Month: March 2017

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du for your class, Vocab, Giver (Duh.)

“Husker Du, 3/9” Period One. Test #1.

1. Even though he may not be “book-smart” he has a lot of _____ about the world.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom   f) NOTA
2. Her outlook on life was very _____ after the accident. a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) bleak  f) NOTA
3. “I shouldn’t have done that,” he said with a ___ sigh.  a) savvy  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) fathom  f) NOTA
4. “It’s just because you’re the baby–I mean he loves you a lot.  Do you ____?”  a) sage  b) savvy  c) gingerly  d) conform  e) connotation  f) NOTA
5. “Delinquent” : ________ :: The Outsiders :  ________  a) 1st person/3rd person  b) 3rd person/1st person.  c) both 1st person.  d) Both 3rd person.  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/9.” Period Two. Test #19.

1. The root of this word means “life.” _____ a) diminutive  b) skinflint  c) volatile  d) saw  e) vivid  f) NOTA
2. The amount of work required in an Honors class can be quite _______.   a) diminutive  b) skinflint  c) volatile  d) daunting  e) vivid   f) NOTA
3. After the llama chased Julia inside, she watched TV.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence   d) NOTA
4. Since Vladek and Anja’s family is not getting enough food coupons to eat when Vladek gets home from the POW camp, how are they getting enough food?  a) Stealing.  b) Bribing a German soldier.  c) The Orbachs send them food.  d) The black market.  e) NOTA
5. What is up with Vladek wearing a pig mask?  a) He’s in disguise.  b) He’s pretending that he’s Polish.  c) He’s pretending he’s German.  d) He’s pretending he’s not Jewish.  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/9.” Period Three. Test #18.

1. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
2. Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
3. We climbed slowly up the very steep hill. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
4.   a) solitary  b) system  c) isolation  d) confinement  e) mental
5.   a) solitary  b) system  c) isolation  d) confinement  e) mental

“Husker Du, 3/9.” Period Six. Test #4.

1. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”  a) dogged  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside  f) NOTA
2. “…sometimes seemed “hardly human…”   a) Johnny  b) Darry  c) Steve  d) Two-Bit  e) Dally
3. In chapter 1, Pony compares himself to Pip, in Great Expectations, because… a) Pip was an orphan like him.  b) Pip had two older brothers.  c) People judged Pip as low-class  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
4. “Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” Who’s talking to whom?  a) Pony to Johnny  b) Pony to the Socs  c) Johnny to Cherry  d) Cherry to Pony  e) Pony to Cherry  f) NOTA
5. “Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”  What is he/she talking about?  a) Why the Socs are the way they are – aloof.  b) How pretty the sunset is.  c) How greasers and Socs aren’t all that different.  d) How the greasers feel too much.  e) All of the above.  f) NOTA

 

“Vocab, 3/9.” All 11 vocab + disseminate. Each used ONCE ONLY! (12p)
          

 

The ALL NEW Vocab Relay! Mime Stylie!

 

“Da Givah 13-14.” Write the FOUR WORDS OF THE ANSWER.

1. For Jonas, what is the most frustrating rule of his training? a) The one about medication for pain.  b) The one about talking about his training.  c) The one about rudeness.  d) The one about lying. e) NOTA
2. What disturbed Jonas the most about the memory of the elephant?  a) The guns.  b) The blood.  c) The brutality of the men.  d) The fact that there were two colors of men.  e) The anguish (pain) of the other elephant.
3. When the previous successor to The Giver failed, what happened? a) The people had no one to make decisions.  b)  The Receiver was punished.  c) Her memories were released into the Community, and the people felt pain. d) The books were banned when people found out. e) They had to release her.  f) NOTA
4. What does the Giver say that shocks Jonas?  a) “I don’t even know why they need a Receiver…”  b) “Frightening isn’t it?”  c) “They know nothing.”  d) “And you will (suffer). It’s my life. And it will be yours.”  e)  “Sameness sucks.”   f) NOTA
5. On p100, when the Giver says, “And next it will be you. A great honor,” he is being ironic.   a) True  b) False
6. The Giver says that knowing facts without having memories is…  a) stupid  b) conflict-free  c) easier  d) meaningless  e) intelligence  f) NOTA
7. What makes Jonas feel “desperately lonely”?
8. The Giver tells Jonas that the memories of pain and suffering give them _____.
9. What memory was the strongest when the Elders sought the Giver’s advice about increasing the birthrate?  __________
10. What power did Jonas discover that “frightened” him?

What kind of escalate did she mean?

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“Husker Du, 3/8” Period One. Test #1.

1. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____… a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
2. …of a _____ who breaks windows and graffitis and such. a) sage  b) denotation  c) infer  d) delinquent  e) fathom
3. I’m a good bowler, and my ball has pretty flowers on it.  a) good – adjective,  pretty – not  b) good – not,  pretty – adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
4. A motto is: a) a short poem.  b) a wise saying.  c) words to live by.  d) a story by Langston Hughes.  e) NOTA
5. lb. : pound :: Soc : _______ a) society  b) sock  c) greaser  d) social  e) punch

“Husker Du, 3/8.” Period Two. Test #19.

1. inspiring : daunting :: stable : ______ a) pacified  b) volatile  c) skinflint  d) pragmatic  e) NOTA
2. They tried to _____ the angry mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.  a) aspire  b) saw  c) volatile  d) pacify  e) NOTA
3. Across the street from his house was a tepee.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
4. What kind of work does Vladek do for the Germans in the POW work camp?  a) Disposing of the dead.  b) Cleaning out stables.  c) Leveling mountains and filling valleys.  d) Working in a weapons factory.  e) NOTA
5. How does Vladek make money after he loses his factory in the early part of the war?  a) He takes bribes.  b) He works for the Germans  c) He steals.  d) He manages to get a job with the Jewish aid organization.  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/8.” Period Three. Test #18.

1. Joe ate the hot dog even though the llama told him not to.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
2. Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
3. A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.  a) noun/conjunction  b) subject/noun  c) predicate/verb  d) subject/verb  e) NOTA
4. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence, that mistake is called a(n) ____.   a) independent clause  b) run-on  c) fragment  d) phrase  e) NOTA
5. How does Vladek avoid a beating by the German soldier after he was captured as a POW?  a) Vladek speaks English to him.  b) Vladek bribes him.  c) Vladek begs him.  d) Vladek speaks German to him. e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/8.” Period Six. Test #4.
The upstairs library is a really great place to quietly study for an upcoming test.

1. is:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
2. library:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
3. quietly:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
4. study:  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
5. Why do we not see Johnny stab Bob the Soc?  a) Pony is a 3rd person narrator, and didn’t see it.  b) S.E. Hinton wanted to make it more dramatic.  c) It’s sadder that way.  d) Pony is a 1st person narrator, and didn’t see it.  e) The book company wouldn’t let them show that in 1967.

 

“Vocabulary 3/8.” This week’s SAWs are fair game too; I used two. (13p)
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (Not disseminate.)
5. Although you might think they do, recent studies have concluded that cough _____(ants) don’t really stop your cough.
6. On the last day of school, the kids ran ______(ly) through the halls.
7. After the second offense the punishment _____(ed) from chastisement to use of the discipline wand.
8. Jonas felt ____ after receiving the memory of war. (Not lethargic.)
9. The Lemony Snicket books are known for their ____ humor about seemingly terrible events.
10. The Latin roots of this word mean spreading seed. _____
11. His pants were so tight they _______(ed) his movement.
12. (2) Vladek tried to ____ the ____ amount of food they were allowed by working on the black market.

 

 

“Da Givah, 3/8”

1. Why do you think they went to “The Sameness”? I mean, what might have PROMPTED them to give up freedom and choice, for safety.
2. Do you see any connection between Maus and The Giver? (Besides the presence of an old guy.)

 

“Da Givah 11- 12 Quiz.”

