Friday, 2/14/14 -- Slightly Weird "No One Eats Alone Day" Schedule. (Periods are 1 minute shorter.)
Prep sheet for Test #19.
Giver Quiz: ___/14 Pedestrian Quiz: ___/8 Warm Ups: ___/7 ___/12
Other Extra Credit: [10 or more on vocab pretest], [10 or more on vocab sheet], [10 or more on Indefinite Pronouns]
Mental Floss.
- A man builds an extraordinary house
where all four sides face south. A bear walks up to one of his
windows and peers in. What color is the bear?
- Two fathers and two sons own 21 horses between them. Explain how it is possible to evenly divide the herd among them.
- This also sounds impossible, but it can be done. Take one from twenty nine and leave thirty.
- If George Washington were alive right now, what would he be most famous for?
- There is a building with thirty
stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and
zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor
nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get
on and off on floor thirty-one?
- When you curtail a word, you remove
the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues
for the two words, longer word first.
- a) wild pig --
snake b) aquatic bird -- on
fire c) symbol of monarchy --
bird d) begin -- astronomical object
Test #19