vocabulary

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test: HD for your class, Vocab, Tom Sawyer, Other Stuff from Class.

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“Agreement, 4/25.” Write the subject and an appropriate verb. Do not repeat verbs.

1. Many summer camps, with lots of money to spend, ___bought new equipment.
2. The green wheelbarrow behind those bushes ____ a good cleaning.
3. A robin, with her babies, ____ in the tree.
4. Josh and Jimmy ____to join the video class.
5. A box of Ivan’s paintings ____on sale today.

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“Husker Du, 4/25.”
Period 1: Test #12: What promise to his father does Artie break at the beginning of Maus?
Period 3: Test #14: Write a complex sentence that doesn’t use the words because or although.
Period 4: Test #20: Why did the Chief Elder make a joke about chastising Asher’s old teacher?
Period 5: Test #16: Why were the roads in the shape of a swastika in the panel after Vladek and Anja escape the ghetto?
Period 6: Test #13: Artie very often shows Vladek telling his story as he pedals his exercise bike. What does this probably symbolize?

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“Vocab, 4/25. If the word is used correctly, write Yes. If it is used incorrectly, write No.

1. The only reason he said no was to spite me.
2. The city was so sprawl, it took forever to get anywhere.
3. Puzzles are meant to perplex.
4. I was full of incense after my mom took my phone away.
5. Since I began studying, I have seen my grade surge.
6. My low grades dismayed my mom.
7. My failure incensed my mom.
8. The idyllic I saw on the Travel Channel is where I want to go on vacation.
9. The jury didn’t believe his alibi, so he was convicted.
10. There has been an increase in the amount of violence instigated by gangs.
11. Interest in the old school singer surged after her song was used in a movie.
12. I was so alibi that my mom let me off easy.
13. Urban sprawl is an environmental problem in very large cities.
14. Serene is a noun.
15. He was sprawled on the floor after the earthquake.
16. Good parenting involves spite.
17. Surge and sprawl are similar in meaning.
18. After the incident the school instigated an investigation into what happened.
19. The bad call which cost them the game incensed the home team.
20. I liked the serenity of the idyllic little village.

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Rubric / Example Essay / Example Evaluation

Essays will be shared Monday!

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Tom Sawyer aloud.

Due Tomorrow: SMYK’s.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246807622/runaway-horses-central-london

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“Warm Up, 4/24.” List, in order, the 6 parts/paragraphs your essay should have.

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“Husker Du, 4/24.”
Period 1: Test #12: 12-16
Period 3: Test #14: 16-20
Period 4: Test #20: 8-13
Period 5: Test #16: 13-18
Period 6: Test #13: 16-20

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“Vocab, 4/24.” Let’s try NO COLLABORATION!
spite, perplex, serene, incense, surge, alibi, idyllic, sprawl, dismay, instigate
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. “A(n) _____ is a reason with a bad reputation.”
6. The root of this word meant “to urge on.”_____
7. The root of this word meant “entangled or interwoven.” _____
8. The root of this word meant “clear, fine, calm.” _____
9. The root of this word meant “set fire to.” _____
10. The root of this word meant “picture.” _____
11. (2) The team ____(ed) from behind in the last two minutes and pulled out a win; much to the _____ of the people who bet on the other side.
12. (2) His _____ was proven false when the security cameras caught him _____(ing) the riot and then running away.

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“TS Quiz, 4/24.” First Period: You can use your answers from yesterday. Answer, not letter.

1. Most of the adventures in this book really happened to Mark Twain. a) True  b) False
2. The character of Huck Finn is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
3. The character of Tom Sawyer is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
4. Which of these is not a purpose MT had in mind when he wrote this book?  a) Entertainment.  b) Education.  c) To remind adults that they were kids once.  d) To tell a good story.  e) He had all of these in mind.
5. About when does this book take place?
6. What is Mark Twain saying Aunt Polly is trying to do here?  “While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments.”
7. What is it about the new boy that bugs Tom so much?
8. What does the last paragraph of chapter one say Tom’s punishment will be for sneaking in late and with his clothes all torn and dirty?
9. Bonus: What is Mark Twain saying about Aunt Polly in this paragraph?
   “Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning.”

 

Read aloud Chapter 2.

 

Time? Arg Essay Rubric.

“Advisory” Schedule.

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“Warm Up, 4/23.”

