Month: April 2025

“Warm Up – Test 19, 4/15.”

Test #19: 8-12

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“Agreement, 4/15” Write the fix or say OK. Follow the example.
Either the library or your teacher have the book.  Ans: Either  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.

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“Vocab, 4/15”
  
novice, repulse, baffle, frivolous, coherence, accoutrements, sublime, escapade, haggard, picturesque

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____ (not picturesque)
4. _____
5. His speech was criticized for its (in)______; it sounded disorganized and random.
6. Everyone was _____(ed) by his strange, inappropriate behavior.
7. Some people are _____(ed) by cauliflower, but others find  it tasty.
8. His little _____ after sneaking out got him in a lot of trouble when he got home.
9. The little cabin in the mountains was ______ and pretty, but it wasn’t very comfortable.
10. The choir performance was _____ and had everyone in tears at its beauty.
11. After staying up all night, he looked very ____ and worn out.
12. The Latin root of this word meant “new.” _____
13. The roots of this word mean “stick together thing.” ____

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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? Start a new GDoc.
6. Give it an appropriate title.
7. Write an intro:
8. 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.)
9. Sample intro paragraphs. It you’re having trouble with your intro, write the reason paragraphs first and then see which one to lead with.

 

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to walk on the surface of another planet? Can you picture the excitement of being the first human to set foot on Mars or explore the icy moons of Jupiter? These questions cause a sense of wonder and curiosity that drives the exploration of space. While robotic missions have their place, there’s something more inspiring about the idea of humans venturing into space. Human exploration of space is not just a dream but a crucial step for humanity’s future for these reasons…

 

Have you ever wondered how we can explore the vastness of space without putting human lives at risk? Can machines truly do the job better than humans, with precision and accuracy? These questions are part of the ongoing debate: should we rely on humans or robots to explore the frontiers of space? While the idea of human exploration is exciting , robotic missions offer a safer and more practical solution. In this essay, we’ll show the advantages of robotic exploration which include…

Advisory Schedule.

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Copy homework into planner:

• Do research for EVIDENCE for your argument paper. Each EVIDENCE box should have 2 pieces of information; each should be a summary several sentences long, perhaps with a quote too.
• Your first two rough draft paragraphs are due EOP THURSDAY.
• Vocab due Tuesday,  Thursday
  • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
  • due Thursday – Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.

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“Warm Up, 4/14. Everyone is reviewing Test #19; it’s collectively our worst test this semester.

Test #19: 1-7

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“Agreement, 4/14.” DO NOT WRITE THE LETTER! For 1,2,3,4 write the subject/verb combo of the correct choice.  For #5, implement the change and write the correct subject/verb combo.

1. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
   a) Nothing taste as good as my dad’s five-alarm chili.
   b) Most of the group’s music are playing on the radio.
   c) Several of those coats is on sale this week.
   d) Some of Meredith’s poems make me laugh.
2. Neither the trumpet players nor the drummer _____  visited our school. a) has  b) have  c) were  d) are

3. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
   a) The King and I were performed as the spring play this year.
   b) A short story, “The Pit and the Pendulum” seem scary.
   c) “Heart and Soul” are being played on the piano right now.
   d) “B. J. and the Martians” sounds like a funny TV show.

4. In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?
   a) Dan’s friend in the Spanish Club are going to South America next spring.
   b) Many summer camps, with lots of money to spend, has bought new equipment.
   c) The green wheelbarrow behind those bushes need a good cleaning.
   d) The tigers, their eyes gleaming, seem ready for an attack.
5. On that road next to the river sits several abandoned cars. Which is the best fix?
   a) Make cars the subject of the sentence.
   b) Change sits to sit.
   c) Change abandoned to abandons.
   d) Move on that road to the end of the sentence.

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BOB p302. CHROMEBOOKS!

1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes. DO NOT SHARE THIS WITH ME!
2. Make a table like the one on p302. (4 rows, 3 columns)
3. List your reasons as complete sentences. See “Let Robots…” p286 for examples.
4. Each EVIDENCE box should have 2 pieces of information; each should be a summary several sentences long, perhaps with a quote too.

