Month: March 2022

Thursday, 3/17: Review, Compound Stuff, Vocab, Mars

Tomorrow’s Test: Pink Sheet, Husker Du, BOB, Vocab. Preview: Test 23 Preview

“Warm Up, 3/17.” COPY! COPY! COPY! ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  1. I love running in PE.   a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
  2. I like the sound of running water.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
  3. Yesterday we were running through the field.   a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
  4. When the Bitterings talk about the ugly humans.  a) inciting incident  b) exposition  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution
  5. Copy the following guide into your notebook, and write an example of each.
    • S + S + V = Compound Subject
    • S + V + V = Compound Verb
    • SV + connector + SV = Compound Sentence.

“Vocab, 3/17.”

  1. _____ (Bonus: What old vocab word?)
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The Mad Llamas won the final match and took home the _____(ed) Alpaca Cup!
  6. When they couldn’t win by honest means, they resorted to _____.
  7. The roots of this word meant “to bind by oath.”
  8. The root of this word meant “speaking out.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “sorrow” or “spiteful.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to desire.”
  11. The root of this word meant “offspring.”
  12. The root of this word meant “craft.”

 

Correct BOB. You Will see versions of these questions tomorrow!

I will be collecting these pages from BOB tomorrow before the test!

“The Other Foot” by Ray Bradbury.

  • What does the expression “now the shoe is on the other foot” mean?
  • What does it mean to “turn the other cheek”?
  • What is the difference between vengeance and justice?
  • Is revenge ever justified? Why/when?
  • Have you ever taken revenge on someone? Did it make you feel better after? For how long?

Wednesday, 3/16: Warm Up, Compound Stuff, Vocab, Mars

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/basketball-fever-hits-san-luis-obispo-middle-school-students

“Warm Up, 3/16.” List the subject/verb combo for each clause and the connector used to join them.
Do like you did on the Pink Sheet on Monday. ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  1. The puppies rampaged down the street, and they trampled a llama.
  2. The llamas shared the work of the group, but the head llama gave the orders.
  3. A llama’s house would be divided into rooms; the herd used some areas for voodoo rituals.
  4. Every story has to have a  ____.   a) middle  b) person  c) conclusion  d) message  e) conflict  f) theme
  5. The root cred means…   a) truth  b) crazy  c) pay  d) believe  e) wild  f) possible  g) NOTA
  6. Which word doesn’t belong? a) evaluate  b) predict  c) question  d) summarize  e) react
  7. it:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

“Vocab, 3/16.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. I’m _____? Do you even know what that means? (haha)
  6. He was ____(ed) to do all his homework before he watched any tv.
  7. He is a rather ____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
  8. obvious : subtle :: counterfeit : _______
  9. The Socs always would say the word greaser _____(ly).
  10. The prefix of this word means “all or everything.” _____
  11. This word is Latin for “with good faith.” _____
  12. The roots of this word meant “to lead down.”
  13. The root of this word meant “drummer.” (LOL)

Correct Pink Sheet. Exercise 5. (link: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/compoundsentences.doc)

“Compound subject, Compound verb, or Compound sentence?”

  1. Jimmy and the llama went to the store to buy hydrogen.
  2. The llama’s house is energy efficient and saves water by recycling it.
  3. The llama ate three hot dogs, went on a walk, and got a cramp.
  4. My best friend’s llama went to the dance, and I went with him.
  5. Llamas and many other animals had to run from the war carrying only the clothes on their backs.

BOB: Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.

  • Do questions 1, 2a, 2b on page 233.
  • Answer the questions on p234 for Interpret 2, Predict 4, and Interpret 5. WRITE THE ANSWERS IN THE MARGIN ON PAGE 232. LABEL EACH ANSWER.
  • Do the two “Practice and Applies” on p236.

 

 

 

Tuesday, 3/15: Review, Compound Sentences, Vocab, Mars

Names Matter.

A Swedish study compared immigrants who had changed their Slavic, Asian, or African names, such as Kovacevic and Mohammed, to more Swedish-sounding, or neutral, ones, like Lindberg and Johnson. The economists Mahmood Arai and Peter Skogman Thoursie, from Stockholm University, found that this kind of name change substantially improved earnings: the immigrants with new names made an average of twenty-six per cent more than those who chose to keep their names.

Stamping Pink Sheets!

“Warm Up, 3/15.” Use your pink sheet for 1-5. 6-8 are from Test #1. NOT COLLABORATIVE.

  1.  What is the official name for the FANBOYS?
  2. A COMPOUND sentence has at least how many subordinate clauses?
  3. Besides using one of the FANBOYS, what is another way to join independent clauses into a compound sentence?
  4. The predicate is another name for the main _____ in a sentence or clause.
  5. Look at the sentence(s) you wrote yesterday for the scramble. Compound or not?
  6. The root of this word means shape. _______  bliss, savvy, connotation, infer, conform, bleak, NOTA
  7. She is a savvy basketball player.  a) adjective  b) not an adjective
  8. The expression “Ignorance is bliss” is a motto.  True or False?

Correct Pink Sheet – Exercise #3. Cheat Sheet for Friday!  (Link: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/compoundsentences.doc)

“Vocab, 3/15.” Each word once. No hints. OK to collaborate.
     

“DG Quiz, 3/15”  Not collaborative.

  1. (p221) When the men at the store don’t seem worried, how does Harry feel?
  2. (p224) What’s the first sign that Harry is starting to give in to becoming Martian?
  3. (p226) What metaphor does Harry use to explain the change in his family’s eye color? (Not the answer to #4.)
  4. (p226) Explain Harry’s metaphor in paragraph 171. What is he comparing him and his family to?

Read to the end.

Monday, 3/14: Homework, Debrief Test #22,

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uNheII7MDtzQZchYvV2VNYLr96B3J9M2E6XObL-bOhc/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner. KBARR resumes next week!

“Scramble, 3/14.”  Extra for extras.

–in front of their house  –like spring violets  — the lawn  –was coloring itself  –very quietly and slowly

Debrief Test #22. Everybody gets #27 correct.

Vocab Intro. Let’s try to figure out meanings from context.

  1. Supposedly, since Santa can see everything you do, that makes him OMNISCIENT.
  2. The author Ray Bradbury was a very PROLIFIC writer, writing at least a thousand words per day.
  3. The bank clerk had to examine the two $100 bills very carefully to tell which was BONA FIDE.
  4. On the show CSI, the crime scene investigators used science to DEDUCE whom the killer was.
  5. The Bible says, “Do not COVET your neighbors stuff,” and be dissatisfied with yours.
  6. It was hard for Pony to understand the LOATHING that Socs had for greasers.
  7. The homeless are usually PARIAHS in society; shunned by everyone.
  8. His mom tried to be very GUILEFUL as she questioned him, trying to trick him into admitting he cheated.
  9. bold : audacious :: patronizing : CONDESCENDING
  10. Barak Obama was an ELOQUENT public speaker whose speeches were very inspiring.
  11. Work is what you are OBLIGED to do. Play is what you are not OBLIGED to do.

“Why are names so important?” The alternative title of the story was “The Naming of Nams”

 

In 1948, two professors at Harvard University published a study of thirty-three hundred men who had recently graduated, looking at whether their names had any bearing on their academic performance. The men with unusual names, the study found, were more likely to have flunked out or to have exhibited symptoms of psychological neurosis than those with more common names. The Mikes were doing just fine, but the Berriens were having trouble. A rare name, the professors surmised, had a negative psychological effect on its bearer.

Since then, researchers have continued to study the effects of names, and, in the decades after the 1948 study, these findings have been widely reproduced. Some recent research suggests that names can influence choice of profession, where we live, whom we marry, the grades we earn, the stocks we invest in, whether we’re accepted to a school or are hired for a particular job, and the quality of our work in a group setting. Our names can even determine whether we give money to disaster victims: if we share an initial with the name of a hurricane, according to one study, we are far more likely to donate to relief funds after it hits.

 

“Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.”p223 in BOB

Friday, 3/10: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #22

Prep sheet for Test #22:
Vocab Practices: ___/13 ___/13 ___/13     Extra Scrambles:___
Stamp on PS? yes /no        SMYK’s? yes / no
Other Bonus: Period 2 gets +2 for VR, all other classes get +1. +1 for aesthetic.

Mental Floss.

  1. Wacky Wordy:   Queso >
  2. Starting with an empty barrel, put in order. (Not a trick.)
    *2/3 full   *1/4 empty   *1/2 full   *3/4 empty
  3. Can you figure out these common, polite expressions?
    • a) The second letter of the alphabet + the opposite of more + a female sheep
    • b) The 16th letter of the alphabet + to rent
    • c)  Former + sticks used for pool + not you
  4. Fill in the blanks below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally, and fits the definition on the right when read backwards.
    • a) Friends ______ hit sharply.  
    • b) Rinds of fruit _______ What we do with over one third of our lives.  
    • c) Wicked _______ Exist
  5. A donkey behind another donkey,
    I’m behind that second donkey,
    But there is a whole nation behind me.
    It is a murder you can describe in a word: ______

 

Test #22 – Final

The cut-off for SSI today is 20.

“A Sound of Thunder“