Month: November 2022

Wednesday, 11/16: POV, Vocab, Vladek

“POV, 11/16.” Choose the appropriate
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person limited, 3rd person objective, 3rd person omniscient

  1. Deposit .25 and turn the knob.
  2. “I got this,” Jimmy thought confidently approached the house not knowing the llama knew he was coming and was ready for him.
  3. “I don’t understand why the Socs hate us.”
  4. Jane Sharp was not then talking of Alyce but of herself; Alyce should have known.
  5. “In tonight’s news; three people injured in a fight at the high school.”
  6. When receiving your order, please check all items. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, you may return it to us within 21 days of receipt.
  7. The llama said, “I like corn dogs.” Jimmy nodded. The llama smiled.
  8. Claudia was furious. She refused to look at Jamie again and instead stared at the statue, thinking bad thoughts and wondering what Jamie was thinking.

“Vocab, 11/16.” iconic, daunting, aspire, suppress, pragmatic, skinflint, diminutive, volatile, omniscient, pacify, dilemma
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The root of this word meant “likeness or image.” _____
  6. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are _____ figures in American history.
  7. She faced a _____ about turning in her friend for cheating.
  8. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice emanated from such a ____ girl.
  9. The root of this word means “peace.” _____
  10. skinflint : benevolent :: ______ : easy
  11. The root of this word meant “to fly.”

“Vladek, 11/16.” (9p, collaborative)

  1. What physical evidence does Vladek still show from the concentration camps?
  2. Chapter 1 is called “The Sheik” because…
  3. On p14, the circular panel marks the beginning of Vladek’s story. Where do we first interrupt that story, and come back to the present for a moment? (page and panel)
  4. Why does Anja want to break her engagement with Vladek before they married?
  5. What promise to his father does Artie break?
  6. Maus is told in what POV?
  7. ID the character by name or description:
    • a) p16, panel 1, the one in the dark coat
    • b) p17, panel one, the one on the left
    • c) p18, last panel, the one talking
    • d) p21, last panel, the one talking

Maus. Chapter 2: The Honeymoon.

Tuesday, 11/15: POV, Vocab, Graphic Novel

“POV, 11/15.” (Clockwise from the upper left.)
3rd person omniscient, 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person objective, 3rd person limited

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. The Outsiders is told in ______.
  7. The Midwife’s Apprentice is told in _____.
  8. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street is told in._____.

“Vocab, 11/15.”

    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. forgettable : iconic :: emotional : _______
  7. She has high ______(ations). She wants to rule the world.
  8. huge : diminutive :: inspiring : ______
  9. Everyone tried to ______ a giggle when the principal farted in class.
  10. Reading Shakespeare for the first time can be rather ______.
  11. (2) They tried to ______ the angry and _____ mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.

 

“Maus” intro.

What does the word anthropomorphic mean? (Yes it will be a vocab word too!)

Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus, 11/15.”
a) Read the first two pages:

    • Translate his father’s last sentence into a normal English sentence.
    • What does he mean?

b) What is your first impression of Vladek?

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

Artie: Art Spiegelman, author/artist, son of Vladek and Anja

Vladek: Vladek Spiegelman, Artie’s dad, Anja’s husband, survivor of the camps, his story is being told

Anja Spiegelman (nee Zylberberg): Artie’s mom, Vladek’s wife, also a survivor

Mala: Vladek’s current wife after Anja committed suicide after the war

The Zylberbergs: Anja’s family, rich

Lucia Greenberg: Vladek’s first girlfriend

 

TIME?

Comics. Yes Comics.

“Tell me a Story.”  p84 in Understanding Comics.

Authors make careful choices about what to show/tell or not show/tell. Change, twist, accelerate the story by subtracting panels. List the panels you would leave.

Let’s mess with this guy.

 

Monday, 11/14: Homework, Debrief Test #12, BOB

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-XMM7MSdCwCkuNrbDHgB1xL1P2wUAY6SFxpSz7ccm9U/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

Debrief Test #12.

BOB p 58.

  1. Read p58.  Link.
  2. In your notebook create 4 single comic panels.
  3. Each one should demo a different narrative POV:
    • 1st person
    • 2nd person
    • 3rd person limited
    • 3rd person omniscient
  4. Use talk and/or thought balloons as well as captions.

 

Begin reading Monster excerpt p60
Link for those at home:  https://www.hmhco.com/content/literature/into_lit/g7/student/epub/ilnl21en_ese_g07u01_student/#cards–07le_13_ese_monsterplay_rd/

Thursday, 11/10: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #12, TZ

Prep Sheet for Test #13.

Mental Floss.

  1. Wacky Wordy: What phrase is represented by the following?
    look kool XtXhXeXsXtXrXeXeXtX
  2. What musical instruments are represented below?
    a)  P O     b)  BA BA    c)  ECLART     d)  @ # $ %
  3. Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
    Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = yellow.
    a) A light brown color + to leave = ____
    b) Vehicle + an animal pal = _____
    c) A store’s announcement of a sale + a type of women’s clothing  = ______
  4. These groups of three definitions describe three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter. (Example: king, ring, wing.) What are they?
    a) finished, to sleep lightly, a measured quantity     b) sneaky, to secretly observe, an enclosure for pigs
  5. What does the following group of statements represent?
    (2 word answer ending in -s. It’s sort of a Wacky Wordy too.)
    Jenni drowned Frosted Flakes.  Isaiah buried Cap’n Crunch six feet under.  Stephanie threw Rice Krispies off a cliff.  Emma shot Cocoa Puffs.

 

Test #12.

Doodle Theme: The next morning on Maple Street.

 

TZ.

Wednesday, 11/9: Husker Du, Vocab + Relay, MoMS

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/world/lice-comb-discovery-earliest-sentence-alphabet-scn

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du, Vocab, Alyce, MoMS. Preview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G5FE6vnYvMI0Q04gRkNlaAfZ5-HFnvjOKGXeR33aAdg/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 11/9.” COPY and LABEL . (10)
I like relaxing in the comfy library; it is also a great place to study.

“Vocab, 11/9.” divine, stark, discerning, assent, demur, transfix, metamorphosis, prevail, idiosyncrasy

  1. Emily Dickinson says that someone who is _____ can tell Madness from Sense.
  2. When the group wanted to jump off the cliff, I ____(ed) and said I’d rather live.
  3. We were behind at half, but I had confidence we would still _____.
  4. Since I hadn’t studied, I was hoping to be saved by some _____ intervention that would cancel the test. But the angel never showed up.
  5. It was unanimous; everyone ____(ed) to the llama’s plan.
  6. We were all _____(ed) by the parade of magic llamas.
  7. The roots of this word meant “own private mixture”
  8. The roots of this word meant “to transform.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “to fasten through.”
  10. The roots of this word meant “to have greater power.”
  11. The roots of this word meant “severe or strong.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to feel or think towards.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”

 

VOCAB RELAY SPRINT!

“Monsters Review, 11/9.”

  1. What do the people of Maple Street think the UFO is at first?
  2. Who gets them thinking it might be something else?
  3. So far in the play, who is the scapegoat for all of the fears of the people of Maple Street?
  4. Why?
  5. What was our inciting incident?

 

Monsters on Maple Street, Act II...

Link to Play for those at home: https://www.springtownisd.net/cms/lib3/TX21000442/Centricity/Domain/575/u1_the_monster_due_se.pdf