vocabulary

Husker Du, 4/6.

Period One and Period Two – Test #19. Answer not Letter.

1. What does the 5000 pound mouse represent?  a) The guilt about the success of Maus.  b) The success of Maus.  c) All the deaths in Auschwitz.  d) His father’s memory.  e) NOTA
2. According to Spiegelman, what was the real purpose of Maus?  a) Auschwitz 101  b) To show how heroic Vladek was  c) To tell the story of the Holocaust  d) To explore his relationship with his father  e) NOTA
3. What does the word ubiquitous mean?  a) trendy  b) popular  c) wise   d) common  e) NOTA
   Insert Commas.
4. Most of the time travelers worry about their llama getting lost.
5. Sid waited for the llama to arrive so he could get a ride in his hot new Camaro.

Period Three: – Test #20. Answer not Letter.

1. Giver is written in_____ person.  a) 1st  b) 2nd  c) 5th  d) 3rd
2. Which character doesn’t belong with the others?    a) Jonas   b) Gran-Da (“Old Glory”)   c) The Giver    d) Jane the Midwife e) Ponyboy   f) Alyce  g) NOTA
3. In the movie, the Chief Elder tells The Giver that he’s being ___ in his training of Jonas.   a) careless  b) dangerous  c) inappropriate  d) lazy  e) NOTA
4. Which one is the allegory? a) Mickey Mouse acting like a human.  b) “Motto”  c) You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  d) Mind your own business.  e) C and D.  f) “The Three Little Pigs”  g) NOTA
5. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.    a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence

Period Five – Test #13. Answer not Letter.
a) succumb  b) subsist  c) presumptuous  d) reproach  e) cathartic  f) frugal  g) cobble  h) futile  i) dissemble  j) ambivalent

1. The roots of this word meant “to bring low.” _____
2. This word’s roots meant “to bring back close.” _____
3. This word’s roots meant “leaky” and “pour.” _____
4. The llama ate several hotdogs, went on a ride, and ate several more.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex
5. I saw a llama with an eye-patch skating into a snowdrift. a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex

Period Six – Test #10. Answer not Letter.

1. The real reason Alyce leaves the village is that she…  a) The midwife hates her.  b) She can’t express the sadness inside her.  c) She isn’t very good at the job.  d) She doesn’t like the job.  e) She’s sick of the village.  f) NOTA
2. Why won’t Alyce talk to Magister Reese?  a) She thinks she won’t understand what he says.  b) She thinks she’s unworthy.  c) She doesn’t like him.  d) He won’t talk to her.  e) He seems mean.  f) NOTA
3. Our main conflict is Alyce vs ______.  a) the world  b) the village  c) herself  d) the midwife  e) NOTA
4. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study.  Adjectives?  a) upstairs  b) great, quietly  c) upstairs, great, quietly  d) upstairs, great  e) NOTA
5. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

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“Agreement, 4/6.”

1. The rice or the beans ___ eaten before the llama steak is served.
2. Either your teachers or your pet llama ___ what you need to help you flourish.
3. Neither the llama nor the flying lizards ____ lemonade any more.
4. Either the llamas or the tree ____ added to the pic after it was taken.
5. ____ the llama or the flying lizards been to the Moon yet?
6. _____ Jimmy and his mom want to come with us to the llama party?

Correct Pink Sheet Exercise 12.

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“Vocab, 4/6.” Let’s race?

1. The meeting fell apart when everyone’s ideas started to _____, and they all started talking about different things.
2. The police ____(ed) the neighborhood trying to find someone who heard something that night.
3. Her diamond tiara was a little _____ for the somber funeral.
4. This word can also mean a gap in time.
5. When the white man landed on Mars, everyone in the whole town ____(ed) on the scene.
6. His first week of school was not _____; he failed two tests and left his homework on the bus.
7. The root of this word means “life.”
8. The prefix of this word means “not.”
9. The root of this word meant “to display.”
10. The root of this word meant “toss in a sheet.”
11. The roots of this word meant “to flow into.”
12. The roots of this word meant “to thoroughly perform.”

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ESSAY—> BOB p304.

Use one of your Reason/Evidence/Sources to do like they show on p304. Now do 2 more.

Opposing Claim: p305

HUSKER DU, 4/5. ANSWER NOT LETTER!

Period One and Period Two – Test #19. ANSWER NOT LETTER!

