Month: May 2019

Tom Sawyer, to the end!

Let’s see those YEE #6s!

D’OH! YEE #7.

Message to 6th Grade. Singles or Partners — NOT 3+.
Due by  EOP FRIDAY. It’s only homework if you don’t finish in class. We will grade them in class on Friday!

StoryboardThat! People: If you started your comic yesterday, then just go to StoryboardThat, click the log in with GOOGLE button, and go!

If you’re a noob:

1. Click the link below, and choose “I’m a new user.”
   Join StoryboardThat
2. Click on the Google Button and sign in with your @student.slcusd.org username and password.
3. Click I am a Student.
   a) The School is Laguna-MS.  b) The key is laguna. and  c) use your real first name and last initials.
4. If there are two of you, make sure both partners know the username and password!
5. At the top of the page click My Settings.
6. Click “Manage my Classes.”
7. Scroll down to the bottom of the list.
8. Join the appropriate class that begins with 2019-.
9. The password is “cheese.”
10. Click Create Storyboard.

HERE are some photos of Laguna to use in your project.

HERE is an example from last year.

Remember:

 Go home and write 
 a page tonight. 
 And let that page come out of you— 
 Then, it will be true.

Yours is due next Wednesday, 6/5.

YEE #6 is take-home. Bring it back Absolutely PERFECT tomorrow!

Tom Sawyer chapter 33. Tom goes by the book again… (sigh)

Message to 6th Grade.  Singles or Partners — NOT 3+.
Due by  EOP FRIDAY. It’s only homework if you don’t finish in class. We will grade them in class on Friday!

StoryboardThat! People:

1. Click the link below, and choose “I’m a new user.”
   Join StoryboardThat
2. Click on the Google Button and sign in with your @student.slcusd.org username and password.
3. Click I am a Student.
   a) The School is Laguna-MS.  b) The key is laguna. and  c) use your real first name and last initials.
4. If there are two of you, make sure both partners know the username and password!
5. At the top of the page click My Settings.
6. Click “Manage my Classes.”
7. Scroll down to the bottom of the list.
8. Join the appropriate class that begins with 2019-.
9. The password is “cheese.”
10. Click Create Storyboard.

HERE are some photos of Laguna to use in your project.

HERE is an example from last year.

YEE #5.  Use your own paper. NDP in upper right corner.
Title: YEE #5. Use 4-digit dates for #1 and #2. Copy only the ones that say “Copy.”

1. First Independence Day (M,D,Y):
2. Pearl Harbor Day (M,D,Y):
3. (Copy.) 10% of 30 = _________
4. (Copy.) 24/30 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
5. a) ______ books have been sitting b)_______ for a long time; I hope c)______ coming back soon.
6. Choose one of the sentences below, copy it, and label each word with its part of speech.

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

Beetle bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.

He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

“AlternaYEE, 5/28.”

1. Wacky Wordy:   CLOU__ __
2. Wacky Wordy:
   

   OVERS

3. What do all these have in common?  Pebble, Long, Cocoa, Palm, Myrtle
4. What do these sets of letters have in common?  Clfrn, Clrd, Hw, Grg, Txs, Lsn   
   
5. These SEVEN words are hiding something. What?
   Vermont, statues, Swedish, Arthur, Africa, sensation, misunderstood

“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes.

Last Assignment…

Yours is due next Wednesday, 6/5. The only criteria is… sincerity.

Tom Sawyer, chapter 32.

Prep sheet for the last test of the year, Test #33:
Tom Sawyer Quizzes: ___/5 ___/5 ___/7
Vocab Homework:___/20 Vocab Practices: ___/14 ___/14 ___/10
Other Extra Credit:

YEE #4. Mental Floss is only for people who have fulfilled their YEE obligation. If you finish before time is up, you may do Mental Floss.

Mental Floss.

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?
2. How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all? 8 + 8 = 91
3. What property do 1, 2, 6, and 10 all have that no other whole number has?
4. How can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?
5. Wacky Wordy:

Test #33. Dooodle Theme: Summer!