Friday, 4/21: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #29

Prep Sheet for Test #28:

SMYK: ___/10  Agreement Quiz: ___/5  Bonuses:  Vocabs? Extra Words?  VR = +2 for Per 6 and +1 for all others.

Mental Flossssss.

  1. There was a man who fell over 50 stories, without anything to slow his descent, and landed without any injuries, alive. How did he survive?
  2. Figure out what the animals are! (Example: a dull person  = bore = boar.) Write the ANIMAL!
    a) first you get a parking ticket, then your car gets ____   b) hair-control foam    c) to run away or escape
  3. How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the newspaper?
  4. What do these sets of letters have in common?  Clfrn, Clrd, Hw, Grg, Txs, Lsn   
  5. These SEVEN words are hiding something. What?
    Vermont, statues, Swedish, Arthur, Africa, sensation, misunderstood

 

Test #28.

Doodle Theme. Duuuuuucks in Spaaaaaaace!

Thursday, April 20: Agreement, HD, Vocab, LAUNCH, Argument

Tomorrow’s Test: See Below! Preview Here.

Agreement.” Write the fix or say OK. Follow the example.
Either the library or your teacher have the book.  Ans:   have   has

1. Here are the sod houses photograph.
2. The bricks of this house are made from grass-covered ground.
3. First, several people has to cut the prairie grass short.
4. Someone then dig out a strip of earth.
5. Where was those sod houses built?
6. She said she has sod house memories which are about houses in Nebraska.
7. Nobody in the United States build with sod much today.
8. Wood are available in most parts of the country.
9. Gene, but not Mai, is working on a model of a sod house.
10. Cloth or paper bags are being used for windows.


Husker Du, April 20.

Period 1: Test #24

  • Write an SMYK sentence that includes both naive and delusion.

Period 2: Test #6

  • Write an SMYK sentence that includes both circumvent and exploit.

Period 3: Test #10

  • Write an SMYK sentence that includes both aghast and benevolent.

Period 4: Test #1

  • Write an SMYK sentence that includes both infer and savvy.

Period 6: Test #3

  • Write an SMYK sentence that includes both savvy and ambiguous.

 


“Vocab, 4/20.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. She was close to both sides of the argument, so when it was time to vote, she _____(ed).
  5. The factory work was repetitive and _____, but it was better than no job at all.
  6. The ___ was a common name for ships and now spacecraft.
  7. You know what the magic ____ is for doing well on tomorrow’s test? Studying!
  8. It pays to be ______ if you are a salesman trying to make a deal.
  9. I do not ___ the idea of telling your mom you cheated.
  10. (4) He _____(ed) _____(ly) on all the _____ schemes his ______ friend had gotten him into.
    (I will take a second answer for the last one if you put it in quotes if you know what I mean.)

 

Vocab Relay.


They DID IT: SpaceX Launch.


Chromies, Homies!   Argument.

  1. Finish your reasons/evidence chart from yesterday..
  2. Insert a 4×1 table below your other chart.
  3. First box: A strong opposing Argument.  Second Box: Your Counterclaim.  Third Box: Evidence for your Counterclaim.  Fourth Box: Source for evidence.
  4. Finished with all of the above? See the chart on p303? See the Introduction box? Go find your “interesting question, quote, or detail to grab the reader’s attention.” (SOURCE!!!!)

Wednesday, 4/19: HD, Vocab, Argument

Today: Think about ducks.

“Agreement, 4/19.” Write the fix or say OK. Follow the example.
Either the library or your teacher have the book.  Ans:   have   has

1. Here is the photographs of sod houses.
2. The bricks of this house is made from grass-covered ground.
3. First, a man or a woman have to cut the prairie grass short.
4. Each person then dig out a strip of earth.
5. Where was those sod houses built?
6. Sod House Memories are about houses in Nebraska.
7. People in the United States don’t build with sod much today.
8. Boards and bricks are available in most parts of the country.
9. Gene and Mai is working on a model of a sod house.
10. Paper bags or cloth are being used for windows.


Husker Du, 4/19.

