Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

“Izzit Poifect? 2/17/16.” If you don’t look closely, you might miss something obvious.

List the mistakes you find on the “volunteer” “perfect” paper and the fixes for the mistakes. What score should it get? If it is perfect, say so.

“Vocabulary Practice, 2/17.” (16p)
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. Art Spiegelman didn’t want to show his father as a racist ______  of a Jew, but he wanted to show him honestly.
6. Some people see boxing as legally _____(ed) violence.
7. (2) It was a ____ problem, with many ____(s) to consider…
8. …so I had to look at  all my options before deciding how to _____ the situation. (not conduct)
9. Please ______ yourself properly in the library.
10. Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted _____ for the things he had done.
11. Mr. Coward’s lowest grade in seventh grade was  for ______. Obviously  he had some trouble following the rules too.
12. The essay prompt asked you to compare and ______ the two characters.
13. Art Spiegelman didn’t want any _____(ions) for Maus, such as action figures and vests.
14. I politely ______(ed) Efren about borrowing his Porsche for my date.
15. Which one is the allegory?  (Write the ANSWER!) a) Using animals instead of people in Maus.  b) The early bird gets the worm.  c) “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”  d) He slept like a rock.  e) B and D.  f) All are allegories.  g) None are allegories.

 
Oral History Toolkit: How do I ask the questions?

Which ones apply to our assignment? Which ones don’t?
Which two do you think are most important for us?

Documentary Interview Tips.
12 Ways to Conduct a Great Interview.

105?! Really?  (10:05–>)

Vladek.

Vladek.

Copy homework into assignment book.

INTERVIEWS! Your chance to be Artie!
Preliminary questions due Thursday.

Perfect Papers are due by 3:00 pm.
Any takers on “live correcting”?

Debrief Test #22. Oh My!

Vladek.

Prep sheet for Test #22:
Vocabulary Homework:_____/20
Vocabulary Practices: ___/15  ___/15
Other Extra Credit: ???

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordies: 
   a) OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN    
   b) S – N – O – W (Probably should have done this one in December.)
   
2. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
3. What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
4. Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1997 nickels are worth about $100?
5. What’s the common link?
   • a) tailor, wrestling match, bowling alley
   • b) watermelon, tournament, flower
   • c) hurricane, needle, potato
   • d) barber, rooster, beehive
6. Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words? (Hint: Sing them to yourself.)
   gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den

Test #22

Doodle Theme: Illustration for your Perfect Paper.

Tomorrow’s Test: vocabulary, proofreading, Vladek.

Oh yeah. Perfect Papers are due on Tuesday.

“Warm Up, 2/11.” Let’s see if you can find all eight!

“Vocabulary Practice, 2/11.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. We ran out of the ingredients for the recipe, so we had to ______.
6. The Nuremberg Laws ____(ed) Jews to second-rate status.
7. After he saved the kids from the fire he was ______(ed) by the whole town.
8. “That test was easy!” he said _______(ly), in that annoying way of his.
9. The students in the MP are far from _____ when it comes to cleaning up after themselves at break and lunch.  
10. The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump it. 
11. The _____ waiter smirked when I remarked that it was odd that a French restaurant didn’t even have French fries on the menu.
12. Years of work were needed for the CIA agent to _____ himself into the terrorist organization.
13. After three warnings, Scott was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”  
14. (2) After years of ______(ion) from the fans, the movie star had gotten too _____ to sign autographs for the “little people” who made her such a star.

Auschwitz guard in the news. More here.

Vladek.

“Warm Up, 2/10.” Proofread! Try to find and fix ’em all!

“Vocabulary Practice, 2/10.” (15p)
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
6. He was a ______ opponent, and very tough to outwit.
7. When the poor but honest boy asked the beautiful princess to marry him, she declined _____(ily), saying, “As if…”
8. The old photographs were all ______(ed) to the attic because nobody looked at them any more.
9. Jean is very _____ about her silverware; she won’t eat at that restaurant because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough.
10. He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around A LOT.
11. pigs : sloppy :: cats : ______ (1 + 1 bonus)
12. (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _______ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.
13. This word’s roots mean “to bend/lean inward.” ______
14. This word’s root comes from the name of the Goddess of Love. _______

Vladek.

Whom do you side with in the Vladek/Mala conflict? Why?

1. What makes Artie shrink down again on p47?
2. What is a kapo?
3. What is a barrack?
4. What was an Appel?
5. What was a Selektion?
6. (quote) Why does the tin shop foreman, Yidl, dislike Vladek?
7. How does Vladek win him over?
8. How does Vladek get Anja’s kapo to stop mistreating her?
9. Vladek’s first job as a tin man was working on the roofs at Birkenau. What was his second job as a tin man at Auschwitz?
10. What does Vladek’s last quote on p70 mean?