vocabulary

“Phrases/Clauses, 11/13.” Either copy the sentence and label the parts below, or copy and fill in 1,2,3 appropriately.
Although they sometimes spit, I like llamas in shoes, so I bought one on Amazon.

1. (2) Independent Clauses:
2. Dependent Clause:
3. (2) Prepositional Phrases:

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Correct RBC Math. (9)

“RBC Math Quiz.” (5)

1. What did the lesson suggest you do about recording the differences in scores?
2. What year was the difference the smallest?
3. (2) What two verbs give the objectives of the lesson?
4. What’s wrong with this sentence? “The data does not lie.”

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“Maus, 11/13.” (10)

1. Why does Anja want to break her relationship with Vladek before they married?
2. Why does Vladek threaten to break the marriage with Anja?
3. What promise to his father does Artie break?
   Artie, Vladek, Anja, Mala, Mr. Z, Mrs. Z (Anja’s parents)
4.  p13, panel 4, the one in the dress.
5.  p17, panel 1, the one on the left.
6.  p18, last panel, the one talking.
7.  p21, last panel, the one talking.
8. p29, panel 5, the one in the middle
9. p31, panel 6, the person with the cigarette.
10. p33, panel 4, the closeup.
    BONUS: The roots of the adjective anthropomorphic literally mean: ______  _______

 

Read aloud. New Character needed. German (cats).   (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.) We’ll try to get to about p50.

Copy homework into planner:

• KBAR: Chart Only for Period 1 and 6.
• RBC (Reading Beyond the Classroom!)  Packet. Not available online.
  • Tuesday Night: p364-365
  • Wednesday Night: p368-369
  • Thursday Night: p370-371

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“Phrases/Clauses, 11/12.”

1. Copy on the middle of the line. (Notice that there is no punctuation.) I like llamas
2. Add a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
3. Add a DEPENDENT  CLAUSE on one side.
4. Add an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE to the whole thing. (What else do you have to do to do that?)
5. Add PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE to the new independent clause.
6. Punctuate as needed.

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Debrief Test #11. Hrrrmmm.  Manana…

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“Maus” intro.

What does the word anthropomorphic mean? (Yes it will be a vocab word too!)

What do you already know (think you know) about the Nazis and Adolph Hitler?

Holocaust?

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Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.  (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)

Czestochowa, Rudolph Valentino, gefilte fish, Nazi Invasion of Poland

Why do you think he decided to portray everyone as animals?

 

“Maus, 11/12.”
a) Read the first two pages:

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

b) What is your first impression of Vladek?

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

Artie: Art Spiegelman, author/artist, son of Vladek and Anja, storyteller

Vladek: Vladek Spiegelman, Artie’s dad, Anja’s husband, survivor of the camps, his story is being told

Anja Spiegelman (nee Zylberberg): Artie’s mom, Vladek’s wife, also a survivor, committed suicide when Art was in his 20’s

Mala: Vladek’s current wife after Anja committed suicide 

The Zylberbergs: Anja’s family, rich, Vladek’s in-laws

Lucia Greenberg: Vladek’s first girlfriend

 

TuTu Schedule.

Have a great 3-day weekend!

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Prep sheet for Test #11:
KBARR:___/24   SMYK:___/10  Alyce Quiz 11-5: ___/9      Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordy: What phrase is represented by the following?
   look kool XtXhXeXsXtXrXeXeXtX
2. What musical instruments are represented below?
   a)  P O     b)  BA BA    c)  ECLART     d)  @ # $ %
3. Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
   Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = yellow.
   a) A light brown color + to leave = ____
   b) Vehicle + an animal pal = _____
   c) A store’s announcement of a sale + a type of women’s clothing  = ______
4. What does the following group of statements represent?  (2 word answer ending in -s. It’s sort of a Wacky Wordy too.)
   Jenni drowned Frosted Flakes.  Isaiah buried Cap’n Crunch six feet under.  Stephanie threw Rice Krispies off a cliff.  Emma shot Cocoa Puffs.

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Test 11.
Doodle Theme: Alien Invasion.

 

Tomorrow’s Test: POV, Reruns from Test #10, Vocab, Alyce. Preview HERE after Period 4.

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“POV, 11/7.”

1. We were dug in trenches by a river. It was Germans on the other side.
2. Alyce smiled. It would be well she thought as she remembered her fantasy.
3. Please don’t feed the seventh graders.
4. The Boys’ Basketball team defeated LOMS by a large margin.
5. As they faced off, each thought of what it would mean to be the victor.

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“Grammar, 11/7.” COPY 1-5 and WRITE THE ANSWER.
While llamas can be cute as a button, I once had a bad experience with a llama, and I am now afraid of them.

