vocabulary

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lKP5feLlI6TGIEDpyk7GSY48Qf4TuPtlPM9SqcEMJF0/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

1. Copy this week’s vocab and defs. into your notebook.
2. Each Color is a different group, 1-6.  “Translate” your line.
3. What is the message of the poem?

Debrief Test #11. Ugh.

TIP FOR ABSENTEES: You can keep up with the TMA reading by going here for an online version:

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ALYCE – Chapter 16 and 17?

1. Alyce has three good options in Chapter 17; but instead of choosing one of these, she decides to return to the village.
   -What are her three options?  -Why does she decide to return to the village instead?
2. Initially, Jane Sharp would not allow Alyce to be her apprentice again. Why?
3. Did Alyce find what she was looking for from life?
4. What do you think the main theme of the book is?
5. Read the dedication. What does it mean?

-What might Alyce think about living here today and going to 7th Grade classes at Laguna? What makes you think so? What attributes does she have that might make her be successful here and now.

Prep Sheet for Test #11:

KBAR: ___/28     Vocab Practices: ___/13  ___/11

“Mental Floss.”

1. From what can you take away the whole, and still have some left?
2. I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?
3. Wacky Wordy. What 6-word phrase is represented?
   

   T A H W

   M U S T

   D O W N

4. Wacky Wordy: (2 words, one hyphenated)
   1. Do Do
   2. Dew Dew
   3. Due Due
5. A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot. What was the mother’s name. Remember to please capitalize the name of the momma kitty when you write it for me.
6. What do these three things have in common? Corn, Weasel, Balloon

Test #11.

Doodle Theme: It‘s not what it seems…

Tomorrow’s Test: All review except TMA questions. Preview Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gfY0Qixt9n2C69FO_SV2w3Ij7r0S5iTDhG7j8Ekd51o/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 11/2.”
Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?

1. Words like since, unless, and because signify that a sentence is… _____
2. The presence of a comma and one of the FANBOYS usually means the sentence is…_____
3. The llama was being childish, so his mom ate the cheeselog._____
4. His doctor recommended buying a llama and going water-skiing._____
5. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t._____
6. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence._____
7. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (More than one teacher.)  
8. _____ llama is that?  (who)
9. I think that llama is _____.   (they)
10. I think ____ going to be OK. (they)

“Vocab, 11/2.”  savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

1. It was rather ____ when the Animal Rescue truck ran over the stray llama.
2. I was ____ and bored when my mom made me attend my sister’s dance recital.
3. He tried to be ___ when cheating, but he was caught anyway.
4. I will never ____ that store again after the llama was so rude to me.
5. I was ____ when the llama accused me of breaking the lamp instead of my brother.
6. Cherry felt like she had to ____ to certain standards in her social life as a Soc.
7. He was able to _____ his knowledge to take advantage of the less informed llama.
8. Please don’t _____ the llama; he knows how to sharpen his pencil himself.
9. Everyone agreed that Johnny was _____ in saving those kids from the fire.
10. The llama may not be “book-smart,” but he has a lot of _____ about the world.
11. Having a lot of distractions and noise around is not _____ to good studying.

The Midwife’s Apprentice… Through Chapter 15.

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TMA Slides Part 2…

“Warm Up, 11/1.” Copy and label.

The comfortable library is a great place to quietly study and relax.

“Vocab, 11/1.” savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

1. The root of this word meant “pretending to be dumb.” _____ 
2. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria
3. Ponyboy thought that Dally died _____.
4. lazy : dogged :: flattered : ______
5. The root of this word meant “defender.” _____
6. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
7. This word came from Spanish for “you know.” _____
8. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
9. The root of this word means “shape.” _____
10. The adventurer’s ____(s) made for a great novel.
11. The pressure of the situation was not _____ to good decision-making.
12. Pony got angry at Cherry when he thought she was ______(ing) him and the other greasers.
13. True or False. It would be ironic if you decided at the last minute not to board a plane, and then it crashed.

TMA —> Chapter 13+

TMA Glossary Presentations Part 1.

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TYmS2W3obVfezD-oHMuJzwWp8X4VcOIuOiXaFa5nIio/edit?usp=sharing

Copy Homework into planner. KBARR ONLY!?!? (Only 3 days?!?)

Debrief Test #10. Hrrmmm.

Vocab Review, 10/31.   savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

TMA Glossary!

Count off. Your number is your term. You must finish by Friday.

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