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Tuesday, 5/30: Copy Homework, YEE #6, Final Exam, Message to 6th Grade

Copy homework into planner. This is the last time for this!

YEE #6. Name:                      Date:                  Period:

1. Pearl Harbor Day (M, D, 4-digit Y):
2. Independence Day (M, D, 4-digit Y):
3. 10% of 350 = _________
4. 150/200 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
5. Well, a) _____________ at it again; b) __________ goes another one of c) __________strange cars.
6. Label each word with its part of speech.

Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.

 

“AlternaYEE, 5/30.”

  1. “She” is a word that contains two personal pronouns: she and he. What five-letter word beginning with “U” contains four personal pronouns?
  2. Even if you give this to someone else, you still keep it. What is it?
  3. Which is more desirable, an old hundred dollar bill or a new one?
  4. A horse has a five foot rope tied to its neck. There is a bale of hay seven feet away. Without breaking the rope or any help, the horse was able to reach the hay. How?
  5. A hot dog vendor at a soccer game sells one half of his supply of hot dogs during the first half of the game. During intermission, he sells a total of five hot dogs. During the second half, he sells three eighths of his original supply. He is left with only four hot dogs. How many did he have to start with?

 

 

“Final Exam, 5/30”
If we were to try to sum up, in just one phrase, the theme of the majority of the books and stories we read this year, the best phrase would probably be… a) “Life sucks, and then you die.” b) “It’s hard being an outsider.” c) “Youth vs. age.” d) “Expectation vs. reality.” e) “Family is important.”

Partial List of Titles: The Outsiders, Midwife’s Apprentice, MAUS, The Giver, “Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” “A Sound of Thunder,” “Theme for English B,”  “Old Glory,”  “The Earth Men,” “The Third Expedition”

Instructions: As a group…
Choose the phrase. Come up with three books/stories that back up your choice.
On your sheet:

  • I/We chose…
  • Our three examples are…
    • First… (explain)
    • Second… (explain)
    • Third… (explain)

 

Message to 6th Grade. We are grading them live, in class on Friday.

Form:

  • StoryboardThat! Comic (10+ panels)
  • Prezi?
  • Web Site?
  • Google Slides (15+)
  • Quiz (20+ questions.)
  • ???
 Content:

  • Three Expectations vs. Reality
  • Three Good Things About Laguna
  • Three Pieces of Advice
  • One Euphemism?
  • Upbeat and Funny
  • Proofread!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Rubric:

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

Friday, 5/12: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 33

Prep sheet for Test #33:
Husker Du: ___/10 (2 x 5)  SAWs: ___/10   Vocab h/w: ___20  Vocab Practice: ___/13  ___/13   ___/14
Other Extra Credit: Period 3: +3 for vocab relay. Periods 1 and 6: +2 for relay, Period 2: +1 for relay.

Mental Floss.

  1. If you multiply together the number of fingers on one person’s right hand with another person’s with another person’s until you get the product of the fingers on the right hands of everyone in the world, what is the most likely product? For instance, one person has 5 fingers, and his friend has 5 fingers. The product is 25. Another person with 5 fingers would make the product 125. This goes on until everyone’s finger number is multiplied. What’s the answer? Estimate what the final product would be. ( Current world population is about 6.8 billion. Alert: MATH )
  2. Wacky Wordy: GWETORUSTD (Hint: $)
  3. Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence.
    • a) Bit of brush.
    • b) Opposite of unite.
    • c) Craft that might tip in the ocean.
  4. A man asks his two sons to do a chore. When they finish, he gives them twenty five cents.  What time is it?
  5. The following clues make a pun on words that start with mis-.
    Example: This young woman could lead the orchestra. (bad behavior) Answer: Misconduct.

    • a) This young woman is in great shape. (an outsider)
    • b) This young woman is very generous at Christmas. (a doubt you might have)
    • c) This young woman showed me where to go. (lied to me)
    • d) This young woman knew exactly what I meant. (she didn’t really)

 

Test #33

Doodle Theme: A new kind of theme/amusement park.

