Friday, 12/8/00
  1. lumber : forest :: stone : ________
  2. cylinder : ________ :: prism : polygon
  3. _________ : weren't :: do : didn't
  4. The Welshman is from what country?
Test 10 All do all. Be sure to record all your extra credit for the week. If you scored 100% on the vocabulary pretest, you get +4. If you only missed 1, +2. If you only missed 2, +1.

(Bonus) Copy and add five periods and a question mark to the following so that it actually makes sense:

That that is is that that is not is not that that is is not that that is not that that is not is not that that is is that not not it it is

Editors Edit...
Writers:
Write, rewrite, Trackwords, Tom Sawyer...

  1. Show: Hanging out is harder than you think!
  2. Give detailed directions for doing something simple like preparing cereal or getting dressed or making toast. Pretend that the person using your directions doesn't know what things are callled. Try to make it funny!
  3. "Almost anything in life is easier to get into than get out of!" (Top Ten? Story? Poem?)
  4. What are "10 Things Everyone Should Know"? Why those?
  5. Build a story/poem around any three of these: a huge vat of jello, a  St. Bernard, John Wayne, a skateboard, a funny haircut, a cemetery, a bucket, detention, Silly String, a roll of TP...
  6. If you could have only one superpower, what would it be and why? Show you using that power.
  7. Try to describe colors for a blind person...music for a deaf one.
  8. What are "10 Things Every Teacher Should Remember About Students"?
  9. You have the ability to read minds, but you cannot shut it off. Show a day in your life.
  10. What if Tom Sawyer were transported to here and now? Show what you would do with him. How would he react to some of the things we take for granted? What adventures would you have together?