Wednesday, 1/25: Prepositions, Vocab, Vladek

SMYK’s due.

“Prepositions, 1/25.”  Write the prepositional phrases you find in each sentence. Each sentence has two.

  1. The family of llamas camped by the lake because it was peaceful.
  2. I found an old photo of a toothless llama in the attic, and Mom made me throw it away.
  3. Llamas live in burrows and under brush, and they are cute.
  4. Llamas have been used for transportation in many places, but that is not a llama.
  5. Among the people honored at the banquet, the llama really stood out.
  6. Three llamas fell off the boat when the storm hit out of nowhere.

 


“Vocab, 1/25.” ominous, solace, permeate, languid, ubiquitous, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.
  5. It is taking us awhile to ______ the concepts of compound and complex sentences.
  6. The smell of brownies _____(ed) the house and made me very hungry.
  7. With about 40,000 locations worldwide, Subway Sandwich places are _____.
  8. Mr. Coward is not happy about Zoltan’s less than _____ papers. They are very difficult to decipher, and scores might get entered incorrectly.
  9. The roots of this root mean “to be like.”
  10. The original root of this word meant “fear.” (As in fear of failure?)
  11. The root of this word means “to throw.”
  12. (2) Whenever she was _____, she always seemed to find _____ in her music.

 

Vladek…

“Maus Check, 1/25.”

  1. p212, panel three, the one on the left. _____
  2. p212, second to last panel, the one talking. _____
  3. p221, first panel, the one on the right. _____
  4. How did Vladek manage to get over to Birkenau and actually see Anja?
  5. p228, second to last panel, the one in stripes. _____

Book 2, Chapter 3: “And Here My Troubles Began”

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