120 Seconds

“Clauses, 2/1.” 1-5: S,CD,CX? 6-8: Answer not letter.

1. When Zoltan lost his wallet, even the llama helped him look for it.
2. As part of his occupation, Ziggy had a llama with a leather jacket that anyone could see was fake.
3. Since Zinny didn’t want to embarrass the llama, she didn’t act affectionate.
4. Zora’s doctor recommended buying a goat and going water-skiing.
5. It seemed essential to eat broccoli, but Zeke watched tv instead.
6. Words like  although, because, since, and if at the beginning of a clause make that clause _____.  a) dependent  b) independent  c) a sentence  d) compound  e) NOTA
7. And if a sentence has that kind of clause in it, it’s a _______ sentence.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX
8. So sentences that begin with the word if will always be ______.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX

“Vocab, 2/1.”  (Bonus for #5: S/CD/CX?)
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. *There used to be a TV show called The ____ Gourmet which showed you how to eat well without spending a lot of money.
6. Art Spiegelman once published magazines of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
7. The diplomats rushed to ______ together a treaty before everyone changed his mind.
8. Horror movies are sort of ________ for many people.
9. “I never knew a person more _____ than myself. The fact that I say that shows what I say is true.”
10. Artie says Richieu’s picture on the wall of his parents’ room was a sort of _____ to him, implying that Richieu would have been a better son than he is.
11. (2) She tried to stay awake during math, but it was ______, and she finally ______(ed) to the sleepiness and nodded off.

120 Seconds (in some classes).

Correct Vladek Quiz from yesterday.

Vladek aloud. Upcoming questions:

1. What happened to the guy who turned Vladek’s family into the Gestapo?
   
2. What saved Vladek’s life on p120?
   
3. Besides Haskell, who else did Vladek call a kombinator?  ___________
   
4. Who paid Vladek to give him advice? _____________
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?
   
8. (quote) What frustrates Mala so much about Vladek?
   
9. (quote) Why is Anja’s tail showing on page 138?

“S/CD/CX, 1/31.”

1. He didn’t want to embarrass the cat.  — Add an independent clause to make a COMPOUND sentence.
2. I read the bulletin about llamas.  — Add a dependent clause to make a COMPLEX sentence.
3. The goat went fishing.  — Add another subject and verb, BUT keep the sentence SIMPLE.

“Vocab, 1/31.”

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
   
5. It would be _____ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef  how to do things.
6. All her emotions were released in a ___ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
7. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
8. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bomb to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
9. The athlete was ___ about the use of steroids. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.
10. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
11. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
12. Though he came from a very religious family, he was still _____ about organized religion; he wasn’t sure what to think.

120 Seconds!

Vladek in his own words, p111.

Vladek Quiz. ID. (8)

1. Srodula
2. bunker
3. (2) Last page of “Prisoner on the Hell Planet, panel 3, the woman.
4. (2) p109, panel 4, the man talking.
5. (2) p115, panel 3, the person with his arms crossed.