 

Thursday, 4/13: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #30

Prep Sheet for Test #30.

 

Mental Floss. (Some Reruns!)  Use back of sheet.

  1. Figure out what the animals are! (Example: a dull person  = boar.) Write the ANIMAL!
    a) first you get a parking ticket, then you get this   b) hair-control foam    c) to run away or escape
  2. Wacky Wordie:  PinnAcLeS  (Pinnacles are mountain peaks.)
  3. You have 27 marbles. You have 4 cups. Put an odd number of marbles in each cup.
  4. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
  5. Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example,  Skyrocket/Trolleyman conceals Rock & Roll.
    a) Surprised/Trashiness   b) Delaware/Bordering    c) Thundershower/Intellectual
  6. A magazine competition invited people to come up with “invented” inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this one is?
    It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries or electricity needed. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, and cunning. Produce magical effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.

 

Test #30.

Friday, 3/24: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #28

Prep sheet for Test 28:

Mental Floss.

  1. For each pair of words, move one letter from one word to the other to make a pair of synonyms.  Example: boast — hip.  Move the S and you get boat — ship. The movement could go either way.
    a) open — cop      b) cave — curt       c) cares — pest
  2. What book can an author never really finish writing?
  3. George Washington’s wife was sweeping when George Washington’s wife slipped and got wet.  How many w’s in all?
  4. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
  5. Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
    llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope
  6. Two friends were talking. Bob said “Have you ever thought about what rhymes with orange?” Ben replied, “Nothing rhymes with orange.””Actually something rhymes with orange,” said Bob. Who is right?

Husker Du, Period One.

27. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some!   a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
28. The ______ sets our story, or plot, in motion. a) climax b) inciting action c) exposition d) rising action e) climax
29. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. a) Fragment b) Complete Sentence  c) Run-On
30. The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. a) But b) Nevertheless c) Because d) So e) NOTA
31. Why would Johnny be “having the time of his life” in the church? a) He wants to pay back for what he did to Bob. b) He likes little kids.   c) He feels needed for the first time. d) He thinks the cops will go easy on him. e) He secretly wants to die.  f) NOTA
32. Herds of fiendish llamas called dooms roam the empty countryside. a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence
33. most important : ___ :: administrator : ___ a) princapal/princaple b) principal/principal c) principle/principal d) principal/principle

Husker Du, Period Two.

27. “It’s just because you’re the baby–I mean he loves you a lot. Do you ____?” a) sage b) gingerly  c) savvy d) conform e) connotation f) NOTA
28. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak b) infer c) rueful d) gingerly e) conform  f) NOTA
29. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____. a) connotations/denotations b) denotations/connotations.
30. you: a) first person b) second person c) third person d) fourth person
31. she: a) first person b) second person c) third person d) fourth person
32. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ____ a) sage b) infer  c) savvy   d) rueful e) conform
33. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some! a) Fragment b) Run-On c) Complete Sentence

Husker Du, Period Three.

27. What prompted Alyce’s first cry? a) When she couldn’t find Edward. b) When Edward said he was happy at the manor. c) When the cook said they looked like twins. d) When Edward first hugged her. e) When the carpenter’s assistant said Edward might have been eaten by a goat. f) NOTA
28. When the author says on p92 that the cook had “words pouring forth from her mouth with none to listen,” what does she mean? a) The cook is crazy. b) The cook is talking to herself.c) Everything the cook says is a lie. d) Nobody listens to the cook.  e) NOTA
29. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school. a) meander b) flounder  c) ample d) deceit e) bustle  f) NOTA
30. I know Pedro quite well. _____, Pedro happens to be my best friend. a) nevertheless b) in fact c) meanwhile d) still e) as a result  f) NOTA
31. Are there political or corporate biases? a) Currency b) Purpose  c) Authority d) Accuracy e) Relevance
32. I’m a good bowler, and my ball has pretty flowers on it. a) good – adjective, pretty – not b) good – not, pretty – adjective c) both adjectives d) both not
33. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____. a) connotations/denotations b) denotations/connotations.