1. No smoking food or beverages in the classroom!  a) smoking  b) food,  c) smoking, food,  d) smoking, food, beverages,  e) OK as is
2. There was no question that the llama’s painting a huge colorful and ugly mural was the worst entry in the art exhibit. a) question, painting, huge, colorful,   b) painting, huge, colorful, mural,   c) huge,  colorful,  d) huge, colorful, mural,    e) OK as is.
3. Sid waited for the llama to arrive so he could get a ride in his hot Corvair.  a) arrive,  b) arrive, ride,  c) arrive, hot,  d) OK as is.
4. The Giver is written in  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 0 person
5. When Jonas watches the release of the twin.   a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) falling action  e) climax   f) resolution  g) NOTA

Period Three: – Test #20. ANSWER NOT LETTER!
a) archaic  b) dulcet  c) imperious  d) vapid  e) brood  f) poignant  g) decorum

1. _____ The root of this word meant “sweet.”
2. _____ The root of this word meant “lacking in flavor.”
3. We would find the world of The Giver to be ____ and without much meaning.
4. The character of Chief Elder in the movie is much more _____ than we pictured her in the book.
5. The scene of Johnny’s death in The Outsiders is very ______.

Period Five – Test #13. ANSWER NOT LETTER!
a) succumb  b) subsist  c) presumptuous  d) reproach  e) cathartic  f) frugal  g) cobble  h) futile  i) dissemble  j) ambivalent

1. 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.
2. We rushed to ______ together a float for the parade before the upcoming deadline.
3. The llama studied, but he ultimately failed.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex
4. I like llamas even though they are kind of creepy.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex
5. I like llamas, so I bought one.    a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex

Period Six – Test #10. ANSWER NOT LETTER!
a) intrigue  b) benevolent  c) apprehensive  d) wheedle  e) sift  f) transgression  g) aghast  h) ebb  i) nondescript  j) enhance

1. The roots of this word meant “to wish well.”
2. The roots of this word meant “to step across.”
3. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
4. The llama stays by the table because it expects snacks. a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
5. The hot dog was too hot, and the llama burned his tongue.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex

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Correct Pink Sheet, Exercise 11.

“Compound Subjects, 4/5.” (9)

1. Every boy and girl ____ a sticker!
2. For llamas and cats, sunflower seeds and peanut butter ___ good and healthy.
3. ____ Mr. Coward and his Second Period headed to Saturn?
4. A llama and its offspring ___ the cutest smiles.
5. Burger and fries ____ my favorite meal.
6. Paying attention and studying ____ the best ways to improve your grade.
7. Peace and quiet _____ all Mr. Coward is looking for in Fifth Period.
8. Pickles and Jhonny ____ to _____ birds at the feeder.

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“Vocab, 4/5.” – One word used twice.

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. The root of this word means to “slip or tumble.”
7. The root of this word meant “transported by religious feeling.”
8. The team had a(n) _____ start to the season with a 10-0 victory.
9. She has been so _____(ed) by homework that she can’t keep up with all her soccer commitments.
10. Bob and the other Socs got drunk and _____ about the greasers talking to their girls.
11. Draw a picture of two roads converging and then diverging.
12. ** The roots of this word meant “observer of birds.” (?!)

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CHARGED CHROMEBOOKS!

Work on Argumentative Essay.

BOB, p303.

Make a plan like the one on the bottom of p303… or just start writing and follow it.

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gRk8c7vObie9PwQW7noDDufskuZsPu94FW46XUvVRXo/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

Husker Du!

Period One and Period Two – Test #19

1. If you don’t already know today we’re going to learn to cut and paste kids!  a) know, today,  b) today, paste,  c) know, paste,   d) OK as is.
2. Lloyd the llama author of a best-selling book and renowned rocket scientist was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Poetry.  a) Lloyd, llama,   b) Lloyd, llama,  scientist,  d) llama, scientist,  e) OK as is.
3. The llama that she rode to the wedding looked very pretty.  a) llama,  b) llama,  wedding,  c) wedding,  d) Ok as is.
4. As the llama goddess she regulated the course of the heavenly bodies and the llama god controlled the alternating seasons.  a) llama,  goddess, bodies,  b) goddess,  c) goddess, bodies,  d) goddess, regulated,  bodies,  e)  OK as is.
5. Because the llama missed the bus he was late for his very important appointment.  a) Because,  b) bus,  c) bus,  very,  d) OK as is.

