Tuesday, 4/16 (36): Husker Du, Agreement, Vocab, Argument Essay

Advisory” Schedule.

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“Husker Du, 4/16.”

Period 1: Test #24 – #24-28
Period 3: Test #23 – #8-11, 14, 15
Period 4: Test #17 – #9-11, 23-25
Period 5: Test #17 – #9-11, 23-25
Period 6: Test #5 –  #10-15


“Agreement, 4/16” Write the fix or say OK. Follow the example.
Either the library or your teacher have the book.  Ans: Either have   has

1. Here are the sod houses images page from Google.
2. The bricks of this house are made from grass-covered ground.
3. First, several people has to cut the prairie grass short.
4. Someone then dig out a strip of earth.
5. Where was those sod houses built?
6. She said she has sod house memories which are about houses in Nebraska.
7. Nobody in the United States build with sod much today.
8. Wood are available in most parts of the country.
9. Gene, but not Mai, is working on a model of a sod house.


“Vocab, 4/16.”
  
novice, repulse, baffle, frivolous, coherence, accoutrements, sublime, escapade, grisly, haggard, picturesque

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (not picturesque)
  4. _____
  5. When Mr. Coward refers to the “sea of red” on a test, you might say the results are ______.
  6. Everyone was _____(ed) by his strange, inappropriate behavior.
  7. Some people are _____(ed) by cauliflower, but others find  it tasty.
  8. The little cabin in the mountains was ______ and pretty, but it wasn’t very comfortable.
  9. The choir performance was _____ and had everyone in tears at its beauty.
  10. After staying up all night, he looked very ____ and worn out.
  11. The Latin root of this word meant “new.” _____
  12. The roots of this word mean “stick together thing.” ____
  13. The Italian root of this word meant “painter.”   (ummm…duh.)

 

Chromies, Homies!   Argument.

  1. Finish your reasons/evidence/source chart from yesterday.
  2. Let me see it!
  3. Insert a 4×1 table below your other chart.
  4. First box: A strong opposing Argument.  Second Box: Your Counterclaim.  Third Box: Evidence for your Counterclaim.  Fourth Box: Source for evidence.
  5. Finished with all of the above? See the chart on p303? See the Introduction box? Go find your “interesting question, quote, or detail to grab the reader’s attention” and type it before your claim. (Credit the source by doing like they do on p304.)