Husker Du, Period Six.

27. Unless you leave Laguna with some good reading skills, you will _____ in high school. a) meander b) flounder  c) ample d) deceit e) bustle  f) NOTA
28. Why was Magister Reese watching Alyce at first? a) Because she was pretty. b) Because he wondered why she was so gloomy. c) Because of the way the cat hung around her. d) He’s just weird. e) NOTA
29. “Too much ale and too few wits” = a _______. a) surfeit b) lout  c) contented d) remedy e) sullen  f) NOTA
30. The medication seems effective. _____, more research must be done to see if it’s safe. a) But  b) Nevertheless  c) Although  d) So e) NOTA
31. She tried to _____ the situation by apologizing to her friend. a) scowl b) remedy  c) content d) devour e) begrudge  f) NOTA
32. The part of the story where the midwife won’t take her back. a) climax b) rising action c) falling action d) resolution e) exposition
33. “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not ____ me my little economies.” a) berate  b) begrudge c) reluctant d) discontented e) sullen f) NOTA

 

Test 28.

Doodle Theme: Weird Bikes.

spacebike

Friday, 3/17: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 27

Prep sheet for Test 27:
Husker Du: ___/20       Vocab H/w:___/20      Vocab Practices: ___/11  ___/11  ___/12
Giver Quizzes: ___/6  ___/8

Mental Floss.

  1. Add, subtract, and then rearrange, to find the name of an animal:    MARMALADE + OIL – MAE = ________
  2.  You will be given clues for the two words. The second word is the first word with the first letter removed.
    a)  area between mountains –>   narrow passage between buildings
    b) spew out –>  leave out
    c) a shape –>  a number
  3. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.  Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat
    a) unadorned necklace   b) Funny/Smart Cat   c) Unusual Rabbit   d) Wedding Limo (2)  e) Untamed Minor
  4. (Palindromes) a) He drank a bottle of __  __  __ as he tied the __  __  __ around the neck of the little __  __  __ so she wouldn’t spill her drink on her dress.
    b)  The pitcher tore the __ __ __ __ __ __  __ cuff in his shoulder, and won’t be able to play for at least two months.

 

Test 27. Husker Du Section — Periods 1, 3, 6.

28. With more than 24,000 locations, Subway sandwich places are _____.  a) ubiquitous  b)  admonish  c) ominous  d) petulant  e) permeate  f)  NOTA

29. A DP is another name for a… a) German citizen  b) an American soldier  c) refugee  d) war prisoner  e) a Polish citizen  f) disabled person

30. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.    a) ominous  b) permeate  c) dejected  d) solace  e) assuage  f) NOTA

31. It is taking us awhile to ______ the concepts of compound and complex sentences.   a) ominous  b) solace  c) assuage  d) assimilate  e) ubiquitous  f) NOTA

32.The llama jerky was a soft but satisfying treat.  a) jerky,  b) soft,   c) jerky, soft,  d) OK as is.  e) NOTA

33. Please no smoking food or beverages in the classroom!  a) Please, smoking, food,  b) Please,  food,  c) Please,  smoking,  d) Please,  e) NOTA

 

Test 27 Husker Du Section Period 2.

28. Though he came from a very religious family, he was still ______ about organized religion. a) ambivalent  b) dissemble  c) reproach  d) succumb  e) avant-garde  f) NOTA

29. We can wait here until Carlos calls us.     a) S  b) CD  c) CX

30. The ______ customers who were scammed…  a) pauper b) subjugated  c) mesmerized  d) intercede   e) disgruntled   f) NOTA

31. …needed someone to _____ for them to get their money back.    a) disgruntled  b) subjugated  c) mesmerized  d) intercede   e) pauper  f) NOTA

32. On the train, Vladek ______(ed) and “didn’t let on” he was a Jew. Spiegelman represents this by having Vladek wear a pig mask.    a) ambivalent  b) subsist  c) frugal  d) dissemble  e) presumptuous   f) NOTA

33. His doctor recommended buying a goat and going water-skiing.    a) S  b) CD  c) CX