Tomorrow’s Test: Clauses, NVAA, Vocab, Mars. Test 22 Preview

“Clauses, 3/10.” (Use pink sheet Part B to help you.)

1. Write a complex sentence with either an adjective or an adverb subordinate clause.
2. Underline your subordinate clause and say whether it is adjective or adverb.
3. You must use all these words: puppy, pumpkin, across, guitar, Martian, involved, hippo

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“NVAA, 3/10.” (10)

The purple llama roared loudly in our scared faces as we quietly whimpered like little babies.

Nouns:
Verbs:
Adjectives:
Adverbs:

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“Vocab, 3/10.”

1. The wind made the old newspapers _____ across the empty streets.
2. Some people say that it is only a __________that there is life after death…
3. …They think that we are being _________ to think that we are anything but worm food…
4. …But someone who is deeply religious might say that kind of talk is _________.
5. There are the _____(s) of four presidents on Mount Rushmore.
6. Because of the Martian’s telepathy, the Earth men were under the _______ that their loved ones had come back to life.
7. The root of this word, like the word derision, meant “to mock.” ______
8. The verb form of this comes from adding the noun form to stuff.  _____
9. The root of this word meant “sight.” _____
10. The root of this word meant “to perceive.”  _____    {Bonus: What medical word is related to this word?}
11. The root of this word is a part of it. _____
12. (2) These two words actually have the same root if you go back far enough. _____ and _____

 

Vocabulary Relay.

 

“Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” p215 in BOB.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, some of you still have SSI today..

“Scrambles, 3/9.” A different kind of nonsense. From The Giver.

1. — his elephant exercises  –because  –the Saxophone  –he didn’t often do  –frequently ate cheese  –with his tamale –a little difficult  –and made playing golf

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Yes, I know there’s no SMYK for delusion. I guess you have to make one up!

“Vocab, 3/9.” SMYK’s due Tomorrow.
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. This pic came from a page called, “Things that are NOT ______.”
5. She scraped her knee _____(ing) around on the blacktop.
6. The root of this word meant “slander.”
7. The original root of this word meant “goat.”
8. The root of this word meant “natural.”
9. The root of this word meant “young shoot.”
10. He ate his hamburger with great ______, savoring every bite.
11. naive : savvy :: optimistic : ______
12. During WWII, giant posters with Hitler’s _______ loomed from almost every wall in Germany.
13. His family’s ______ here in the U.S. was very long, stretching all the way back to the Mayflower.

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“NVAA, 3/9.” (10p) Group Comp.

Homer stupidly hit his very fat head on the corner of the table with a loud noise.

Nouns:
Verbs:
Adjectives:
Adverbs:

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Pink Sheet: Correct Page Two. (Link to Clauses Review)
This your cheat sheet for the test; make sure it’s correct!

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MARS.

The next expedition… p48-51. “…and the Moon be Still as Bright”

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BOB, p214: Do: Expand Your Vocabulary. Be ready with your sentence.

SSI at LUNCH TODAY: 11: 45.

STAMP Pink Sheet.

“Scrambles, 3/8.” Let’s try couple of nonsense version  yesterday’s! LOL.  (Extra for extras.)

1. — she wangdoodled  –it shimmied all over  –she was moonshining  –and  –because  –on her  shiggy  –about the shoobadoo
2. — as we mowmowed  –Dally cheeselogged  –and nearly wiggied   –out of the Rainbow Trout  –under his noodles  –the binky of the winky

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Review Pink Sheet.

Adverbs answer the questions HOW, WHERE, WHEN, WHY!

Before we correct the homework, for each adverb clause you underlined, circle the VERB it is talking about.

Correct Pink Sheet 1.

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“Vocab, 3/8.”

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. In order for a species to survive, it must ______ itself.
6. Apparently, second period was under the _______ that it was OK to interrupt the teacher.
7. Dally was very ______ about life; he saw nothing good in it, and looked on the bad side of everything.
8.  In addition to being very functional and useful, the machine was also ___________(ally) pleasing.
9. excited : disappointed :: savvy : _______
10. Most people start to get more _____ as they get hungry.
11. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was ___________ against the church.
12. The rumor seemed to _______ itself all over the school; by the afternoon until everyone had heard it.
13. Jonas really _____(ed) his time with the Giver and looked forward to it.

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Now let’s read the book’s ending. (p46 -top of p48.)

Which is better? Creepier? Why?

 

The next expedition… p48-51. “…and the Moon be Still as Bright”

 

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Fn2tYmNkSj5EFGMWMyyV9ikQN9b9vAmwd4IVJazWQTM/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner:

• Vocab Due Tuesday and THURSDAY (NEW: SMYK’s due Thursday!) (Link to Clauses Review and Vocab. Scroll to the bottom for vocab.)
• Pink Sheet due Tuesday and Wednesday.
  • Adverb Clauses due Tuesday. (Link to Adverb Clauses.)
  • Module Review due Wednesday. (Link to Clauses Review and Vocab.)

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“Scrambles, 3/7.” Try to punctuate correctly this time! Extra for Extra.)

1. –however  –many more llamas  –I would like  –I don’t have  –to raise  –enough time
2. — she forgot  –it boiled over  –she was concentrating  –and  –because  –on her homework  –about the soup
3. –in fact  — at all  –a beast  –a gentle giant  –is not  –that llama  –he is

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Debrief Test #21…

SSI (<21/30) ALERT. SSI IS TUESDAY, 15 minutes into lunch.

I will have a 10 question Retake with the 10 most-missed questions. You must score 8/10 to avoid coming back the next day for another try.

Your score on the real test reverts to 69.5%.

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The Third Expedition. Alert: Cheese. Also: Ugly wallpaper warning.

 

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Prep Sheet for Test #21:
SMYK’s: ___/10 Vocab Practices: ___12 ___/13

Mental Floss.

1. Serena needed to go to the store to buy some ingredients to cook with. She started writing them down: butter, milk, eggs, duct tape, cashews, toilet paper, oranges, vinegar, lemon juice…     What was Serena making?
2. Why can’t a man marry his brother’s wife’s mother-in-law? (Assume she’s not dead.)
3. How many numbers between 1 and 799 can be divided by 2? (Alert: Math!)
4. What color is represented by this “word”  BRLEUDE
5. Wacky Wordy:   CLOU__ __
6. An infinite number of mathematicians are standing at a counter ordering root beer. The first asks the man for half a pint of root beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of root beer will the man need to fulfill all mathematicians’ orders? (Alert: math.)

 

Test #21 – Final

 

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