mental floss

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.

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

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!

Prep sheet for Test #15. (Reload the test to get the latest version.)
KBARR: ___/40 Vocab H/W: ___/20 Vocab Practices: ___/13 ___/13 ___/10
Other Extra Credit: Period 5 gets +3 for Vocab Relay, Periods 2 and 6 get +1. +1 for Lent. +1 for Fat Tuesday.

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordy: What phrase is represented by the following?
   look kool XtXhXeXsXtXrXeXeXtX
2. What musical instruments are represented below?
   a)  P O     b)  BA BA    c)  ECLART     d)  @ # $ %
3. Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
   Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = yellow.
   a) A light brown color + to leave = ____
   b) Vehicle + an animal pal = _____
   c) A store’s announcement + a type of women’s clothing  = ______
4. These groups of three definitions describe three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter. (Example: king, ring, wing.) What are they?
   a) finished, to sleep lightly, a measured quantity     b) sneaky, to secretly observe, an enclosure for pigs
5. What does the following group of statements represent?
   (2 word answer ending in -s. It’s sort of a Wacky Wordy too.)
   Jenni drowned Frosted Flakes.  Isaiah buried Cap’n Crunch six feet under.  Stephanie threw Rice Krispies off a cliff.  Emma shot Cocoa Puffs.

Test #15. Doodle Theme: Crazy Christmas Parade.

Friday already?!

Prep sheet for Test #14:
KBARR: ___/40      Maus Quizzes: ___/12  ___/3   ___/7
Vocabulary h/w: ___/20     Vocabulary Practices: ___/14  ___/13  ___/14
Other Extra Credit:
+2 for 8/8 on SAWs, +1 for 7/8.
Periods 2 and 5 get +3 for Vocab Relay, Periods 1 and 6 get +1.

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordies. The colors are not part of the clues.
   a)    b) 
   c)  d) 
2. Figure out what the three things in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter word ending in -s.
   • a) trombone, playground, microscope
   • b) railroad, muddy shoes, music cd
3. What living creature has fur, four legs, and a tail, eats cat food, meows, and sees equally well from both ends of its body?
4. Name an English word (there are actually two) of more than two letters that both begins and ends with the letters -he in that order. “Hehe” is not an acceptable answer.

Test #14.

#25: NOT the sleeping one.
#26: The one talking.
#27: The one with glasses.

You know where the Perfect Papers go!

Prep sheet for Test #12:
KBARR: ___/15  Transitions: ___/6  ___/6  9/6   Vocabulary: ___13   ___/13  ___11
Other Extra Credit: SAWs?       Cerro San Luis?      Vocab Relay?     Husker Du?

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!

Doodle Theme: Wacky Invention.

Have a great 3-day weekend.