Month: September 2021

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, FRO’s, HK, RJ, Outsiders. Preview is here: Test #5 Preview

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“Warm Up, 9/23.” Write a sentence about Dally that begins with the word although.

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FRO’s Clicker Practice. (Again. Sigh.)

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“Vocab, 9/23.” Some used more than once. (Sigh.)
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
5. If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
6. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
7. I finally had to poke him to ____ any response at all!
8. The roots of this word mean “not allowed.” _____
9. The root of this word meant “place for observation.” _____
10. The roots of this word meant “drawn out by trickery or magic.” _____
11. The root of this word meant “empty or without substance.”_____
12. The root of this word meant “defender.”

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VOCABULARY RELAY!

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Test Preview Questions.

1. Why does Helen keep dropping her napkin?
2. What part of Plot Mountain is the R and J meet scene?
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?
5. What part of Plot Mountain are we on in The Outsiders?
6. Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn’t do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
7. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail? (p89-90)
8. Why would Johnny be “having the time of his life” in the church? (p92)
9. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood “studies his wedding ring,” what’s going on?  (p95)
10. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?

 

The Outsiders.

 

“Sentence Descramble, 9/22.”

1. –nevertheless  –seems effective  –more research  –to see  –the medication  –must be done  — if it’s safe
2. –in fact  — at all  –a beast  –a gentle giant  –is not  –that llama  –he is

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FRO’s: CLICKER ONLY!

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“Vocab, 9/22.”

      

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______. (Yes, the order matters.)
5. “You’re so ____. You probably think this song is about you.”
6. Pony and Johnny had a lot of time in the church to quietly ______.
7. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
8. It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
9. An early meaning of this word was to “treat with excessive kindness.” _____
10. The teacher’s attitude was very _____(ing); he always treated his class like they were in kindergarten.
11. (2) He was so _____ he spent hours ______(ing) his own face in the mirror.

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Romeo and Juliet Excerpt. p26.

What part of plot mountain do you think this is?

How does it Connect to The Outsiders?

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The Outsiders

Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False

 

Checking Definitions.

“Vocab, 9/21.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. He _______(ed) the meaning of the poem for a long time.
6. legitimate : illicit :: combined : ______
7. gossipy : discreet :: nonchalant : _____
8. The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
9. I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
10. I am never going to ____ that store again after they were so rude to me.
11. It’s my birthday. I’m going to ______myself and eat whatever I want to eat.

 

“FROs 9/21.”  Fragment, Run-on, or OK?

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.
10. The llama helps me with my homework, he does a great job.

 

“The Miracle Worker”  Video excerpt.

(Group) “The Miracle Worker.” Use EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT in your answers!

1. What can you infer about James’s view of Helen and of Annie from the grace scene? (Look at the stage directions!)
2. What are the two different points of view of Annie and the Kellers about Helen’s behavior at the table? (Use a vocab word!)
3. Why does Helen keep dropping her napkin? (Bonus for using a quote from p22)

 

The Outsiders.

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tJGgHGVUUvZzvanJIoVBlyRizauViiImmPXSKHNk4gQ/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

Debrief Test #4. Ouch for everybody but Period 1.

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“Sentence Scramble, 9/20.”

• for an interview
• everywhere
• she was called
• no luck
• she had looked
• and was having
• when suddenly
• for a job

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“The Miracle Worker” Excerpt (p18 in workbook).

Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan Background.

Read and annotate.

• Note where you find answers to questions 1-3 on p23.
• Who’s who?
• Annie’s Attitude vs others’
• Why does Helen keep dropping her napkin?
• Is Annie being too harsh?
• What do you think the word indulge means? (line 49)

Prep Sheet for Test #4 – 2021:
KBARR: ____/24   Vocab Practices: 9/16: ___/12   9/15:___/10   9/14: ___/10  FRO’s: 9/16:___/10
Other Extra Credit: Periods 1,2,6 get +1 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3,5 get +2, +1 each for fixed FRO, +1 for extra scrambles.

PLEASE ADD VOCAB H/W SCORE: ___/15

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I’m coming to check KBARR! (4 x 4 x 1)

Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

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.

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Test #4 – 2021.

 

Doodle Theme: Music.