Month: December 2021

Tell Mr. Ottrando “Happy Birthday!”

“S,CD,CX? 12/8.”

1. I saw a llama skating with your hamster yesterday, and I died.
2. The llama studied, but he ultimately failed.
3. Although they are kind of creepy, I like llamas.
4. I like llamas, so I bought one.
5. Although the llama studied, he still failed the driver’s test.
6. I saw a llama with an eye-patch skating into a snowdrift.
7. I saw a llama skating and falling yesterday in the bathtub.
8. The llama studied since he didn’t know the book.
9. I like llamas unless they are rude.

Checking SMYK’s.

“Vocab, 12/8.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. There used to be a TV show called The ____ Gourmet which showed you how to eat well without spending a lot of money.
5. Art Spiegelman once published magazine collections of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
6. We rushed to ______ together a float for the parade before the upcoming deadline.
7. Horror movies are sort of _______ for many people.
8. “I never knew a person more _____ than myself. The fact that I say that shows what I say is true.”
9. The athlete was ___ about the use of steroids. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.
10. The root of this word meant “to disguise or conceal.” _____
11. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____
12. (2) She tried to stay awake during math, but it was ______, and she finally ______(ed) to the sleepiness and nodded off.

120 Seconds. Next Performances are tomorrow.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek.

If we finish Book One: NewsELA article.

Checking: Interview Questions and Vocab Defns.

“CX/CD/S (again), 12/7.” Write out the whole sentence for each one following the directions.

1. I like llamas. —  Add a dependent clause to make a COMPLEX (CX) sentence.
2. The llama studied.  —  Add an independent clause to make a COMPOUND (CD) sentence.
3. I saw a llama skating.  — Add one or more phrases to describe the llama or his skating, but keep the sentence SIMPLE (S).

“Vocab, 12/7.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
6. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
7. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bazooka to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
8. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
9. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
10. She blamed him for the accident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
11. This word’s roots mean feeling both ways. _____
12. This word’s meaning evolved like this: fruit -> economical -> ______.
13. The words roots meant to take before. _____

120 Seconds. Next Performances are tomorrow.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek. Caught!

Slides link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vfn0JBgDp3uObyVLOcfYE6mB5SU5Y1P3pUw9O_9ieGE/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into Planner.

Finish interview questions tonight. Responding is back.

• • Interview someone who is at least 50 years older than you are.
    

1. Ask five+ questions that require more than a sentence to answer. Try to draw information out of that person. Each question should be “followed up” with another question based on the previous answer.
2. Write down answers to questions. (direct quotes, summaries, notes on attitude, etc.)
3. (If Live) Note the setting of the interview. (place, time, surroundings, what you’re doing…)
4. Describe the interviewee. (physical, voice, relationship to you, attitude, background, hobbies…)
5. Zoom/Facetime (or similar) is OK.
6. If the person allows it, a picture or two would be great. (Bonus.)

#2,3,4 are due next Tuesday. ROUGH DRAFT!

Debrief Test #12. Hrmm.

Vladek.

Before we start: New Project between now and Christmas.

Interview Project

• Interview someone who is at least 50 years older than you are.
• Ask five+ questions that require more than a sentence to answer. Try to draw information out of that person.
• Each question should be “followed up” with another question based on the previous answer.
• We will write the questions next week; you just need to pick a person in the next couple of days or so.

Prep Sheet for Test #12:
KBARR: ___/8 Vocab Homework: ___/15   Vocab Practices: ___/11 ___/13 ___/12

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordies. The colors are not part of the clues.
   a)    b) 
   c)  d) 
2. Figure out what the three things in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter word ending in -s.
   • a) trombone, playground, microscope
   • b) railroad, muddy shoes, music cd
3. What living creature has fur, four legs, and a tail, eats cat food, meows, and sees equally well from both ends of its body?
4. Name an English word (there are actually two) of more than two letters that both begins and ends with the letters -he in that order. “Hehe” is not an acceptable answer.

Test #12 – Final

Doodle Theme: Alien Christmas Parade

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, Vladek, Husker Du. Test 12 Preview.

“Vocab, 12/2.”  Two words used twice! Taking all comers!
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. ____
4. Figure #4 shows the effects of sleep _____(ation).
5. Man is not the most ______ species on the planet. There are more rats and chickens in the world.
6. The root of this word was Latin for influence. _____
7. The root of this word was Latin for not in sequence. _____
8. The root of this word was Old French for hair. _____
9. The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____
10. The roots of this word were Latin for completely away from public life. _____
11. The root of this word was Latin for having greater power _____
12. The root of this word was Latin for trickery or illusion. _______

VOCAB RELAY RETURNETH!

120 Seconds. Next Performances are Tuesday, 12/7.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek.