Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/16/17-Day2ATB:PicturePrompt

Type1..Answerinoneparagraph.AdultsWithRainbowHair.Inyouropinion,aretheresometrendsadultsjustshouldnottry?Ifso,whatarethey?Ifnot,whynot?Whenyouarefinishedreadtherelatedarticle.https://nyti.ms/2zcyDsv https://nyti.ms/2sKF9a9

Activities:1.FlocabularyUnit2-Copythevocabularywordslistedbelowintoyournotebook.Usethevocabularywordsbelowtofillinthesongworksheet.acquire / addict / aspire / chorus / conjure / firebrand / gravity / magnetic / mirth / quench / subtle / sullen / toxic / urgent / wary ADDDEFY2.WordsDefinedWorksheet3.EditorialCartoonProjectDue10/17/17-ReviewprojectguidelinesandGrading

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Vocabulary Unit 2 - Dreams for Sale

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Unit 2 Vocabulary - Words Defined

Directions: Identify the correct vocabulary word for the definitions listed below. 1. ____________________________ - cautious and watchful; careful of danger 2. ____________________________ - needing fast action or attention 3. ____________________________ - poisonous; causing harm 4. ____________________________ - silent or gloomy because of anger or resentment 5. ____________________________ - difficult to perceive, barely observable; delicate 6. ____________________________ - to put out, extinguish; to satisfy 7. ____________________________ - joy, fun, and laughter 8. ____________________________ - 1. having the power to attract 2. being able to attract iron 9. ____________________________ - 1. the force that makes objects fall toward the center of the Earth (or any other large mass) 2. seriousness

10. ____________________________ - a troublemaker; someone who encourages others to rebel

11. ____________________________ - to make something happen or come into being as though by magic 12. ____________________________ - 1. a group of people trained to sing together 2. the part of a song thatʼs repeated after each verse 13. ____________________________ - to desire something eagerly, especially something important or in the future 14. ____________________________ - a person who becomes dependent on something that is habit-forming, like a drug or an activity 15. ____________________________ - to gain ownership of something; to obtain by oneʼs own actions !!

Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/17/17Day3ATB:What’sGoingOninThisPicture?

Type 1: After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below in one paragraph. 1. What is going on in this picture?

2. What do you see that makes you say that? 3. What more can you find?

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Fix the Mistake Each of the sentences below has a mistake. The wrong vocabulary words have been used, so the sentences donʼt make sense. Draw a line through the incorrect vocabulary word and write the correct word in the space provided. 1. Your cousin is always magnetic; it seems like he never smiles at all. ______________________________

2. This ice cream is just what I need to conjure my desire for something sweet! _________________________

3. I put a toxic strip on the back of my picture so my grandma can easily put it up on her refrigerator.

__________________________

4. Trent quenches to be the best singer in the school; unfortunately, no matter how many lessons he takes,

he still sounds like a croaking frog when he sings. __________________________________

5. Mary couldnʼt come tonight because she had wary business to attend to; her mother suddenly fell sick

and had to be rushed to the hospital. ____________________________________

6. The rabbit became subtle and alert when it heard the baying of distant dogs. _______________________

7. Luis is a video game firebrand; Mrs. Chen had to take away his phone because he couldnʼt stop playing

Tetris during class.___________________________________

8. The lyrics to this song are awful, but the gravity gets stuck in my head.______________________________

9. When the robot army was finally defeated, the villagers had a feast that was filled with songs,

jokes, and a feeling of great addiction._____________________________

10. Hannah tried to be urgent so Kyle wouldnʼt be embarrassed; he didnʼt get the hint, though, so finally

she blurted out, “Dude, youʼve got dragon breath!”__________________________

11. If the workers arenʼt careful around the sullen waste from the nuclear power plant, it could make them

extremely sick.__________________________________!

