Tuesday, 11/7: Vocab Review, POV, Alyce Wrap Up, Vladek

“Advisory” Schedule. Slides Link.

“Vocab, 11/7.” Answer not letter.
a) heedless  b) dawdle  c) sundry  d) glutton  e) begrudge  f) stupefy  g) compliant  h) teem  i) privy  j) bounty

  1. The root of this word meant “goodness.” _____
  2. The root of this word meant “to be struck senseless.”_____
  3. The root of this word meant “separate or distinct.”_____
  4. The root of this word meant “to complete”._____
    a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) aghast  h) diminish  i) exhilarate
  5. When Steve told Two-Bit he should get a job, Two-Bit was _____. (haha)
  6. She speaks both French and German with equal ______. She’s very smooth and confident.
  7. The root origin of this word meant “NOT considered worthy.”____
  8. His political ____(s) tried to prevent him from winning the election.
    a) derive b) disreputable c) validate d) tantalize e) contrived f) dignity g) skeptical h) abide  i) competent j) relevant
  9. It’s always best to be ______about what you see on social media.
  10. This week’s word ____ is similar in meaning to a previous vocab word: leery.
  11. The codeine in cough syrup is _____(ed) from the same plant that heroin and opium come from.
  12. The greasers were so ______ that Cherry couldn’t let her parents see her with Pony.

“POV, 11/7.” Answer not Letter.
a) 1st person b) 2nd person c) 3rd person limited d) 3rd person objective e) 3rd person omniscient

  1. The Midwife’s Apprentice
  2. As soon as your grandpa says, “I give up,” jump out and shout, “Here I am!”
  3. “He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat. Small hobbit-children ran after the car all through Hobbiton and right up the hill.”
  4. “Everyone else said of her: ‘She is such a good mother. She adores her children.’ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other eyes.”
  5. Psychologists say that if you talk to yourself in _____, giving yourself orders or criticizing/encouraging yourself, it actually helps!

Correct RBC Math. (9)

“RBC Math Quiz.” (5)

  1. What did the lesson suggest you do about recording the differences in scores?
  2. What year was the difference the smallest?
  3. (2) What two verbs give the objectives of the lesson?
  4. What’s wrong with this sentence? “The data does not lie.”

Finish Alyce.

  1. Did Alyce find what she was looking for from life?
  2. What do you think the main theme of the book is?
  3. Read the dedication. What does it mean?

“Maus” intro.

What does the word anthropomorphic mean? (Yes it will be a vocab word too!)

Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus, 11/15.”
a) Read the first two pages:

    • Translate his father’s last sentence into a normal English sentence.
    • What does he mean?

b) What is your first impression of Vladek?

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

Artie: Art Spiegelman, author/artist, son of Vladek and Anja

Vladek: Vladek Spiegelman, Artie’s dad, Anja’s husband, survivor of the camps, his story is being told

Anja Spiegelman (nee Zylberberg): Artie’s mom, Vladek’s wife, also a survivor

Mala: Vladek’s current wife after Anja committed suicide after the war

The Zylberbergs: Anja’s family, rich

Lucia Greenberg: Vladek’s first girlfriend