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33 More Days! Test 16A is Friday. Here is the Preview: Test 16A Preview
Definitions due TODAY!
SMYK’s are due Monday (1,2,3) – Tuesday (5,6).
“Warm Up, 4/21 (4/22).”
When MAUS was published, the Washington Post said, “…impossible to describe accurately, and impossible to achieve in any medium but comics.”
What do you think about that? Do you think it’s true? Could MAUS have been anything but a comic and been as powerful? Why or why not?
Prep-o-sitions!
A preposition is a part of speech, just like a noun or a verb. It connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence, showing us the relationship between them. They often tell the location of a person or an object in time or space. This information is given as a group of words, rather than a single word. We call that group of words a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases act like adjectives and adverbs.
“Prepositions, 4/21 (4/22)”!
Read each of the sentences below. Let’s look for PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES that DESCRIBE. Write the PHRASE!
- The family of iguanas camped by the lake because it was peaceful.
- I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic, and Mom made me throw it away.
- Rabbits live in burrows and under piles of brush, and they are cute as a button.
- Hovercraft have been used for transportation in a number of places, but that is not a hoverboard.
- Jim Gary is an artist who makes sculptures of dinosaurs from old car parts.
- No one except a fool would run across the highway in that traffic.
“Vocab, 4/21 (4/22).”
- _____ Pic of a sign with the NIKE swoosh that says Mike Wong, with the W being an upside down McDonald’s logo.
- _____ A “Get Out of Jail Free” card from a Monopoly game.
- _____ A pic of a kitty in the corner with his front paws in the air and saying, “I give up!”
- _____ Pic of a teenager throwing her hands in the air in anger and rolling her eyes at her mom.
- “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -Aristotle. ______
- If you search more systematically, instead of so ____(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you’re looking for.
- During the summer, without something to do, some kids can get very _____ and end up not doing much of anything.
- After she fell, she got up and tested her leg _____(ly) to see if it would support her weight.
- She was always very _____ about her work. That’s why she got A’s.
- Many rappers “sing” the praises of “bling” and _____ consumption.
- The _____ student copied his essay from the internet.
120 Seconds. Judges’ Rubric.
- (1-6) Introduction-Presentation: How well done? Did reader give title, author, and genre of the book and brief setting of the scene? Did reader capture the audience’s attention immediately?
- (1-6) Mechanics: Reading Clarity. Is the pacing good? Are words pronounced correctly and easily understood? Are words read slowly enough for the audience’s understanding? Is there enough volume?
- (1-6) Stage Presence: Does the reader appear confident? Does the reader establish eye contact with the audience during the intro? Are gestures, if any, natural and appropriate to the reading? Does it look like she/he has practiced?
- (1-6) Reading Interpretation: Are characters identifiable/differentiated by your voice? Can you tell when it’s a question? Can you tell when description ends and dialogue begins? CAN YOU AVOID THE MONOTONE DRONE?
- (1-6) Quality of Selection: Is it entertaining, whether dramatic, suspenseful, or funny? Does it make us want to read the book?
- (1-6) Audience Appeal: Is the reader holding the listeners’ attention? Overall impression?
- (1-?) Level of Difficulty: A typical page from The Outsiders = 3
Vladek.