Month: August 2021

Tuesday, 8/24: Warm Up, Vocab, “Delinquent

Due Today: Vocabulary definitions.  I will be checking them while you work.

Please write the URL of the class web site in large letters in your planner:

middleschool.mrcoward.com

 

Will the Warm-Up be collaborative or not? Hmmm… Let’s let the Raffle King decide.

“Warm Up, 8/24.” Write the answer in your notebook. Do not copy the question. Do not forget to write the Title and Date.

  1. When does Mr. Coward assign homework?
  2. How often do we have a vocab list to work on?
  3. What is an analogy?
  4. What is pretty much the only way to earn “extra credit” in this class?
  5. What does SMYK stand for?

 

“Vocabulary, 8/24.” (in your notebook) All answers will be vocabulary words. Use your definitions and your group homies to help you. For #1-4, choose which word best fits the picture, and be prepared to explain why you think so. If you can justify more than one word for a picture, you might receive bonus credit.
bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, savvy, conform, sage, fathom, connotation
sage bleak1wpiStock_why-do-we-conform

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______
  6. rules : requirements :: happiness : ____
  7. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____ of a gang member with a can a spray paint.
  8. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used.
  9. Nobody could _____ why he liked school so much even though he got all F’s.
  10. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.

“The Others.”

Whom do you sympathize with in “The Others”? The Jeans or the Well -Offs?  Why?  Give a couple of examples from the text of language which makes you want to be Team Jeans or Team Well-Offs.

“Delinquent” by Langston Hughes

Due Tomorrow: SMYK’s

Due by Friday: Readiness Assessment.

Tomorrow: Vocab, Slang, “Delinquent,”  Outsiders

 

Extra Time? 

Motto
by Langston Hughes          
I play it cool    
and dig all jive. 
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn
is: 
Dig and Be Dug
In Return. 		 “Motto, 8/20.” (in your notebook)
1) What is a motto?
2) What do you think he means by “Dig and Be Dug In Return”?
3) What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar?

Monday, 8/23: Homework, Vocab, “The Others”

Homies Advisory Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Euzs9JErbiMAKFQHiT56dKdNuYnWNZybL6IzoM6eLg8/edit?usp=sharing

The Website: http://middleschool.mrcoward.com. EVERYTHING is here!

Copy Homework into Planner. Details.

Check Chromies for McGraw Hill in the waffle!

Bring your notebook every day!

Vocabulary Sheet How-To.

  • Definitions due (in notebook) tomorrow. Use learnersdictionary.com!
  • Show-me-you-knows (SMYK) due Wednesday. Copy my starter sentences into your notebook and complete them in a way that and SHOWS ME YOU KNOW what each word means! 
  • For EXTRA CREDIT, make up sentences of your own by Friday that SHOW ME YOU KNOW.

 

x : y :: a : b.
Translation: x is related to y in the same way that a is related to b.
Example –> ice : melt :: garbage : rot.

“Vocab Practice, 8/23.” You will use 1 word twice.
inferior, assert, ferocious, sprawl, arrogant

  1. lazy : active :: fearful : _____
  2. After the race, the llama ______(ed) out on the ground, exhausted.
  3. The llama was so _____ and tried to make everyone feel _____.
  4. exterior : interior :: superior : ______
  5. The shy llama is working on _____(ing) herself more.

Books.

What is it called when we assume everyone from the same group is the same?

“The Others.” p98

 

 

 

Friday, 8/20: SEL, Mental Floss

Remember: Have an independent reading book ready to go by Monday and have a spiral notebook just for English.

Let’s GOOOO!

Period One – Day Two

Period Two – Day Two

Period Three – Day Two

Period Four – Day Two

Period Five – Day Two

Period Six – Day Two

Mental Floss: (Every Friday)Brain teasers and trick questions to scrape the mucous off your brain before a test. Purely extra credit. NO penalty for wrong answers, so you may as well guess. If it looks like a trick, it probably is.

  1. You have two coins that total 15 cents, but one of them is not a nickel. How is that possible?
  2. What is the volume of dirt in a hole 6 feet long, 8 feet deep, and 4 feet wide?
  3. A farmer had seventeen sheep; all but nine died. How many are left?
  4. What heavy six letter word can you take one letter away from and have eight left?
  5.  You are in a mountain cabin, and it is freezing and dark. The cabin has an old gas lantern, a wood burning stove, and an oil burning heater. You have only one match. Which do you light first?
  6. A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does it weigh?(Not a trick; just math.)

 

Petals AROUND the Rose?!

Thursday, 8/19: Welcome to Laguna!

SEATING CHART!

So stoked to be back live! We’ll work on classroom procedures and suchlike next week. These first two days, we’re going to work on becoming Lancers.

Two quick things before we start:  By  Monday – 1) Get a Spiral Notebook just for this class. 2) Get an Independent Reading Book. No need to bring it to school, just have one ready to go Monday night.

Here we go!

Period One – Day One.

Period Two Day One.

Period Three, Day One.

Period Four, Day One.

Period Five, Day One.

Period Six, Day One.