Month: March 2020

Oh Baby! Well then.

Things are obviously different now, but some things won’t change. We will still have KBARR, we will still have 600 Words, and we will still have Vocab. All these regular features however will have some changes:

Vocab: You will not be submitting, and I will not be checking, vocab definitions or SMYK’s. However, as we found before, there’s no way to practice the vocab without at least doing the definitions, so do your definitions in your notebook like always. Check the original homework page for the vocab list every Monday beginning Monday, March 23.

600 Words/Week: 600 starts over on Wednesday, and will now run Wednesday to Wednesday, and you must write something every school day.

KBARR: No KBARR chart. 20 minutes of reading/day. FIVE days/week. Daily response. Daily response to other people’s KBARR.

MOOOOOOODLE!

However, the biggest change will be in our day-to-day classwork. For that we will be moving over to a MOODLE! Moodle is a Course Management Application, that will let us do most of what we do in class virtually.

Here’s the link: https://moodle-lms.etcportal.org/course/view.php?id=4

CLICK the Google Button to login, and then ENTER THE ENROLLMENT CODE FOR YOUR CLASS INTO THE SELF ENROL BOX. Make sure you use the code for your class!

Period 1: Period1!

Period 2: Period2!

Period 5: Period5!

Period 6: Period6!

Be sure to explore around the Moodle. Have fun in the Jibber Jabber Chat Room which is open NOW. Mess with your Profile and Avatar!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Prep sheet for Test #26:
Giver Quizzes: ___/6 ___/10 ___/9 Husker Du: ___/20  KBARR: ___/35
Vocab Homework: ___/20 Vocab Practice: ___/12 ___/11 ___/11
Other Extra Credit:  Periods 5 and 6 get +3 for vocab relay!

Mental Floss.

1. Add, subtract, and then rearrange, to find the name of an animal:    MARMALADE + OIL – MAE = ________
2.  You will be given clues for the two words. The second word is the first word with the first letter removed.
   a)  area between mountains –>   narrow passage between buildings
   b) spew out –>  leave out
   c) a shape –>  a number
3. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.  Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat
   a) unadorned necklace   b) Funny/Smart Cat   c) Unusual Rabbit   d) Wedding Limo (2)   e) Untamed Minor
4. (Palindromes) a) He drank a bottle of __  __  __ as he tied the __  __  __ around the neck of the little __  __  __ so she wouldn’t spill her drink on her dress.
   b)  The pitcher tore the __ __ __ __ __ __  __ cuff in his shoulder, and won’t be able to play for at least two months.
5. Many people are standing in a line. Each can only see the person directly in front of him. The person at the front cannot see anyone. The person at the back of the line is married, while the one at the front is unmarried. Can a married person see an unmarried person?
6. Wacky Wordy:
   NIGHTDANCE
   NIGHDANCE
   NIGDANCE
   NIDANCE
   NDANCE
   DANCE

Test #26. Doodle Theme: Spring. All meanings!

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du for your Class, Vocab, Giver

“Husker Du, 3/12.” Period One – Test #7. Answer, not letter.

1. As Dally drives to the hospital he says, “…you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…” (p147/p128) This is ironic because… a) Dally isn’t that tough. b) Dally tried to harden himself, but something touched him anyway. c) Johnny was tough, but got hurt anyway. d) Dally is a greaser. e) It isn’t ironic at all.
2. When Johnny smiles before he dies, it’s because… a) he’s dying a hero. b) the greasers won the rumble. c) he wanted to die anyway. d) Dally was proud of him. e) he remembered a joke Pony made in the church. f) He knew it was worth dying for those kids. g) NOTA
3. What is Pony’s main motivation for wanting to be in the rumble? a) Revenge for Johnny. b) He likes to fight. c) To prove himeself to Darry. d) Loyalty to the gang. e) All of the above. f) NOTA
4. Cherry tells Pony why she liked Bob (p129/p113), and he realizes that Bob was a lot like…a) Darry b) Johnny c) Pony d) Soda e) Dally f) Steve
5. Pony goes off on Cherry (p129/p113) because he thinks that she is _______(ing) him by trying to help the greasers before the rumble. a) savvy b) illicit c) discreet d) hysterical e) patronize f) exploit

“Husker Du, 3/12.” Periods Two and Six– Test #18. Answer, not letter.

1. We ran out of the ingredients for the recipe, so we had to ______.  a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) NOTA
2. Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won’t eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough. a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) NOTA
3. Translate: meshuga  a) stupid  b) crazy  c) smart  d) lazy  e) rich  f) greedy  g) NOTA
4. What is one reason Artie says he became an artist?  a) It was something he studied.  b) He always read comics as a kid.  c) So he wouldn’t have to compete with Vladek.  d) It paid well.  e) NOTA.
5. The prefix of this word means again.  a) reverse  b) release  c) prohibit  d) advocate  e) contrary  f) NOTA

“Husker Du, 3/12.” Period Five – Test #21. Answer, not letter.