Period Three: – Test #20
a) archaic  b) dulcet  c) imperious  d) vapid  e) brood  f) poignant  g) decorum

1. _____ The root of this word meant “to command.”
2. _____ The root of this word meant “suitable.”
3. _____ The roots of this word meant “to nurture (in the mind).”
4. _____ The root of this word meant “poke.”
5. _____ The root of this word meant “beginning.”

Period Five – Test #13
a) succumb  b) subsist  c) presumptuous  d) reproach  e) cathartic  f) frugal  g) cobble  h) futile  i) dissemble  j) ambivalent

1. The root of this word meant “to disguise or conceal.” _____
2. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____
3. This word’s roots mean “feeling both ways.” _____
4. This word’s meaning evolved like this: fruit -> economical -> ______.
5. The words roots meant “to take before.” _____

Period Six – Test #10
a) intrigue  b) benevolent  c) apprehensive  d) wheedle  e) sift  f) transgression  g) aghast  h) ebb  i) nondescript  j) enhance

1. 1. The candidate’s popularity ______(ed) as scandal after scandal about him was uncovered.
   2. The root of this word meant “to tangle or plot.”
   3. The new landscaping in front of the house really ________(ed) its value.
   4. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.”
   5. The root of this word meant “to frighten.”

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Debrief Test #25. Pretty good. Most of you.

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Go get your chromebooks.

BOB p302.

1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes.
2. Type your claim at the top. Jazz it up fancy like the models. You can always modify it later. (You marked examples on p276 and p286.)
3. Make a chart like the one on p302.
4. Start listing your reasons and evidence and source.
5. You need 3 reasons, each with at least one piece of evidence.
6. Only one of your sources can be from BOB.

 

Prep Sheet for Test #25:
SMYK’s: ___/10 Terror: ___/8 Vocabs: ___/36 (P3- ___/26) Pink Sheet: ___/15

 

Mental Floss.

1. What sort of story begins with a limb and ends with a finish?
2. What North American state is round on both sides and high in the middle?
3. Two men got lost while exploring in the desert. Each man had a compass. One headed due East, and the other headed due West. Two hours later, they met. How?
4. Following are groups of three words. Can you figure out the common link within each group? Example: Hurricane, potato, needle, (answer: eyes)
   a) computer, onion dip, poker game
   b) bowling alley, dress-maker, wrestling match
   c) dentist, oil field, basketball practice
   d) April, locker room, brides-to-be
   e) pelican, legislature, person in debt
5. Make the matchstick dawg face the other way by moving only 2 matches. His tail must still point up!

 

TEST #25

Doodle Theme: House of the Future

 

Tomorrow’s Test: HD for your class, Agreement, Vocab, Space. Preview: Test 25 Preview

“Husker Du, 3/31.”

Period One – Test #5
a) discreet  b) discrete  c) vain  d) elicit  e) illicit  f) hysterical  g) indulge  h) patronize  i) stamina  j) contemplate

1. S.E. Hinton has said that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher; worrying about the kids wore her out.
2. The root of this word meant “empty or without substance.”_____
3. He explained the rules of the game she demonstrated it. a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
4. Which quote so far best connects to the title The Outsiders?  a) “How’d you like to live with that?”  b) “I guess we’re different.”  c) “Too bad it couldn’t stay like that all the time.”  d) “Things have been happening so fast…”  e) “I bet they were cool old guys.”
5. The same character said all five of the quotes in the previous question. Which one?   a) Pony  b) Cherry  c) Darry  d) Soda  e) Johnny  f) Jhonny  g) Two-Bit

Period Two – Test #10
a) intrigue  b) benevolent  c) apprehensive  d) wheedle  e) sift  f) transgression  g) aghast  h) ebb  i) nondescript  j) enhance

1. The candidate’s popularity ______(ed) as scandal after scandal about him was uncovered.
2. The new landscaping in front of the house really ________(ed) its value.
3. The hot dog was too hot, and the llama burned his tongue.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
4. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person  e) NOTA
5. The real reason Alyce leaves the village is that she…  a) The midwife hates her.  b) She can’t express the sadness inside her.  c) She isn’t very good at the job.  d) She doesn’t like the job.  e) She’s sick of the village.  f) NOTA

Period Three: – Test #14
a) miser b) hypochondria  c) pandemonium  d) defray  e) subjugate  f) resolute  g) intercede  h) disgruntled   i) wallow   j) pauper

