Bell-ringer and Acuity

Bell-ringer: Write the following sentences and define the underlined words using context clues and prior knowledge.

1.      Our city council created a mandate that all cats must be kept on leashes.

2.      Chairs flew, girls screeched, and boys fought in the mania called a classroom.

3.      At the end of the Civil War, the South was forced to manumit their slaves.

4.      We are afraid that the maritime cities will be flooded by the rising sea.

5.      Never seeing the ocean before, George was marveled by the vast waters.

Directions:
1. Finish the bell-ringer
2. Take the 3rd Benchmark Acuity; username is 9600#, password is first letter of the first name and the first four letters of your last name--do the best you can. I may give bonus points. Here
3. Make sure to show Mr. Spivy your score. 
4. Do the second set of vocabulary words for The Diary of Anne Frank. You will only have to write the word, the definition, an original sentence, and picture for this set. The words are below. Due Wednesday.

1.      Inarticulate- adj. unable to express oneself

2.       Apprehension- noun a fearful feeling about what will happen next

3.       Intuition- noun ability to sense immediately, without reasoning

4.       Indignant- adj. filled with anger at meanness or injustice

5.       Stealthily- adv. in a secretive way

6.       Ineffectually- adv. without producing the desired results

 

Bell-ringer and Instructions

Bell-ringer: Write the quote and then answer the questions that follow.

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”--Elie Wiesel

1.)   Do you agree with what Mr. Wiesel has stated? Why/why not?

2.)   How can being silent only help the oppressor and not the victim?

   Block-6th Instructions:

   1. Complete the Bell-ringer.

   2. Take your Star Reading Test==> click here.

   3. If you have not finished the reading guide, finish the reading guide. You may need to get a textbook from my classroom.

   4. Block Only: Complete this assignment ==> click here.  
   5. 4th, 5th, 6th: When you finish Star and the reading guide, do this activity.==> here

   7th Instructions:

   1. Bell-ringer

   2. Take your 3rd 9 Weeks Acuity==> click here.

Bell-ringer and Writing Assessment Instructions

Bell-ringer:

Brian is a professional roller coaster tester. He is paid $40 each hour that he works. He works 30 hours each week for three weeks, but the last week of the month he works 40 hours. If 20% is taken out for taxes, how much money will he take home at the end of four weeks? No calculator.

Directions:

1. First, you need to watch the video at this link. If you need headphones, ask Mr. Spivy.

2. Log on to wvwrites.com

3. Select the New Thing Prompt. (Block--Digital Citizenship)

4. For this assignment (and for the writing assessment next week), I expect you to follow the five step writing process (Pre-write, Organize, Write, Edit, Re-write). For this assignment, you may skip the rough draft step. For the writing assessment next week, do not skip that step. 

5. You must have at least six paragraphs. The more you write, the better off you will be. 

6. There must be transitional words throughout your essay.

7. Your paragraphs should be at least five sentences long. 

8. Include as many adverbs and adjectives as you can.

Bell-ringer and Instructions

Bell-ringer: Write the quote and answer any questions that may follow.

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw

Explain what Shaw means. How is a mistake better than nothing?

Relate this to your own life: when has making a mistake taught you something that you would have not learned otherwise.

 Directions:
1. Essential questions and the annotated bibliography are due at the end of class. You can either send Mr. Spivy the document in your e-mail (jspivy@access.k12.wv.us) or through LiveGrades. If you can do neither, then save your annotated bibliography to one of Mr. Spivy's flashdrive.

2. Compile notes on your country from your research. The smartest idea is to answer the essential questions. You will need to write down where you found all of your answers. If you do not have a way to print your answers at home, then you should write your notes on a separate sheet of paper.

7th Directions:
1. Finish all of the assignments from this week.
2. You are going to be creating two resolutions that will be presented to class. Information on how to make the resolution, an example of a resolution, and a template for the resolution are included in your google document at the bottom.