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vocabulary

Monday, 4/26 (Periods 1,2,3) – Tuesday, 4/27 (Periods 5,6)

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30 More Days.

Homework Check: SMYK’s (Today and Tomorrow), Last of 120 Seconds, 600 Words, Test Friday,  EC Vocab due Friday via Email (copy/paste and send).
Test 16A Retakes anytime after class today.  13+ = no, 12 = optional, 11 = yes. See Below for links.

 

DL PEOPLE IN CHAT: WORD COUNT 4/20-4/27?

CHECKING SMYK’s.

“Prepositions I, 4/26 (4/27).” Prepositional Phrase or Not?

  1. The Unikitty with the pink fur ate a doughnut.
  2. I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic.
  3. That field of corn will be gone within a year.
  4. At lunch, Danny told us about the great vacation that he had.
  5. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after him.
  6. Timmy mailed the letter to his grandma at the post office.

BONUS: What needs to be fixed in #6?

“Prepositions II, 4/26 (4/27).” Rewrite each short sentence below adding prepositional phrases as indicated. Try to be a nutty as possible!

  1. The dream was exciting.  –Add a prepositional phrase that tells what kind of dream it was.
  2. I was running. –Add two (2) prepositional phrases about how, when, or where you were running.
  3. Turtles were chasing me. – (2) Add a prepositional phrase about the turtles AND a prepositional phrase that describes the chasing.

“Vocab, 4/26 (4/27).” – tentative, infringe, reprieve, benign, profound, indolent, relinquish, exasperate, (in)conspicuous, (un)scrupulous, haphazard
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  1. _____ Cartoon of student napping in his desk .
  2. _____ A telephone pole with literally hundreds of cables connected to it. They look very tangled.
  3. _____ That guy cutting his lawn one blade at a time again.
  4. Some thought that the new law would _____ upon their right to protest, and they protested that.
  5. I  tried to be as ____ as possible as I passed the note in class, but Mr. Coward still caught me.
  6. Solar power is more ______ to the environment than coal or oil.
  7. It had been raining so much that we ____(ly) planned the picnic for Saturday, but we also made other plans just in case.
  8. The _____ lawyer took advantage of the old man.
  9. “Wealth is ______, but poverty hides.”
  10. After he lost the battle, the king had to ____ the throne to the winner.
  11. Which vocab word can sometimes be used like the word dramatic, as in a dramatic improvement?

120 Seconds. Judges’ Rubric.

  1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
  2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
  3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
  4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
  5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
  6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?
  7. (1-?) Level of Difficulty: A typical page from The Outsiders = 3

Vladek.

TEST 16A Retakes. 13+ = no, 12 = optional, 11 = yes. Max Retake Score = 17.

TEST 16A Retake – Period 1

TEST 16A Retake – Period 2

TEST 16A Retake – Period 3

TEST 16A Retake – Period 5

TEST 16A Retake – Period 6

Friday, 4/23 (All Classes)

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KBARR CHARTS ARE NOW DUE AND PAYABLE!

I’ma be checking responses today!

SMYK’s DUE MONDAY (1,2,3)/TUESDAY (5,6)!

Mental Floss PRIVATE IN CHAT!

  1. Wacky Wordies:
    a) OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN   
    b) S – N – O – W    (I probably should have done this one in December.)
  2. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
  3. What’s the common link?
    • a) tailor, wrestling match, bowling alley
    • b) watermelon, tournament, flower
    • c) hurricane, needle, potato
    • d) barber, rooster, beehive

 

TEST 16A.

The Maus book is your only resource. Write your answers down.
Retakes (<12) will happen Monday/Tuesday. The Retake Test will have different questions!!

You may leave when you are finished.

Test 16A – Period 1

Test 16A – Period 2

Test 16A – Period 3

Test 16A – Period 5

Test 16A – Period 6

Wednesday, 4/21 (Periods 1,2,3) – Thursday, 4/22 (Periods 5,6)

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33 More Days! Test 16A is Friday. Here is the Preview: Test 16A Preview

Definitions due TODAY!

SMYK’s are due Monday (1,2,3) – Tuesday (5,6).

“Warm Up, 4/21 (4/22).”

When MAUS was published, the Washington Post said, “…impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to achieve in any medium but comics.”
What do you think about that? Do you think it’s true? Could MAUS have been anything but a comic and been as powerful?  Why or why not?

Prep-o-sitions!

A preposition is a part of speech, just like a noun or a verb. It connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence, showing us the relationship between them.   They often tell the location of a person or an object in time or space. This information is given as a group of words, rather than a single word. We call that group of words a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases act like adjectives and adverbs.

