vocabulary

“Advisory” Schedule. Slides Link Here.

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“Warm Up, 12/5.”

1-11, list each vocab word, and based on the SMYK starters, label each word’s part of speech. They  are noun, verb, or adjective.

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“Vocab, 12/5.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
6. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
7. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bazooka to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
8. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
9. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
10. She blamed him for the accident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
11. This word’s roots mean feeling both ways. _____
12. This word’s meaning evolved like this: fruit -> economical -> ______.
13. The words roots meant to take before. _____

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“Holocaust, 12/5.”

1. (2) The roots of the  word Holocaust meant ___ ___ .
2. What was Hitler’s word for it?
3. What was the “inciting incident” for WW2?
4. What does “Aryan” mean?
5. What does Mischlinge mean?
6. What happened during Kristallnacht?
7. (2) Name two other groups Hitler targeted besides Jews.
8. Which of the following MOST influenced Hitler’s political philosophy? (Answer not letter)  a)  his misunderstanding of the Jewish religion   b)  his service in the German army   c) his study of historical movements that expressed hateful religious ideas    d) his country’s downfall after World War I

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Volunteers and Prep for 120 tomorrow.

Welcome Guest Teacher.Remember that the Guest Teacher will rate each class 1-10 for behavior and cooperation. Anything less than an 8 means “consequences.” A 10 = Reward.

Copy Homework into Planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.
• 120 Seconds Begins WEDNESDAY, 12/6.

Holocaust Article: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lib-history-holocaust-part-I-26801-article_and_quiz.pdf

DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET.

“Holocaust, Part 1, 12/4.” ANSWER NOT LETTER

1. Read the section “Historical anti-Semitism and Hitler’s rise to power.” Select the paragraph that suggests Hitler’s anti-Jewish sentiment was not unheard of in Europe before his rise to power. (1st, 2nd, etc.)
2. Which section of the article BEST highlights the idea that Hitler’s political party took many steps to remove Jews from German
life?
3. Read the section “Historical anti-Semitism and Hitler’s rise to power.”
Which of the following MOST influenced Hitler’s political philosophy?
(A) his misunderstanding of the Jewish religion  (B) his service in the German army  (C) his study of historical movements that expressed hateful religious ideas  (D) his country’s downfall after World War I

4. Finish the sentence below.  In the introduction [paragraphs 1-3], the author MAINLY explains the significance of the Holocaust by ……..
(A) highlighting the depths of the horrible things that occurred.  (B) summarizing its dominant political philosophy.  (C) explaining its long-term impacts.  (D) contrasting it with other anti-religious movements.

5.  How does the title of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, translate in English?

6. What was Kristallnacht?

7. What does Aryan mean?

Finished? Begin working on vocab definitions at Learner’s Dictionary. Finished with that? Read on in Maus.

 

Prep Sheet for Test #14.

KBARR: ____/24      SMYK: __/10  9 sentences: ___/9      Other Extra Credit: Period 6 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3,4,5 get +1.

Mental FLoss.

• How far can you walk into the woods?
• What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
• Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
• The more you take away the bigger it gets; the more you add, the smaller it becomes. What is it?
• Wacky Wordies:
  

  ZERO PhD BSc. B.A. (a)

  N  E  V  E  S (b)

  ONHOLEE  (c)

Test #14. Doodle Theme: Design a grewvy piece of clothing!

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test: S/CD/CX, HDMR, Vocab, Vladek. Preview after P2.

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“S/CD/CX, 11/30.” Rewrite each sentence below as indicated.

1. We must repair the fence, or the llamas will rush through. (CD –> CX)
2. The skinhead went bowling, but the llama stayed home. (CD –> CX)
3. Since the llama studied, he passed.  (CX –> CD)

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“HDMR, 11/30.”

