Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Copy “homework” into planner.

Go over Test #15. (First Period: Finish.)

“Warm Up, 12/14.”

What is this? Be as specific as you can.

 

 

How far back in history do you think comics go? (Examples.)

“Icons.”
Read the excerpt from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. Answer the following questions in your notebook with your group.

1. (3) According to McCloud, what are the three main types of icons?
2. (3) Draw an example of each.
3. According to McCloud how are words and non-pictorial icons different from pictorial ones?
4. Finish the following sentence. According to McCloud, the more abstract or “cartoony” a face is, the more…

 

“Maus” intro.

What does the word anthropomorphic mean?
Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus Log I – 12/14/15”
a) Read the first two pages:

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

b) Why do you think the drawings so simple and not more realistic? (Think about Understanding Comics.) Why do you think he used cats and mice instead of people to tell the story?

c) What is your first impression of Vladek?

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

• Art(ie) – author and artist. (Narrator for the “present.”)
• Artie’s wife, Francoise.
• Artie’s  father Vladek. (Narrator for the past.)
• His mother Anja (Anna) — now dead–Vladek’s true love.
• His stepmother Mala — now married to Vladek
• Lucia Greenberg
• Fill ins for minor characters: 1 male, 1 female. (Vladek’s cousin (f), Vladek’s father and mother-in-law.)

 

 

Assembly Schedule for Music Performances.

Prep sheet for Test #15:
Fear: ___/10  (I will fill this one in!) Monsters: ___/5
Vocabulary Practices: ___/12  ___/13
Vocab H/W: ___/20
Outsiders Project:________ (Go look! Be sure to put the /60 or /75.)
Other Extra Credit: Period 5 gets a +3 for vocab relay.

 

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordy: What phrase is represented by the following?

   look kool XtXhXeXsXtXrXeXeXtX

2. What musical instruments are represented below?
   a)  P O     b)  BA BA    c)  ECLART     d)  @ # $ %
3. Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word. Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = yellow.
   a) A light brown color + to leave = ____  b) Vehicle + an animal pal = _____   c) A store’s announcement + a type of women’s clothing  = ______
4. These groups of three definitions describe three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter. (Example: king, ring, wing.) What are they?
   a) finished, to sleep lightly, a measured quantity     b) sneaky, to secretly observe, an enclosure for pigs

 

Test #15.

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocabulary, MoMS, Husker Du (from last week).

Vocabulary Relay!

“Monsters Warm Up, 12/10!” (5p)

1. (p247) “It’s a tree-lined, quiet residential American street…”  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) resolution  d) rising action  e) theme  f) climax  g) simile  h) metaphor
2. (p249) “I had the soup on the stove and the stove just stopped working.”  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) resolution  d) rising action  e) theme  f) climax  g) simile  h) metaphor
3. MoMS is being told from a  ______ person point of view.  a) 1st  b) 2nd  c) 3rd  d) 4th
4. (2) Make a prediction about what will happen next in the story. Use complete sentences. Follow the model:
   “I predict that… because…”

 

 

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

You have just crossed over into… The Twilight Zone!

Checking: Vocabulary Show-Me-You-Knows.

“Vocabulary, 12/9.” (13)

1. (2) _____ and ______
2. _____
3. “Quick, Bartlett! ______ them with hope!”
4. “It’s times like these we really need to roll up our sleeves, rally together, and find a _____.”
5. The little boy is very ______ when he wants something, almost to the point of being annoying.
6. The replays of the rescue ____ TV watchers all over the country.
7. In professional sports, the coach is often the _______for a team’s bad performance, even if it isn’t always his fault.
8. He lost the debate because his argument wasn’t _____.
9. subside : ebb :: engross : _____
10. Everybody has _______(s) that other people might find weird.
11. Patience with the ways of nature had been ____(ed) in her by her father.
12. quirk : idiosyncrasy :: transformation : ________

 

“MoMS Intro, 12/9.”
Discuss in your group:

• What is the purpose of fear?  (Why do we get scared?)
• Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
• What are (most) humans scared of?
• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Meaning? Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)

Each member of the group writes a response from another member to each question. Example:

“Jenni said we feel fear because…”
“Byron said we sometimes like to be scared because…”
“Esteban said most humans are scared of…”
“Jill said the quote probably means…”

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street  p247
Divvy up parts.
Read Aloud.

 

Meet in Computer Lab.
STAR Reading Test. (10) Read the directions below carefully before beginning. Every question you ask that can be answered by reading the directions will cost you 2 points of the 10 this is worth.

1. Click: Start (Windows Logo)–All Programs–Applications–StarReader–StarReader 242-S.
2. Find and double-click on your class period on the list: “Mr. Coward’s ___ Period.”
3. Find and double-click on your name. The list is alphabetical by last name. If you don’t see your name on the list, come see me immediately.
4. THE PASSWORD IS THE INITIALS OF YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES: If your name is Jimmy Cheeselog, your STAR password would be jc. If this password does not work, come see me immediately.
5. Once the test begins, your mouse no longer works. Use the number keys to select the correct answer and press ENTER. The first three are easy practice ones to show you how it works.  GO!
6. When you are finished, click Stop Testing and exit the program.
7. Scroll down and do the vocabulary practice in your notebook.

 

 

 

“Vocabulary Practice, 12/8.” You will use words more than once.

1. _____ (+ bonus)
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. “Of course it’s ____ Officer…don’t forget, you have to multiply dog years by seven.”
6. “If there are no other ideas, then it’s agreed we blame the media.” _____
7. Since I hadn’t studied, I was ______ about my chances on the difficult test.
8. The root of this word means shape or form: _____
9. The root of this word means sleep: _____
10. The prefix of this word means across or through: _____
11. The prefix of this word means not: _____
12. True or False? Always taking the same route to school is a good example of an idiosyncrasy. 

 

Work on your HFN. EasyBib your sources:

1. Go to EasyBib.com, and copy/paste the url for your first source  into the box and click “Cite it.”
2. After it finds your site, click “Continue.”
3. At the next page, click “Create Citation.”
4. Click “Copy and paste citation,” and paste it into your document, just before the url.
5. Repeat for your other sources