“Prepositions, 4/21 (4/22)”!
Read each of the sentences below. Let’s look for PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES that DESCRIBE. Write the PHRASE!

  1. The family of iguanas camped by the lake because it was peaceful.
  2. I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic, and Mom made me throw it away.
  3. Rabbits live in burrows and under piles of brush, and they are cute as a button.
  4. Hovercraft have been used for transportation in a number of places, but that is not a hoverboard.
  5. Jim Gary is an artist who makes sculptures of dinosaurs from old car parts.
  6. No one except a fool would run across the highway in that traffic.

“Vocab, 4/21 (4/22).”
Mike Wong1 get_out_of_jail_free 400 Mum-Daughter 

  1. _____ Pic of a sign with the NIKE swoosh that says Mike Wong, with the W being an upside down McDonald’s logo.
  2. _____ A “Get Out of Jail Free” card from a Monopoly game.
  3. _____ A pic of a kitty in the corner with his front paws in the air and saying, “I give up!”
  4. _____ Pic of a teenager throwing her hands in the air in anger and rolling her eyes at her mom.
  5. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -Aristotle. ______
  6. If you search more systematically, instead of so ____(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you’re looking for.
  7. During the summer, without something to do, some kids can get very _____ and end up not doing much of anything.
  8. After she fell, she got up and tested her leg _____(ly) to see if it would support her weight.
  9. She was always very _____ about her work. That’s why she got A’s.
  10. Many rappers “sing” the praises of “bling” and _____ consumption.
  11. The  _____ student copied his essay from the internet.

120 Seconds. Judges’ Rubric.

  1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
  2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
  3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
  4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
  5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
  6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?
  7. (1-?) Level of Difficulty: A typical page from The Outsiders = 3

Vladek.

 

Monday 4/19 (Periods 1,2,3) – Tuesday, 4/20 (Periods 5,6)

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35 More Days!

Homework: KBARR, Vocab, 600/Week due Tuesday 4/20, 120 Seconds continues.

DL Periods 5,6 – IN CHAT: 600 Word count for 4/13-4/20.

RBC: Web Page.

“RBC – Webpage, 4/19 (4/20)” ALL: IN NOTEBOOK.

  1. When the student searched for “Could an asteroid hit Earth?” the search engine returned more than 10,000 results. a) True  b) False  c) You can’t tell.
  2. A link is always underlined. a) True  b) False
  3. Which link would you click on to see what sources the authors of the asteroids page used?
  4. A web address is also known as a… a) ULR.  b) http.  c) search engine.  d) site.  e) URL.
  5. Not including the search feature, how many “interactive areas” (places where you can do something besides just click) are linked to on the “All About Asteroids” main page? a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 0
  6. From what we can tell from the main page, the “All About Asteroids” site gives information on… a) how many asteroids hit Mars each year.  b) how people can make their own model asteroids.  c) what an asteroid is.  d) movie myths about asteroids.  e) all of the above.
  7. Which link would you click to look for something else about asteroids on the “All About Asteroids” site that’s not listed on the main page? a) See More Science Topics  b) See More General Topics c) Search This Site  d) E-mail the Authors  e) Take This Poll

Debrief Test #15. Retakes after 3:15. Max retake score = 17.

120 Seconds 4/19 – 4/20.

Period 1 LIVE: Aidan, Corey, Kai, Colbin
Period 1 DL: Finished

Period 2 LIVE: Jack, Ella, Layla, Grant
Period 2 DL:

Period 3 LIVE: Scarlett, Tru, Maddi, Elle
Period 3 DL:

Period 5 LIVE: Dominic, Jonah, Laurel, Reese
Period 5 DL: Marcos, Yoselin, Tyler, Jack, Corwin

Period 6 LIVE: Josh, Patterson, Michael, Frankie
Period 6 DL: Everyone else.

120 Seconds. Judges’ Rubric.

  1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
  2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
  3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
  4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
  5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
  6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?
  7. (1-?) Level of Difficulty: A typical page from The Outsiders = 3

 

Vladek.

Friday, 4/16 (Everyone!)

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37 More Days of School!

SEND YOUR KBARR CHART!

SCORES IN CHAT: Vocab: ___/10,  ___/12

Mental Floss PRIVATELY in CHAT.

  1. A man builds an extraordinary house where all four sides face south.  A bear walks up to one of his windows and peers in. What color is the bear?
  2. What two words contain the most letters?
  3. 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.”

 

TEST 15. The Maus book is your only resource. Write down your ANSWERS! You may leave when you are finished.

Test 15 – Period 1

Test 15 – Period 2

Test 15 – Period 3

Test 15 – Period 5

Test 15 – Period 6