1. (quote) Why was it so exhausting for The Receiver to give Jonas the memory of snow?
2. (2) The Receiver says he has _____, but not _____.  (Yes, the order matters.)
3. The Receiver says he started Jonas off with memories of pleasure because that’s what worked last time he trained a new receiver.  a) True  b) False
4. Why does the Giver call himself that?
5. Even though Jonas is forbidden to talk about his training, he thinks even if it were not, it still would be impossible to discuss things with his friends. Why?
6. The Giver thinks they made a mistake when they got rid of color.  a) True  b) False
7. Which quote foreshadows a conflict between Jonas and the community?  a) “I apologize for making you wait.” p85  b) “She expected him to describe his first day of training.” p85  c) “You’re beginning to see the color red.” p89  d) “We shouldn’t have!”  p91  e) “Everyone in the community has one-generation memories.” p88-89
8. We are in the ____ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action

“Husker Du, 3/7.” Period One. Test #1.

1. Some people might have called him weird, but he preferred to be called a (non-)_____(ist).  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) connotation
2. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
3. cool : good :: dig : ____   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
4. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____.  a) connotations/denotations  b) denotations/connotations.
5. 90% of 40 = ______.  a) 4  b) 30  c) 35  d) 36  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/7.” Period Two. Test #19.

1. You may _______ to someday be as cool as Mr. Coward.  a) iconic  b) pacify  c) saw  d) aspire  e) NOTA
2. Doing your homework every day before playing video games is a _______ strategy for success.  a) vivid  b) daunting  c) pragmatic  d) dilemma  e) NOTA
3. The llama is a quadruped with a beak for eating and fins for swimming.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence  d) compound sentence
4. You would like it if you were a bird.   a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence  d) compound sentence
5. How does Vladek’s father-in-law help him after his first close call on the street?  a) He hides him.  b) He gets him a fake job and a work card.  c) He gets the proper travel papers for him.  d) He doesn’t.  e) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/7.” Period Three. Test #18.

1. Since Jenni ate the hot dog, she got sick.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
2. You must say, “Sir,” when you say, “Mr. Coward.” a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
3. Maybe the mall where the store was charged a high rent.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
4. Why did Vladek’s father always try to keep him and his brothers out of the army? a) He hated the Polish army. b) He sympathized with the Nazis. c) Because of his father’s experience with the Russian army. d) He was against war in general. e) NOTA
5. How many battles did Vladek fight in as a soldier? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 0

“Husker Du, 3/7.” Period Six. Test #4.

1. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _____ a) acquit  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
2. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
3. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge
4. Since I studied, I ______(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) gorge
5. Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) resolution

 

“Vocabulary, 3/7.”
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. The mayfly’s life is very _____. A mayfly only lives to reproduce and is alive for only 24 hours.
6. After the police mishandled the fight, it ____(ed) into a riot.
7. He tried to ___ his income by selling knives door to door.
8. The Pills ____ the Stirrings, as well as deep feelings and emotions.
9. Some teachers keep their classrooms very cold because they think it keeps the students from being too ____.
10. The people of the Community think they have created a utopia, but to us it looks more like a ____.
11. The amount of food coupons given to the Jews only allowed them very ______ portions, not enough to get by legally.
12. The prisoners in Auschwitz were kept in ______ conditions.

 

“Giver, 9-10.”  Write the answer. Use quotes where asked for.  (10p)

1. (3) Jonas’s sheet only had eight instructions. All but three of them disturbed him. Which three were the least disturbing to him?  (p65)
2. (quote) Why does the final rule unnerve Jonas so much?
3. (quote) What happened to the previous selection for the new Receiver?
4. Why are The Receiver’s doors locked?  a) So nobody can find Jonas.  b)  To protect the Receiver.  c)  To make sure no one breaks in and steals his things.  d) Because he does “inappropriate” things like being rude.  e)  All dwelling doors are locked.  f) To insure privacy.   g) NOTA
5. What is the most conspicuous difference between The Receiver’s dwelling and Jonas’s own dwelling?
6. The Receiver looks so old because he is.  a) True  b) False
7. What memories does the Receiver hold?
8. Why was Jonas so shocked at the end of chapter 10?

 

Giver aloud.