12. Iʼm not sure that you understand the mirth of the situation: If James doesnʼt get to school right now, heʼs

going to fail English.______________________________

13. Dionne is so good at card tricks; she can acquire a pack of cards out of thin air. ______________________

14. Andres is such a chorus; in math class today he had everyone hooting like owls every time Mr. Stimpers

used the word “angle.” _______________________________

15. The thief planned to rob the bank, but first he needed to aspire a getaway car__________________________

Pick the Winner

Circle the word that best fits into the sentence. Then write a sentence below that uses the word you didnʼt pick in a meaningful way. 1. I returned your call quickly because my mother told me it was (urgent OR subtle). 2. The runner (quenched OR conjured) his thirst with a giant glass of water. 3. Michelle is sometimes labeled a(n) (firebrand OR addict) because of her wicked sense of humor, but in reality, sheʼs very well-behaved. 4. I wouldnʼt eat that leftover Chinese food if I were you; itʼs been sitting in the refrigerator so long itʼs probably become (magnetic OR toxic). 5. Young children should learn to be (wary OR sullen) of strangers.

Draw the Relationships In each grouping of eight words below, draw straight lines between the synonyms (words that mean similar things), and draw wiggly lines between any antonyms (words that mean nearly opposite things). Every word should have at least one line connected to it. Some may have more. 1 2!!

Understanding What You Read Read the passage below. Then answer the questions.

The Hip-Hop Houdini When David Blaine was growing up in the 1970s, not a lot of kids aspired to become magicians. From the moment he acquired his first magic trick, however, Blaine knew that he wanted to amaze people for a living. As a child, he became a magic addict, devoting all his spare time to learning and practicing tricks. Shortly after high school, Blaine moved to New York City. He worked as a waiter during the day, and at night, he performed magic at private parties. Blaineʼs specialty was close-up magic. He would use simple props like playing cards and cigarettes to astound party guests. From the beginning, Blaineʼs style was different from many conjurers. Most magicians at the time had a mirthful approach to their craft. They told goofy jokes and aimed their shows at families. Blaine was a firebrand who wanted to bring a sense of danger back to magic; he filled his tricks with a sense of gravity. He took his tricks seriously, and had a magnetic personality that made people like him. Because of his youth and fashionable appearance, he became known as “the hip-hop Houdini.” His unique style soon caught the eye of Hollywood. In 1997, ABC aired a TV special called David Blaine: Street Magic, which showed Blaine performing tricks for people on the street. The special was a huge success, and made Blaine a household name. Since then, Blaine has become probably the worldʼs most talented magician. In 1999, he lived in a tiny glass coffin for seven days. A few years later, he lived inside a box over the river Thames in London for 44 days. In 2008 he broke a world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds. As incredible as it may seem, none of these feats were tricks. They were real stunts that Blaine performed to test the limits of the human body. Not everyone loves David Blaine. Some people are wary of his stunts, thinking he just wants attention. No matter what you might think about Blaineʼs stunts, however, thereʼs no doubt heʼs made a tremendous impact on the world of magic. 1. Based on information in the passage, you can tell that Blaine (A) Does not do magic anymore (B) Works hard at his craft (C) Was born in Manhattan (D) Has only had one TV special 2. Read this sentence from the passage: “His unique style soon caught the eye of Hollywood.” The author means that Blaine (A) Moved to Hollywood (B) Made people in Hollywood angry (C) Drew the attention of people in Hollywood (D) Influenced fashion in Hollywood

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3. Which of these sentences from the passage is an opinion? (A) Shortly after high school, Blaine moved to New York City. (B) In 1997, ABC aired a TV special called David Blaine: Street Magic. (C) Since then, Blaine has become probably the worldʼs most talented magician. (D) In 2008 he broke a world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds. 4. What is one thing that makes Blaine different from many other magicians? (A) He does not tell silly jokes. (B) He became interested in magic as a child. (C) He performs close-up magic tricks. (D) He has performed at private parties. 5. According to the passage, when did Blaine become famous? (A) In the 1970s (B) 1997 ( (C) 1999 (D) 2008

Thinking Creatively

Answer each question below. Donʼt be afraid to think creatively. 1. If you could acquire a new talent, what would it be? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. When might it be good to be a firebrand? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What gives you mirth? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What would you put in a soup called “The Toxic Stew”? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What famous person do you aspire to be like? _________________________________________________________________________________________ !

10/18/17-Day4ATB:CountryoftheWeek–SlovakiaAnswerthemultiplechoicequestions.Whenyouaredonecheckyouranswerswiththelinkbelow.1. Identify where Slovakia would be on the map below.

