flag?
  2. Why did Donald turn him in?
  3. “Old Glory” was written in… a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  4. The main conflict in “The Pedestrian” is…
  5. “The Pedestrian”  is written in… a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  6. “The Forecast” is written in…  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  7. Which of the following is closest in its theme to “The Forecast”?    a) The Midwife’s Apprentice  b) “The Pedestrian”  c) “Old Glory”  d) The Outsiders  e) “Nothing Gold Can Stay”  f) “Motto”
  8. The word forecast in the poem refers to the weatherman’s forecast, but it also adds another meaning for the poem. What else is the poem forecasting?
  9. (2) Which character doesn’t belong with the others?  Why? a) Pony  b) Alyce  c) Gran-Da  d) Donald  e) Mr. Mead

 

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