1. The roots of this word meant beneath the ribs. _____
2. The root of this word meant wretched. ____
3. The llama was going to skip on his way home from Gramma’s House.  a) Prepositional Phrase   b) Not
4. Three llamas suddenly fell off the boat when the storm hit.  a) Prepositional Phrase   b) Not
5. Why does Artie say it’s so hard to tell Vladek’s story in comic form?  a) “Somehow I wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents…”  b)”Maybe everyone has to feel guilty.”  c) “If it wasn’t so pathetic, it’s be kinda funny…”  d) “…I couldn’t compete…”  e) “…so much has to be left out or distorted…”  f) NOTA

Period Five – Test #21
a) derision  b) trivial  c) jovial  d) speculate  e) conglomeration  f) flourish  g) impertinent  h) disposition  i) vigilance  j) audacious

1. carelessness : vigilance :: acceptance : _____
2. Everyone likes to ______ about which class is Mr. Coward’s fave, but you are all extra special to me.
3. The root of this word meant, “to dare.” _____
4. Which of the following would be the best theme statement for “Harrison Bergeron?”  a) Being equal is ideal, but impossible.  b) Nobody should try to be better than anyone else.   c) People should not try to be equal because it makes life difficult.  d) The only fair society is an equal society.   e) Life is unfair; get used to it.
5. The book and movie’s endings are ambiguous.   a) True  b) False

Period Six – Test #22
a) blasphemy  b) caper  c) lineage  d) delusion  e) relish  f) propagate  g) naive  h) aesthetic  i) cynical   j) peevish

1. The root of this word meant “to perceive.”  _____
2. Because of the Martian’s telepathy, the Earth men were under the _____ that their loved ones had come back to life.
3. The original root of this word meant “goat.” _____
   Homer stupidly hit his very fat head on the corner of the table and it made a loud noise.
4. very: a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
5. loud: a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA

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Correct Pink Sheet, Exercise 4. Link: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/agreement.doc

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“Agreement, 3/31.”

1. The Space Llamas, with their gleaming silver fur, _____ the hit of the fashion show.
2. Makaio, with his posse following, ____ heading for the ISS for a mission.
3. Either Krusty or Charlie___ going to the backstage party but not both.
4. One of the most annoying students ____ sentenced to hard labor at the llama academy.
5. The blonde llama, like the ones in the movie, ___ very rare and valuable.
6. Some rare llamas ____ smaller llamas inside.
7. The killer llama, among the largest predators, ____to be as long as
   twenty-seven feet.
8. Sheila, but not her brother, ____ working tomorrow.
9. (2) The Albino Llama ___ many mysteries which ____unsolved to this day

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“Vocab 3/31.”

1. The food at this restaurant is (un)____(ed).That’s why it’s my favorite.
2. Mr. Coward is a(n) _____ skater who skates almost every day.
3. ______ has a better connotation than nosy.
4. People thought his blasphemy was ____ when he screamed obscenities in the church.
5. An old cliche is that there are only two really _____ things: death and taxes.
6. After the head injury , he was _____ to violent outbursts of rage.
7. A(n) _____ sentence gives an order. (Bonus: What is the subject of that kind of sentence?)
8. Nothing in the Community was ____ or fancy or anything other than pragmatic.
9. By studying for the test, you can ____ your own destiny!
10. After his mom said he couldn’t have a llama, he got all ____ and resentful.
11. Being ____ is about the worst thing you can do in Mr. Coward’s class.
12. The root of this word means “work.”

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“Vocab 3/31 – Period 3.”

1. The root of this word meant “solitary.”
2. The prefix of this word means “above.”
3. The root of this word meant “to crave.”
4. The root of this word meant “to grow pale.”
5. The roots of this word meant “not ashamed.”
6. The root of this word meant “to command.”
7. People thought his blasphemy was ____ when he screamed obscenities in the church.
8. An old cliche is that there are only two really _____ things: death and taxes.
9. After the head injury , he was _____ to violent outbursts of rage.
10. A(n) _____ sentence gives an order. (Bonus: What is the subject of that kind of sentence?)
11. Nothing in the Community was ____ or fancy or anything other than pragmatic.
12. By studying for the test, you can ____ your own destiny!
13. After his mom said he couldn’t have a llama, he got all ____ and resentful.
14. The root of this word means “work.”

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BOB p284–>

 

BOB for Period 3:

Reread P10 and P11 on p278-279.  Answer the following questions in the margin of p279.

1. Circle and label the opposing argument.
2. Circle and label her counterclaim?
3. Circle and label the loaded language to help her counter claim?

Do page 284.