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Mental Floss.

1. From what can you take away the whole, and still have some left?
2. I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?
3. Wacky Wordy. What 6-word phrase is represented?
   

   T A H W

   M U S T

   D O W N

4. Wacky Wordy: (2 words, one hyphenated)
   1. Do Do
   2. Dew Dew
   3. Due Due
5. If men have two hands, and monkeys have four hands, what has three hands?
6. A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy, and Spot. What was the mother’s name. Remember to please capitalize the name of the momma kitty when you write.
7. What do these three things have in common? Corn, Weasel, Balloon

Test #12

Copy homework into planner.

“Warm Up, 11/7 – SAWs.”
reveal, migration, presume, diversity, enhance
 

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. This word comes from roots that mean “to take before.”
5. This word’s root means “to turn in opposite directions.”
6. This word’s root means “to uncover.”
7. “movement from one place to another to live or work”
8. This word’s roots meant “to make higher.”
9. In this country, the legal system is supposed to _____ that you are innocent until they can prove you are guilty.
10. Usually _______ follows the job market. People go where there are jobs.

Vocab Review Again!

“Transitions, 11/7.”  Directions:  Use a transition only once. Read each sentence carefully so that you can choose an appropriate transition. You won’t use them all. Capitalize when necessary.
for example, finally, but, so, still, beyond, to the left, inside, secondly, until, as a result

1. I would like to see you tomorrow, _______ let’s have lunch together.
2. My sister loves to eat, ________ I don’t care much about food.
3. When you begin an exercise program, you must be careful not to overdo it. My father, ________, hurt his back by exercising too hard without warming up first.
4. She had looked everywhere for a job; _____ she was called for an interview.
5. She had been studying for hours. _______________, she hoped to do well on the test.
6. Write a sentence that uses the word nevertheless.

(Period 3 only) Debrief Test #11. (Oh My!)

The Midwife’s Apprentice.

SAWs for Homies.
justify, alternative, react, rely, proportion

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. We had to come up with a(n) _____ for butter when we ran out.
6. “Every action has an equal and opposite _____(ion).”
7. My mom made me _____ why I needed a new phone before she said yes.

Copy homework into assignment book. Let’s talk proofreading. Let’s talk story.

Debrief Test #6.

The Outsiders.

SCRABBLE Tourney

• Each person draws a letter. The letter closest to A goes first. (Blank beats A.)
• Draw continues clockwise (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:

EXAMPLE:

• First player must put the word down with a letter on the Star (2x word)  in the middle.
• Left to right, top to bottom; not diagonal, not bottom to top, not backwards!
• Suggestion: no more than 2 minutes per person.
• NO! NO! NO! No NO abbreviations or contractions! NO foreign words! NO proper nouns (nouns you would normally capitalize)!
• Check the dictionary.)

Multiplier squares are one use only!

This is the final Friday of the year.

Your “PAGE” is due.

Eric

YEE #10 = YEE #9 = YEE #8

Messages to 6th Grade Evaluation.
Rubric:

• All Content Items (15)
• Mechanics (20)
• Effort (10)
• Creativity (15)
• Total: 60

Next Week: SCRABBLE 4 $!

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