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November 28, 2023 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Tuesday, 11/28: Apostrophes, Vocab, NEWSELA, Vladek

“Advisory” Schedule. Slides Link.


“Warm Up, 11/28.”

  1. Llamas are sweet. —  Add a dependent clause to make a COMPLEX (CX) sentence.
  2. The llama studied.  —  Add an independent clause to make a COMPOUND (CD) sentence.
  3. A llama walked slowly.   — Add a prepositional phrase and keep the sentence simple (S).

“Husker Du, More Review (HDMR), 11/28.” Copy anything that is bold-faced.

  1. Please give the POV of this sentence. (POV)
  2. “I could hear the crowd cheering. I was going to win!” (POV)
  3. Rewrite #2 in 3rd Person Limited.  (POV)
  4. _____ going to the store for llama cheese. (they)
  5. _____ going with them?  (who)
  6. We have three _____ in the class. (Elvis)
  7.  _____ not going to believe this! (you)
  8. All the _____ costumes were hilarious. (lady)
    Beetle bravely endured their cruel taunts and insults in silence. (N, V, ADJ, ADV, PREP, PRO)
  9. endured:
  10. silence:
  11. cruel:
  12. insults:

“Vocab, 11/28.” prestige, deprive, disheveled, suave, affectation, non sequitur, acute , prevalent, ideology, zeal

  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The Nazi _____ included racial purity.
  6. A heart attack is a(n) ____ sign of an ongoing disease.
  7. His accent was a(n) ____; he wasn’t really from France. He just thought it made himself  sound cool.
  8. He considered himself very ____ with the ladies, but he was actually kind of awkward.
  9. I like turtles” is funny because the line is such a(n) _____.
  10. The Green Bay Packers are known to have some of the most ______(ous)  and crazy fans in the NFL.
  11. Smoking was much more ______ in Ponyboy’s day than it is today.
  12. The Queen of England has ____ but no real power.
  13. During the period between Mardis Gras and Easter, you are supposed to _____ yourself of something you like. It’s supposed to be a difficult thing to do.
    **Bonus: What is this period of time called?
    **Bonus 2: What does Mardis Gras mean?

“Vladek Quiz, 11/28.” ANSWER NOT LETTER!

  1. ID: p81, last panel, not the Nazi.  a) Vladek’s friend Orbach.  b) Anja’s brother Wolfe.  c) Vladek’s friend Ilzecki.  d) Anja’s father.  e) a friend of Vladek’s family.  f) NOTA
  2. ID: p84, panel 2, the one holding the notice.  a) Vladek’s friend Orbach.  b) Anja’s brother Wolfe.  c) Vladek’s friend Ilzecki.  d) Anja’s father.  e) NOTA
  3. ID: p85, panel 2, the one in the polka dots.  a) Anja   b) Anja’s sister Tosha  c) Anja’s mom   d) Anja’s niece Lonia   e) NOTA
  4. ID: The Gemeinde.  a) One of the Nazi death camps.  b) A Jewish ghetto.  c) The Jewish community organization dealing with the Nazis.  d) Wolfe’s family name.  e) NOTA
  5. ID: Stara Sosnowiec.  a) Vladek’s birth village.  b) One of the Nazi death camps.  c) A POW camp.  d) The Jewish ghetto Vladek’s family was moved to.  e) Where Vladek’s factory was.  f) NOTA