Tuesday, 5/16: SBAC Testing

SBAC TESTING SCHEDULE.

Announcements– 8:15-8:25 

1st Period– 8:25-10:13 

BREAK– 10:13-10:33 

3rd Period– 10:38-12:26 

LUNCH– 12:26-1:06 

5th Period– 1:11-2:59 

Monday, 5/15 (17): SRI, Debrief Test #33.

No homework this week. SBAC starts tomorrow. Bring your headphones!
2017 SBAC Daily Block Testing Schedules

SRI.

Click:  https://h100000583.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess
Click the blue RI icon on the lower left. Follow the directions. Make a note of your score.
The last time we did this was 3/31. With any luck, we should have improved. Right?

If you have Ms. Knuttila, Ms. Ahearn, or Mrs. Whitman, you have already taken this.

When we are finished, we will go over Test #33.

 

 

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, 5/11: Vocab + Relay, Book Pitch Redos, Tom Sawyer

Tomorrow’s Test: Grammar Rerun from last week, Husker Du for your class, Vocab, Tom Sawyer.

“Grammar, 5/11.” One last practice, eh!

  1. The main one in a sentence is also known as the predicate.
  2. A word that shows the relationship between two words in the sentence.
  3. Answers the questions how, where, or when.
  4. Answers the questions which one, what kind, how many.
  5. A connecting word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.
  6. A substitute for a noun.
  7. A word of surprise or strong emotion.
  8. Often ends in -ly.
  9. Has a past, present, and future.
  10. Describes adjectives and adverbs.
  11. Never stands alone.
  12. Describes nouns.

 

“Vocab, 5/11.”
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The NFL head coach’s position is rather ______. If the team doesn’t do well this season, he might lose his job.
  6. The class discussion was not very lively; the students were rather _______ about the topic.
  7. The boys _____(ed) matter inwardly, thinking about all the possibilities.
  8. doctor : prescribe :: law : ______
  9. Huck’s lifestyle seemed very _______ to the other boys of St. Petersburg.
  10. By definition, a ghost would not be ______.
  11. proscribed : allowed :: apathetic : ______
  12. The stirring event was well ______(ed)” by the townspeople the next day.
  13. (2) A true sports fan is NOT _____ or ______.

  14. BONUS: There is a fine line between being patronizing and being _______.

 

 Book Pitch Redos!

 

Tom Sawyer!

Wednesday, 5/10 (20): Husker Du, Vocab, Book Pitch, Tom Sawyer

Due: SMYK Sentences. See you and your parents tomorrow night @ Open Haus!

“Vocab, 5/10.” (14)
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____
  7. After working so hard, he wanted his reward to be something ______, not just a “Good job!”
  8. He hit a ______ home run. It was at least 500 feet long.
  9. Luck is ______; one day you have it all good, and the next it’s all bad.
  10. He made a(n) _____ effort, and his hard work paid off.
  11. The Taliban ____ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.
  12. His grade was in a _____ position; one more bad grade and he would be failing…
  13. (2) …He could not afford to be _____; he had to be _____. (Not wary.)

 

Debrief Test #32. Grammar section will be rerun on Friday.

The Last of the Book Pitches!

Tom Sawyer.