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January 8, 2024 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Monday, 1/8: Homework, Husker Du, Vladek

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BRING CHROMEBOOKS AND INTERVIEW NOTES TOMORROW AND ALL WEEK LONG!
DO NOT SHARE YOUR INTERVIEW NOTES WITH ME!
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE 120, BE PREPARED TOMORROW!

  • IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE 120 Seconds YET, BE PREPARED TO GO STARTING TUESDAY.
  • KBARR ! Read 15 minutes, get chart signed DAILY (in notebook), respond 1 page by Friday. Four signatures  (M, T,W,Th) due Friday.
  • Vocab due Tuesday, Thursday.
    • due Tuesday– Definitions in notebook.
    • due Thursday– Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.
  • Interview Essay  due NEXT Wednesday, 1/17.

 


 

“New Year Husker Du.”

  1. I love running in PE.  a) adjective   b) adverb  c) noun  d) verb
  2. I like the sound of running water. a) adjective   b) adverb  c) noun  d) verb
  3. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  4. it:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  5. Two-Bit nodded wisely. ‘Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.’    Adjectives?
  6. The part where Marlin and Nemo are reunited and Nemo saves Dory.   a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution g) plot
  7. When you forget to call your mom. Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?
  8. Balancing a duck on his head, the llama climbed lazily up the very steep hill. Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?
  9. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t. Simple, Compound, Complex, Fragment, Run-on?
  10. Why did Vladek think it was safe to go with the smugglers?  
  11. What is ironic about Vladek’s decision to try to go to Hungary and give their spot at Mrs. Motonowa’s to Miloch and his family?  
  12. Why does Artie call Vladek a murderer at the end of Book 1?

“Interview Activity”

Illustrate one exchange you had during your interview.
4 Panels with dialogue (and thought?) balloons.
Show at least one close up.
Stick figures ok. But each “character” should be distinguishable. (Think Vladek with glasses or Artie with a cig.)
Show where/how.


Vladek Book 2. Yes, I know some of you have read some of this, but…it’s been 3+ weeks.

ATTENTION: FINALLY A LINK TO MAUS FOR ABSENTEES: Book 2