Period 1: Test #24. ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 19. Why does”The Earth Men” end with a “weather report”?  a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.    f) NOTA
  • 20. “A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell.”  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 21. “When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was. (p30) a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 22. “That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm.”  (p31)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 23. Among the people honored at the banquet, the llama stood out._____  a) Prep Phrase  b) Clause  c) Neither

Period 2: Test #6 ANSWER NOT LETTER.
a) Simple Sentence   b) Compound Sentence   c) Complex Sentence 

  • 15. After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.  _____
  • 16. Up the very steep hill we climbed slowly. _____
  • 17. Joe ran to the store with his llama. _____
  • 18. We will wait here until the llama comes to get us. _____
  • 19. I ate a second doughnut, and I still felt good._____

Period 3: Test #10 ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 15. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
    The upstairs library is a great place for quiet studying and relaxation. 
  • 16. upstairs  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 17. studying   a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 18. relaxation  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 19. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person

Period 4: Test #1 ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 11. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly. a) adjective  b) not
  • 12. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly. a) adjective  b) not
  • 13. I wonder how Vivian can afford to wear the very latest styles. a) adjective  b) not
  • 14. Two-Bit nodded wisely. “Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.” a) adjective  b) not
  • 15. I really like lemon pie. a) adjective  b) not

Period 6: Test #3 ANSWER NOT LETTER.
Choose the correct Subject/Predicate combo.

  • 10. Pony’s head turned away from the sight of Bob.  a) Pony turned  b) head away  c) head turned  d) Bob sight  e) NOTA
  • 11. The old milk still tasted fine to the llama. a) llama tasted  b) llama milked   c) old tasted  d) milk tasted   e) NOTA
  • 12. After that, Pony was sick on the sidewalk.  a) Pony was  b) Pony sick  c) that was  d) NOTA
  • 13. The usually jumpy Johnny remained as cool as Darry.  a) Johnny jumpy  b) Johnny cool  c) Johnny remained  d) NOTA
  • 14. The top of Jay Mountain seemed so far away. a) Mountain seemed  b) top seemed  c) Mountain away  d) NOTA

“Vocab, 4/19.”

  1. _____
  2. _____ (Not peevish. Not ruminate.)
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. People have been searching forever for a(n) _____ to make us forever young.
  6. You should _____ time spent with your grandparents because they won’t be around forever.
  7. I am forever ____ when you say “I’m sorry” because you aren’t really; you’re just sorry you got caught.
  8. Please ____ from rude comments during the presentation.
  9. The root of this word means “to chew.”
  10. The root of this word meant “theft.”
  11. The original root of this word meant “odor or taste.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “not alarmed.”

 


Chromies, Homies!

BOB p302.

  1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes.
  2. Type your claim at the top. Jazz it up fancy like the models. You can always modify it later. (You marked examples on p276 and p286.)
  3. Make a chart like the one on p302.
  4. List your first reason and at least two pieces  of evidence you have for it.
  5. List the source for each piece of evidence in the last column.
  6. Call me over to look.

Tuesday, 4/18: HD, Vocab, BOB, Argument 1

Special Schedule for Holocaust Survivor Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11krf5rvtjBgn952ttJERaU7aNcxkBUko/view?usp=sharing

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89781397694?pwd=RTh4S1F0VTJORzNabFErNnYzS0VjZz09

 

 

“Warm Up, 4/18.”

Write THREE complete sentence takeaways from this morning’s ZOOM with the Holocaust survivor.


Husker Du, 4/18. ANSWER NOT LETTER.

Period 1: Test #24
a) blasphemy  b) caper  c) visage  d) lineage  e) delusion  f) propagate  g) naive  h) aesthetic  i) cynical  j) peevish

  • 6. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was _______ against the church.
  • 7. The rumor seemed to _______ itself all over the school; by the afternoon until everyone had heard it.
  • 8. The root of this word meant “to perceive.” _____
  • 9. The original root of this word meant “goat.” _____
  • 10. The root of this word meant “natural.” ______

Period 2: Test #6
a) barrage b) circumvent c) reminisce d) sullen e) siege f) defunct g) exploit h) delirious i) dispel j) pensive

  • 6. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
  • 7. The reporters unleashed a _____ of questions at Ponyboy…
  • 8. …and he felt like he was under _____ until Darry made them stop.
  • 9. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.  
  • 10. The roots of this word meant “around to come.”  ________

Period 3: Test #10
a) intrigue b) benevolent c) apprehensive, d) sift e) transgression f) aghast g) ebb h) boon i) stanch j) wheedle

