Tuesday, 4/1: Warm Up, Vocab, BOB

“Warm Up, 4/1.”

Period 1 – Test #13, 6-10

Period 2 – Test #15, 6-10

Period 3 – Test #5, 11-15

Period 5 – Test #19, 6-10

Period 6 – Test #7, 13-17

“Vocab, 4/1.” exacting, prominent, dubious, plague, grave, lapse, auspicious, diverge, converge, intrepid
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. She had a  ____ in concentration, missed the point, and it cost her the match.
  7. Spacecraft have to be built to very _____ standards because there is no room for failure.
  8. The team had a(n) _____ start to the season with a 10-0 victory.
  9. I was very _____ about his crazy idea; I didn’t think it had a chance of working.
  10. The meeting fell apart when everyone’s ideas started to _____, and they all started talking about different things.
  11. His picture was _____(ly) featured on the front page of the paper.
  12. (2)_____ problems _____(ed) the project from the beginning and it was never finished.
  13. Draw a picture of two roads diverging and then converging.

 

Correct Yesterday’s BOB:

  • Do the two annotations on p254. (4)
  • Do the quiz on p255. (3)
  • Do #1-3 on p256 (3)

Yesterday’s Launch of 4 Noobs into space! (@2:00)

“Seven Minutes of Terror”  Letter OK. Collaborative within groups only. Write your Answers on p270, down the left margin. Title: “7 Minutes.”

  1. The video includes a print graphic that states: Mars’ atmosphere is 100 times thinner than Earth’s. This fact helps the viewer to understand that —  a) the atmosphere is not thick enough to slow down the space vehicle  b) the space vehicle will be able to easily penetrate the atmosphere  c) the atmosphere could cause the space vehicle to explode upon entry  d) the space vehicle is not affected by atmospheric conditions  e) NOTA
  2. What makes Seven Minutes of Terror different from an informational text passage? a) Contrasting perspectives on the topic are shared.  b) Scientists are quoted directly about a topic. c) Viewers get information using multiple senses.  d) Engineering design challenges are explained precisely.  e) NOTA
  3. Label the steps of the spacecraft’s landing in the order in which they happen in the video. The first step will be labeled 1, and the last step will be labeled 5.
    ___  The sky crane maneuver prevents a dust cloud from forming.
    ___  The parachute detaches to prepare for the next step.
    ___  The rocket motors turn on and blast the spacecraft away from the parachute.
    ___  The spacecraft slams into Mars’s atmosphere.
    ___  The parachute opens up to decrease the spacecraft’s speed.
  4.  The purpose of this video is to — a) tell why a space vehicle traveled to another planet    b) describe how engineers solved design challenges on a project  c) persuade viewers to be interested in science and technology   d) explain how difficult and terrifying space travel can be
  5. In the video, one of the scientists explains that successfully landing the space vehicle requires perfect sequence, perfect choreography, perfect timing. What is the meaning of the word choreography in this context?   a) A series of known command     b) A series of planned situations    c) A series of landing attempts   d) A series of rocket blasts
  6. What is the most likely reason that the creators of the video chose the title Seven Minutes of Terror?  a) To warn viewers that the content of the video will be frightening    b) To let viewers know how long the video will take to watch   c) To give viewers a hint as to what the content of the video will be    d) To trick viewers by using a play on words that sounds like a horror film
  7. (2) Which two statements from the video best support the answer to #6?
    • a) So, when we first get word that we’ve touched the top of the atmosphere, the vehicle has been alive—or dead—on the surface for at least seven minutes.
    • b) Because we’ve got literally seven minutes to get from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars . . .
    • c) We slam into the atmosphere and develop so much aerodynamic drag, our heat shield, it heats up and it glows like the surface of the sun. (01:36–01:44)
    • d) During entry, the vehicle is not only slowing down, violently, through the atmosphere, but also we are guiding it, like an airplane, to be able to land in a very narrow, constrained space.
    • e) The radar has to take just the right altitude and velocity measurements at just the right time, or the rest of the landing sequence won’t work.

Monday, 3/31: Homework, WoD, Space BOB

“Advisory” Schedule.

Copy Homework into Planner:

  • KBARR” Investigation: M-Th do a Google search for: “manned vs unmanned space exploration”
    • {YOU MUST SCROLL PAST THE “RELATED SEARCHES” BEFORE YOU CLICK ON ANYTHING! OR USE ONE OF THE RELATED SEARCHES.}
    • Each day spend at least 15 minutes reading an article on one side or the other.
    • Alternate sides each day.
    • Write a 3+ sentence summary each day about what you read and whether you tend to agree or not and why. (“BECAUSE…)
    • Record the url of each article up to the .com part.
  • Vocabulary due Tuesday and Thursday.
    • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
    • due Thursday- Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.

Spin the Wheel of Doom.

“Warm Up, 3/31.”

