Month: November 2022

“Warm Up, 11/8.” Answer, not letter.

1. When the midwife rejects Alyce the first time she comes back.  (PM)
2. When the midwife finally accepts Alyce back.  (PM)
3. When Alyce fails to deliver Emma Blunt’s baby and runs away from the village.  (PM)
4. Alyce learning to read. (PM)
5. What does the TMA dedication mean?
6. Poem #435 says that “the Majority” always prevailed on the question of…   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who’s weird and who isn’t. c) who’s cool and who isn’t. d) who’s important and who isn’t. e) All of the above.  f) NOTA
7. Poem #435 says that if you disagree with the majority… a) you’re Mad. b) you’re stupid. c) you’re dangerous. d) you’re doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.   f) NOTA

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“Vocab, 11/8.” divine, stark, discerning, assent, demur, transfix, metamorphosis, prevail
   

9. “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”
10. She has a very _____ eye for bargains and always gets the best deal.
11. There was a very _____ contrast between the two candidates; they were very much on opposite sides.
12. After the expensive makeover, she looked and felt ______…
13. …and everyone was _____(ed) as she walked down the street.

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Add to Vocab List: Idiosyncrasy: an unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks. Examples!?

“Monsters…”
Discuss:

• What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
• What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
• Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
• How does fear affect the decisions you make?

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• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
• Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared too?)

 

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Read intro on p245.

Basic script vocabulary: pan, zoom, voiceover, etc.

Assign roles.

Let’s “act.”

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

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lKP5feLlI6TGIEDpyk7GSY48Qf4TuPtlPM9SqcEMJF0/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

 

Madness = insanity All = everythingCopy This week’s Vocab:divinest = most perfect, the best discerning = able to see and understand things clearly and intelligently starkest = most obvious prevail = wins assent = say yes demur = say no metamorphosis = a major change in the appearance or character of someone or something transfix = to surprise or shock someone into not moving

Poem #435 by Emily Dickinson  Much Madness is divinest Sense– To a discerning Eye– Much Sense–the starkest Madness– ‘Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail– Assent–and you are sane– Demur–you’re straightway dangerous– And handled with a Chain–

1. Copy this week’s vocab and defs. into your notebook.
2. Each Color is a different group, 1-6.  “Translate” your line.
3. What is the message of the poem?

 

Debrief Test #11. Ugh.

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TIP FOR ABSENTEES: You can keep up with the TMA reading by going here for an online version:

https://fliphtml5.com/bmca/czvi/basic

ALYCE – Chapter 16 and 17?

1. Alyce has three good options in Chapter 17; but instead of choosing one of these, she decides to return to the village.
   -What are her three options?  -Why does she decide to return to the village instead?
2. Initially, Jane Sharp would not allow Alyce to be her apprentice again. Why?
3. Did Alyce find what she was looking for from life?
4. What do you think the main theme of the book is?
5. Read the dedication. What does it mean?

-What might Alyce think about living here today and going to 7th Grade classes at Laguna? What makes you think so? What attributes does she have that might make her be successful here and now.

 

Prep Sheet for Test #11:

KBAR: ___/28     Vocab Practices: ___/13  ___/11

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“Mental Floss.”

1. From what can you take away the whole, and still have some left?
2. I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?
3. Wacky Wordy. What 6-word phrase is represented?
   

   T A H W

   M U S T

   D O W N

4. Wacky Wordy: (2 words, one hyphenated)
   1. Do Do
   2. Dew Dew
   3. Due Due
5. A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot. What was the mother’s name. Remember to please capitalize the name of the momma kitty when you write it for me.
6. What do these three things have in common? Corn, Weasel, Balloon

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Test #11.

Doodle Theme: It‘s not what it seems…

Tomorrow’s Test: All review except TMA questions. Preview Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gfY0Qixt9n2C69FO_SV2w3Ij7r0S5iTDhG7j8Ekd51o/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 11/2.”
Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?

1. Words like since, unless, and because signify that a sentence is… _____
2. The presence of a comma and one of the FANBOYS usually means the sentence is…_____
3. The llama was being childish, so his mom ate the cheeselog._____
4. His doctor recommended buying a llama and going water-skiing._____
5. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t._____
6. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence._____
7. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (More than one teacher.)  
8. _____ llama is that?  (who)
9. I think that llama is _____.   (they)
10. I think ____ going to be OK. (they)

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“Vocab, 11/2.”  savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

1. It was rather ____ when the Animal Rescue truck ran over the stray llama.
2. I was ____ and bored when my mom made me attend my sister’s dance recital.
3. He tried to be ___ when cheating, but he was caught anyway.
4. I will never ____ that store again after the llama was so rude to me.
5. I was ____ when the llama accused me of breaking the lamp instead of my brother.
6. Cherry felt like she had to ____ to certain standards in her social life as a Soc.
7. He was able to _____ his knowledge to take advantage of the less informed llama.
8. Please don’t _____ the llama; he knows how to sharpen his pencil himself.
9. Everyone agreed that Johnny was _____ in saving those kids from the fire.
10. The llama may not be “book-smart,” but he has a lot of _____ about the world.
11. Having a lot of distractions and noise around is not _____ to good studying.

The Midwife’s Apprentice… Through Chapter 15.

TIP FOR ABSENTEES: You can keep up with the TMA reading by going here for an online version:

https://fliphtml5.com/bmca/czvi/basic

TMA Slides Part 2…

 

“Warm Up, 11/1.” Copy and label.

The comfortable library is a great place to quietly study and relax.

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“Vocab, 11/1.” savvy, conform, ironic, gallant, indignant, conducive, discreet, patronize, exploit, sullen

1. The root of this word meant “pretending to be dumb.” _____ 
2. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria
3. Ponyboy thought that Dally died _____.
4. lazy : dogged :: flattered : ______
5. The root of this word meant “defender.” _____
6. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
7. This word came from Spanish for “you know.” _____
8. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
9. The root of this word means “shape.” _____
10. The adventurer’s ____(s) made for a great novel.
11. The pressure of the situation was not _____ to good decision-making.
12. Pony got angry at Cherry when he thought she was ______(ing) him and the other greasers.
13. True or False. It would be ironic if you decided at the last minute not to board a plane, and then it crashed.

 

TMA —> Chapter 13+

 

TMA Glossary Presentations Part 1.