Friday, 4/26/13
Sample Topic Sheets.
Returning problem ones.
ON MONDAY IT IS VITAL, CRUCIAL, LIFE-OR-DEATH IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU, IN YOUR ACTUAL POSSESSION, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
YOUR FOLDER, WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN:
(GREEN) RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS/NOTES HANDOUT
(YELLOW) WORKS CITED HANDOUT
(WHITE, 1/2 SHEET) TOPIC STUFF HANDOUT
YOUR OUTLINE I LOOKED AT YESTERDAY
AT LEAST 10 SHEETS OF BLANK PAPER (OR EQUIVALENT IN NOTECARDS)
SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH THAT IS READY TO WRITE WITH
ANY AND ALL BOOKS, PRINT-OUTS FROM WEB SITES, AND ANY OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES YOU HAVE FOUND ALREADY
YOUR BRAIN, READY TO WORK WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE
LET'S PLAY SCRABBLE.
Scrabble
Practice
Round.
Each person draws a letter. The letter closest to A (Blank beats A) goes first.
Draw continues c
lockwise
(to the left) after that.
If no one volunteers, the person with the letter farthest from A is scorekeeper.
Put those letters back and draw seven (7) each.
Keep score like this (don't write what's in the parentheses):
Jimmy (First Player)
17 (first turn)
6 (second turn)
23 (total so far)
14 (third turn)
37 (total so far)
Johnny (Second Player)
23
15
38
7
45
First player must put the word down with a letter on the Star in the middle.
Left to right, top to bottom;
not diagonal, not bottom to top
!
Suggestion: no more than 2 minutes per person.
NO! NO! NO! (Check the
dictionary
.)
NO abbreviations or contractions
NO foreign words
NO proper nouns (nouns you would normally capitalize)
Multiplier squares are one use only!