vocabulary

“Advisory” Schedule.

We will correct the test tomorrow.

Sub Results on board: Most Excellent job of learning from our mistakes (most of us).

“Yee #1.” Use a completely blank sheet in your notebook. Follow the directions EXACTLY! Passing grade is 100%.
a) Write your Name, Date, and Period in the upper right corner.   b) Center the title, “YEE #1.” c) Do what is asked EXACTLY.

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. Draw a labeled diagram of what a day and a year are, astronomically speaking.
3. first : ______ :: last : end
4. (COPY) 10% of 30 = _________
5. (COPY) 54/60 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
6. Write the appropriately-spelled homonyms.
   ____ at it again; ___ goes another one of ____strange vehicles.
7. Copy the sentence and label each word with its part of speech.
   Beetle bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.

“Vocab, 5/21.” (Two used twice.) stolid, reconcile, loiter, abashed, cipher, labyrinth, forsake, vogue, conjecture, magnanimous
        

Theme for English B

Yours is due Friday, May 31. The only grading criteria are:

• Followed the directions.
• Sincere.
• On time.

Time? Tom Sawyer, p97—> “The Happy Camp of the Freebooters”

Welcome Guest Teacher once more!

Copy homework into planner:

• Vocabulary due Tuesday and Thursday:
  • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
  • due Thursday– Copy and Finish the SMYK’s
• Finish Mark Twain Paragraphing by Wednesday if not finished in class Monday.

“Warm Up, 5/20.

When and where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Do on a blank sheet in your notebook. If you do not finish today, it is homework due Wednesday.

MARK TWAIN PARAGRAPHING — Read over this list of disorganized facts about Mark Twain. Decide how they should be grouped. Write the numbers of the sentences in what you think is the best order and best grouping (two or three paragraphs). Write out the resulting paragraphs, indenting and punctuating as needed. You may add and subtract words as you see fit. Make sure you include all the information given.

1. Mark Twain died in 1910 when Halley’s comet appeared.
2. He wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  These are based on his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.
3. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
4. He was born in 1835 when Halley’s comet appeared.
5. He became famous as a funny guy later in life.
6. Roughing It is based on his trip to the Nevada silver mines.
7. One of his early jobs was a pilot on a Mississippi steamboat.
8. His pen name came from a call the river pilots used to indicate the depth of water.
9. When he was younger, he was a newspaperman and traveled to other parts of the world.
10. Innocents Abroad is based on his travels in Europe.
11. He went on many speaking tours later in his life.
12. Two other books he wrote are A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and The Prince and the Pauper.
13. He was born in Missouri, in the heart of America.
14. But, he made his permanent home in the East.
15. People today still read his books and quote things he said.

We’ll do the paperwork next week and I will check KBARR charts.

Take the test. Open book for Tom Sawyer.

Continue movie after all are finished and collected.

Doodle Theme: Paradise.

Mental Floss. (All reruns from week 2)

1. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with  him? (Note: It asks how many animals, not how many pairs.)
2. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.
3. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? (Alert: math.)
4. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school? (Not a trick, just math.)
5. If everybody in the world jumped off a cliff, would you? Why/not? (No credit without correct reason!!)
6. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef

Test #32

Welcome Guest Teacher. Everyone should know that a 10/10 rating from the Guest Teacher = reward, but anything, < 8 = “consequences.”

“Warm Up, 5/16.”

1. Well, a) ____ at it again; b) ____ goes another one of c) ____strange vehicles. (the three theres)
2. Copy: 10% of 40 = ____
3. Copy: 32/40 = ___% ___ (Letter Grade)
4. We can wait here until the llama arrives.   simple, compound or complex?

“Vocab, 5/16.” trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse

1. The root of this word meant “to cry out.”
2. The prefix of this word means “under.”
3. The roots of this word meant “to turn from.”
4. Humans are _____; that’s why a utopian society is impossible.
5. The root of this word meant “to weep.”
6. We had to ____ some very rough terrain in our 4-wheel drive Jeep.
7. I ____(ed) myself in the bushes, and they never found me playing Hide ‘n’ Seek.
8. Typewriters are a ____ of the good old days.
9. Tom didn’t really want the Bible, he just wanted every to ____ him.
10. The root of this word means “praise.” (duh)
11. Mark Twain has us ____ our eyes from the ugly scene after Tom’s wrong Bible answer.
12. Tom traded various ____(s) for Bible tickets.

Tom Sawyer Movie: https://youtu.be/CyZyE9DgA-k?si=4p_KScxZVFW-Nmub&t=158

“Grammar, 5/15.” Copy and Label.
Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.

“Vocab, 5/15.” trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse

1. The root of this word meant “fortify.”
2. The root of this word meant “to mock or deceive.”
3. The crowd noise rose to a ______ as the star took the stage.
4. The roots of this word meant “to leave behind.”
5. The man was ____(ed) for his heroic rescue.
6. The atmosphere was very ____(ed) at the somber funeral.
7. His attempt at a free throw was ____ at best; it barely brushed the net.
8. Tom and Huck were ____(ed) behind the trees beside the grave.
9. The root of this word meant “crosswise.”
10. Her quick thinking ____(ed) a possible tragedy from happening.
11. Many people seem to think AI is (in)______, but many times it can’t even do simple math.
12. The police used force to ____ the violent suspect.
13. It was difficult to concentrate with all the ____ in the large hall.

Tom Sawyer.

End of chapter 12 and 13… Tom gets dumped again, and the pirate crew set sail!