Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Prep Sheet for Test #22:

Giver 1-1-1: ___/18    Giver Quizzes: ___/8   ___/6   Bonuses:

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Mental Floss.

1. James said that he was born on February 29, 1900. What birthday did he celebrate in the year 2000?
2. Can you figure out these common, polite expressions?
   • a) The second letter of the alphabet + the opposite of more + a female sheep
   • b) The 16th letter of the alphabet + to rent
   • c)  Former + sticks used for pool + not you
3. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.  Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat
   a) Nondescript Necklace   b) Funny/Smart Cat   c) Unusual Rabbit (2)   d) Wedding Limo (2)  e) Untamed Minor
4. You will be given clues for the two words. The second word is the first word with the first letter removed.
   a)  area between mountains –>   narrow passage between buildings
   b) spew out –>  leave out
   c) a shape –>  a number

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Test #22.   Doodle Theme: A new piece of technology.

 

“Tutorial” Schedule.

Tomorrow’s Test: Paragraph Scramble, Husker Du, Vocab, Giver + Movie. Preview? Hmmmmmaybe.

“Scramble, 2/22.” (p67)

1. He was not starving, it was pointed out.
2. No one in the community was starving, had ever been starving, would ever be starving.
3. Immediately he had been taken aside for a brief private lesson in language precision.
4. Did he understand that? they asked him.
5. To say “starving” was to speak a lie.
6. But the reason for precision of language was to ensure that unintentional lies were never uttered.
7. And he had.
8. He was hungry.
9. An unintentional lie of course.

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Debrief Test #21. Studying works.

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“Vocab, 2/22.” DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE, CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE

1. Jonas was _____(ed) for his unintentional lie about starving.
2. Jonas could not bear the _____ he perceived in the war memory.
3. When they cancelled the sold-out show at the last minute, the anger in the crowd was _____. You knew something was going to happen.
4. The citizens of the Community are careful about ______ in their interactions with each other.
5. Two-Bit and Soda were the two most ______ greasers.
6. The audience was _____ with the intense storytelling.
7. The Elders are very careful to make sure that each assignment is ____ for the person assigned.
8. There is usually “_____” in the S/CD/CX part of the test; lots of red. (LOL)
9. Do not mix up this word with the one that means a small container. _____ (LOL)
10. The root of this word meant “urge by warning.”
11. Her comment was on point and ____.
12. (2) You are expected to _____ to the strict rules of _____ in a court of law.

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“Giver 16-17.” Answer not Letter.

1. The word Jonas was searching for to describe the feeling in the room of the memory was…
2. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, their reaction could best be described as…  a) anger  b) frustration c) shock  d) nonchalance  e) NOTA
3. After that conversation with his parents, Jonas..  a) tells Gabe that things could be different.  b) lies to his parents.  c) decides to stop taking his pill.  d) all of the above.  e) NOTA
4. After stopping the pills, what does Jonas realize about everyone else?
5. Why is Jonas disturbed by the game his friends are playing?
6. What is Lily’s theory about Elsewhere?

 

Movie.

“Warm Up, 2/21.” (From Test #12) ANSWERS NOT LETTERS.
a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person limited  d) 3rd person objective  e) 3rd person omniscient

1. “I got this,” Jimmy thought confidently approached the house not knowing the llama knew he was coming and was ready for him._____
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 gray cloak, and a silver scarf. 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. Maus:___
6. Giver: ___
7. Outsiders:___
8. Midwife’s Apprentice: ___

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“Paragraph Scramble, 2/21.” (Letter them A and B)
(page 105)

1. He eventually slept
2. “They have never known pain,” he thought.
3. Again and again he dreamed of the anguish and the isolation on the forsaken hill.
4. The realization made him feel desperately lonely, and he rubbed his throbbing leg.

(page 14)

1. The children all received their bicycles at Nine; they were not allowed to ride bicycles before then.
2. Jonas laughed.
3. But almost always, the older brothers and sisters had secretly taught the younger ones.
4. Jonas had been thinking already about teaching Lily.
5. It was one on the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken.

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“Vocab 2/21.” DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE, CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE
    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____ (not amiable)
5. _____
6. The root of this word meant “transported by religious feeling.”
7. The root of this word meant to “caress or pet.”
8. The root of this word meant “of low value.”
9. The root of this word meant “trying to please.”
10. The root of this word meant “fitted, suited, appropriate.”
11. The root of this word meant “flesh.” (Spanish for meat.)
12. The root of this word meant “to stick.”
13. The root of this word meant “decent.”

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“Giver 14-15.” (8) Letter OK for #7.

1. What makes Jonas feel “desperately lonely”?
2. The Giver tells Jonas that the memories of pain and suffering give them _____.
3. What memory was the strongest when the Elders sought the Giver’s advice about increasing the birthrate?
4. Why is The Giver the one with all of the memories?
5. How do they usually decide which identical twin to release?
6. What does Jonas do to soothe Gabriel when he’s restless at night?
7. All of these are things Jonas first perceived in this new memory in chapter 15, except… a) Smoke in the air.  b) Bombs exploding nearby. c) Terrible smells.  d) Groaning men. e) He noticed all these things right away.
8. What does the boy in the memory want?

Giver Aloud, 16–>

 

 

 

 

TIME?

“Advisory” Schedule.

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Copy homework into planner.

COPY VOCAB LIST into notebook:

• DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE (not like tape), CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE

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“Sentence AND Paragraph Scramble, 2/20.” Unscramble the sentences and the paragraph into what they should be. Bonus: Tell S, CD, CX for each sentence. (p71)

1.  –rules  –beyond the rules   –that governed  –could there be   –the community
2. –stared  –Jonas  –the books  –at
3.  –more descriptions –and communities  –of offices   –could there be   –and factories
4. –of pages  –contained  –he couldn’t imagine   –the thousands  –what

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Das Giver. Chapter 14.

LINK FOR THE GIVER: The Giver.

They rented time on this computer for today’s equivalent of  $400,00/month.

A week of computing time on a modern laptop would take longer than the age of the universe on the 7090.

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Prep Sheet for Test #21:
Giver 1-1-1:___/18  Vocabulary Practices: ___/13 ___/13 ___/13  Giver Quizzes: ___/10 ___/7
Interview Essay: ____/100  Extra Scrambles: ___  Other Extra Credit:
Periods 1 and 5 get +2 for Vocab Relay; all other classes get +1.

 

Mental Floss.

1. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme. Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat.
   a) nondescript crustacean  b) old story  c) big cargo boat  d) timid gnat  e) kiss dog
2. In what month do Americans eat the least amount of food?
3. Wacky Wordy:   Queso >
4. Fill in the blanks below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally, and fits the definition on the right when read backwards.
   • a) Friends ______ hit sharply.  
   • b) Rinds of fruit _______ What we do with over one third of our lives.  
   • c) Wicked _______ Exist
5. Starting with an empty barrel, put in order. (Not a trick.)
   *2/3 full *1/4 empty *1/2 full *3/4 empty

 

Test #21.

Doodle Theme: An ad for your new movie!