Day: September 20, 2019

Friday, 9/20: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #5

Prep sheet for Test #5.
FROs:  ___/8 ___/10  ___/9   KBARR: _____/40
Outsiders Quiz: ___/8    Vocabulary Homework: ___/20
Vocab Practices:  ___/10   ___/10    ___/10
Other Extra Credit: Vocab Relay: Per. 6 +3, Per. 2 +2, Per. 1 + 1.  Carly Simon +1. vain/vane/vein  +1 each.  Same = +1   Sound = +1

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
  2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
    W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
  3. 1961 was a special year (other than for the fact that Mr. Coward was born then). In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
  4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
  5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
    • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
    • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.
  6. When does 1+1+1=1?

 

Test #5.

 

Doodle Theme: Music.

Thursday, 9/19: Vocab, FRO’s Sentence Combo, Outsiders Quiz

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, FROs, Outsiders, Husker Du, Sentence Combining.

“Vocab, 9/19.”
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The teacher’s attitude was very _____(ing); he always treated his class like they were in kindergarten.
  5. nonchalant : hysterical ::  gossipy : _____
  6. Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
  7. If you ____ (ed) Chipotle last night, it benefited the band program.
  8. Buck Merrill sometimes sold _____ alcohol.  (It was called bootlegging.)
  9. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
  10. I finally had to poke him to ____ any response at all!

 

“FROs 9/19.”  CS = Correct Sentence.  F = Fragment.  RO = Run on. 

  1. Hide in burrows and beneath rocks.
  2. Although the llama wandered too close to the fire.
  3. Fighting with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, he battled the vicious llama.
  4. Herds of fiendish llamas called dooms roam the empty countryside.
  5. The strange life of the llama.
  6. Jack and Jill and the llama went up the hill to fetch a pail of water then they fell down.
  7. The llama fell down and broke his crown Jack and Jill fell in the well.
  8. The llama went over the hills and through the wood to get to Grandmother’s house, but she wasn’t home.
  9. Because the llama ate too much cheese, he forgot to do his KBARR.

“The Adventures of Chuckie, II, 9/19.”

  1. a) His teacher is not amused.   b) His teacher is a woman.   c) She is very quiet.   d) She has karate experience.  (Hint:  his____,_____ with ______, is)
  2.  a) His teacher walks toward Chuckie’s desk.  b) Her walk is cool.  1c) Her walk is silent.  1d) Her walk is slow. (Hint: -ly)
  3. a) The class holds its breath.  2b) They have anticipation.  2c) They know what will happen next. (Hint: with, because.)

The Outsiders. Write the ANSWER, not the letter.

  1. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book they’re reading than Pony, even though Pony is the “smart” one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  2. The real message of  “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is that bad things always happen.  a) True  b) False
  3. Which quote so far best connects to the title of the novel?  a) “How’d you like to live with that?”  b) “I guess we’re different.”  c) “Too bad it couldn’t stay like that all the time.”  d) “Things have been happening so fast…”  e) “I bet they were cool old guys.”
  4. The same character said all five of the quotes in the previous question. Which one?  a) Pony  b) Soda  c) Dally  d) Johnny  e) Darry  f) Two Bit  g) Steve
  5. Chapter 5 would be considered part of the ______ of this story.    a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
  6. Who said? “I can’t believe little old Johnny could kill somebody.”  a) Pony  b) Dally  c) Soda  d) Darry  e) Two-Bit   f) NOTA
  7. This person is commenting on the irony of that.  a) True  b) False
  8. Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn’t do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False