Tuesday, 3/15: Review, Compound Sentences, Vocab, Mars

Names Matter.

A Swedish study compared immigrants who had changed their Slavic, Asian, or African names, such as Kovacevic and Mohammed, to more Swedish-sounding, or neutral, ones, like Lindberg and Johnson. The economists Mahmood Arai and Peter Skogman Thoursie, from Stockholm University, found that this kind of name change substantially improved earnings: the immigrants with new names made an average of twenty-six per cent more than those who chose to keep their names.


Stamping Pink Sheets!


“Warm Up, 3/15.” Use your pink sheet for 1-5. 6-8 are from Test #1. NOT COLLABORATIVE.

  1.  What is the official name for the FANBOYS?
  2. A COMPOUND sentence has at least how many subordinate clauses?
  3. Besides using one of the FANBOYS, what is another way to join independent clauses into a compound sentence?
  4. The predicate is another name for the main _____ in a sentence or clause.
  5. Look at the sentence(s) you wrote yesterday for the scramble. Compound or not?
  6. The root of this word means shape. _______  bliss, savvy, connotation, infer, conform, bleak, NOTA
  7. She is a savvy basketball player.  a) adjective  b) not an adjective
  8. The expression “Ignorance is bliss” is a motto.  True or False?

Correct Pink Sheet – Exercise #3. Cheat Sheet for Friday!  (Link: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/compoundsentences.doc)


“Vocab, 3/15.” Each word once. No hints. OK to collaborate.
     


“DG Quiz, 3/15”  Not collaborative.

  1. (p221) When the men at the store don’t seem worried, how does Harry feel?
  2. (p224) What’s the first sign that Harry is starting to give in to becoming Martian?
  3. (p226) What metaphor does Harry use to explain the change in his family’s eye color? (Not the answer to #4.)
  4. (p226) Explain Harry’s metaphor in paragraph 171. What is he comparing him and his family to?

Read to the end.