2. Geography

A decade ago, the cafe scene in , Slovakia’s capital, was unremarkable: Hidden in shopping malls, coffee shops served utilitarian cups of blandly brewed hot water. Traditional cafes in the Old Town, like Kaffee Mayer, with its classic dark-wood furniture and gilded accents, attracted tourists lured mostly by history.

A. Prague B. Berlin C. Bratislava D. Warsaw

3. History

More panelaks, or “panel houses,” were built in the former , the country that existed from 1918 to 1993, than any place else on what was once Soviet earth. At the time, panelaks were rapidly assembled and cheaply built to solve a post-World War II housing crisis. Today, about a third of all Czechs and Slovaks, from all income brackets, still call their panelaks home.

A. Czechoslovakia B. Yugoslavia C. Prussia D. Austria-Hungary

4. Culture

In a part of eastern Slovakia where other villages are withering, Spissky Hrhov shows signs of surprising prosperity. The houses are solid and well-tended. There is running water and electricity. A former distillery has been turned into an art space, its facade decorated with a colorful mosaic.

But there is something even more striking about this place. About 350 of the 1,800 residents are , sometimes derided as Gypsies, a group commonly shunted aside, impoverished, undereducated and widely disparaged across Europe.

A. Magyars B. Kurds C. Jews D. Roma

5. Economy

Since joining more than 12 years ago, Slovakia has prospered. In fact, it now produces more cars per capita than any country in the world.

A. the Eurasian Economic Union B. the European Union C. the Eastern Bloc D. the Warsaw Pact https://nyti.ms/2zdXRHc Activities:1.InterpretingThemeQuestions–UsethequizbelowtocheckyouranswersfromThursday10-12-17.testmoz.com/1419999 quiz passcode: 101817

2.CompletePresenting/GradingEditorialCartoons 3.Unit2VocabularyWorksheetsObj.1.Describethegeography,history,economyandcultureofaforeigncountry.2.Drawconnectionsbetweenvocabularywordsandyourdailylives.

Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/19/17-Day5ATB:WordoftheDayCopythedefinitionofthewordbelowandanswerthemultiplechoicequestion.

umbrage \ˈəm-brij\ noun : a feeling of anger caused by being offended Expect both candidates to take umbrage at the others’ tone even while replacing their own gloves with brass knuckles. Source: MSNBC

In this sentence, umbrage means: A. remorse B. victory C. offense D. submission

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Activities:1.FlocabularyUnit2Quizlethttps://quizlet.com/_3w3dls

2. Listentothestory“ThankYouM’am”byLangstonHughesandusetheinformationfromyourstoryelementstablefrom10-13-17tocompleteastorypyramiddiagramforthestory.Seediagrambelow.

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3. Listen to the story “AVictimTreatsHisMuggerRight”andcomparethethemeofthestorytothethemeinthestory“ThankYouM’am”

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=89164759 Obj.1.Drawastorypyramidtosummarizeashortstory.2.Comparethethemeinafictionandnonfictionstory.

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Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.

After that the woman said, “Pick up my pocketbook, boy, and give it here.” She still held him. But she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse. Then she said, “Now ain’t you ashamed of yourself?”

Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said, “Yes’m.”

The woman said, “What did you want to do it for?”

The boy said, “I didn’t aim to.”

She said, “You a lie!”

By that time two or three people passed, stopped, turned to look, and some stood watching.

“If I turn you loose, will you run?” asked the woman.

“Yes’m,” said the boy.

“Then I won’t turn you loose,” said the woman. She did not release him.

“I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry,” whispered the boy.

“Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?”

“No’m,” said the boy.

“Then it will get washed this evening,” said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her.

He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.

The woman said, “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?”

“No’m,” said the being dragged boy. “I just want you to turn me loose.”

“Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?” asked the woman.

“No’m.”

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“But you put yourself in contact with me,” said the woman. “If you think that that contact is not going to last awhile, you got another thought coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.”

Sweat popped out on the boy’s face and he began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street. When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall, and into a large kitchenette-furnished room at the rear of the house. She switched on the light and left the door open. The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house. Some of their doors were open, too, so he knew he and the woman were not alone. The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.

She said, “What is your name?”

