Wednesday, 4/19: HD, Vocab, Argument

Today: Think about ducks.

“Agreement, 4/19.” Write the fix or say OK. Follow the example.
Either the library or your teacher have the book.  Ans:   have   has

1. Here is the photographs of sod houses.
2. The bricks of this house is made from grass-covered ground.
3. First, a man or a woman have to cut the prairie grass short.
4. Each person then dig out a strip of earth.
5. Where was those sod houses built?
6. Sod House Memories are about houses in Nebraska.
7. People in the United States don’t build with sod much today.
8. Boards and bricks are available in most parts of the country.
9. Gene and Mai is working on a model of a sod house.
10. Paper bags or cloth are being used for windows.

Husker Du, 4/19.

Period 1: Test #24. ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 19. Why does”The Earth Men” end with a “weather report”?  a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.    f) NOTA
  • 20. “A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell.”  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 21. “When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was. (p30) a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 22. “That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm.”  (p31)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  • 23. Among the people honored at the banquet, the llama stood out._____  a) Prep Phrase  b) Clause  c) Neither

Period 2: Test #6 ANSWER NOT LETTER.
a) Simple Sentence   b) Compound Sentence   c) Complex Sentence 

  • 15. After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.  _____
  • 16. Up the very steep hill we climbed slowly. _____
  • 17. Joe ran to the store with his llama. _____
  • 18. We will wait here until the llama comes to get us. _____
  • 19. I ate a second doughnut, and I still felt good._____

Period 3: Test #10 ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 15. The llama’s house where he grew up is now a tourist attraction.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
    The upstairs library is a great place for quiet studying and relaxation. 
  • 16. upstairs  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 17. studying   a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 18. relaxation  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb
  • 19. it.  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) not a person

Period 4: Test #1 ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  • 11. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly. a) adjective  b) not
  • 12. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly. a) adjective  b) not
  • 13. I wonder how Vivian can afford to wear the very latest styles. a) adjective  b) not
  • 14. Two-Bit nodded wisely. “Nice cut, too. Makes you look like a tough guy.” a) adjective  b) not
  • 15. I really like lemon pie. a) adjective  b) not

Period 6: Test #3 ANSWER NOT LETTER.
Choose the correct Subject/Predicate combo.

  • 10. Pony’s head turned away from the sight of Bob.  a) Pony turned  b) head away  c) head turned  d) Bob sight  e) NOTA
  • 11. The old milk still tasted fine to the llama. a) llama tasted  b) llama milked   c) old tasted  d) milk tasted   e) NOTA
  • 12. After that, Pony was sick on the sidewalk.  a) Pony was  b) Pony sick  c) that was  d) NOTA
  • 13. The usually jumpy Johnny remained as cool as Darry.  a) Johnny jumpy  b) Johnny cool  c) Johnny remained  d) NOTA
  • 14. The top of Jay Mountain seemed so far away. a) Mountain seemed  b) top seemed  c) Mountain away  d) NOTA

“Vocab, 4/19.”

  1. _____
  2. _____ (Not peevish. Not ruminate.)
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. People have been searching forever for a(n) _____ to make us forever young.
  6. You should _____ time spent with your grandparents because they won’t be around forever.
  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. The root of this word means “to chew.”
  10. The root of this word meant “theft.”
  11. The original root of this word meant “odor or taste.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “not alarmed.”

 

Chromies, Homies!

BOB p302.

  1. Start a new Gdoc. In the title box, call it either Human Exploration notes or Robot Exploration notes.
  2. Type your claim at the top. Jazz it up fancy like the models. You can always modify it later. (You marked examples on p276 and p286.)
  3. Make a chart like the one on p302.
  4. List your first reason and at least two pieces  of evidence you have for it.
  5. List the source for each piece of evidence in the last column.
  6. Call me over to look.