Month: January 2023

Friday, the Thirteenth: Husker Du, Vocab, 120, Interviews, Vladek

“Husker Du III, 1/13” Wheel of Doom. Spin to pick which previous test I take questions from. If the number is >16, we remove the first digit. I’ll pick 10.

Period 1: Test #4, 5-14

Period 2: Test #2, 5-14

Period 3: Test #3, 5-14

Period 4: Test #6, 5-14

Period 6: Test #14, 5-14

“Vocab, 1/13.”
b0a40495217997ec7cf95062a060d3a5    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. “You’re _____(ing) I ate your goldfish?
  7. Some people think that the Narnia series is a religious  _________, with Aslan the lion representing Christ.
  8. We ran out of the ingredients for the recipe, so we had to ______.
  9. Years of work were needed for the CIA agent to _____ himself into the terrorist organization.
  10. After three warnings, Joel was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”
  11. This word’s roots mean “to bend/lean inward.” ______
  12. The roots of this word  meant “driven.” ______
  13. The roots of this word meant “loathing or disgusted.” _____

120 Seconds

  1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
  2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
  3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
  4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
  5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
  6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Interviews?

  • Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
  • Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
    • Looks. (Details.)
    • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
    • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
  • The intro/description should be 300+ words.
  • Interview.
    • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
    • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
  • Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
  • Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

Examples of Finished Products.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSzrjuvzOKwGb9NgWsHsDl-a9zBQUNMqgj_M6hKInIo

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjCch7x9N_VfCe2b37Au1D3Jjr9Zzhha1bg1uSuw23s

 

or Vladek?

ATTENTION: FINALLY A LINK TO MAUS FOR ABSENTEES: Book 1,  Book 2

Thursday, 1/12: Vocab, 120 Seconds, Interviews, Vladek?

“Husker Du Two, 1/12.” ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  1. Even though words like gross, ugly, fun, and weird are technically adjectives, they are really _____, and not ______.  a) descriptions, modifications  b) opinions, adjectives  c) opinions, descriptions  d) modifiers, descriptions  e) articles, opinions
  2. I love running in PE.  a) adjective   b) adverb  c) noun  d) verb
  3. I like the sound of running water. a) adjective   b) adverb  c) noun  d) verb
  4. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  5. it:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  6. Two-Bit nodded wisely. ‘Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.’    Adjectives?
  7. The part where Marlin and Nemo are reunited and Nemo saves Dory.   a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution g) plot
    Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?
  8. When you forget to call your mom.
  9. Balancing a duck on his head, the llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill.
  10. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.

“Vocab, 1/12.” fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction

  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The old photographs were all ______(ed) to the attic because nobody looked at them any more.
  5. He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around them A LOT.
  6. North Korea is still under economic and trade _____(s) by the United States and others for the treatment of their citizens.
  7. Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted to earn ______ for the things he had done.
  8. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
  9. Mr. Coward does not ______ the use of cell phones at school.
  10. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump over it. 
  11. (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.
  12. Which one is the allegory? (ANSWER, NOT LETTER.) a) Using animals instead of people in Maus.  b) The early bird gets the worm.  c) “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”  d) He slept like a rock.  e) B and D.  f) All are allegories.  g) None are allegories.

120 Seconds

  1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
  2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
  3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
  4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
  5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
  6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Work on Interview Essays. Final due next Thursday, 1/19.

  • Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
  • Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
    • Looks. (Details.)
    • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
    • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
  • The intro/description should be 300+ words.
  • Interview.
    • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
    • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
  • Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
  • Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

Examples of Finished Products.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSzrjuvzOKwGb9NgWsHsDl-a9zBQUNMqgj_M6hKInIo

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjCch7x9N_VfCe2b37Au1D3Jjr9Zzhha1bg1uSuw23s

Wednesday, 1/11: Homework, Husker Du, Vladek, Interviews

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DJrtqOUEjnu3ChWasSv14EadA41q8quFKVRz1Bmqaik/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

BRING CHROMEBOOKS AND INTERVIEW NOTES TOMORROW AND ALL WEEK LONG!

IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE 120, BE PREPARED TOMORROW!

“Husker Du, 1/11/23” Copy each word and ID.
He was a scary bear, and we quickly made a mad escape from his dark lair and described him vividly.
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun

  1. He:
  2. was:
  3. quickly:
  4. made:
  5. mad:
  6. escape:
  7. dark:
  8. lair:
  9. him:
    ID the MAUS character.
  10. p114, last panel, the one reading the book.
  11. p156, panel 1, the one talking
  12. p147, the pig
  13. p156, the pig
  14. p178, last panel, the one in bed
  15. What is a kapo?
  16. Why does Artie call Vladek a murderer at the end of Book 1?
  17. Give an example of Vladek’s “skinflintiness.”

 

INTERVIEW ACTIVITY.

Choose the background closest to the actual setting where you conducted your interview.

Illustrate one exchange. BOTH you and your interviewee must be in the panel.

There must be dialogue balloons for both of you.

(IF YOU ARE WORKING FROM HOME: Do a Google search for “comic strip background _____ line art,” filling in the blank with the appropriate location; kitchen table, dining room, living room, front porch, etc. Print. Do.)

Vladek!

ATTENTION: FINALLY A LINK TO MAUS FOR ABSENTEES: Book 1,  Book 2