Day: January 11, 2022

Tuesday, 1/11: Husker Du, Vocab, Vladek

Once Again, the link for Maus II: https://uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/spiegelman-maus-ii.pdf

“Husker Du Two, 1/11.”

  1. Even though words like gross, ugly, fun, and weird are technically adjectives, they are really _____, and not ______.  a) descriptions, modifications  b) opinions, adjectives  c) opinions, descriptions  d) modifiers, descriptions  e) articles, opinions
  2. I love running in PE.  a) adjective   b) not an adjective
  3. I like the sound of running water.  a) adjective   b) not an adjective
  4. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  5. it:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  6. Two-Bit nodded wisely. ‘Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.’    Adjectives?
  7. The part where Marlin and Nemo are reunited and Nemo saves Dory.   a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution g) plot
    Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?
  8. When you forget to call your mom.
  9. Balancing a duck on his head, the llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill.
  10. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.

Checking Definitions.

“Vocab, 1/11.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The old photographs were all ______(ed) to the attic because nobody looked at them any more.
  5. He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around them A LOT.
  6. North Korea is still under economic and trade _____(s) by the United States and others for the treatment of their citizens.
  7. Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted to earn ______ for the things he had done.
  8. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
  9. Mr. Coward does not ______ the use of cell phones at school.
  10. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump over it. 
  11. (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.

Quick Questions from Yesterday’s Reading:

  1. What does Vladek’s last comment on p230 (p66 online) mean?
  2. What is one reason Vladek says it was hard for the Jews to resist at Auschwitz?
  3. Why couldn’t Vladek and the others do their plan to escape from Auschwitz?
  4. What does Francoise mean when she says, “I’ll bet you that Anja’s notebooks were written on both sides of the page…” ?

Vladek to the end of Book 2, Chapter 3.