mental floss

Friday, 1/27: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 20

Extended Homies Schedule for WEB presentation/activity.

Prep sheet for Test #20:
SAWs: ___/7    S/CD/CX: ___/6  ___/10  ___/9
Vladek quiz: ___/9    Vocab h/w: ___/20  
Vocab w/u: ___/14  ___/15  ___/11
Other Extra Credit: +1 for P6, +3 for P1, +3 for P3, for vocab relay, +1 for Lent, +1 for Fat Tuesday, +1 for Rudolph Valentino, +1 for bandwagon.

Mental Floss.

  1. How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
  2. What is so light that anyone on Earth can hold it, but so heavy that nobody can hold it longer than about 20 minutes?
  3. At noon, you look at the old-school clock in your bedroom. The big hand is on the five and the little hand is in between the three and the four. What time is it?
  4. Two fathers and two sons own 21 horses between them. Explain how it is possible to evenly divide the herd among them. (NO, you don’t get to cut up any horses!)
  5. Where do you leave a “place” by closing the “window”?  (On a _____.)
  6. In a small town in the country, a male cow swallowed an explosive device. The town newspaper had a front page story about it.   Which one-word headline did they use?
    * Shocking!  * How?  * Dangerous!  * Terrifying!
    * Abominable!  * What?  * Horrible! 

Test #20.

Doodle Theme: Create a propaganda poster.

Friday, 1/20: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 19

Prep sheet for Test #19:
Clauses: ___/6   ___/9   ___/6      120 Warm Ups. ___/6
Vocabulary Warm Ups: ___/12   ___/11       Vocabulary H/W: ___/20
Other Extra Credit: Period 3 gets +3, Period 6 gets +2, Periods 1 and 2 get +1 for Vocab Relay.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. What do you get when you add 1 and 11 four times?
  2. An archeologist claims to have dug up a coin that is clearly dated 46 B.C. How do we know he’s lying?
  3. Which three numbers give the same result when they are multiplied as when they are added? (Alert: math)
  4. Below are clues to two homonyms. Figure out what pair of words the clues are describing. Example: Rabbit fur = hare hair. You must get the order of the words correct and spell them correctly.
    1. a) What a metal thief would do.     b) A basic truth about a school leader.     c) A loud noise from tennis devices.
  5. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
  6. What is this poem talking about?
    “The beginning of eternity
    The end of time and space
    The beginning of every end,
    And the end of every place.”

 

Test #19.
NOTE:
#24: The person on the right.
#25: The person with glasses.

Thursday, 1/12: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 18

It’s the last day of the first semester!
Have a great FOUR-DAY WEEKEND!

Notebooks out for KBARR check.

120 Seconds Example.  STARTS WEDNESDAY!

Prep sheet for Test #18:
Clauses H/W: ___/25   (10 + 10 + 5) Clauses Warm Up: ___/5   SAWs: ___/10  Vladek Quizzes: ___/6  ___/10
Other Extra Credit: ?

Mental Floss.

  1. What famous fictional character is represented here?   ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
  2. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
  3. What number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
  4. Spell the word candy with just 2 letters.
  5. How many F’s (capital or small–no trick here) are in the following sentence? (Alert: Counting.)
    Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.  

 

Test #18.
NOTICE: If you scored 18/20 overall OR 11/11 yesterday on the Clauses Clicker Practice, you are EXEMPT from questions 1-11. On your sheet, write EXEMPT and use your forward button to begin on question #12. When we look at score at the end, ADD 11 to whatever it says to get your actual score.

Doodle Theme: Design a new mascot for Laguna!

 

 

Thursday, 12/22: Mental Floss, Test 17, Vacation

No paperwork! Everybody gets everything!

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.  Write A (true) or B (False) to the LEFT of each one and CLICK!

Doodle Theme: America’s Funniest Videos

Friday, 12/16: Paperwork, Mental Floss, “Test” 16, Research Due!

Prep sheet for “Test” #16:
Outsiders Project: ___/60  OR ___/75
Vocabulary Practices: 12/13:___/13 12/14: ___/15  12/15: ___/16       Vocabulary h/w: ___/20
Warm Up (SAWs): 12/14: ___/10
Other Extra Credit:+1 for Que Milagro

Mental Floss.

  1. Find the English word that can be formed using all these letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS.  (Not a trick. Hint: Les Goodman.)
  2. How far can you walk into the woods?
  3. How many letters are there in the correct answer to this question? (hahahahahahaha)
  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.

Research is now due and payable!

  • Share the document with me.
  • Double check for name and period.
  • Use the link below to print your essay. Staple it and put it in the basket.
  • Print Link.
  • Relax.