Month: September 2018

Friday, 9/14: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #4

Prep sheet for Test #4:
KBARR: ___/40      NVA: ___/9  ___/9 ___/9     Outsiders Quiz: ___/6
Vocabulary Homework: ___/20   Vocab Practices: ___/12  ___/12  ___/12
Other Extra Credit:  Period 6 gets +3 for winning Vocab Relay. All other periods get +1 for finishing under 1 minute.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school? (Not a trick, just math.)
  2. You have six sticks that are vertical on the floor like this:
    |  |  |  |  |  |
    Add five more sticks to make nine. You may not move any of the original 6 sticks.
  3. An archaeologist uncovers an ancient tomb, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  Two, unclothed, long-dead bodies are found in the tomb.  One is an adult male, the other an adult female.  Both bodies are perfectly preserved, although dry and leathery with age.  The archaeologist takes one look and exclaims: “It’s a miracle! I have found Adam and Eve.”  How did the archaeologist know this at a glance?
  4. Here is a question on international law: If an international airliner crashed exactly on the U.S.-Mexico border, where would they be required to bury the survivors?
  5. Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head? (haha)
  6. What is the next thing in this sequence. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ____.  See if you can fill in the blank correctly.

Test #4.

Doodle Theme: FUN!

 

Thursday, 9/13: NVA, Vocab + Relay, Richard Cory, Outsiders

Tomorrow’s Test: NVA, Vocab (inc. SAWs), Plot (open notebook), Outsiders.

“NVA, 9/13.” (9 to find.)

For a brief moment, Jimmy stupidly thought he could fly like a graceful bird across the blue sky.

 

“Vocab, 9/13.” * = SAW.
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. fear : panic :: ask : _____
  5. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  6. My parents were a little _____ about the crowd I was hanging out with.
  7. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  8. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”
  9. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one.
  10. The jury voted to ______ because there wasn’t enough evidence to find him guilty.
  11. The students ____(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. “Please?” they begged.
  12. * What is the ____ of school? Transfer of information or teaching thinking?

 

 

Richard Cory.  Which character from The Outsiders could be compared to Richard Cory?

 

The Outsiders…
What food/supplies would you get? What would you do to pass the time for a week?

Wednesday, 9/12: NVA, Vocab, Plot, Outsiders

3rd Period Assembly Schedule Today.

Checking SMYKs.

“NVA, 9/12.” (9)

Homer hit his fat head on the corner of the table and fell with a loud thunk.

Nouns:
Verbs:
Adjectives:

 

“Vocab, 9/12.” (12) * = SAW.
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____ (Hint: Why did he move?)
  5. “Johnny and I ______(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits.”
  6. lazy : dogged :: flattered : ______
  7. The jury ______(ed) him, so he was free to go.
  8. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.
  9. The team’s ____ defense is what kept them in the game. They never gave up.
  10. Pony was _____ when he thought of his parents, remembering how things used to be.
  11. * The teacher didn’t understand Spanish, so the student had to ______ for him.
  12. * After ____(ing) the flight data, they concluded it was a bad engine that caused the crash.

 

 

PLOT. COPY into your notebook!

What would the inciting incident be in… Hatchet? Finding Nemo?  Lion King? Frozen?

  1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
  2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
  3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
  4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
  5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
  6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test Friday.

 

The Outsiders…

Tuesday, 9/11: NVA, Vocab, Outsiders

Checking Vocab Definitions!

“NVA, 9/11.” (9p)

The purple llama roared loudly in our scared faces as the crowd screamed like little babies.

Nouns:
Verbs:
Adjectives:

 

“Vocab, 9/11.” * = SAW.
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
  7. Listening to music is not ______ to studying.
  8. Since I studied, I _____(ed) myself quite well on the test.
  9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
  10. I was ______ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  11. * Almost everyone _____(ed) the teacher’s instructions differently, so there was a lot of different kinds of projects.
  12. * By now you should understand the _____ of this class and the various routines we have.

 

 

“The Outsiders, 9/11.” The Raffle King will decide if it is collaborative or not! “Quote” means that your answer should be a line from the book. Use  “quotation marks” for the quotes.

  1. (Quote) Why does Cherry leave with Bob and the other Socs?
  2. “Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.” (Who’s talking to whom?)
  3. “Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”   What are they talking about?
  4. Why does Darry say he is hesitant to call the police when Pony is gone so long?
  5. (Quote) Why does Johnny say that he “almost likes it better when the old man is hitting me”?
  6. “I was wrong” is an example of…  (Literarily speaking.)

 

 

Chapter 4: Now our actual plot begins!

CHAPTER FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, 9/10: Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test #3, The Outsiders

Copy homework into planner.

“SAWs, 9/10.” Copy the words and, if needed, the definitions. Then each word is used once for the pics and once for the blanks.
analyze (verb) to examine; to study
factor (noun) something that influences the result of something else
function (noun) purpose; role; use
interpret (verb) to understand or explain something’s meaning
structure (noun) the way parts of something relate to each other and work together
1.data 2.landslide-anatomy3.signlang 4.TREE-STR 5.screwing
6.  In English, we ____(ed) the _____ of a story and found that every story has to have a conflict.
7. The airline authorities decided that pilot error was a ____ in the crash, but not the only one.
8. I think her comment was meant to be ______(ed) as sarcasm.
9. Her job combines the _____(s) of a manager and a worker.

 

Debrief Test #3.

 

The Outsiders...