“Roger,” answered the boy.

“Then, Roger, you go to that sink and wash your face,” said the woman, whereupon she turned him loose—at last. Roger looked at the door—looked at the woman—looked at the door—and went to the sink.

Let the water run until it gets warm,” she said. “Here’s a clean towel.”

“You gonna take me to jail?” asked the boy, bending over the sink.

“Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere,” said the woman. “Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocketbook! Maybe, you ain’t been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?”

“There’s nobody home at my house,” said the boy.

“Then we’ll eat,” said the woman, “I believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pocketbook.”

“I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.

“Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could of asked me.”

“M’am?”

The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!

The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.”

There was another long pause. The boy’s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned.

The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.”

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In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.

“Do you need somebody to go to the store,” asked the boy, “maybe to get some milk or something?”

“Don’t believe I do,” said the woman, “unless you just want sweet milk yourself. I was going to make cocoa out of this canned milk I got here.”

“That will be fine,” said the boy.

She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake.

“Eat some more, son,” she said.

When they were finished eating she got up and said, “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s—because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in.”

She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. “Good-night! Behave yourself, boy!” she said, looking out into the street.

The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say “Thank you” before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.

“A Victim Treats His Mugger Right”

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

And on this Friday morning, it's time once again for StoryCorps, the project that records Americans talking about their lives. Today we hear the story of 31-year-old Julio Diaz. He's a social worker from the Bronx in New York City and he has a daily routine. Every night he ends his hour long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early just so he can eat at his favorite diner. But one night last month as Mr. Diaz stepped off the train and onto a nearly empty platform his evening took an unexpected turn.

Mr. JULIO DIAZ (Social Worker): So I get off the train and I'm walking towards the stairs and this young teenager pulls out a knife. He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him here you go.

He starts to leave and as he's walking away I'm like, hey, wait a minute, you forgot something. If you're gonna be robbing people for the rest of the night you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.

So, you know, he's looking at me like, what's going on here, you know. And he asked me, well, why are you doing this? And I'm like, well, I don't know, man, if you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean all I wanted to do was go get dinner and if you really want to join me, hey, you're more than welcome. But I'm like, look, you can follow me if you want. You know, I just felt like maybe he really needs help.

So, you know, we go into the diner where I normally eat. We sit down in a booth and the manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi, you know. So the kid is like, man, you know everybody here. Do you own this place? I'm like, no, I just eat here a lot. He said, but you're even nice to the dishwasher.

I'm like, well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody. So he's like, yeah, but I didn't think people actually behaved that way. So I just asked him, I'm like, you know, what is it that you want out of life? He just had almost a sad face. Either he couldn't answer me or he didn't want to.

The bill came and I looked at him and I'm like, look, I guess you're gonna have to pay for this bill 'cause you have my money and I can't pay for this, so if you give me my wallet back, I'll gladly treat you. He didn't even think about it. He's like, yeah, okay, here you go.

So I got my wallet back. And I gave, you know, I gave him $20 for, you know, I figure maybe it will help him, I don't know. And when I gave him the $20 I asked him to give me something in return, which was his knife. And he gave it to me.

You know, it's funny 'cause when I told my mom about what happened, you know, no mom wants to hear this, but with her she was like, well, you know, you're the type of kid that always if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.

I don't know, I figure, you know, you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world.

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INSKEEP: That's Julio Diaz at StoryCorps in New York City. His interview will be archived along with all the others at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress. And you can subscribe to this project's Podcast by going to npr.org.

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Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading10/20/17-Day1ATB:PicturePromptGenderEquality

Type1.Answerinoneparagraph.WhodoyouthinkhasiteasierintheUnitedStates:menorwomen?Why?Whatdoesthisgraphshow?

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Activities:1.ThemeKahootQuiz2.Complete“ThankYouM’am”storypyramid.Usetheeventsbelowasthemainpartsofyourpyramid.Mrs. Jones gives Roger ten dollars.

Roger snatches Mrs. Jones’ purse.

Mrs. Jones says “good night” to Roger.

Mrs. Jones drags Roger to her home.

Obj.1.Explainhowtoidentifythethemeofastory.2.Drawastorypyramidtosummarizeashortstory.