Month: October 2022

Monday, 10/31: Homework, Debrief Test #10, Review Week, TMA

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TYmS2W3obVfezD-oHMuJzwWp8X4VcOIuOiXaFa5nIio/edit?usp=sharing

Copy Homework into planner. KBARR ONLY!?!? (Only 3 days?!?)

Debrief Test #10. Hrrmmm.

Vocab Review, 10/31.   savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

 

TMA Glossary!

Count off. Your number is your term. You must finish by Friday.

TMA

 

 

Friday, 10/28: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #10

 

Prep Sheet for Test #10:
KBAR: ___/24 SMYK:___/10 Vocabulary: ___/13 ___/13 ___/13 TMA Quiz: ___/5
Other Extra Credit:  Periods 3 and 4 get + 1 for the BEE. Groups that survived get +1 more for the BEE.  +1 for PUN. +3  for SPELLING 3X.

Mental Floss.

  1. Shmartiopolis was bragging to his friends that he was such an excellent darts player, he could hit the dartboard in any location at any time. “I’ll bet a hundred dollars that, no matter what position you name on the board, I’ll be able to hit it from 10 feet away.” Maddy, tired of Shmartiopolis’s bragging, shouted out an answer and won the bet. Where on the dartboard did Maddy suggest? 
  2. Wacky Wordies:  a)  b) 22Day
  3. What 8-letter word uses the letter “g” four times?  (Not a trick.)
  4. A tennis player is ranked number 200. He moved up 87, went down 28, and went up 117 places. What is he ranked?
  5. A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl with the unusual name of Pibbles. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Pibbles seven apples. Why?  (Joke.)
  6. Use the clues below to figure out the missing four words to complete the old expression:
     A Baby = Slept peacefully.  A Child = Slept well.   A Woman = Slept restlessly.   The Man = Slept peacefully.
    —>The man ___  ___  ___  ___.

 

Test #10.  Doodle Theme:

What Mr. Coward would/should be doing if he weren’t a teacher.

Thursday, 10/27: Punctuation, Spelling, Vocab, TMA

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du (like the Warm Up), Punctuation (like the Warm Up), Spelling (like the practices this week), Vocab (duh), and TMA.

Link  to Preview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ERY0EimSmndyL6YX0DNrl2IEclzP4Gtrulkwhci5Fo/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 10/27.” Answer, not letter.

  1. Copy and punctuate: what did you do asked the llama seriously it looks bad
  2. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
  3. The llama stays by the table because it expects snacks. a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
  4. The upstairs library is a great place for quiet study and relaxing. N:___ V:___ AJ:___ AV:___
  5. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person
  6. Pony and Two-Bit visit Johnny in the hospital. (Plot Mountain)

“Spelling, 10/27.” For 1-5 COPY the correctly-spelled choice.

  1. a) beleivable  b) believeable  c) believible  d) believable  e) NOTA
  2. a) seperately  b) separatly  c) separately  d) seprately  e) NOTA
  3. a) movable  b) moveable  c) movible  d) moveible  e) NOTA
  4. a) ignerance  b) ignorance  c) ignorence  d) ignorince  e) NOTA
  5. a) recquirement  b) requirment  c) recquirment  d) requiremint  e) NOTA
  6. a) maturity  b) narative  c) creative  d) all correct
  7. The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like positive before we add an ending like -ly, is that…  a) Positive ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending-lyends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA

 

Spelling Bee! By groups (sorta).

  • Pick one from the group to go first round.
  • If the group survives the first round, it picks another rep for round two.
  • One misspelled word = elimination.
  • Group(s) left at the end when all words are used wins bonus.
  • Class with fewest eliminations also gets a bump.

“Vocab, 10/27.”

  1. After Mr. Shmarty lost his ring at the beach, they _____(ed) through the sand until they found it.
  2. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
  3. Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
  4. All the people who were mean to Alyce were punished for their secret _____(s).
  5. In medieval times, having twin calves was considered a _____, while twin children was a curse.
  6. “Why don’t you get a job?” asked Steve. “What?!” Two-Bit was _____. “And ruin my rep?”
  7. While the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants, many people today are trying to _____ the flow of people into the country.
  8. The root of this word meant “to tangle or plot.”
  9. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to cringe” or “to flatter.”
  11. The root of this word meant “request for a favor.”
  12. The root of this word meant “watertight.”
  13. The root of this word meant “ghost.”

“TMA, 10/27.”

Link to Book: https://fliphtml5.com/bmca/czvi/basic/51-76

  1. What is a lout?
  2. Why does Jane the Midwife not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
  3. Why does Alyce not notice that Alyce is gaining skills and respect in the village?
  4. Why does Alyce deliver the bailiff’s wife’s baby, instead of the midwife?
  5. What prompted Alyce’s first smile?  (Be careful!)

Aloud through Chapter 11.

Wednesday, 10/26: Spelling, Vocab, Commas, TMA

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“Warm Up, 10/26.” Copy and Punctuate.

  1. out of all my students JP is my fave said Mrs. Llama
  2. he is a hard-working diligent lad she said and he always does all his homework
  3. you don’t believe me do you she asked
  4. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study.  Adjectives?
  5. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

“Spelling, 10/26.” Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR SPELLING LIST! For #6, write the answer not the letter!

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) believable  d) all correct
  2. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
  3. a) cooperation  b) maturaty  c) ignorance  d) all correct
  4. a) movable  b) narritive  c) creative  d) all correct
  5. “_______ is bliss.”
  6. The reason we drop the last e from a word like store  before we add an ending like age  is that… a) Store ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending age  also ends with an e.  c) The ending age  begins with a consonant  d) The ending age  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending age  begins with a vowel.

“Vocab, 10/26.”
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. I’m not paranoid! I’m _____ about being apprehended!
  7. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
  8. The fan ____(ed) her way into the sold-out concert by flirting with the security guard.
  9. I was ____ when I saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher! (Not apprehensive.)
  10. Since 1967, cigarette smoking has ___(ed)  to its lowest rate ever.
  11. They had to close the gates to ____ the flow of llamas into the stadium.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to step across.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “to wish well.” _____

“TMA, 10/26.” NOT collaborative.

  1. Name someone who is nice to Alyce.
  2. Why were all the people who were caught in chapter 7 shown mercy, and not punished as severely as they normally would be?
  3. On which page was Alyce first foreshadowed to be the “Devil”?
  4. TMA is written in _____ person.
  5. We are in the _____ of the story. (Plot Mountain)

Aloud through Chapter 9

Tuesday, 10/25: Spelling, Vocab, Scramble, TMA

“Spelling, 10/25” COPY!!

  1. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
  2. rewrite : revision :: story : ______ 
  3. purpose : function :: guideline : _______
  4. locker : storage :: _____ : security
  5. soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
  6. What spelling rule do these words follow?

“Vocab, 10/25.” Write the vocab word. Yes, you might use words more than once.
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, transgression, aghast, ebb, boon, stanch

 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
  6. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
  7. The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
  8. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
  9. Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
  10. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight. (Not aghast.)
  11. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be.
  12. (2) The class was ____ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ___ like that in front of Mr. Coward.

“Scramble, 10/25.” (teemed = was full of) (p75 – 2nd paragraph)
Bonus: The original actually has a mistake. What is it?

  • and the inn teemed
  • or coming home
  • soon it was Christmas
  • going away
  • with folk

“TMA, 10/25.”

  1. On p26, what does the word “laden” mean? (middle paragraph)
  2. Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? (p29)
  3. What is the “heat and light within” Beetle on p32 referring to?