TuTu Schedule.

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Prep Sheet for Test #28:

SMYK: ___/10  BOB Quiz: ___/10  Vocab 4/8: ___/13   Bonus?

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Mental Floss.

Mental Floss.

1. 
   Which shape comes next?
2. Y, A, D, S, R, E, H, T, A, _. What letter comes next?  (Hint: June 18)
3. What’s the next letter in this sequence? W T N L I T _
4. What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?
   ___less ___ure ___orse ___ing
5. What Animal? You have to spell the animal CORRECTLY!  a) very exposed  b) a lamenting cry  c) a precious or loved one  d) these make up a chain

 

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Test #28. Doodle Theme. A Mars Habitat and Rover.

Tomorrow’s Test: Stuff like the Warm Up, Vocab, BOB. Preview after Period 4.

“Warm Up, 4/10.”

1. Give 2 examples of Relative Pronouns.
2. Give 2 examples of Subordinating Conjunctions.
3. Both of these are used in _____ sentences.
4. They make the ____ they are in:  _______.
5. In this “equation”:  S + V  (SC  S)  + V  . The underlined part represents the _____  _____.
6. Write an example of one of these types of sentences.

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Debrief Test #27. Ok…

“Vocab, 4/10.”solicitous, peevish, ruminate, elixir, discerning, eclipse, tedious, abstain, furtive, grisly
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. She _____(ly) took a look at her neighbor’s test, but the neighbor didn’t know the answer either.
7. The root of this word meant “theft.” _____
8. It pays to be ______ if you are a salesman trying to make a deal.
9. She was close to both sides of the argument, so when it was time to vote, she _____(ed).
10. Many video games are rather ____ at the beginning as you build up power and swag.
11. People have been searching forever for a(n) _____ to make us forever young.
12. The root of this word meant “anxious.”_____
13. (Joke) Most people have a pet that makes them _____.

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“BOB Quiz, 4/10”
OPEN BOOK. DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET. Answers go in notebook.

 

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Time?

BOB p302. CHROMEBOOKS!

1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes. DO NOT SHARE THIS WITH ME!
2. Type your claim at the top. Jazz it up fancy like the models. You can always modify it later. (Look at the examples you marked on p276 and p286.)
3. Make a table like the one on p302. (4 rows, 3 columns)
4. List your first reason as a complete sentence, the evidence you have for it, and where that evidence came from.
5. Call me over to look.
6. For the essay, each reason should have at least two pieces of evidence.

“Scramble, 4/9.” More versions = more credit.

1. –but not impossible  –as we all know  –a risky  –proposition  –this is
2. –which was  –suffered two terrible losses  –the main connection  –NASA’s Shuttle Program  –to the ISS

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“Husker Du, 4/9.”

Period 1/Test #1: 7-9, 15-17

Period 2/Test #2: 7-10, 18, 19

Period 3/Test #3: 7-10, 17, 18

Period 5/Test #5: 7-9, 16-19

Period 6/Test #6: 7-9,15, 16

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“Vocab 4/9.”  solicitous, peevish, ruminate, elixir, discerning, eclipse, tedious, abstain, furtive, grisly
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. He couldn’t decide which way to vote, so he ____(ed).
6. Some horror movies are extremely scary without being too _____.
7. I am forever ____ when you say “I’m sorry” because you aren’t really; you’re just sorry you got caught.
8. Please ____ from rude comments during the presentation.
9. Long ago MySpace was ____(ed) by Facebook.
10. The roots of this word meant “to hold from.”_____
11. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”_____
12. The roots of this word meant “to be weary of.”_____
13. There is no ____ for passing the test except for study and attention.

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https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/humans-to-mars/

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BOB…   “Let Robots Take to the Stars.” (p286.)

1. p286: Analyze Argument-Annotate.
2. p287: Analyze Argument-Annotate and Analyze
3. p288: Numbers and Stats-Annotate
4. p289: Analyze Rhetorical Devices-Annotate
5. p291: Both Questions
6. p292: (1) Analyze and Interpret  (4) Summarize and Analyze

Time? Start work on SMYK’s or Research.