Tuesday, 10/3: Clauses, Apostrophes, Vocab, Outsiders!

Advisory Schedule.

“S/CD/CX, 10/3.”

  1. Because the llama forgot his wallet, he couldn’t buy broccoli.
  2. As part of his occupation, his partner was a llama with a leather jacket.
  3. He didn’t want to embarrass the llama, so he didn’t act affectionate.
  4. The llama ate his doctor-recommended doughnut for breakfast this morning.
  5. It seemed essential to eat broccoli, but I watched the llamas instead.
  6. We can wait here until the llama calls us.

“Apostrophes, 10/3.”

  1. Spend as long washing ____ hands…  (you)
  2. …as it takes to say the _____.   (ABC)
  3. We had four ______ in class.  (Jake)
  4. All the ____ clothes are on the second floor. (child)
  5. The llama wagged ____ tail. (it)
  6. All the _____ uniforms were new. (player)
  7. The best era for music was the ____. (70)
  8. The team expressed ____ thanks to the coach. (it)
  9. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to llamas. (more than one teacher)
  10. All the llamas wagged ____ tails. (they)

“Vocab, 10/4.” No numbers breakdown.
adversary, aplomb, banish, grueling, concoction, disdain, engross, diminish, exhilarating, perceive, aghast

          

The Outsiders (online link) aloud to page 147. Then…

  1. Finish ch. 9 silently.
  2. Open your notebook, and title it, “Outsiders, Ch. 9.”
  3. Choose ONE of the quotes below, copy it, and respond with a couple of sentences. What’s going on? What does the person mean? Why is this important? Use at least one example from the book to back up whatever you say.
    • Dally: “You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…”  (HINT: ironic.)
      OR
    • Johnny: “Stay gold.”
  4. Go get a Chapter 9 Quiz from the stack (WHITE). IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, under the title “Chapter 9 Quiz,” write the ANSWER, not the letter to each question. DO NOT WRITE ON THE HANDOUT! Return it to the pile when you are finished.
  5.  Chapter 9 and questions should be finished by EOP Wednesday. Otherwise finish at home Wednesday night.
  6. Close your notebook and continue reading ch 10.
  7. Faster Readers: Keep your mouths shut.

Monday, 10/2: Homework, Clauses, Debrief Test #6, Outsiders

Late Start Schedule.

Copy homework into planner:

“Warm Up, 10/2.” Simple, Compound, Complex?

  1. If we don’t repair the dam, the llamas will rush through.
  2. We didn’t repair the dam, and the llamas rushed through.
  3. His doctor recommended buying a llama and going water-skiing.
  4. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.
  5. Even though he knew it was a mistake, the llama ate the doughnut.
  6. We want to be ready when the llama calls us.
  7. Since my llama left me, I’ve found a new place to dwell.

Debrief Test #6

The Levitating Comma! The Apostrophe!

Question: What are the three uses for apostrophes? Examples?

  1. Possessive form: Book of Joe = Joe’s book.
  2. Contractions: is + not = isn’t  (Takes the place of a letter.)
  3. Pluralize letters and words used as words.  All A’s on my report card.

 

“Apostrophes, 10/2.” Copy only the bold-faced, underlined part. Write the correct form of the word for each blank. You might have to pluralize and/or possessify.
YOU get ONE S.

  1. The  _____ car is equipped with laser cannons. (spy)
  2. _____ going to the store for llama cheese. (they)
  3. _____ going with them?  (who)
  4. All the ____ clothing is on the second floor. (woman)
  5. We have three _____ in the class. (Jesus)
  6.  “_____ all go to the lobby!”  (Let)
  7. All the _____ costumes were hilarious. (more than one lady)
  8. Try not to use too many ____ in your essay. It gets repetitive. (and)

The Outsiders aloud to page 147. Then…

  1. Finish ch. 9 silently.
  2. Open your notebook, and title it, “Outsiders, Ch. 9.”
  3. Choose ONE of the quotes below, copy it, and respond with a couple of sentences. What’s going on? What does the person mean? Why is this important? Use at least one example from the book to back up whatever you say.
    •  p147, Dally: “You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…”  (HINT: ironic.)
      OR
    • p148, Johnny: “Stay gold.”
  4. Go get a Chapter 9 Quiz from the stack (WHITE). IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, under the title “Chapter 9 Quiz,” write the ANSWER, not the letter to each question. DO NOT WRITE ON THE HANDOUT! Return it to the pile when you are finished.We are going to correct the Ch. 9 Quiz Today!

 

Friday, 9/29: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #6

Checking KBARR

Prep sheet for Test #6:

KBAR:___/24  SMYK:___/10     Vocabs___/13 ___/13  ___/11   Other Extra Credit:
Period 6 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, all others get +1. 13/13 on S/CD/CX = +1. Complex Better = +1

Mental Floss.

  1. Supply the missing four words to make a famous expression. (No, you don’t get to ask any questions.)
    “Failure ____  ____  ____  ____.”
    Options: a) Success  b) Victory  c) Triumph  d) Accomplishment
  2. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) He used his powers of persuasion to summon key people to the meeting.
    • b) Did I ever tell you, that at camp in the fall, I once found a ten dollar gold piece?
    • c) Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
  3. A man made up a seven-character password (letters and numbers only) for his e-mail  account, and he wanted to write it down somewhere in case he forgot it. But he didn’t want to write down the actual password, so he wrote this sentence:    “You force Heaven to be empty.”  What was his password?
  4. What number is always found in the middle of the telephone directory?
  5. What famous saying is represented here?
    zain yain xain wain vain uain tain sain rain qain oain nain main lain kain jain iain hain fain eain dain cain bain aain
  6. A pen and a pencil together cost $1.10. The pen costs exactly $1.00 more than the pencil. What does each cost? (Not a trick, just math.)