Which character in The Outsiders would agree with the philosophy of “spare the rod, spoil the child”?  Explain why. (Yes, I’m looking for a specific one!)

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“Husker Du, 4/23.”
Period 1: Test #12: 6-11
Period 3: Test #14: 10-15
Period 4: Test #20: 14-19
Period 5: Test #16: 7-12
Period 6: Test #13: 10-15

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“Vocab, 4/23.” spite, perplex, serene, incense, surge, alibi, idyllic, sprawl, dismay, instigate
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Vladek had a ____ of hope when he heard Anja was still alive.
6. The root of this word meant “elsewhere.” (LOL) _____
7. She thought she had done well on the test, so she was ____(ed) when it turned out she didn’t. (Not incense.)
8. He was suspended for ______(ing) a fight.
9. Uber uses the euphemism “_____Pricing” for when they jack up the prices during suddenly busy times.
10. The root of this word meant “to show contempt for.” _____
11. The meaning of this word comes from a type of descriptive poem. _____
12. The other boys ran away from Will drowning so they could have a(n) _____.
13. (2) The sunny, lazy, and _____ afternoon turned scary when everyone saw the poor kid _____(ed) on the concrete next to the pool.

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“Preface Quiz, 4/23.”

1. Most of the adventures in this book really happened to Mark Twain. a) True  b) False
2. The character of Huck Finn is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
3. The character of Tom Sawyer is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
4. Which of these is not a purpose MT had in mind when he wrote this book?  a) Entertainment.  b) Education.  c) To remind adults that they were kids once.  d) To tell a good story.  e) He had all of these in mind.
5. About when does this book take place?

 

Tom Sawyer aloud to the end of chapter 1.

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Last Day to Work on Essay.

Argument.  Your draft should be close to finished. Final Drafts are due EOP MONDAY.
We will proofread and read around on Monday and then share with me.

Pages for models and tips:
Evidence Paragraphs: p304
Opposing Claim Paragraph: p305
Intro: p307, second one and p286
Conclusion: p280, 290

 

At the end of your document, list your sources in this format.

Works Cited.

Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow,
www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.

“Athlete’s Foot – Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014,
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.

 

 

 

Copy homework into planner:

• Essays are due to be shared FRIDAY.
  Final Format: Intro, 3 Reason Paragraphs with 2 Pieces of Evidence each, Opposing viewpoint/counterclaim/evidence paragraph(s), Conclusion, Works Cited
• Vocab due Tuesday, Thursday
  • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
  • due Thursday – Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.

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“Husker Du, 4/22.”
Period 1: Test #12: 1-5
Period 3: Test #14: 1-6
Period 4: Test #20: 1-6
Period 5: Test #16: 1-6
Period 6: Test #13: 1-6

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“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”

What? Talk it over. (Hint: Mark Twain was almost always being ironic or sarcastic.)

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Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Tom Sawyer!

1. What would you have done for fun in 1835?
2. What chore/work did you always want to do as a kid, but now that you have to do it, you don’t want to any more?
3. Slang: truck, lick, dander up, powerful warm, lam, suck eggs

 

Read the Author’s Preface.

In notebook:”Author’s Preface.” What two reasons does Mark Twain give for writing this book?

 

Chapter 1! Tom Fights, Plays, and Hides.

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Essays are due to be shared by Friday:
p305: Address an opposing claim. “Counter and Crush.” This paragraph should be in the 200 word range.

CONCLUSION:

Read the paragraphs on p280 and 290. Those are models of conclusions from both sides. Go.

At the end of your document, list your sources in this format.

Works Cited.

Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow,
www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.

“Athlete’s Foot – Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014,
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.

 

Final Format: Intro, 3 Reason Paragraphs with 2 Pieces of Evidence each, Opposing viewpoint/counterclaim/evidence paragraph(s), Conclusion, Works Cited

Prep Sheet for Test #29:

SMYK? Yes/No Slang Bonus:____ Agreement:___/9

Mental Floss.

1. 
   Which shape comes next?
2. Y, A, D, S, R, E, H, T, A, _. What letter comes next?  (Hint: June 18)
3. What’s the next letter in this sequence? W T N L I T _
4. What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?
   ___less ___ure ___orse ___ing
5. What do all these have in common? Pebble, Long, Cocoa, Palm, Myrtle 
6. What Animal?  a) very exposed  b) a lamenting cry  c) a precious or loved one  d) these make up a chain

 

 

Test #29. Finished? Work on your essay!