vocabulary

“FRP, 5/28.”

1. If DVD sales continue at the same rate, what can you predict about DVD sales in 2004?
2. If they’re smart, what change will the owner of Movieland most likely make in 2003?
3. When should they REALLY have made that change?

4. What is the only actual factual statement in the ad?
5. In this ad, what does the word raves mean?
6. The quote from Mick Slope is included to make you think…?
7. What important piece of information is missing from the ad?

1. The root of this word is part of the word.___
2. The root of this word meant “not easily understood.”____
3. The root of this word meant “wave.”____
4. The root of this word meant “weight.”____
5. The roots of this word meant “leaping back.”____
6. The root of this word meant “stylus.” (This is related to the other meaning of this word.)
7. Mars has an atmosphere, but it is ______ compared to Earth’s.
8. Mr. Travis said that the effects of time travel could be serious or _____.
9. One sign of good mental health is that you are _____ when things don’t go exactly right.
10. Ballet dancers have to be very ____(ed) and graceful.
11. The landscaper _____(ed) a new limb onto the peach tree.
12. The ground _____(ed) during the major earthquake.

SIZE RELATIVE TO A BUS: 

“Advisory” Schedule.

Copy “Homework” into planner for the last time.

• (PERIODS 1, 3,5 ONLY) KBARR ! Read 15 minutes, get chart signed DAILY (in notebook), respond 1 page by Friday. Three signatures  (T,W,Th) due Friday.
• A Page due FRIDAY, May 31.
  • One piece of paper.
  • Sincere.
  • On time. NO LATE ONES ACCEPTED.
  • “Truly You”

YEE #4.  NDP in upper right corner. Title centered.
Copy only the ones that say “Copy.”

1. First Independence Day (M,D,YYYY):
2. (Copy.) 10% of 40 = _________
3. (Copy.) 32/40 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
4. a) ______ books have been sitting b)_______ for a long time; I hope c)______ coming back soon.
5. Choose a sentence below, copy it, and label each word with its part of speech.
   Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.
   Beetle bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.
   He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

“AlternaYEE, 5/28.”

1. How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
2. What is so light that anyone on Earth can hold it, but so heavy that nobody can hold it longer than about 20 minutes?
3. At noon, you look at the old-school clock in your bedroom. The big hand is on the five and the little hand is in between the three and the four. What time is it?
4. Where do you leave a “place” by closing the “window”?  (On a _____.)
5. In a small town in the country, a male cow swallowed an explosive device. The town newspaper had a front page story about it.   Which one-word headline did they use? * Shocking!  * How?  * Dangerous!  * Terrifying!  * Abominable!  * What?  * Horrible! 

Paradoxes!

“Is the answer to this question no?”

Exception paradox: if every rule has an exception, then there must be an exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
Variation: The only rule is that there are no rules.

“Practice moderation in all things. Including moderation.”

The law of a certain land states that all who wish to enter through the city gates are asked to state their business. Those who reply truthfully (the guards can tell) are allowed to enter and depart in peace, but those who reply falsely are hanged. A traveler approaches the gate, and when asked his business, he replies, “I have come to be hanged.” What should happen to this traveler?

You can actually see backwards in time any day or night. You don’t need any sort of contraption either.

“ASOT, 5/28.”

1. “Crushing certain plants could add up (graftly, infinitesimally, intuitively, shrewdly). A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion.”
2. “The government doesn’t like us here. We have to pay big (subtle, dirigible, graft, savvy) to keep our business.”
3. The green carpet of grass and moss was (subtle, poised, infinitesimal, resilient) and soft.
4. “Maybe Time can’t be changed by us. Or maybe it can be changed only in little (resilient, subtle, graft, poised) ways.”
5. “It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too (graft, intuitive, poised, shrewd) and balanced for its ten tons.”
6. “In the slime, tiny insects wriggled, so that the entire body seemed to twitch and (poise, subtle, undulate, graft), even while the monster itself did not move.
7. Based on the above quotes from the story, “A Sound of Thunder”, what do you think the story might be about?
8. If you could go time travel, would you go forward or backward? Why?
9. If you could change something in the Past, what would it be, and why?

“A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury

• “I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.”
• “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.”
  

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Read Aloud.

Prep Sheet for Test #33. Be VERY CAREFUL about “reporting accuracy.”

Previous SMYK: Y/N  SMYK: /10  Vocab Practices: ___/13  ___/13  ___/12  FRP:___/8  Other Bonus: 

Please attach your MT Paragraphing to your test with the stapler that is going around.

Mental Floss.Think of two-word rhymes that are described by the clues:
Example: fast baby chicken. Answer: Quick Chick

1. noisy gathering of people
2. distant automobile
3. spotless computer display
4. excellent serving dish
5. brilliant source of illumination
6. large plant which has no cost
7. area of land for rest and recreation which is not illuminated

Test #33.

Doodle Theme: Endless Summer.

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test (Last One): English B, MT Facts, Vocab, Tom Sawyer

• A Page due May 31.
  • One piece of paper.
  • Sincere.
  • On time.
  • “Authentically You”

“FRP, 5/23.”

1. 1. If you need calcium but want to avoid saturated fats, is this a good choice for you? WHY or WHY NOT?
   2. If you eat 2 pieces of this cheese, what percentage of your daily saturated fat limit does this supply?
   3. Approximately what % protein is this cheese?
   4. True or False? Most of the calories in this cheese come from fat.
   5. (3) What 3 important nutrients and/or vitamins are NOT provided by this cheese?

“Yee #3.  Name, Date, Period in upper right corner.

1. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This is the most famous line of the ____(what), which was signed in ____(where – city, state) on ____ (when – M/D/YYYY).
2. The opposite of the end is the ______.
3. Draw a labeled diagram of what a day and a year are astronomically speaking.
4. (Copy.) 10% of 110 = _________
5. (Copy.) 99/110 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
6. Well, a) ____ at it again; b) ____ goes another one of c) ____strange vehicles.
7. Copy the sentence and label each word with its part of speech.
   He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

“Alternayee, 5/23.” Anagrams. Outsiders, Midwife’s Apprentice, The Giver, Maus. (Not in that order.)

1. Ye Mom Fierce Rover
2. Mini Deaf Jew
3. Apricots Do Ups
4. Nine Pajama Legs

Correct Test #32. 

“Vocab, 5/23.” stolid, reconcile, loiter, abashed, cipher, labyrinth, forsake, vogue, conjecture, magnanimous

1. Tom was rather ____ when he messed up the Bible study question in front of the whole village.
2. After the scene in the graveyard, holding trials over dead cats was quite in ____ among Tom’s friends.
3. Tom _____(ed) around the courthouse hoping to hear news about Muff.
4. The escape room was like a ______ with a lot of false passages.
5. Many NBA players are (un)_____(ed) Taylor Swift fans and don’t care who knows.
6. The villagers _____(ed) that the boys had drowned when they didn’t come home for supper.
7. His handwriting is so bad it is difficult to (de)______.
8. Tom felt so _____(en) when Becky dumped him, and Aunt Polly unjustly punished him.
9. Vladek kept getting angry at Artie because Artie didn’t care if the bank records didn’t ____ exactly.
10. She was too _____ to resent all the things others had said to her.
11. His _____ facial expression and silent nature…
12. …made him a _____ to everyone. Nobody really knew him at all.

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Remember:

Go home and write 
 a page tonight. 
 And let that page come out of you— 
 Then, it will be TRUE.

Due next Friday!

“Warm Up, 5/22.”

1. The word theme, as it is used in the poem yesterday, means…
2. The word “true” in line #5 most likely means…
3. “I am the only colored student in my class. …sit down and write this page”   He makes a big deal about how he gets home to do this paper because…
4. (quote) Which line in the poem is about how his writing will be shaped by his experiences?
5. Where does the name Mark Twain come from?
6. (2) Name 2 jobs Mark Twain had.
7. **(Bonus) What is Mark Twain’s real name?
8. **(Bonus) YMCA stands for…  ____  ____’s  ____  ____

“Yee #2.”

1. First American  Independence Day (M,D,YYYY):
2. Draw a labeled diagram of what a day and a year are astronomically speaking.
3. “In the _____, there was nothing but rock…”
4. (Copy.) 10% of 250 = _________
5. (Copy.) 24/40 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
6. a) ______ books have been sitting b)_______ for a long time; I hope c) ______ coming back soon.
7. Copy the sentence below and label each word with its part of speech.

Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.

“Vocab 5/22.”  stolid, reconcile, loiter, abashed, cipher, labyrinth, forsake, vogue, conjecture, magnanimous

1. The roots of this word meant “to bring back together.”
2. There was a lot of ______ about what was in the Master’s book, but nobody knew for sure.
3. For awhile fidget spinners were in ______.
4. Soon, Tom will ______(ly) take a whipping for Becky’s wrongdoing.
5. The roots of this word mean “throw together thing.”
6. The root of this word meant “wag about.”
7. The root of this word meant “to refuse.”
8. The roots of this word meant “great soul.”
9. The root of this word means “zero.”
10. This word originated in Greek mythology.
11. “Tom shivered head to heel; for his eyes fell upon the ____ face of Injun Joe.
12. Given the safety requirements and protocols, the setup for the graduation was _____(ine).
13. The roots of this word meant “to be utterly astounded.”

MT Paragraphing. Final Draft due Friday. The example will come down at the end of today.

Tom Sawyer p102…