1. while llamas can be cute   a) dependent clause  b) independent clause  c) prepositional phrase  d) NOTA
2. as a button  a) dependent clause  b) independent clause  c) prepositional phrase  d) NOTA
3. with a llama  a) dependent clause  b) independent clause  c) prepositional phrase  d) NOTA
4. I am now afraid  a) dependent clause  b) independent clause  c) prepositional phrase  d) NOTA
5. of them   a) dependent clause  b) independent clause  c) prepositional phrase  d) NOTA

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“Vocab, 11/7.”  iconic, daunt(ing), aspire, suppress, pragmatic, bigot, diminutive, volatile, surfeit, pacify, dilemma
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Many countries try to _____ free speech and criticism of the government.
6. The class was a ____ mix of strange and crazy personalities.
7. A _____ usually means a decision between two BAD choices.
8. Jim is the ______form of James.
9. Ponyboy ______(ed) to  something better than the neighborhood he was in.
10. The root of this word means “to make small.” _____
11. The roots of this word meant “to press down.” _____
12. The origin of this word was Middle English for “creature that flies.” _____
13. The root of this word meant “to tame.”_____

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ALYCE. Complete/Correct Quizzes:

“Alyce, 11/5.” (9)

1. What is the point of the Midwife’s speech on p88?
2. What inspired Alyce to go see Edward at the manor?
3. Who is the only person who helps Alyce when she arrives at the manor?
4. Who does this person think Alyce is?
5. What prompted Alyce’s first cry?
6. Where on Plot Mountain would these events be?
   a)  Alyce saves Will.  b) Alyce runs away.  c) Alyce visits the manor.
7. What is our main conflict? ______  vs. ____

“Alyce, 11/6.” (4)

1. On p105, infer what the word barren means.
2. Why does Alyce not want to help the woman at first?
3. What does her husband think is the matter with his wife?
4. Where would chapter 16 be on Plot Mountain?

Read aloud Chapter 17.

Welcome Guest Teacher!  Remember: A class rating of 10 = reward. Anything less than 8 = consequences.

Remember: A class rating of 10 = reward. Anything less than 8 = consequences.I will be back tomorrow!

“Scramble, 11/6.”   There are a couple of ways to do this one. One is pretty sophisticated!
(Bonus: What kind of sentence is it? It’s a new one that is a combo of two we already know.)

• because
• but
• to wash his llama
• the llama looked worse
• he did not
• Mr. Johnson hired me
• a second time
• than it did before
• hire me

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“POV, 11/6.” Answer not Letter.  1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person objective, 3rd person omniscient

1. Harry Potter
2. As soon as your grandpa says, “I give up,” jump out and shout, “Here I am!”
3. “He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat. Small hobbit-children ran after the car all through Hobbiton and right up the hill.”
4. “Everyone else said of her: ‘She is such a good mother. She adores her children.’ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other eyes.”
5. Psychologists say that if you talk to yourself in _____, giving yourself orders or criticizing/encouraging yourself, it actually helps!
6. When they didn’t show, I took a look down the alley to see if it was safe.
7. So they inwardly promised themselves that they would be pirates who don’t steal.

 

 

 

“Vocab, 11/6.”
    
iconic, daunt(ing), aspire, suppress, pragmatic, bigot, diminutive, volatile, surfeit, pacify, dilemma

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. The root of this word meant “likeness or image.” _____
7. The roots of this word meant “to do in excess.” _____
8. This word originated in the 16th century as a slang term for a “superstitious religious hypocrite.”_____
9. The root of this word meant “to breathe.” _____
10. The root of this word meant “relating to fact or deed.”_____
11. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice came from such a ____ girl.
12. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are _____ figures in American history.
13. She faced a _____ about turning in her friend for cheating.

 

 

 

Alyce. Read silently to the end of Chapter 15.    Link to online version. The page numbers are different, but the chapters are intact.Do the following Quiz in your notebook.

“Alyce, 11/5.”

1. What is the point of the Midwife’s speech on p88?
2. What inspired Alyce to go see Edward at the manor?
3. Who is the only person who helps Alyce when she arrives at the manor?
4. Who does this person think Alyce is?
5. What prompted Alyce’s first cry?
6. Where on Plot Mountain would these events be?
   a)  Alyce saves Will.  b) Alyce runs away.  c) Alyce visits the manor.
7. What is our main conflict? ______  vs. ____

Read to the end of chapter 16. Do the following quiz in your notebook.

“Alyce, 11/6.”

1. On p105, infer what the word barren means.
2. Why does Alyce not want to help the women at first?
3. What does her husband think is the matter with his wife?
4. Where would chapter 16 be on Plot Mountain?

Finished? Do SMYK’s.