Thursday, December 13, 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Monday, November 19, 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Warm Up

What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____

2. loose


WORD QUIZ
anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."

1. "I got two standing ovations and a bouquet of roses."

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Warm up

ANALOGY/WORDQUIZ/WPM
ARMHOLES : SHIRT :: pages : _____

2. magazine


reticent
Who is likely to be described as reticent?

3. a man of few words

Warm Up

ANALOGY
GALAXY : HUGE :: _____ : brass
1. trumpet


WORD QUIZ
overture
You would most likely find an overture

3. at the beginning of an opera.

Warm up

WARM UP
(What is an analogy?)
LOUISIANA : STATE :: barn : _____

2. building

WORD QUIZ
fusty
If you visited friends who lived in a fusty house, you might decide to

2. open a window.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Warm Up

PURSUE : CHASE :: roomy : _____

2. spacious

Word Quiz
What does it mean?
inert
Which could be described as inert?

1. a couch potato

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Warm Up

WATCH : IGNORE :: gather : _____

2. scatter


Word Quiz
ennui
Someone who is suffering from ennui feels

3. very bored.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Warm Up

ANALOGY/WORD/WPM
BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____

2. leafy

Word Quiz

spelunk
I thought it would be fun to spelunk with my Uncle Bo because

3. caves fascinate me.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Monday: Analogy

ANALOGIES/WORDQUIZ/WPM
MINK : SOFT :: mold : _____
1. fuzzy

WORD QUIZ
raconteur - 話し上手な人, 談話家.
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur—

2. I could listen to her stories for hours.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007

Warm up

What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
STITCHING : QUILT :: beak : _____

3. songbird
What does it mean?
meritocracy
Word Quiz
My swim camp uses a system of meritocracy to decide who will be lifeguard.

2. The strongest swimmer is lifeguard.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

WARM UP
What word completes the analogy?
IMAGINATIVE : CREATIVE :: stair : _____

3. step
WORD QUIZ
gossamer
Which looks most like gossamer?

2. a turtle's shell

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

WARM UP

(What is an analogy?)
CAR : AUTOMOBILE :: _____ : swamp

3. marsh
WORD QUIZ
viscous
"I was going to get one of those lizards," said Willa, "but they are too viscous.

1. "They can bite for no reason."

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

WARM UP

(What is an analogy?)
EXCLUDE : INVITE :: _____ : quiet
1. chatty


WORD QUIZ
plausible
Which would be a plausible reason for being late to school?

2. The bus came late.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Thursday Tech Talk 2.4

Wednesday Tech Talk 9/3/07

1) Name two examples of financial and accounting software.
Quicken
Microsoft Money

2) Name one drawback to upgrading software.
Drawbacks could include incompatibility with older hardware and software, conflicts with existing programs, and the time it takes to learn new software

3) Software applies rules, called ____, to data in a way that allows a computer to process information.
algorithms

4) Identify the part of the following filename that indicates the type of data it contains: 010106_MyResearchPaper.doc

Tech Talk 9/2/07

Tech Talk: Bits and Bites 9/1/07

Analogy/Word Oct. 4

ANALOGY/WORD
TOE : FOOT :: roof : _____

2. house


feral
Because our little Puss-Puss is a feral cat, she can seem
1. wild as a tiger.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

WARM-UP: ANALOGY/VOCAB

WARM-UP: ANALOGY/VOCAB
TEST QUIA & GAGGLE ACCT

ANALOGY
HAIRPIECE : TOUPEE :: spunky : _____
1. plucky

WORD QUIZ
obtrusive
While we were hiking, we saw an obtrusive mass of rock. It

3. stuck out into our path.