Month: September 2023

Friday, 9/15: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #4

THIS IS LNN…

 

Prep Sheet for Test #4:
KBARR: ____/24   SMYK:____/10  Vocab Practices: 9/14: ___/13   9/13:___/13   9/12: ___/13
Extra Combos:____  Other Extra Credit: Sisyphus? Quadruped? Lolly III? Period 5 gets +2 for Vocab Relay; all other classes get +1.

Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

  1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
  2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
    W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
  3. 1961 was a special year. In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
  4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
  5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
    • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
    • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.

Test #4.

Doodle Theme: Alien TV

Thursday, 9/14: S/V, FRO’s, Vocab + Relay, Outsiders

“Tutorial” Schedule: Sustained Silent Reading ONLY.

Tomorrow’s Test: See the title of the post. Preview Here.

“S/V, 9/14.”

  1. The last question on the test was hard!
  2. With a smile on his face, the llama entered the park.
  3. The spinning of the ride made the llama sick.
  4. Due to my sloppy work, the llama gave me detention.
  5. The difficulty of the test scared most students.
  6. Are the llamas wild or tamed?
  7. Up one side and down the other went the llama.

FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. They all need a comma before them!

Words like although, because, since, while… Do Not need commas!

“FRO’s, 9/14.” Fragment, Run On, OK?

  1. While my llama gently weeps.
  2. Up one side and down the other went the llama.
  3. Although the llama is a quadruped, he also has fins for swimming.
  4. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.
  5. That is an embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence.
  6. You can beat the llama’s score you will be part of the elite llama squad.
  7. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg.
  8. The llama couldn’t call his agent his cell phone was dead.
  9. Across the frozen wasteland, chasing the wild llama.
  10. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.

“Vocab, 9/15.”
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  6. Write the words Rubber Duck.
  7. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  8. The prefix of this word means “under” or “less.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to set free” or “pay off a debt.”
  11. The root of this word meant “throat.”
  12. The root of this word meant “not worthy.” (What prefix mean “not”?)
  13. The root of this word meant “to brag.”

 

VOCABULARY RELAY!

The Outsiders. We are getting into Chapter 6.

  • Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn’t do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
  • Who said? “I guess we’re different.”

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Wednesday, 9/13: S/V, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

Messy Rooms are due! You should have shared you document with me by now!

“Sentence Scramble, 9/13.”

  • –in fact  — at all  –a beast  –a gentle giant  –is not  –that llama  –he is

“S/V, 9/13. Name the Subject and the Predicate for each sentence.

  1. I like the running in PE.
  2. The look on his face told me everything.
  3. Under the bridge lived an evil llama.
  4. Bob’s rings glinted in the moonlight.
  5. Herds of llamas roam the countryside at night.
  6. My friend Krusty is a clown.
  7. Studying really helps you on a test.
  8. Is this a fragment? (Don’t answer the question; name the subject and verb.)

 

  

“FROs 9/13.”  Fragment, Run-on, or OK?

  1. Hide in burrows and beneath rocks.
  2. Although the llama wandered too close to the fire.
  3. Fighting with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, he battled the vicious llama.
  4. Herds of fiendish llamas called dooms roam the empty countryside.
  5. The strange life of the llama.
  6. Jack and Jill and the llama went up the hill to fetch a pail of water then they fell down.
  7. The llama fell down and broke his crown Jack and Jill fell in the well.
  8. The llama went over the hills and through the wood to get to Grandmother’s house, but she wasn’t home.
  9. Because the llama ate too much cheese, he forgot to do his KBARR.
  10. The llama helps me with my homework, he does a great job.

“Vocab 9/14.”
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff
5900944289_3a445c2ae4_o LEERY callingbluff

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. “Johnny and I ______(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits.”
  7. lazy : dogged :: flattered : ______
  8. Since I had studied, I ______(ed) myself well on the test.
  9. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.
  10. The team’s ____ defense is what kept them in the game. They never gave up.
  11. fear : panic :: ask : _____
  12. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”
  13. ignorant : gullible :: savvy : _____

 

The Outsiders.

  1. Pony’s first feeling when he wakes up in the church is…  a) fear  b) confusion  c) cold  d) relief   e) NOTA
  2. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the Gone with the Wind book than Pony, even though Pony is the “smart” one is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False

Aloud. Link to Online version: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmljaGxhbmQyLm9yZ3xsYXdod3xneDoyNjgzNWEzYzVjNDUxOWZi

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”  (p77)
What “gold” did Pony have that didn’t stay? Soda?  Darry?

Tuesday, 9/12: S/V, Sentence Combo, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders

THIS is the link for LNN.

