mental floss

Friday, 10/25: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #10

Prep Sheet for Test #10.
KBAR: ___/40 Vocabulary Homework: ___/20 Vocabulary Practice: ___/11 ___/15 ___/11

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Mr. Cheeselog wasted lots of money every day for years, and now he is a millionaire. How?
  2. Wacky Wordy. What phrase is represented here?
    Spring – Hola   Summer – Bonjour   Fall – Hello   Winter – Aloha
  3. A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for two one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight. Why weren’t the one hundred dollar bills taken?
  4. Bob was having a big party. He decided on a technique to get lots of people to come. He invited his five closest friends and said that they could each invite 4 people.  Each of those could invite 3. Each of those could invite 2. Each of those could invite 1. Overall, how many people did Bob invite to his party?
  5. What is special about this letter arrangement?
    umop
  6. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

 

TEST #10

Doodle Theme: Free (the) Doodle.

Could you handle it?

Friday, 10/18: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #9, End of Q1!

End of the First Quarter!

TMA Slang.
Corpus Bones = Christ’s bones = OMG
clodpole = foolish or clumsy person
nincompoop = fool
lackwit/nitwit = idiot

 

Prep sheet for Test #9.  (Latest Version: 7:20 am, Friday)
KBARR: ___/40 Transitions: ___/13
Vocabulary Homework: ___/20  Vocabulary Practice:___/14 ___/13 ___/13
Other Extra Credit: Periods 5 and 6 claim +3 for Vocab Relay, Period 2 gets +1. If you knew from Tantalus, +1.  +1 for TOURNIQUET, +2 if you actually spelled it correctly.

 

Mental Floss = Wacky Wordies.

 

Test #9.

Doodle Theme: Cheese Rolling!

Friday, 10/4: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #7, Finish Chapter 10

Prep sheet for Test #7:
Apost.: ___/8 ___/8 ___/10 KBAR: ___/40
Vocabulary Homework: ____/20 Vocab Practices: ____/12 ____/13 ___/11
Other Extra Credit: Bonus for Sentences: + ___ (Count every sentence!) Period 6 gets +3 for vocab relay. All other classes get +1.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Supply the missing four words to make a famous expression. (No, you don’t get to ask any questions.)
    “Failure ____  ____  ____  ____.”
    Options: a) Success  b) Victory  c) Triumph  d) Accomplishment
  2. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) He used his powers of persuasion to summon key people to the meeting.
    • b) Did I ever tell you, that at camp in the fall, I once found a ten dollar gold piece?
    • c) Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
  3. A man made up a seven-character password (letters and numbers only) for his e-mail  account, and he wanted to write it down somewhere in case he forgot it. But he didn’t want to write down the actual password, so he wrote this sentence:    “You force Heaven to be empty.”  What was his password?
  4. What number is always found in the middle of the telephone directory?
  5. What famous saying is represented here?
    zain yain xain wain vain uain tain sain rain qain oain nain main lain kain jain iain hain fain eain dain cain bain aain
  6. A pen and a pencil together cost $1.10. The pen costs exactly $1.00 more than the pencil. What does each cost? (Not a trick, just math.)

 

Test #7.

If you finish early–and you had better finish early–please work on finishing Outsiders, chapter 10, the Big Question, and the chapter 10 Quiz.

If you have already finished those obligations, you may doodle:
Doodle Theme: Incorporate the supplied doodle into your own.

Outsiders.

  • When you finish chapter 10: Go see Mr. Coward for the Chapter 10 big question. Return to your desk and thoughtfully answer the question in your notebook under the title: “Why?”
  • Then get a ch10 Quiz from the stack (white) and write the a part of the ANSWER (not the letter) for each question in your notebook. Do not write on the question sheet!

Friday, 9/27: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #6

Prep sheet for Test #6:
KBAR:___/20    Sentences: ___/11  Vocabulary Homework:___/20     Vocab___/12 ___/12  ___/10
Other Extra Credit:  Period 2 gets +3 for vocab relay, all other periods get +2.

Mental Floss.

  1. What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
  2. What is 3/7 chicken + 2/3 cat + 1/2 goat?
  3. I am so fragile that when you say my name you break me. What am I?
  4. What letter can you place on the line, other than E, to complete this sequence?
    SEQUENC__

  5. 5 + 5 + 5 = 550
    Add ONE STRAIGHT LINE to make the equation correct. No, you can’t make a not equal sign. That would be an inequality, not an equation.

  6. While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this: IXMNIZ. What occupation did the man in the car have?

 

Test #6

Doodle Theme: “It Came Outta the Sky!”

Friday, 9/20: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #5

Prep sheet for Test #5.
FROs:  ___/8 ___/10  ___/9   KBARR: _____/40
Outsiders Quiz: ___/8    Vocabulary Homework: ___/20
Vocab Practices:  ___/10   ___/10    ___/10
Other Extra Credit: Vocab Relay: Per. 6 +3, Per. 2 +2, Per. 1 + 1.  Carly Simon +1. vain/vane/vein  +1 each.  Same = +1   Sound = +1

 

Mental Floss.

  1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
  2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
    W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
  3. 1961 was a special year (other than for the fact that Mr. Coward was born then). In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
  4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
  5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
    • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
    • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.
  6. When does 1+1+1=1?

 

Test #5.

 

Doodle Theme: Music.