1. He soon found that studying for the test would have a _____ (positive) impact on his grade! OMG!  a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) NOTA
2. The crew checked the llama while the captain prepared her for the sea.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex  d) Fragment   e) Run-on
3. Balancing a duck on his head, the llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex  d) Fragment   e) Run-on
4. What’s a barrack (aka a block)?   a) Another name for the gas chamber.  b) A workshop building.  c) A group of prisoners.  d) A building with the prisoners’ bunks.  e) NOTA
5. Why does the tin shop foreman, Yidl, dislike Vladek? a) Because Vladek is Jewish.   b) Because Vladek is Polish.  c) Because he thinks Vladek is a capitalist.  d) Because Vladek is too clever for him.  e) NOTA

“Vocab, 3/12.” Each word is used once except flourish which is used in both of its definitions. #3 is not disposition. #4 is not jovial. #6 is not conglomeration.

VOCAB RELAY?

GIVER Quiz, 18-19. Answer, not letter.

1. What memory changed Rosemary?
2. Why did they change the rule about the Receiver asking for release?
3. What idea of Jonas’s intrigues the Giver?
4. The Giver does not think that Jonas should watch that morning’s release of the twin, because he thinks Jonas might not be able to handle it. a) True  b) False
5. When The Giver asks to see the tape of the twin’s release, the attendant hesitates, because it’s such an unusual request.  a) True  b)False
6. When Jonas starts to realize what’s going on, he asks The Giver to stop the tape.  a) True  b) False
7. As Jonas watches the release of the twin, what other memory comes to him?  a) The broken leg on the sled  b) Gabriel’s smiling face.  c) The dying kid in the war scene.  d) Hunger.  e) His dad playing with Lily.  f) NOTA
8. How long has Jonas been in training with The Giver?  a) a few weeks  b) a few months  c) about a year  d) a couple of years  e) There’s no way to tell.
9. Starting with chapter 20, we are now truly entering  the _____ of the story. a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) resolution  f) NOTA

The OTHER Giver. There WILL be a question or two or three on the TEST. For example:

What is very different about the EXPOSITION in the movie versus the book? How does that affect the story and how you perceive it?

“Husker Du, 3/11.” Period One – Test #7.

1. Since my llama left me.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX  d) Frag  e) R-O  f) NOTA
2. I got all ____ on my report card.  a) A’s  b) As  c) ‘A’s   d) ‘As   e) NOTA
3. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (More than one.)  a) teacher’s  b) teachers  c) teachers’s  d) teachers’  e) NOTA
4. _____ llama is that?  a) whose  b) who’se  c) who’s  d) NOTA
5. All llamas aren’t like that you have to believe me.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence
6. It’s that embarrassing moment when you realize that your llama just wrote a run on sentence.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence
7. Write a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence about llamas.

“Husker Du, 3/11.” Periods 2 and 6 – Test 18.

1. Since my llama left me.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX  d) Frag  e) R-O  f) NOTA
2. ______ to popular belief, one human year does not equal seven “dog years.”  a) reverse  b) release  c) prohibit  d) advocate  e) contrary
3. Your lawyer is supposed to be your _____ in court and speak for you. a) reverse  b) release  c) prohibit  d) advocate  e) contrary
4. The prefix of this word means against. _____ a) reverse  b) release  c) prohibit  d) advocate  e) contrary
5. A bunker is another name for a…  a) gun  b) secret stash of food  c) bed  d) hiding place  e) ghetto  f) NOTA
6. Being called a kombinator is a compliment.  a) True  b) False
7. Write a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence about llamas.

“Husker Du, 3/11.” Period 5 – Test 21. a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) tentative  i) haphazard  j) relinquish

1. Since my llama left me.  a) S  b) CD  c) CX  d) Frag  e) R-O  f) NOTA
2. During the summer, without something to do, some kids can get very _____ and end up not doing much of anything.
3. After she fell, she got up and tested her leg _____(ly) to see if it would support her weight.
4. She was always very _____ about her work. That’s why she got A’s.
5. a) cooperation  b) moveable  c) ignorance  d) all correct
6. a) maturity  b) narative  c) creative  d) all correct
7. Write a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence about llamas.

“Vocab, 3/11.”

7. He seemed smart, even though most of the facts he knew were rather _____.
8. Why do we have to go through all this ___ just to add on to our house?
9. He signed his autograph with a ______.
10.  “…masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners’ _______.”
11. The roots of this word mean “not having reference to.”_____

“The Giver – 16-17” Answer, not Letter.

1. All of these are things Jonas has experienced through the memories so far, except…   a)  Pain  b) Loneliness  c) Solitude  d) Joy  e) He has experienced all of these.
2. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was… a) Christmas.  b) family.  c) belonging.  d) comfort.  e) love.  f) NOTA
3. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him,their reaction could best be described as…  a) disgust.  b) annoyance.  c) anger.  d) amusement.  e) NOTA
4. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas tells Gabe he wants to escape the Community.  a) True  b) False
5. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas decides the Pills are a good idea.  a) True  b) False
6. After the conversation with his parents about love, Jonas lies to his parents.  a) True  b) False
7. Why is Jonas disturbed by the game his friends are playing?
8. Why does Jonas feel overwhelmed with feelings of loss?
9. The Giver is told in ___ person.   a) first  b) second  c) third  d) fourth
10. We are in the ______ of the story.

Giver aloud…