  • 6. The roots of this word meant “to step across.” _____
  • 7. Our initial excitement _____(ed) when we saw the huge lines.
  • 8. The root of this word meant “request for a favor.”____
  • 9. The root of this word meant “watertight.”____
  • 10. The root of this word meant “ghost.”____

Period 4: Test #1
a) bliss b) infer c) bleak d) nonchalant e) gingerly f) rueful g) savvy h) conform i) sage j) connotation

  • 6. This word came from Spanish for “you know.” _____
  • 7. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____of a delinquent who breaks windows and graffitis and such.
  • 8. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______. 
  • 9. Iwas able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence.
  • 10. It was complete ______ when I got the puppy I wanted!

Period 6: Test #3

  • 15. The part of the story where Johnny stabbed Bob would be considered the ______ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution  g) plot
  • 16. The part of the story where the author explains who the characters are and what their situation is. _____  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution g) plot
  • 17. Pony gets jumped by the Socs.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution g) plot
  • 18. The 5 W’s usually are given here. a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) resolution  g) plot
  • 19. Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) resolution  g) plot

“Vocab, 4/18.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. Some say green tea is the ____ of life because it is filled with healthy compounds.
  6. After the failure of his company, he sat ____(ing) about how things might have been.
  7. The salesman was very _____ about my complaints and promised to take them to his manager.
  8. Collectors are usually very _____ about the quality and condition of the things they buy.
  9. I’m still looking for one of you who actually _____(es) math.
  10. I am very _____ about your claim that you studied when you only scored 40% on the test.
  11. Being interrupted makes most people ______.
  12. The root of this word meant “powder for drying wounds.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “to set everything in motion.” _____

Correct Yesterday’s BOB work.

  • DO: P291
  • DO: P292, #1, #4, the first part of #5
  • DO: P294, the first Practice and Apply.

 

“Agreement, 4/18.” Write answers on p 295 in BOB.
Answer not letter. For 1,2,3,4 write the correct subject /verb combo.  For #5, implement the change and write the subject/verb.

  1. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
    a) Nothing taste as good as my dad’s five-alarm chili.
    b) Most of the group’s music are playing on the radio.
    c) Several of those coats is on sale this week.
    d) Some of Meredith’s poems make me laugh.
  2. Neither the trumpet players nor the drummer _____  visited our school. a) has  b) have  c) were  d) are
  3. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
    a) Dan’s friend in the Spanish Club are going to South America next spring.
    b) Many summer camps, with lots of money to spend, has bought new equipment.
    c) The green wheelbarrow behind those bushes need a good cleaning.
    d) The tigers, their eyes gleaming, seem ready for an attack.
  4. On that road next to the river sits several abandoned cars. Which is the best fix?
    a) Make cars the subject of the sentence.
    b) Change sits to sit.
    c) Change abandoned to abandons.
    d) Move on that road to the end of the sentence.

Time?

Chromies, Homies!

BOB p302.

  1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes.
  2. Type your claim at the top. Jazz it up fancy like the models. You can always modify it later. (You marked examples on p276 and p286.)
  3. Make a chart like the one on p302.
  4. List your first reason and the evidence you have for it.
  5. Call me over to look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME?  

  • What does the expression “now the shoe is on the other foot” mean?
  • What does it mean to “turn the other cheek”?
  • What is the difference between vengeance and justice?
  • Is revenge ever justified? Why/when?
  • Have you ever taken revenge on someone? Did it make you feel better after? For how long?

Monday, 4/17: Homework, Debrief Test #27, WoD, Launch?

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13lCXwN-W8PV_PLypSgKDzUE3Cmiu7mOWcPvXpCNBJoA/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into Planner.

Use your KBARR time to research more EVIDENCE for your argument.

Spin the Wheel of Doom.

All Do 1-5.

Period 1: Test #24

Period 2: Test #6

Period 3: Test #10

Period 4: Test #1

Period 6: Test #3


Debrief Test #27. Sigh… As predicted…


https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-test


BOB.

  • Finish reading “Let Robots Take to the Stars.” (P286-290)
  • DO: P291
  • DO: P292, #1, #4, the first part of #5
  • DO: P294, the first Practice and Apply.
  • GO TO: HMH in your Chrome Waffle and do the assignment.