Month: February 2023

Friday, 2/3: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #19

Prep Sheet for Test #19:
KBARR: ___/24   Vocabulary Practices: ___/13  ___/13  ___/13   SMYK: ___/10   Maus Check: ___/5

Mental Floss.

  1. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
  2. What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
  3. Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1997 nickels are worth about $100?
  4. What’s the common link?
    • a) tailor, wrestling match, bowling alley
    • b) watermelon, tournament, flower
    • c) hurricane, needle, potato
    • d) barber, rooster, beehive
  5. A man builds an extraordinary house where all four sides face south.  A bear walks up to one of his windows and peers in. What color is the bear?

 

Test #19.

Doodle Theme: Design a killer bike!

 

Thursday, 2/2: Spelling, Vocab, OG

Tomorrow’s test: Spelling (like today and all week), vocab, last of Maus, OG stuff. Preview Here.

“Spelling, 2/2.” COPY the correct pair. NOT THE LETTER; THE WORDS! NOT COLLABORATIVE!

  1. group/center   a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core
  2. Cheerios/#25489   a) serial/cereal  b) cereal/cerial  c) cerial/serial  d) cereal/serial
  3. who is/who owns    a) whose/who’s  b) who’s/whose  c) who’se/who’s  d) who’s/whos’
  4. it is/it owns   a) it’s/its  b) its’/its  c) it’s/its’
  5. belongs to them/location   a) their/they’re  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they’re/there

“Vocab, 2/2.”
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tentative, infringe, reprieve, benign, profound, indolent, relinquish, exasperate, (in)conspicuous, (un)scrupulous, haphazard

  1. _____ Pic of the classic statue, The Thinker.
  2. _____Cartoon of two guys looking out from the top of a skyscraper saying, “Yes, the view is nice—but I mostly want people to look up here and think how rich I am.”
  3. _____Pic of a pack of dogs with a fox blending in.
  4. _____ Pic of a cute little lamb taking its first steps. (NOT: benign, scrupulous, haphazard, or indolent, or any other “it could be’s.” Sigh.)
  5. He soon found that studying for the test would have a _____ (positive) impact on his grade! OMG!
  6. He prepared so ______(ly) that his presentation was painful to watch. (Not: tentative.)
  7. After asking for (*previous vocab word for bonus*), the student received a _____ and was released from detention.
  8. In exchange for safety and peace, communities sometimes _____ a lot of freedom.
  9. Some thought that the new law would _____ upon their right to protest, and they protested that.
  10. Sometimes fourth period can be ______(ing), but when certain people are absent, it can be a nice class.
  11. If you search more systematically, instead of so ____(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you’re looking for.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to seize back.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “to break into.” _____

 

Vocab Relay!

Euphemisms II.

  1. What does the prefix eu– mean?
  2. euthanasia
  3. monthly housing accommodation payment
  4. governmental revenue ($) enhancement
  5. relocation center
  6. encore telecast
  7. correctional facility
  8. over the hill

“Old Glory”

Quiz. Collaborative. Characters: Donald, Gran-Da, Dad, Mom, SOS men.

  1. On the surface, who are we initially supposed to think is the protagonist (hero) of the story?
  2. If we dig deeper, who is REALLY the protagonist?
  3. Conflict #1: ____ v _____
  4. Conflict #2: ____ v _____
  5. What right did the SOS law take away?
  6. Why did Gran-Da try to burn the flag?
  7. Why did Donald turn him in?
  8. What/Who does Uncle represent?
  9. Explain the last line: “What kind of world would that be?”
  10.  (BONUS) What do you think the main message of the story is?

Wednesday, 2/1: Spelling, Prepositions, Vocab, Euphemisms, OG

“Spelling/Prepositions, 2/1.” (10/6)

  1. (3) ___ been said that many stereotypes sometimes start with a ___(2) of truth. (Not principle, but still 2 possible for the second one.)
  2. (2) Knock, knock!    ______  ______?
  3. (2) “____ the Army _____ of Engineers to help with the flooding.”
  4. hero : idol :: rank : _____
  5. Vladek tried to get Artie to take home the almost empty ____ box.
  6. A basic truth about a school leader: A _____ ______. Be careful of the order!!!
  7. Name the 6 prepositions above:

“Vocab, 2/1.”
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. Solar power is more ______ to the environment than coal or oil.
  6. It had been raining so much that we ____(ly) planned the picnic for Saturday, but we also made other plans just in case.
  7. The _____ lawyer took advantage of the old man and stole his money.
  8. “Wealth is ______, but poverty hides.”
  9. After he lost the battle, the king had to ____ the throne to the winner.
  10. The word ______ comes from a word that means ethics or morals.
  11. The root of this word meant “to handle, to try.” _____
  12. The roots of this word meant “before the bottom or deep.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “not feeling pain.” _____

 

Euphemism (n – U FEM ISM): 
A “nice” way of saying something  unpleasant.
The prefix eu- means “good.”

Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage man,

  1. visually disabled =
  2. solid waste =
  3. landfill =
  4. economically disadvantaged =
  5. undocumented transborder migrant =
  6. vertically challenged =
  7. intentionally inaccurate statement  =

 

 

1 CCTV camera for every 11 people in the UK. You are likely to be captured on UK CCTV up to 70 times per day.  If you live/work in London, that number could be closer to 300 times/day.  (2022)

 

Is it worth it?

 

A look at the Bill of Rights. Why is #6 especially important?

The Sixth Amendment establishes a number of rights of the defendant in a criminal trial:

to a speedy and public trial
to trial by an impartial jury
to be informed of criminal charges
to confront witnesses
to compel witnesses to appear in court
to assistance of counsel[109]

“Old Glory”  (PDF)

“Old Glory” (Audio)

Look at the heading and the format of the story. What’s the concept here?

 

What would a “Civic Responsibility” class be all about?  Duty?

Bonus: What is “Old Glory” a nickname for? Respond thusly in your notebook with a date:
“Old Glory” is the nickname for___________.
Bonus Two: Uncle Sam is a nickname for ________.

Read Aloud.