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Maus Vocabulary Chapter 1: The Sheik

Maus Vocabulary Chapter 1: The Sheik. Sheik: irresistibly charming to women Textiles: cloth manufactured into fabric by weaving or knitting Bachelor: an unmarried man Hosiery: stockings Suicide: the intentional taking of one’s own life. Maus Vocabulary Chapter 2: The Honeymoon.

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Maus Vocabulary Chapter 1: The Sheik

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  1. Maus VocabularyChapter 1: The Sheik • Sheik: irresistibly charming to women • Textiles: cloth manufactured into fabric by weaving or knitting • Bachelor: an unmarried man • Hosiery: stockings • Suicide: the intentional taking of one’s own life

  2. Maus VocabularyChapter 2: The Honeymoon • Communist: classless, stateless (ex: Soviet Union) • Conspiracy: committing an unlawful crime • Hysterical: uncontrollable emotion • Depressed: sad, gloomy, dejected, downcast • Sanitarium: medically supervised recuperation • Governess: a woman who is employed to take care of a child’s upbringing, education, etc. • Pogrom: an organized massacre, especially of Jews • Riot: violent or wild disorder • Frontier: boundary, border of countries • Cataract: cloudiness of the eye that causes impairment of the vision or blindness

  3. Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/AObjective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner. On the Surface: information that you can point to within the text -what -when -where -who Under the Surface: information that requires prior knowledge and analysis of the text -why -would -should -could -analyze

  4. Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/AObjective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner. 1. Get into partners of two. 2. Decide who is going to be Student A and who is going to be Student B.

  5. Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/AObjective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner. Turn to your partner: A: “An on the surface question is…” B: “An example of an on the surface question is…” B: “An under the surface question is…” A: “An example of an under the surface question is…”

  6. Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/AObjective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner. Step 1: Student A and Student B will formulate a question and discuss the answer. Step 2: Student A will write the question, while Student B answers the question (complete sentences). Step 3: Student A and Student B will switch—Student B will write the question and Student A will write the answer. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until all ten questions and answers are filled out.

  7. Maus Chapter 1-2 Test Q/AObjective: To create and write ten test questions (five on the surface and five under the surface) and answers with a partner. Side A and Side B will compete for points based on the answers to the questions. A point is only granted when the question is answered correctly (i.e. both the students and the teacher agree). Questions will alternate from on the surface to under the surface.

  8. Maus VocabularyChapter 3: Prisoner of War • Herring: type of fish • Delicate: fragile, easily damaged • Frostbite: injury to body after excessive exposure to extreme cold • Drafted: a selection or drawing of people • Torah: Jewish religious literature, law, and teaching from the Old Testament • Parshas Truma: the week when the Torah is read; symbolic of charitable gifts coming • Protectorate: a state or territory that is protected • Recuperate: to recover and regain health

  9. Maus VocabularyChapter 4: The Noose Tightens • Noose: a loop with a running knot • Gallstones: small, hard, abnormal mass that leads to pain and/or infection • Zionist: a supporter of a Jewish movement to reestablish the Jewish homeland (Palestine/Israel) in response to anti-Semitism • Convalescent Home: a home that takes care of injured or ill patients • Deported: to expel from a country • Suffocated: strangle; not allow air into the lungs • Smuggle: to import/export goods secretly • Vaguely: not clear

  10. Maus VocabularyChapter 5: Mouse Holes • Neurotic: emotionally unstable person • Obscure: not clear; vague; uncertain • Tragedy: disaster; fatal event; dreadful • Hostility: unfriendliness; opposition • Condolences: expression of sympathy • Shrine: devoted to a person (normally holy) • Bunkers: underground space • Informer: a person who communicates or informs, especially for a reward

  11. Maus VocabularyChapter 6: Mouse Trap • Pragmatic: practical; deals with facts • Caricature: distorted picture or description • Pauper: a very poor person • Senile: a decline in mental and physical abilities • Outskirts: outlying areas; borders; fringes • Yiddish: mixture of Hebrew and Slavic languages • Commotion: agitation; noisy disturbance

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