Wednesday, 2/9: Mars Met, Vocab, Giver

Nice and Easy Warm Up in BOB:

  • Practice and Apply (only) on p248.
  • Practice and Apply p249.

Correct quiz from yesterday:

“Martian Metropolis” p241. (10)

  1. What was one argument given for humans to live on Mars.
  2. (3) What were 3 reasons given why it would be dangerous for humans to live on Mars?
  3. Which was listed as most dangerous?
  4. (2) Name 2 resources Mars likely has that humans can use to live there.
  5. What might be one source of power?
  6. Look at the diagram on p243 and then reread P14. Why don’t we travel to Mars when it is closest to Earth?
  7. Name one source of information the author used to write the article.

“Vocab, 2/9.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The root prefix of this word means “down.”
  5. The root of this word meant “lean, skinny.”
  6. The roots of this word  meant “to shackle the feet of.”
  7. The root of this word meant “banished person.”
  8. The root of this word meant “to increase.”
  9. The root of this word meant “forgetful.”
  10. The root of this word meant “a being.”
  11. The root of this word meant “float or swim.”
  12. The root of this word meant “tilted, twisted contorted.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “overflowing, fertile, abundant.”
  14. This word was actually created as a name for a new invention in the 1920s.

“Dah Givah, 11.” (7)

  1. Why was it so exhausting for The Receiver/Giver to give Jonas the memory of snow?
  2. The Receiver/Giver says he has great _____…
  3. …but not _____.  (Yes, the order matters.)
  4. The Receiver/Giver says he started Jonas off with memories of pleasure because that’s what worked last time he trained a new receiver.  a) True  b) False
  5. When Jonas asks what happened to things like snow, the Receiver calls it…
  6. What memory does the Receiver transmit to give Jonas an example of pain?
  7. Jonas receiving the snow memory.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action

Read aloud from ch 12.