Month: January 2018

Follow-Up to yesterday’s discussion about your personal data as a commodity.

Checking: SMYKs and 1-1-1 KBARR. 

“Vocab, 1/24.” (13) You will use one (1) SAW.
 

1. Give the antonym for this guy’s look. ______
2. (2) Figure #2 shows the effects of sleep _____(ation) which is very ____ in today’s society.
3. _____ (He’s pretty ____ about coloring.)
4. _____ (Not non sequitur.)
5. During the Nazi occupation of Poland there was a(n) ______ shortage of food and other necessities in the Jewish community. (Not prevalent.)
6. In The Outsiders, the Socs had both wealth and social _______.
7. First period seems to like to interrupt the class with various ______(s) and random questions.
8. The con man _____(ly) convinced the old lady that he was in love with her in order to steal her money.
9. _____ motivation is much more effective than rewards.
10. During the period between Mardis Gras and Easter, you are supposed to _____ yourself of something you like. It’s supposed to be a difficult thing to do.  (Bonus: What is this period of time called? Bonus 2: What does Mardis Gras mean?)
11. (2) The transfer of the 1936 Olympics to another country would have damaged Germany’s _____, so they enforced their racist laws less _____(ly) during that time.

“S/CD/CX, 1/24.” (8) Use your notes.

1. Joe waited for the llama to arrive, but she was late.
2. If you don’t want to upset the llama, please don’t hug her.
3. Rudolpho was upset because his llama ate the last of the cheeselog.
4. The crew checked the llama and prepared it for the sea.
5. Irwin and his llama ate some tortilla soup with some fries on the side.
6. We can wait here until Carlos calls us.
7. We must repair the dam, or the water will rush through.
8. If we don’t repair the dam, the water will rush through.

Bonus: Explain why is #9 a much better sentence than #8.

120 Seconds. Final Day!

VLADEK!

Checking definitions and 1-1-1 KBARR.

“Vocab/SAWs, 1/23.”

1. ____. (Bonus: Who is this?)
2. ____
3. _____
4. _____
5. The Nuremberg laws _____(ed) the Jews of the right to vote and be citizens.
6. The Nazi _____ included racial purity.
7. A heart attack is a(n) ____ sign of an ongoing disease.
8. His accent was a(n) ____; he wasn’t really from France.
9. (see #8) He just thought it made him sound _______.
10. The camp counselors were too ____ in enforcing the rules, so it wasn’t much fun.
11. “I like turtles” is funny because the line is such a(n) _____.
12. The Queen of England has ____ but no real power.
13. * Loyalty is a(n) ______ quality of dogs. That’s how they are.
14. * In today’s society, information is also a _____ that is bought and sold.

“Simple and Compound Sentences.” COPY.

Simple Sentence (S) = I
Compound Sentence (CD)  = I + I, joined by a comma and one of the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Complex Sentence (CX) = I + D or D + I, joined by although, since, because, while, when, if, etc.)

“S/CD/CX, 1/23.”  Write S, CD, or CX for each sentence.

1. The llama is a quadruped with a beak for eating and fins for swimming.
2. I like turtles because they are cute.
3. I sent the llama to the store before the party started.
4. Katy tried to call me, but my phone was dead.
5. Across the street from his house was a teepee.
6. You would like it if you were a bird.
7. Herbie the llama ate some grass, and it gave him gas.
8. He failed the test after he ignored the warning.
9. He forget to practice, yet he still did well.
10. Since Jenni ate the hot dog, she got sick

120 Seconds.

VLADEK!