Link for Advisory Slides, 9/12: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_g7c0mNO6a1126EpRegoDpwyVu3p4dVEcE-MYME1M40/edit?usp=sharing

Messy Rooms:

“ I found rats that looked very dehydrated and looked like they haven’t eaten in days in my closet digging hole with cockroaches in there trying to run away I shut the closet door with a disgusted feeling I can’t no more I did the best I could but  this room is a horror site I was so sickened by this horrific room the rats the nauseating odor the MAGGOTS I couldn’t clean up this room no more next thing I know I was packing up my things that were not covered by mold and left that room I decided I was definitely going to pay somebody to clean up that foul room hopefully the people that do clean this up do not die before they finish the job but I wouldn’t doubt it. “

“ He flew to the bed before the cockroaches invaded his leg the hiss of the cockroaches below him struck him in a cool sweat. You could hear his hyperventilation in every breath. His bed was infested with clothes and other drenched in sweat socks. You could see the smell of the item it was burning the air!”

“The burgers are decomposing and rotting with all of the poop from the rats. I look to my right again and see a bat sitting in the corner watching me.
On my left is a desk with moldy creamed corn, bubbling and steaming. It looks inedible and like a person would blow up from eating it.”

 

“You look down at your hand to see a maggot crawling over you, as you get it off you see that you’re now covered in maggots. All you can feel is all of them crawling all over you, they’re on every inch of you your feet, your legs, your torso, your arms, on your face, even in your hair!”

GREAT IDEAS…BUT…

SHOW!!!!! WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?!?!?!?!

“S/V, 9/12.” Name the Subject and Predicate of each sentence.

  1. The ending of the The Llama Movie was lame.
  2. The llama, in the course of the dodgeball game, took one to the face.
  3. After his big mistake, the llama bravely faced the consequences.
  4. With a wink of his eye, the llama suddenly disappeared up the chimney.
  5. After that night at the movies, Pony’s life was never the same.

“Sentence Combo, 9/12.”
Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)

  1. a) His teacher appears unamused.   b) His teacher is a woman.  c) She is quiet.    d) She has karate experience. (“His teacher, a…with…appears.)
  2. a) She advances down the aisle.   b) Her advance is slow.   c) Her advance is quiet.    d) Her advance is menacing. (-ly, -ly, -ly)

What’s wrong with the following “sentences”?

  1. The llama in the field.
  2. Every day after school.
  3. Whenever the llama sings.
  4. The llama who is so smart.

What about these?

  1. I love that llama he’s so sweet.
  2. I saw a llama yesterday it was purple.
  3. It’s too far to walk, let’s ride a llama.

Fragments and Run-ons. (FRO’s) How do we fix them? How do we avoid them?

“FRO Practice I, 9/12.”  (7p) Write Fragment, Run On, or Complete Sentence for each word group.

  1. Laughing at the comedian’s act.
  2. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
  3. Up the mountain we hiked.
  4. The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of horses.
  5. There are shells all over the beach let’s collect some!
  6. On his back, the bug wriggled his little legs.
  7. Is this a fragment?

“Vocab, 9/12.”  Checking Vocab Defs.
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff
eating-junk-food5321ef97c9275determination

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (Bonus for which Greek myth character!)
  4. _____
  5. My parents were a little ______ about the crowd I was hanging out with; she didn’t trust them to make good decisions.
  6. I waited until Mom’s anger _____(ed), and then asked for forgiveness.
  7. Listening to music is not ______ to studying.
  8. After a long trial, he was ______(ed) and finally set free.
  9. At first, Pony thought he might be able to ____ the Socs by acting tough, but there were too many of them and they were drunk.
  10. I was ____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister.
  11. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a gullible one.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to ask for with tears.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “to bring together.”

The Outsiders. We are in Chapter 5.

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Homework, Debrief Test #3, Sentence COMBO, Messy Room Examples, Outsiders

“Warm Up, 9/11.”

  1. If you are absent from this class on a Wednesday, what should you do at home? Be very specific.
  2. If you are absent on a Monday, what extra step do you need to take?
  3. If you are absent on a Friday for a test, what should you do?

Copy homework into planner.

Debrief Test #3. Yay! Much mo’ bettah!

“Sentence Combining, 9/11.”  Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence. You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.  You will have to punctuate as appropriate. (Bonus: Write more than one combination of each for ++!)
1.  a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.   b) He is the class clown.   c) He clucks like a chicken.     (Hint: Use “-ing.”)

2.  a) His fingers make sounds.   b) The sounds are scratching.   c) They claw the desktop.   d) The desktop is battered.   (Hint: Use the word “as.”)

3.  a) Then a voice freezes his behavior.    b) The voice is stern.    c) The behavior is disturbing.  (Hint: You can eliminate all but one word in b and c.)

Messy Room Example

The Outsiders…