1. We have three ____ in our class (Jesus)
2. I got all ____ on my report card.  (A)
3. the decade of the ____ had the best music (70)
   POV.
4. Green Eggs and Ham
5. “Delinquent” (“Little Julie” )
6. Choose Your Own Adventure
   Commas. There is one that doesn’t need any. For that one, write OK.
7. Lloyd the llama author of a best-selling book and renowned rocket scientist was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Poetry.
8. Please no smoking food or beverages in the classroom!
9. The llama jerky was soft but satisfying.
   Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on a closed door and fell awkwardly.
10. his:
11. a:
12. fell

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“Vocab, 11/30.”  prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute , prevalent, ideology, zeal

1. True/False. Vladek likes to be disheveled.
2. True/False. Vladek told Artie that he was a suave ladies’ man back in the day.
3. True/False. Mr. Coward’s stick is an example of a non sequitur.
4. The root of this word was Latin for agreeable. _____
5. The root of this word meant needle._____
6. This word comes from the name of the Greek god Zelos.
7. The root of this word was Latin for not in sequence. _____
8. The root of this word was Old French for hair. _____
9. The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____
10. The roots of this word were Latin for completely away from public life. _____
11. The root of this word was Latin for having greater power _____
12. The root of this word was Latin for influence. _____
13. The root of this word was Latin for trickery or illusion. _______

Vocab Relay.

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Writing your intro. You need about 200 words.

1. Start with a little hook:
   • Imagine yourself…
   • Throughout history mankind has…
   • It was a dark and stormy night…
   • What do you call a… (joke)
   • Once upon a time…
   • Have you ever wondered…
   • What if…
   • Jimmy was a boy who…
   • Scary, gripping, and difficult to put down…
   • Etc.
2. Give us the required info:
   • Title
   • Author
   • Genre (Not just fiction/non; we want something like romance, sci fi, horror, mystery, fantasy, comedy, historical fiction, etc.)
3. Time for the 5 W’s for the BOOK:
   • This is the story of…
   • This book is about…
   • Set in the future…
   • Not too much detail; you have less than a minute.
4. Now to set up the PASSAGE:
   • This is the part of the book where…
   • This is the scene when…
   • _____ is about to _____

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If Time, Vladek.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT BOOK AND PASSAGE YOU ARE DOING FOR 120 Seconds! Tomorrow we will be writing your intro.

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“S/CD/CX, 11/29.”

1. Write a simple sentence with at least one prep phrase.
2. Write a compound sentence.
3. Write a complex sentence that doesn’t use the words because or although.

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“HDMR, 11/29.” (13p) Copy the bold-faced parts.

1. I think ____ going to be OK. (they)
2. All the ____ haircuts looked dorky. (llama)
3. She’s sure ____ going to be OK. (it)
4. (2) You should have ____  ____ tomorrow. (you, SMYK)
   Insert Commas where they are needed.
5. I asked my BFF the llama with a necktie for a dollar.
6. She said she likes cooking her family and her dogs.
7. Sid waited for the llama to arrive so he could get a ride in his hot new Camaro.
8. OMG Jimmy I can’t believe you did that!
   Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on a closed door and fell awkwardly.
9. yesterday:
10. stupidly:
11. closed:
12. on:

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“Vocab, 11/29.” prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute , prevalent, ideology, zeal

    

1. Give the antonym for this guy’s look. ______
2. (3) Figure #2 shows the effects of _____ sleep _____(ation) which is very ____ in today’s society.
3. _____ (Not non sequitur.)
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. During the Nazi occupation of Poland there was a(n) ______ shortage of food and other necessities in the Jewish community. (Not prevalent.)
8. In The Outsiders, the Socs had both wealth and social _______.
9. Third period seems to like to interrupt class with various ______(s) and random questions.
10. The con man _____(ly) convinced the old lady that he was in love with her in order to steal her money.
11. The transfer of the 1936 Olympics to another country would have damaged Germany’s _____…
12. …so they enforced their racist laws a little less _____(ously) during that time to avoid bad publicity.

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Begin Holocaust Info, Part 1: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lib-history-holocaust-part-I-26801-article_and_quiz.pdf

After the Intro: Q4 (on Back)

 

Vladek.

• How does Vladek’s father-in-law (Anja’s dad) help him after his first close call on the street?
•  Who “survived me my life,” according Vladek, when he hid Vladek in his apartment during a roundup.
• What does Vladek suggest that Anja refuses?