| Day 1.
Mo’s Wonderful Thing About Getting Older
for Today: Programming your VCR for you makes your grandchildren feel good
about themselves.
Mo can remember
Great-great-great Grandpa Mo saying that he only had an eighth grade
education. Recently, Mo found a copy of Grandpa Mo’s final eighth grade
test…and it’s a real test from 1895. See if you can answer the questions!
We’ll start the US
History portion of the test which had a 45-minute time limit back in 1895.
1.
Give the epochs into which
United States history is divided.
2.
Give an account of the discovery
of America by Columbus.
3.
Relate the causes and results of
the Revolutionary War.
Mo did a little better on the history test
Mo’s Wisdom: The toughest part of dieting
isn’t watching what you eat…it’s watching what your friends eat!
Day 2.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: You can use your kids’ rooms for
storage.
Mo can remember
Great-great-great Grandpa Mo saying that he only had an eighth grade
education. Recently, Mo found a copy of Grandpa Mo’s final eighth grade
test…and it’s a real test from 1895. See if you can answer the questions!
We’re working on the
history test today:
4. Show the
territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can
of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of
the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
Mo didn’t do as well
with these. Oink!
Mo’s Wisdom: You do
have to admire one thing about TV – sitcom families – they never waste
time watching TV!
Day 3.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: You don’t have to sing along if you
don’t want to.
Mo can remember
Great-great-great Grandpa Mo saying that he only had an eighth grade
education. Recently, Mo found a copy of Grandpa Mo’s final eighth grade
test…and it’s a real test from 1895. See if you can answer the questions!
We’re finishing the
history portion of the test today.
7. Who were the
following: Whitney, Morse, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn and Howe?
8. Name events
connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849 and 1865.
Oops. Mo has flunked
again.
Mo’s Wisdom: Those who
think the competitive spirit is dead ought to watch the customers at
Walmart when a cashier opens a new checkout lane!
Day 4.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: Paul Newman.
Mo can remember
Great-great-great Grandpa Mo saying that he only had an eighth grade
education. Recently, Mo found a copy of Grandpa Mo’s final eighth grade
test…and it’s a real test from 1895. See if you can answer the questions!
On to the Miscellaneous
section of the test…but it’s hard.
1.
What is meant by the following:
Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etyology, syllabication?
2.
What are the elementary sounds?
How classified?
3.
What are the following and give
examples of each? Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters and
linguals?
Mo is embarrassed to say he is still
flunking
Mo’s Traveling Advice: Never take a
cross-country trip with a kid who has just learned to whistle.
Day 5.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today. Bingo.
Mo can remember
Great-great-great Grandpa Mo saying that he only had an eighth grade
education. Recently, Mo found a copy of Grandpa Mo’s final eighth grade
test…and it’s a real test from 1895. See if you can answer the questions!
More of the
Miscellaneous test:
4.
Give four substitutes for caret
“u.” (Oink?)
5.
Give two rules for spelling
words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
6.
Give two uses of silent letters
in spelling. Illustrate each.
Mo’s Tempations I Cannot
Resist: To stick my finger into coin-return slots in pay phones to see if
by chance somebody left a quarter there – which has so far not happened. |
