vocabulary

Welcome to Semester #2.

New seating charts. New start.

Copy homework into planner.

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“Spelling, 1/21.”
corps/core, capitol/capital, kernel/colonel, idol/idle, cereal/serial, principle/principal, whose/who’s, their/they’re/there, its/it’s
COPY!!!

1.  friendly : hostile :: active : _____
2.  its, whose, ____
3. (2)  Sacramento : ______ :: Mr. Meinert : ______
4.  The popcorn ____ exploded.
5. hero : ____ :: rank : _____
6. (2) _______ books are ______?

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“Scramble, 1/21.” This one is a toughie. Especially the comma placement!

• but he
• the taunting, pinching village boys
• always escaped
• as they did Beetle
• quicker and smarter than they
• bedeviled the cat

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Maus. To the end of Chapter 3 —>. (online version)

Prep Sheet for Quiz 17:

Maus Quiz: ___/6   Other Extra Credit.

Mental Floss.

1. There is a building with thirty stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?
2. Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
   • a) “Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves.”
   • b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage.
   • c) “Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!”
   • d) “Sam, arsenic is poisonous! I read about it on the internet.”
3. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
4. What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
5. Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1997 nickels are worth about $100?

 

Quiz 17.

The Future?

Tomorrow’s Quiz: Picks from your class’s review test + Vladek. About 15 questions. No Preview. Go study your class’s test!

Periods One and Two
“Test 2, 1/15.”

Period 3
“Test 5, 1/15.”

Period 5
“Test 4, 1/15”

Period 6.
“Test 12/2, 1/15.”

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Vladek Quiz.

1. p221, first panel, the one on the right.
2. Why did Vladek ask for the kapo’s piece of paper?
3. p223, the mouse in stripes.
4. Why did Anja’s kapo change her attitude toward Anja?
5. What was “Black Work”?
6. p228, second to last panel, the one in stripes. _____

Maus Chapter 3.  Online Version

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Last Chance to Work on ESSAYS!

Interviews. Share FINISHED ESSAY (Not Notes) with me by end of day THURSDAY, 1/16.

Checklist and Rubric.

• Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
• Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
  • Looks. (Details.)
  • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
  • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
• The intro/description should be 200-300 words.
• Interview.
  • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
  • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
• Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 50-75 words.
• Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

Sample 1, Sample 2, Sample 3, Sample 4

Spin the Wheel of Doom for Review. Quiz Thursday: I pick 7 0r 8 from today and tomorrow + Vladek questions.

“WoD, 1/14. Period 1.”

 

“WoD, 1/14. Period 2.”

 

“WoD, 1/14. Period 3.”

 

“WoD, 1/14. Period 5.”

 

“WoD, 1/14. Period 6.”

 

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Debrief Test #16. Some good, some not. #11? Really?

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1. How did Vladek manage to get over to Birkenau and actually see Anja?
2. Why does Vladek get beaten by a guard?

Maus p220 – end of Chapter 2? Online Version: p60–>

Time? Work on Essays.

 

“Advisory” Schedule. No school Friday. Semester ends Thursday. No TuTu this week, so no FlexiSkeddy.

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Copy “homework” into planner:

Final Draft of Interview Essay due end of day THURSDAY!

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FASTBRIDGE (I know…)

Check your headphones before starting Fastbridge.

• https://slcusd.illuminatehc.com/login
• Sign in with Google (red button).
• Continue to Portal.
• Select Fastbridge Learning from the sidebar.
• Fast Track Reading.
• Do the aReader and the AutoReader (Do all of the mini tests.)
• Do anything that says Reading until they’re all gone

 

Finished? Work on Essay.

Interviews. Share FINISHED ESSAY (Not Notes) with me by end of day THURSDAY, 1/16.

Checklist and Rubric.

• Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
• Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
  • Looks. (Details.)
  • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
  • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
• The intro/description should be 200-300 words.
• Interview.
  • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
  • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
• Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 50-75 words.
• Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.