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vocabulary

Tuesday, 1/21: S-CD-CX, 600 Words, Vladek

Welcome to the Second Semester!

Copy homework into planner.

Clauses.

  • Read the top of the pink sheet, p148.
  • With your group, answer questions 1-4.
  • Do the exercise on 148 tonight.

“Warm Up, 1/21.”(Collaborative.)

  1. (2) A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.
  2. A(n) _____ clause can stand alone as a sentence.
  3. A(n) _____ clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
  4. True/False   Dependent clauses usually begin with words like and, but, or.
  5. Bonus: When you use a dependent clause as a “sentence,” that mistake is called a ________ .

Examples:

  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family.
    (Independent clause. Could be a sentence on its own.
  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons.
    (Dependent clause. Cannot stand alone as a sentence.)
  • Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family. (NOT A CLAUSE! No subject/verb!)

“Clauses, 1/21.”

  1. After I ate a doughnut, I felt rapturous.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  2. We climbed slowly up the very steep hill. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  3. Jimmy ate a doughnut; he got sick.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  4. There are some things in life that we’ll never know.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  5. You must say, “Sir,” when you say, “Mr. Coward.” a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  6. I ate a second doughnut, and I still felt good.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  7. Maybe the mall where the store was charged a high rent.a) independent  b) dependent
  8. Joe ran to the store with his llama. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
  9. When he started his company, he had nothing.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause

 

Checking 600 words. Valid dates: 1/14 – 1/21.

Date
10/28
10/30
11/03
11/04		 Word Count:
145
250
250
160
Total: 805

Make your chart somewhere in your folder with DATES and WORD COUNTS!

Credit Chart:
300 = 20/40
400 = 30/40
500 = 35/40
600 = 40/40
750 = 42/40
900 = 44/40
1000+ = 45/40

While you’re waiting for me, write (or don’t) on some of these topics:

  1. Reviews: best/worst burger, sandwich, cd, movie, book, class, teacher, commercials????
  2. Is there life on other planets? What makes you think so? What might it be like? Have “aliens” visited us?
  3. Explain how to tie your shoe, eat cereal, etc. Try to make it funny.
  4. What new inventions/ideas/etc. will appear during your lifetime? What things will be obsolete?
  5. Is there too much violence on TV? In the movies? What makes you think so? If so, what effects might that have on kids?
  6. For a good time you should…
  7. What are the essentials of life? (poem?)
  8. Top ten most boring things (with comments).  Top ten most interesting/exciting things (with comments).
  9. Invent a new kind of furniture. Show how would be used.
  10. What are the top ten scariest things? Why?
  11. “There ought to be a law…”

 

 

Vladek.

Friday, 1/10: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #18

Prep sheet for Test #18.

120 SCORE: ___/40  KBARR: ___/40
Vocab Homework: ___/20   Vocab Practices: ___/14  ___/11  ___/14 
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.

  1. What famous fictional character is represented here?   ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
  2. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
  3. What number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
  4. Spell the word candy with just 2 letters.
  5. How many F’s (capital or small–no trick here) are in the following sentence? (Alert: Counting.)
    Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.  

Test #18.

 

Link.

Thursday, 1/9: Vocab + Relay, Last of the 120’s, Reading Skillz II, Vladek?

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, Nuremberg @ 950L, Vladek, Husker Du.

“Vocab, 1/9.” Write the ANSWER to #9.
    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. “You’re _____(ing) I ate your goldfish?
  6. Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won’t eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough.
  7. He was a ______ opponent and very tough to outwit.
  8. The Nuremberg Laws ____(ed) Jews to second-rate status.
  9. Which one is the allegory?  a) Mickey Mouse acting like a human.  b) You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  c) “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”  d) He slept like a rock.  e) “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”  f) B and D  g) C and E  h) NOTA
  10. She said she found the cute dress for a low price at the _____(ment) store.
  11. * Your lawyer is supposed to be your _____ in court and speak for you.
  12. * (2) The prefix of this word means again.
  13. * The prefix of this word means against.

VOCAB RELAY!

120 Seconds – The Final Day!

Reading Skillz Check, Part II. Choose a different article and take the quiz.

Time? Vladek!

 

Wednesday, 1/8: Vocab, 120, Nuremberg Article, Maus

Checking SMYK’s.

“Vocab, 1/8.” Write the ANSWER to #10. * = AW.
  b0a40495217997ec7cf95062a060d3a5

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. We ran out of the ingredients for the recipe, so we had to ______.
  5. Years of work were needed for the CIA agent to _____ himself into the terrorist organization.
  6. After three warnings, Joel was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”
  7. The students in the cafeteria are far from _____ when it comes to cleaning up after themselves at break and lunch.  
  8. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump it. 
  9. Mr. Coward does not ____ the use of phones in class.
  10. Which one is the allegory?  a) Using animals instead of people in Maus.  b) The early bird gets the worm.  c) “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”  d) He slept like a rock.  e) B and D.  f) All are allegories.  g) None are allegories.
  11. * _____ to my instructions on the test, he wrote the letter, not the answer, and so he received no credit.

120 Seconds.

Debrief Nuremberg Article.

I. Very few Red Words: segregate, mongrel, Roma. All of them were also defined almost immediately after being used.

I. Go over Quiz.

  1. According to the article, how did the Nuremberg Laws affect Jews?
  2. What was the relationship between the Mischlinge rules and the German people?
  3. Look at the photograph in the section “Jews were separated from other people.” Based on the article, what does the large “J” on the passport stand for?
  4. Based on the article, what do we know about Betty Lowenstein’s name on her passport?

III. Which 5 facts did you highlight? It was kind of tough, because there was a lot of information. So let’s just look at the first paragraph. What should we have highlighted?

Now in one sentence, sum up the point of the article. Use the word which in your sentence.

Vladek!

 

 

 

Tuesday, 1/7: Vocab, 120 Seconds, Maus, Hitler?

Checking Definitions.

“Vocab, 1/7.” * = AW.

agitateprotest   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. Some people think that the Narnia series is a religious  _________, with Aslan the lion representing Christ.
  5. The old photographs were all ______(ed) to the attic because nobody looked at them any more.
  6. He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around them A LOT.
  7. Some people see boxing as legally ______(ed) violence.
  8. This word’s roots mean “to bend/lean inward.” ______
  9. Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted to earn ______ for the things he had done.
  10. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
  11. (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.
  12. * (2) Health ____(s) cheered when San Luis became the first city in America to ___ smoking in restaurants.

120 Seconds.

D Link.

ELink.

K Link

NEWSELA: “The Nuremberg Laws.” Click the link and follow the directions.

Time? Vladek.