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Thursday, 12/20: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #17

Prep Sheet for Test #17. (Reload the test to get the latest version.)
KBAR: ___/15   S/CD/CX: ___/9 ___/9   Vocab H/W: ____/20   Vocab Practices: ___/12 ___/13
Other Extra Credit: Period 6 gets +3 for vocab relay, Periods 2 and 5 get +2, Period 1 gets +1.

Mental Floss.

  1. A word I know, six letters it contains.
    Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
    What word is it?
  2. Wacky Wordy: TTTT RRRRRRRRR
  3. Wacky Wordy: Must get here. Must get here. Must get here.
  4. Wacky Wordy: history history history history
  5. When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, this day will be as far from Friday as this day was from Friday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What day is it?
  6. The moon is about 250,000 miles from Earth. Sound travels at about 650 miles per hour. If a meteor hit the moon, about how long would it take for the sound to reach Earth?

Test #17.

Doodle Theme: Bunker.

Monday, 12/17: Homework, SAWs, Debrief Test #16, Vladek

Copy “homework” into planner.

“SAWs, 12/17.”
transport (v): to carry (someone or something) from one place to another
initiative (n): 1) the energy and desire that is needed to do something    2) a plan or program that is intended to solve a problem
incorporate (v): to include (something) as part of something else
incidence (n): how often something happens
acknowledge (v):  1)  to admit   2) to express thanks or appreciation for
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  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The teacher said to ____at least five vocab words in the essay.
  6. Even as more attention is drawn to “cancer awareness,” the actual ______ of cancer has been declining since 1992.
  7. Part of being a good citizen is _______(ing) that there are differences between people, and that is ok.
  8. Californians voted on quite a few ________(s) which claimed to try to fix various issues in our state.
  9. A diet that _______(s) a lot of fruits and vegetables is the healthiest way to eat.
  10. The roots of this word literally mean to “carry across.”

 

Debrief Test #16. Hmmm. Lotsa Husker Du!

Vladek!

Friday, 12/14: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #16

Short test due to short periods due to the Winter Music Assembly during 6th period.

7TH Grade   8TH Grade
PERIOD START END Length PERIOD START END Length
HB 8:15 AM 8:22 AM 7 HB 8:15 AM 8:22 AM 7
1 8:22 AM 9:08 AM 46 1 8:22 AM 9:08 AM 46
BREAK 9:08 AM 9:18 AM 10 2 9:13 AM 9:59 AM 46
2 9:23 AM 10:09 AM 46 BREAK 9:59 AM 10:09 AM 10
3 10:14 AM 11:00 AM 46 3 10:14 AM 11:00 AM 46
LUNCH 11:00 AM 11:35 AM 35 4 11:05 AM 11:51 AM 46
4 11:40 PM 12:26 PM 46 LUNCH 11:51 AM 12:26 PM 35
5 12:31PM 1:17 PM 46 5 12:31PM 1:17 PM 46
6-Assembly 1:22 PM 2:08 PM 46 6-Class 1:22 PM 2:08 PM 46
6-Class 2:13 PM 2:59 PM 46 6-Assembly 2:13 PM 2:59 PM 46

 

Prep sheet for Test #16. (Reload the test for the latest version.)
KBARR: ___/40 Vocab H/w: ___/20 Vocab Practices: ___/15 ___/13 ___/12
SAWs Bonus:___ Clauses Bonus:___
Other Extra Credit: Per6 +3 for vocab relay, all others, +2.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. How far can you walk into the woods?
  2. What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
  3. Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
  4. The more you take away the bigger it gets; the more you add, the smaller it becomes. What is it?
  5. Wacky Wordies:
    ZERO

    PhD 
    BSc. 
    B.A. 

    (a)

    		 N 
    E 
    V 
    E 
    S

    (b)    		 ONHOLEE 

    (c)

 

Test #16. Doodle Theme. Design a groovy, new piece of clothing!

Thursday, 12/13: Vocab + Relay, S/CD/CX, Vladek, 120?

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab, S/CD/CX, Vladek.

“Vocab, 12/13.”
succumb, subsist, presumptuous, avant-garde, reproach, cathartic, frugal, cobble, futile, dissemble, ambivalent
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  1. _____  (It’s a paper clip. The subheading says, “The only tool you’ll ever need.”)
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. She blamed him for the incident and always looked at him with _______ afterwards.
  6. Vladek _____(es) Artie for using too many wooden matches…
  7. …because he is too “_____” to buy them.
  8. During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips and pizza.
  9. Sometimes it’s tough to not ______ to peer pressure.
  10. In The Outsiders, when we referred to a facade, we were saying that the person was _____(ing) about their true feelings.
  11. The prefix of this word means before. ______
  12. The root of this word means “to clean out.” _____

 

VOCABULARY RELAY!

 

I = Independent Clause  D = Dependent Clause.
(S) Simple Sentence (S) = One I. Could have phrase(s) attached.
(CD) Compound Sentence (CD)  = I + I, joined by a comma and one of the FANBOYS. (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
(CX) Complex Sentence (CX) = I + D or D + I

“S/CD/CX, 12/13.”

  1. He ate his doctor-recommended doughnut for breakfast this morning.
  2. It seemed essential to eat broccoli, but I watched tv instead.
  3. The cheese is on the table with little toothpicks in it.
  4. After I ate a doughnut, I felt blissful.
  5. Because Zoltan forgot his wallet, he couldn’t buy broccoli.
  6. As part of his occupation, he had a llama with a leather jacket.
  7. He tried to hug the llama although he was told not to.
  8. The llama went to the store, and I went with him.
  9. He didn’t want to embarrass the cat. Add a DEPENDENT clause to make a COMPLEX (CX) sentence.
  10. Bonus 1: List the FANBOYS. (+1 for 6, +2 for all 7.)
  11. Bonus 2: What part of speech are the FANBOYS?

 

120 Seconds…?

Vladek