Month: April 2017

Thursday, 4/13: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #30

Prep Sheet for Test #30.

 

Mental Floss. (Some Reruns!)  Use back of sheet.

  1. Figure out what the animals are! (Example: a dull person  = boar.) Write the ANIMAL!
    a) first you get a parking ticket, then you get this   b) hair-control foam    c) to run away or escape
  2. Wacky Wordie:  PinnAcLeS  (Pinnacles are mountain peaks.)
  3. You have 27 marbles. You have 4 cups. Put an odd number of marbles in each cup.
  4. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
  5. Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example,  Skyrocket/Trolleyman conceals Rock & Roll.
    a) Surprised/Trashiness   b) Delaware/Bordering    c) Thundershower/Intellectual
  6. A magazine competition invited people to come up with “invented” inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this one is?
    It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries or electricity needed. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, and cunning. Produce magical effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.

 

Test #30.

Wednesday, 4/12: Gramma, Vocab + Relay, Mars!

Tomorrow’s Test: See the above title. Also remember that extra credit vocab sentences are due tomorrow!

Grammar Revue.

“Grammar Review, 4/12.” Copy and label them all. (11)

Beetle somewhat bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.

 

“Vocabulary 4/12.” (13)
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Fill in the blank on the poster.)
  4. Change the form of the word_______, and you get a previous vocab word that fits the pic.
  5. excited : disappointed :: savvy : ____
  6. jovial : peevish :: credulous : _____
  7. In addition to being very functional and useful, the machine was also ____(ally) pleasing.
  8. In order for a species to survive, it must ______ itself.
  9. (2) My mom knew I was up to something when I suddenly went from being _______ to being _____. I was never that nice without wanting something in return.
  10. (3) Some people say that it is only a _____ that there is life after death, and that we are being _____ to think that we are anything but worm food. But someone who is deeply religious might say that kind of talk is _____.

 

Vocabulary Relay – Mime Stylie!

 

“The Third Expedition.” (1979)

Time?

 Begin “-And the Moon Be Still as Bright.” (p48)

 

Tuesday, 4/11: Gramma, Vocab, Mars

Wow!

Grammar Revue.


“Grammar Review, 4/11.” Copy and label with the part of speech.
Bonus: What type of sentence is this? CD, CX, or Simple?

He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

 

“Vocabulary 4/11.” One SAW.
   
1. _____ (Not peevish.)  2._____  3._____  4._____
5. Even though we had had arguments in the past, he was very ____ when we saw each other, asking after my family and my health.
6. His annoying behavior was making the teacher quite ______.
7. Apparently, second period was under the ______ that it was OK to interrupt the teacher.
8. He was a very _____(ous) lad who started his first company when he was ten.
9. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was _____ against the church.
10. He ate his hamburger with great _____, savoring every bite.
11. She scraped her knee ____(ing) around on the blacktop.
12. The rumor seemed to _____ itself all over the school, until everyone had heard it.
13. The Scooby-Doo kids are always investigating some _____ or other.

 

MARS.

Here are some pictures of the actual Mars.

“The Third Expedition.”

Monday, 4/10: SAWs, Husker Du, Mars!

Here’s a link to Friday’s Test if you missed it.

Guest Teacher Behavior!? Really?!

“SAWs, 4/10.” – guarantee, contrast, parallel, industry, logical
    
6. At first Pony only saw the ______(s) between his life and Cherry’s…
7. …but soon he realized there were many ______, and they weren’t as different as they seemed.
8. This word also means the habit of working hard. ______
9. His argument wasn’t very ______, so he lost the debate.
10. There’s an old saw that says there isn’t anything in life that is ______(ed) except death and taxes.

Correct Test #29. Collect back.

“Parts of Speech Revue and Review.” There will be a Madlib Grammar Quiz this week.

Revue!

“Grammar Review, 4/10.”  Copy the sentence and label each word with its part of speech.
( The word on is a preposition. Ignore the word the.  10p)

Homer tripped very awkwardly and hit his fat head on the door.

 

The Martian Chronicles!

“The Taxpayer” and “The Third Expedition”

Why does the taxpayer want to go to Mars?

 

Mars Facts and Pics

    • Average temperature on Mars is about  -67, Martian surface temperatures range widely from as little as -207 at the winter pole to almost 80 on the day side during summer.
    • A Martian year is  686.98 days.
    • The pressure is only 1% of Earth’s. Almost no atmosphere.
    • Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles composed mostly of solid carbon dioxide (“dry ice”).
    • Pics and facts courtesy of nineplanets.org.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 4/6: Apostrophes, Vocab + Relay, Poem #435, The Earth Men

Tomorrow’s Test: Apostrophes, Vocab, This week’s reading.

“Apostrophes, 4/6.”

  1. The first digital music players appeared in the ____. (90)
  2. The _____ house has the best garden gnome. (Castillo)
  3. _____ idea was it to invite him?  (Who)
  4. _____ dog looks like a buffalo.  (Alexis)
  5. (2) The _____ volleyball team has _____ last home game today. (girl, they)

“Euphemisms, 4/6.”
Bonus: Euthanasia is a euphemism for…  Bonus II: The prefix eu means… ________

  1. intentionally inaccurate statement
  2. monthly accommodation payment
  3. governmental revenue ($) enhancement
  4. chronologically advanced
  5. friendly fire
  6. encore telecast

 

“Vocab, 4/6.”  Each word once plus one SAW.
             

 

Vocabulary Relay! Original Stylie!

 

Poem #435
 by Emily Dickinson

Much Madness is divinest Sense–
To a discerning Eye–
Much Sense–the starkest Madness–
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail–
Assent–and you are sane–
Demur–you’re straightway dangerous–
And handled with a Chain–

 assent = say yes
demur = say no
discerning = showing good judgement
starkest = most obvious
divinest = most perfect

Together with your group, “translate” the poem.

  1. What does she mean when she says “‘Tis the Majority In this as ALL, prevail…”?
  2. What is the message of the poem?
  3. Give the poem a title that isn’t the first line.

 

What does the expression, “The end justifies the means” mean?

“The Earth Men.”  Collaborative and Open Book. Write the answers not the letters. 

  1. The best word(s) to describe most Martians’ reaction to the Earth men would be… a) fear. b) anger. c) indifference. d) politeness. e) none of the above.
  2. What does the captain say that finally makes Mr. Aaa stop and listen to him?   a) “All the way from Earth.”  b) “Mr. Ttt sent us to see you.”  c) “Earth. Rocket. Men. Trip. Space.”  d) “We came sixty million miles.”  e) “We’re from Earth.”
  3. What is it the Earth men want from the Martians?  a) Land. b) They want the Martians to surrender. c) Recognition. d) Goods to trade with Earth. e) All of the above.
  4. Even though it doesn’t really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What’s the point?  a) To show how weird the Martians are. b) To show us a glimpse of what Martian life is like. c) He’s comparing the Earth men to the spider; they are just toys that the Martians play with. d) To show that the girl really isn’t interested in the man’s story. e) B and D.
  5. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is…   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology
  6. “Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor…” (p23)  a) flashback  b) foreshadowing  c) metaphor  d) simile  e) NOTA
  7. What was the Martian’s explanation for the rocket?
  8. (quote) Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain?
  9. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?
  10. Which sense is your tactile sense?
  11. What is the climax of the story?