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vocabulary

Monday, 11/26: Homework, SAWs, Correct Test #13, Comix?

Copy homework into planner.

“SAWs, 11/26.”
adjustment (noun) small change
exposure (noun) display; attention; experience with something
modify (verb) to make changes to
monitor (verb) to check; to keep track of
transition (noun) change process

  1. Many people think that ______ to violence in games and movies can lead to real violence.
  2. (2) To make a(n) ________ is to _______ something.
  3. This week we will be working on ______ words and phrases such as “for example,” “secondly,” and “furthermore.”
  4. Parents should ______ what their kids are watching and what games they are playing.
  5. Stranded in the snowy mountains without a jacket, he almost died of _______.
  6. The US prides itself on a peaceful _______ from one president to the next.
  7. An adjective ____(s) a noun.

 

Correct Test #13. Everybody gets 10/10 on KBARR. Everybody add 1 point to your Test #13 score.

 

Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus, 11/26/18”   Read the first two pages:

Translate his father’s last sentence into a normal English sentence.  What does he mean?

 

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

Artie, Vladek, Anja, Lucia Greenberg, Anja’s mom, Mala

Friday, 11/16: Paperwork, Mental Floss Test #13

Welcome Guest Teacher! 36 minute periods for 3-Mile Run! Move quickly!

Prep sheet (quickly) for Test #13:
KBAR: ___/10   Plagiarism: ___/9    RBC: ___/10  ___/7   Vocabulary Practice: ___/7

Mental Floss.

  1. Which one of the following does not belong with the others? Why? (Not a trick. Must get the reason correct.)
    binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers
  2. Where can you finish reading several books before you finish even one sentence?
  3. How many sides does a circle have? Explain.
  4. I have three of the same digit. Put together they make twelve. The digit is not 4. What digit is it?
  5. Their are for mestakes in this teaser. Name all the errors.
  6. What is the English word that can be formed using all these letters? PNLLEEEESSSSS.  (Not a trick. Hint: Les Goodman.)

 

Test #13.  No Clickers!

Doodle Theme: The Best Vacation Ever!

Tuesday, 11/13: Homework, Plagiarism, The Flying Machine

Copy homework into planner. Yes, you read that correctly; one sentence per night.

Plagiarism or Not?  (1-3)

“Vocab Review, 11/13.”
a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) dispel   h) engross   i) diminish  j) exhilarate

  1. She speaks French and German with equal ______.
  2. She has a great _____ for companies that mistreat their workers and refuses to buy their products.
  3. The root origins of this word meant “curse and proclamation.” ________
  4. One of the themes of The Outsiders is that what you ______ is not necessarily what the reality is.
  5. The root origin of this word meant “turned against.”  ________
  6. Which word best captures the Soc’s attitude toward the greasers?  _______
  7. confused : savvy :: bored : ______(ed)  (2)

Debrief Test #12.  Yay!

What does it mean to say that “the end justifies the means”? Do you agree?

“The Flying Machine” by Ray Bradbury

 

 

Thursday, 11/8: Transitions, Vocab + Relay, Perfect Live, Time and Punishment, Flying Machine?

Tomorrow’s Test: Transitions, Vocab, ASoT, HUSKER DU?
Perfect paper is due tomorrow! No KBARR tonight.

“Husker Du, 11/8.”

 

  1. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama.  a) Fragment  b) Run on   c) Correct Sentence.
  2. _______ are not allowed…    a) students’   b) students  c) student’s  d)  NOTA
  3. …in the _______ lounge.  a) teacher’s  b) teachers’  c) teachers’s  d) teachers  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. it: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

 

“Transitions, 11/8.”  Pick 3 of the transitions below and correctly use each in a sentence about something we have read this year. * = bonus credit for proper use.      meanwhile, *furthermore, although, *in fact, until then, consequently, in contrast, *nevertheless, however, for example, as a result, because

“Vocabulary, 11/8.”
    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. Parents, please don’t ____ a teacher’s July and August time off; it’s for your child’s own safety! (haha)
  7. subside : ebb :: engrossed : _____
  8. Some people in this class have such a _____ of points that they could skip a test, take a zero, and still have an A.
  9. “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not ____ me my little economies.”
  10. “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”
  11. Always eating chicken before a baseball game is a good example of an idiosyncrasy.  a) True  b) False

 

NextGen VOCABULARY RELAY! The class that gets around the room fastest with the fewest mistakes wins! If you are one of the people that gets a rerun, you’d better be ready! Count off, remember your number, and preview your question before we get to you.

  1. True/False? Referring to a judge as “Your Honor,” is an example of colloquial language.
  2. True/False? Always eating chicken before a baseball game is a good example of an idiosyncrasy.
  3. True/False?  The words surfeit and abundance are similar in meaning.
  4. True/False?  Shaving your head is an example of a metamorphosis.
  5. True/False? Mr. Coward uses many colloquialisms.
  6. True/False? The word scapegoat is based on actual goats.
  7. True/False? In the word instill, the prefix in– means not.
  8. True/False? The word scapegoat can be used as a verb.
  9. True/False? In the word transfixed, the prefix trans– means nailed.
  10. True/False? At the end of The Midwife’s Apprentice, Alyce is optimistic.
  11. True/False?  Dally was a pessimistic person.
  12. True/False?  The birth of a two-headed cow would be a phenomenon.
  13. True/False?  When you are begrudging, you are enthusiastic.

“Time and Punishment.” D’oh!

Time? Begin “The Flying Machine.”

Wednesday, 11/7/: Transitions, Vocab, ASoT, Perfect?

“Transitions, 11/7.” Do not use a transition more than once.  meanwhile, furthermore, although, in fact, until then, consequently, in contrast, nevertheless, however, for example, as a result, because

  1. I know Pedro quite well. _____, Pedro happens to be my best friend.
  2. John ate and ate. _____, he never gained weight.
  3. I would like to read many books; ______, I don’t seem to have enough time to read.
  4. _____ I was concentrating on my homework, I forgot about the soup, and it boiled over.
  5. You can set the table. _____, I will start making dinner.
  6. There were also some very small dinosaurs. ____, the compsognathus was only slightly larger than a chicken.

 

“Vocabulary, 11/7.”
 Step-4  james-stevenson-quick-bartlett cartoon2706

  1. _____
  2. (2) _____ and ______
  3. _____
  4. “Quick, Bartlett! ______ them with hope!”
  5. “It’s times like these we really need to roll up our sleeves, rally together, and find a _____.”
  6. Everybody has _______(s) that other people might find weird.
  7. Patience with the ways of nature had been ____(ed) in her by her park ranger father.
  8. The prefix of this word means across or through: _____
  9. “S’up?” is an example of  _______ language.
  10. There was a _____ of volunteers to help with the party. With so many people, the preparations were finished quickly.
  11. In professional sports, the coach is often the _____for a team’s bad performance, even if it isn’t always his fault.
  12. ** When people are {____(ed)} from their homes, they must _____. (Previous SAW + Current SAW.)

 

PERFECT LIVE? Volunteers?

“A Sound of Thunder.”

What three things could the phrase “a sound of thunder” represent?
What is the real theme of the story?

 

 

“Time and Punishment”??! (Tomorrow…)