Day: February 1, 2024

Thursday, 2/1: Warm Up, Spelling, Vocab, Dah Givah

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test: Gramma, Vocab, Last Few Pages of Maus, OG, Giver.

“Warm Up, 2/1.”

  1. Why do the Poles leave Anja alone after the war?
  2. What gives Anja hope about Vladek after the war?
  3. True or False? One of the similarities between a utopia and a cult is that neither has a fear of the outside world.
  4. True or False? One of the differences between a utopia and a cult is that a utopia doesn’t have a leader.
  5. We went to  Jimmy _____ house. (Jones)

“Spelling, 2/1.” COPY the clue. Then COPY the correct pair. NOT THE LETTER; THE WORDS! NOT COLLABORATIVE!

  1. center/group  a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core  e) core/corps
  2. Cheerios/#25489   a) serial/cereal  b) cereal/cerial  c) cerial/serial  d) cereal/serial
  3. who owns/who is    a) whose/who’s  b) who’s/whose  c) who’se/who’s  d) who’s/whos’
  4. it is/it owns   a) it’s/its  b) its’/its  c) it’s/its’
  5. belongs to them/location   a) their/they’re  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they’re/there
  6. inactive/hero  a) idole/idol b) idel/idol c) idle/idol d) idol/idle

“Vocab, 2/1.”
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tentative, infringe, reprieve, benign, profound, indolent, euphemism, relinquish, exasperate, (in)conspicuous, (un)scrupulous, haphazard

  1. _____ Pic of the classic statue, The Thinker.
  2. _____Cartoon of two guys looking out from the top of a skyscraper saying, “Yes, the view is nice—but I mostly want people to look up here and think how rich I am.”
  3. _____Pic of a pack of dogs with a fox blending in.
  4. _____ Pic of a cute little lamb taking its first steps. (NOT: benign, scrupulous, haphazard, or indolent, or any other “it could be’s.” Sigh.)
  5. He soon found that studying for the test would have a _____ (positive) impact on his grade! OMG!
  6. He prepared so ______(ly) that his presentation was painful to watch. (Not: tentative.)
  7. After asking for (*previous vocab word for bonus*), the student received a _____ and was released from detention.
  8. In exchange for safety and peace, communities sometimes _____ a lot of freedom.
  9. Some thought that the new law would _____ upon their right to protest, and they protested that.
  10. Sometimes fourth period can be ______(ing), but when certain people are absent, it can be a nice class.
  11. If you search more systematically, instead of so ____(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you’re looking for.
  12. The roots of this word meant “to seize back.” _____
  13. The roots of this word meant “good speaking.” _____

Dah Giver. Read aloud.

Preview of Questions for tomorrow. Here’s a link for the online version of the book if you want to review: The Giver.

  1. What two words did Asher confuse?
  2. What word does Jonas finally settle on to describe his feelings?
  3. Why does everyone know that Lily’s comment about keeping Gabriel has to be a joke?
  4. What rule did Jonas’s father break?
  5. What rule gets broken all the time?
  6. What happens at the ceremony of 12?
  7. How is that decision made?
  8. We are in the ______ of the story.  exposition, rising action, inciting incident, falling action, climax, resolution
  9. The Giver is told in _____  (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) person?