Month: December 2023

“Vocab, 12/6.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. There used to be a TV show called The ____ Gourmet which showed you how to eat well without spending a lot of money.
6. Art Spiegelman once published magazine collections of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
7. We rushed to ______ together a  last-minute float for the parade before the upcoming deadline.
8. Horror movies are sort of _______ for many people.
9. “I never knew a person more _____ than myself. The fact that I say that shows what I say is true.”
10. The athlete was ___ about the use of steroids. He knew they were harmful, but they helped his performance.
11. The root of this word meant “to disguise or conceal.” _____
12. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____
13. (2) She tried to stay awake during math, but it was ______, and she finally ______(ed) to the sleepiness and nodded off.

120 Seconds. Next Performances are tomorrow.

1. (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
2. (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
3. (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
4. (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
5. (1-6) Quality of Selection:  Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
6. (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?

Vladek to at least p138.

“Advisory” Schedule. Slides Link Here.

“Warm Up, 12/5.”

1-11, list each vocab word, and based on the SMYK starters, label each word’s part of speech. They  are noun, verb, or adjective.

“Vocab, 12/5.” succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
6. Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
7. MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bazooka to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
8. After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
9. …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
10. She blamed him for the accident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
11. This word’s roots mean feeling both ways. _____
12. This word’s meaning evolved like this: fruit -> economical -> ______.
13. The words roots meant to take before. _____

“Holocaust, 12/5.”

1. (2) The roots of the  word Holocaust meant ___ ___ .
2. What was Hitler’s word for it?
3. What was the “inciting incident” for WW2?
4. What does “Aryan” mean?
5. What does Mischlinge mean?
6. What happened during Kristallnacht?
7. (2) Name two other groups Hitler targeted besides Jews.
8. Which of the following MOST influenced Hitler’s political philosophy? (Answer not letter)  a)  his misunderstanding of the Jewish religion   b)  his service in the German army   c) his study of historical movements that expressed hateful religious ideas    d) his country’s downfall after World War I

Volunteers and Prep for 120 tomorrow.

Welcome Guest Teacher.Remember that the Guest Teacher will rate each class 1-10 for behavior and cooperation. Anything less than an 8 means “consequences.” A 10 = Reward.

Copy Homework into Planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.
• 120 Seconds Begins WEDNESDAY, 12/6.

Holocaust Article: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lib-history-holocaust-part-I-26801-article_and_quiz.pdf

DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET.

“Holocaust, Part 1, 12/4.” ANSWER NOT LETTER

1. Read the section “Historical anti-Semitism and Hitler’s rise to power.” Select the paragraph that suggests Hitler’s anti-Jewish sentiment was not unheard of in Europe before his rise to power. (1st, 2nd, etc.)
2. Which section of the article BEST highlights the idea that Hitler’s political party took many steps to remove Jews from German
life?
3. Read the section “Historical anti-Semitism and Hitler’s rise to power.”
Which of the following MOST influenced Hitler’s political philosophy?
(A) his misunderstanding of the Jewish religion  (B) his service in the German army  (C) his study of historical movements that expressed hateful religious ideas  (D) his country’s downfall after World War I

4. Finish the sentence below.  In the introduction [paragraphs 1-3], the author MAINLY explains the significance of the Holocaust by ……..
(A) highlighting the depths of the horrible things that occurred.  (B) summarizing its dominant political philosophy.  (C) explaining its long-term impacts.  (D) contrasting it with other anti-religious movements.

5.  How does the title of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, translate in English?

6. What was Kristallnacht?

7. What does Aryan mean?

Finished? Begin working on vocab definitions at Learner’s Dictionary. Finished with that? Read on in Maus.

Prep Sheet for Test #14.

KBARR: ____/24      SMYK: __/10  9 sentences: ___/9      Other Extra Credit: Period 6 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3,4,5 get +1.

Mental FLoss.

• How far can you walk into the woods?
• What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
• Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
• The more you take away the bigger it gets; the more you add, the smaller it becomes. What is it?
• Wacky Wordies:
  

  ZERO PhD BSc. B.A. (a)

  N  E  V  E  S (b)

  ONHOLEE  (c)

Test #14. Doodle Theme: Design a grewvy piece of clothing!