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Art Spiegelman – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English https://mrcoward.com/middleschool Everything You Need to Know Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:24:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Wednesday, 1/23: Semester One Review, Art Spiegelman, Vladek https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=5231 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:22:36 +0000 http://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=5231 Read moreWednesday, 1/23: Semester One Review, Art Spiegelman, Vladek]]> “Semester Review I. 1/23.” Write the answer not the letter.

  1. His doctor recommended buying a goat and going water-skiing. a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex
  2. Though he knew it was a mistake, he ate the doughnut anyway. a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex
  3. In The Outsiders, when we referred to a facade, we would be saying that the person was ______ about their true feelings.
    a) ambivalent  b) futile  c) ambiguous  d) dissembling  e) presumptuous  f) cathartic  g) NOTA
  4. Artie very often shows Vladek telling his story as he pedals his exercise bike. What does this probably symbolize?  a) How important exercise is to Vladek.  b) Vladek always running from the Nazis, but never escaping.  c) How he is running from Mala.  d) How much he misses Anja.  e) How he has too much energy.  f) NOTA
  5. From The Monsters are Due on Maple Street: “I had the soup on the stove and the stove just stopped working.”  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) resolution  d) rising action  e) climax
  6. I know Pedro quite well. _____, Pedro happens to be my best friend.    a) therefore  b) as a result  c) nevertheless  d) so  e)  in fact  f) NOTA
  7. A paradox is… a) two doctors.  b) a time travel thing  c) a contradiction  d) a device or machine  e) NOTA
  8. Up, up, and away in my beautiful balloon.  a) Fragment  b) Run on   c) Correct Sentence.
  9. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study for your test.  Adjectives?  a) upstairs  b) great, quietly  c) upstairs, great, quietly  d) upstairs, great  e) NOTA
  10. Yesterday, I downloaded from iTunes the album My Love is Like a Cheese by the band Love Baby Kiss Doll. a) fragment    b) run on    c) apostrophe or plural error    d) word misuse    e) no mistake
  11. There are many compelling songs, my favorite song on the album is called “Take the Skinheads Bowling.” a) fragment    b) run on    c) apostrophe or plural error    d) word misuse    e) no mistake
  12. When the midwife rejects Alyce the first time she comes back.  a) exposition  b) climax  c) inciting incident  d) falling action  e) rising action  f) resolution
  13. The quarterback ____(ed) every weakness in the defense and threw for 5 touchdowns.  a) circumvent  b) illicit  c) acquit  d) dumbfound  e) elude  f) exploit  g) NOTA

 

The Original Maus!

Vladek!

 

 

 

]]> Tuesday, 2/21: Copy Homework, Commas(!), Debrief Test 23, Art Spiegelman https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=2344 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:23:27 +0000 http://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=2344 Read moreTuesday, 2/21: Copy Homework, Commas(!), Debrief Test 23, Art Spiegelman]]> Copy homework into assignment book.

INTERVIEWS ARE DUE THURSDAY!

Do Part A on pink sheet. Use the caret symbol to show where the commas go.

Debrief Test #23.  Hrrrrrmmmm.

Listening Exercise: Art Spiegelman interview excerpt. (1:30-3:07)
Questions to listen for answers for.

  1. What do you think the opening quote about the 5000 pound mouse means?
  2. How does Spiegelman feel about Maus being taught everywhere in schools?
  3. According to Spiegelman, what is the real purpose of Maus?
  4. Why does he say comics are an especially good form for showing memories?
  5. What do you think the word ubiquitous means?

 

Vladek.

 

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