Test #6. Outsiders is Open Book. S/CD/CX is open notes.

Doodle Theme: Futuristic Vehicle

Thursday, 9/28: Gramma, S/CD/CX, Vocab, Outsiders

“Tutorial” Skeddy. If you signed up for me, you’d better have a book!

Tomorrow’s Test: See Yesterday + Outsiders. Preview after Period 2.

“Warm Up, 9/28.” Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on a closed door and fell awkwardly.    
Copy each word below and choose N, V, Adj, Adv, or NOTA as it is used in the above sentence. (NOT COLLABORATIVE!)

  1. stupidly:_____
  2. hit: _____
  3. his: _____
  4. head:_____
  5. closed:_____

“S/CD/CX/FRO, 9/28.” Simple (S)? Compound (CD)? Complex (CX)? Fragment (F)? Run-on (RO)?

  1. Words like since, unless, if, and because signify that a sentence is…
  2. The presence of a comma and one of the FANBOYS usually means the sentence is….
  3. The llama was being petulant , so his mom ate the cheeselog.
  4. His doctor recommended buying a llama and going water-skiing.
  5. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.
  6. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence.
  7. Even though he knew it was a mistake, the llama ate the doughnut.
  8. The crew checked the llama , but   the captain prepared her for the sea.
  9. We want to be ready if the llama calls us.
  10. The llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill balancing a duck on his head.
  11. Jenni ate the hot dog  , and  she got sick.
  12. Because Jenni ate the hot dog,   she got sick.
  13. You join two Independent Clauses they are joined improperly.

“Vocab, 9/28.” Each word once. Exploit twice; once for each meaning.
barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive

1. 2.  3. 4.

5.  6. 7.

8.  9. 10.  11.

 

Vocab Relay.

The Outsiders.

  1. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him? 
  2. Why do the Curtises leave their front door unlocked? 
  3. Cherry tells Pony why she liked Bob (p129), and he realizes that Bob was a lot like…
  4. Pony goes off on Cherry (p129) because he thinks that she is _______(ing) him by helping the greasers before the rumble. (Previous vocab word!)
  5. Why does Pony suddenly bring up the sunset when he is talking to Cherry? (p129) What is he trying to say? 
  6. Where are we on Plot Mountain? 
  7. What is Pony’s main motivation for wanting to be in the rumble?

Wednesday, 9/27: Gramma, S/CD/CX, Vocab, Outsiders

LNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsY_Hs-jeWY

“Warm Up, 9/27.”  Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on a closed door and fell awkwardly.    
Copy each word below and choose N, V, Adj, Adv, or NOTA as it is used in the above sentence. (NOT COLLABORATIVE!)

  1. stupidly:
  2. a:
  3. yesterday:
  4. llama:
  5. door:

“Vocab, 9/27.”  barrage, circumvent, reminisce, sullen, siege, defunct, exploit, delirious, dispel, pensive

  1. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
  2. Grandpa Simpson likes to ____ about his days as a young man when things were “better.”
  3. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.
  4. Ponyboy was  ____ when he woke up in the ambulance.
  5.  Two-Bit told Pony about one of his ____(s) while Pony did the dishes.
  6. The thief ____(ed) the alarm system, and was able to steal the jewels.
  7. The root of this word meant “remember.”_____
  8. The root of this word meant “solitary, not wanting company.”_____
  9. The root of this word evolved from “to weigh” to “to think.” _____
  10. The root of this word meant “to drive away.”  _____
  11. The root of this word meant “to bar” or “to ban.”   ____
  12. The roots of this word meant “around to come.”  _____
  13. The root of this word meant “to leave the path.” _____

“Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences.”

Copy:
(S) Simple Sentence (S) = One I.
(CD) Compound Sentence (CD)  = I + I, joined by a comma and one of the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
(CX) Complex Sentence (CX) = Any sentence with a dependent clause. (The Dep. Clause will begin with although, since, because, while, when, if… etc.)

“S/CD/CX, 9/27.”  Write S, CD, or CX for each sentence.

  1. I like turtles   because they are cute.
  2. Katy tried to call me  , but   my phone was dead.
  3. The llama is a quadruped   with fins for swimming.
  4. I sent the llama to the store   before the party started.
  5. You would like it   if you were a llama.
  6. Herbie the llama ate some pizza  , so   he didn’t want dinner.
  7. He failed the test   since he ignored the warning.
  8. He forgot to practice  , yet   he still did well.
  9. Jose ate the hot dog  while   the llama watched tv.
  10. Because Jenni ate the hot dog,   she got sick.

The Outsiders. Link to Online version: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmljaGxhbmQyLm9yZ3xsYXdod3xneDoyNjgzNWEzYzVjNDUxOWZi

  1. What does Randy say Bob wanted from his parents that he never got?
  2. What makes Pony finally realize Cherry was right when she said, “Things are rough all over”?
  3. How was Bob like Johnny?