Month: January 2024

“Advisory” Schedule.

The Only Homework This Week: Interview Essays are Due THURSDAY!

Chromies and Headphones for FastBridge:

1. Check your sound volume BEFORE YOU LOG IN TO FASTBRIDGE – you need to hear computer instructions.
2. Fastbridge link. (https://slcusd.illuminatehc.com/login)
3. Sign in to Illuminate using the RED google button.
4. Select the blue Continue to Portal bar.
5. Select FastBridge Learning from the side menu.
6. Select FastTrack Reading

FINISHED? Work on Essay:

Interviews. Share ESSAY (Not Notes) with me by end of day Thursday. Checklist and Rubric.

• Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
• Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
  • Looks. (Details.)
  • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
  • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
• The intro/description should be 250-300 words.
• Interview.
  • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
  • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
• Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
• Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

FOV: Fish Operated Vehicle

Prep Sheet for Test #17:
KBARR: ___/24 SMYK: YES/NO Husker Du 1-08 ___/13 Outsiders Project: ___/60 OR ___/75
Other Extra Credit: Period 3 gets +2 for vocab relay. All other classes get +1. Auto +5 for EC Vocab.

Mental Floss.

1. What two words contain the most letters?
2. Wacky Wordy: my you’re way
3. Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words? (Hint: Sing them to yourself.)
   gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den
4. Below are clues to two homonyms. Figure out what pair of words the clues are describing. Example: Rabbit fur = hare hair. You must get the order of the words correct and spell them correctly.
   a) What a metal thief would do.     b) A basic truth about a school leader.     c) A loud noise from tennis devices.
5. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
6. What is this poem talking about?
   “The beginning of eternity
   The end of time and space
   The beginning of every end,
   And the end of every place.”

Test #17.

Doodle Theme: A spaceship that matches your personality!

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’ Test: V + V + HD. Preview available after “tutorial.”

“Vocabulary, 1/11.” fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (Not allegory)
5. Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won’t eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough.
6. She said she found the cute, slightly-used dress for a low price at the _____(ment) store.
7. The roots of this word meant “other speaking.” ______
8. The original root of this word was “unforeseen.”______
9. The roots of this word meant “to loosen, to free.”______
10. This root of this word originally meant “an evil person or thing,” but gradually the connotation changed to a positive one. _____
11. The root of this word was “to mark with the sign of the cross.” _____
12. Which one is the allegory?  a) Mickey Mouse acting like a human.  b) You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  c) “The Sneetches”   d) He slept like a rock.  e) Diary of a Wimpy Kid  f) B and D  g) NOTA

Vocab Relay.

Vladek to p. 218. (p58 in online version)

120 Seconds in those classes that need it.
Otherwise we work on your interview essay.

“Vocab, 1/10.” fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction
   

1. _____ (Not shrewd.)
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. _____
7. Some people think that the Narnia series is a religious  _________, with Aslan the lion representing Christ.
8. We ran out of the ingredients for the recipe, so we had to ______.
9. Years of work were needed for the CIA agent to _____ himself into the terrorist organization.
10. The Nuremberg Laws in Nazi Germany ____(ed) Jews to second-rate status.
11. This word’s roots mean “to bend/lean inward.” ______
12. The roots of this word  meant “driven.” ______
13. The roots of this word meant “loathing or disgusted.” _____

All classes get to page 201 in Maus. LINK to online version.

Interviews. Share ESSAY (Not Notes) with me by end of day next Thursday. Checklist and Rubric.

• Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
• Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
  • Looks. (Details.)
  • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
  • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
• The intro/description should be 250-300 words.
• Interview.
  • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
  • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
• Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
• Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

Examples of Finished Products.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSzrjuvzOKwGb9NgWsHsDl-a9zBQUNMqgj_M6hKInIo

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjCch7x9N_VfCe2b37Au1D3Jjr9Zzhha1bg1uSuw23s

120’s as needed.

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?

Advisory Schedule. Link to Slides.

“Vocab, 1/9.”  fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. After three warnings, Joel was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”
6. He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around them A LOT.
7. North Korea is still under economic and trade _____(s) by the United States and others for the treatment of their citizens.
8. Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted to earn ______ for the things he had done.
9. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
10. Mr. Coward does not ______ the use of cell phones at school.
11. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump over it. 
12. (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.
13. Which one is the allegory? (ANSWER, NOT LETTER.) a) Using animals instead of people in Maus.  b) The early bird gets the worm.  c) “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”  d) He slept like a rock.  e) B and D.  f) All are allegories.  g) None are allegories.

Vladek to the end of Book 2-Chapter 1.

120 Seconds

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?

Work on Interview Essays. Final due next Thursday, 1/18.

• Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
• Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
  • Looks. (Details.)
  • Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
  • Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby?  What?)
• The intro/description should be 250-300 words.
• Interview.
  • Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…”  “I started by asking…” Etc.)
  • You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
• Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
• Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.

Examples of Finished Products.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSzrjuvzOKwGb9NgWsHsDl-a9zBQUNMqgj_M6hKInIo

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjCch7x9N_VfCe2b37Au1D3Jjr9Zzhha1bg1uSuw23s