Period One – Test #

Period Two – Test #

Period Three – Test #

Period Five – Test #

Period Six – Test #

Read BOB, p251.  Answer the following on the same page in BOB.

  1. What is the PURPOSE of an argument?
  2. What is a claim?
  3. What was the word used for “language used to appeal to an audience”?
  4. What is an example of a “rhetorical device”?
  5. What is the difference between voice and tone?

Vocab Check, p252.

  • Read 253, 254.
  • Do the two annotations on p254.
  • Do the quiz on p255.
  • Do #1, 2 3 on p256
  • Still time? Start your definitions.

Thursday, 3/20: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 26

Prep sheet for Test #26:

DTW Quiz: ___/9    KBARR: ___/18    SMYK?  YES / NO     Bonuses: 

Mental Flossssss.

  1. There was a man who fell over 50 stories, without anything to slow his descent, and landed without any injuries, alive. How did he survive?
  2. Figure out what the animals are! (Example: a dull person  = bore = boar.) Write the ANIMAL!
    a) first you get a parking ticket, then your car gets ____   b) hair-control foam    c) to run away or escape
  3. What do these sets of letters have in common?  Clfrn, Clrd, Hw, Grg, Txs, Lsn   
  4. Which word in the English language, beginning with “P”, is singular until an “S” is added to the end and it becomes a plural, but reverts back to a singular word if another letter “S” is added to the end?
  5. These SEVEN words are hiding something. What?
    Vermont, statues, Swedish, Arthur, Africa, sensation, misunderstood

 

Test #26.

Doodle Theme: 2050.

 

 

Wednesday, 3/19: Compounds, Vocab, BOB

Tomorrow’s Test: Compounds, Vocab, BOB. Preview.

“Compound What? 3/19” *compound subject  *compound verb  *compound both  *compound sentence *complex sentence  *NOTA

  1. She forgot to feed her llama and felt guilty about it.
  2. With a duck on his head, the llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill.
  3. The llama read a magazine about raising rabbits but didn’t follow the instructions.
  4. Rudolpho was upset although his llama made his favorite schnitzel.
  5. The llama ate his doctor-recommended doughnut for breakfast this morning.
  6. It seemed essential to eat broccoli, but I watched the llamas instead.
  7. Flowers and geometrical designs are permitted and often decorate the llamas.
  8. My friend the llama and I jumped our bikes off the ramp.

Debrief Test #25.

“Vocab, 3/19.” avid, indefinite, inevitable, inquisitive, elaborate, appalling, entail, imperative, sullen, surpass, prone
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The prefix of this word means “above.”
  6. The root of this word meant “to crave.”
  7. The root of this word meant “to grow pale.”
  8. ______ has a better connotation than nosy though the denotations are similar.
  9. The roots of this word mean “to not come to a finish.”
  10. An old cliche is that there are only two really _____ things: death and taxes.
  11. Even though it _____(ed) a lot of risk, there was a good chance of a big reward.
  12. Examples of _____ pronouns are words like anybody, somebody, and nobody.
  13. The root of this word means “work.”  (duh)

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-nasa-astronaut-reveals-the-horrors-of-going-to-the-bathroom-

BOB.

If not already completed:

  1. Read Analyze Structure on p239.
  2. Do the “Structure” Exercise below in your BOB.

Copy each keyword and then choose the organizational  structure it signals. Choose from:  a) Classification  b) Cause/Effect  c) +/- (or C/C)

  1. drawback
  2. secondly
  3. because
  4. therefore
  5. on the other hand
  6. finally

DO “WHO?” and “WHAT?” on p238. For WHO, focus on skills and abilities and physical requirements.

Read “Martian Metropolis” (begins p241).

“Martian Metropolis” These are the test questions!

  1. The term “life raft” on p241 refers to…  
  2. What were 3 reasons given why it would be dangerous for humans to live on Mars?  Which was listed as most dangerous?
  3. What structure does the author use in the section “Fourth Rock from the Sun”? a) Classification  b) Cause/Effect  c) +/- (or C/C)  
  4. Why does the author include the section called “Living Off the Land” in the text? (p242)  a) to prove that colonizing another planet is possible  b) to show that it will be expensive to live on Mars  c) to convince readers that people should not farm on Mars   d) to explain that colonists will have to make what they need   e) NOTA
  5. How does the author elaborate on the ideas in this section?    a) by including statistics to explain the conditions colonists face   b) by describing the causes and effects of colonization on Mars   c) by classifying the needs of colonists into categories   d) by including graphic elements that clarify complex ideas
  6. Where would the sewage treatment plant be located in a Martian colony according to the article?  
  7. Look at the diagram on p243 and then reread P14.  Why don’t we travel to Mars when it is closest to Earth? 
  8. Name one source of information the author used to write the article.

TIME? Do:

  1. p245
  2. p246 #1 and #2
  3. p248
  4. p249

Correct. Use this as a cheat sheet tomorrow if you need it.