| Day 1.
Mo’s Wonderful Thing About Getting Older for Today: No more high heels.
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 section of the test today:
1.
Define the following prefixes
and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non,
inter, mono, sup.
2.
Mark diacritically and divide
into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound:
card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
Oh my. Mo is failing miserably
Little Bubba’s Riddle for Today: How do
you find a spider on the Internet?
It’s easy…just look for his web site!
Day 2.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: Your old car now seems “cool.”
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 doing the
Miscellaneous section of the test and should finish that portion today.
3.
Use the following correctly in
sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze,
raise, rays.
4.
Write ten words frequently
mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and
by syllabication.
Hurrah…at last, something Mo can do
Mo’s Household Hint for Today: If you’re
painting and the paint odor is bothering you…just mix two teaspoons pure
vanilla extract per gallon of paint. Odor gone!
Day 3.
Mo’s Wonderful Thing
About Getting Older for Today: You’ve had all your shots.
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 Geography
test!
- What is climate? Upon
what does climate depend?
- How do you account for
the extremes of climate in Kansas?
- Of what use are
rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
- Describe the mountains
in North America.
Mmmm. Mo did pretty
well on this one. How about you?
Little Bubba’s Riddle
for Today: Why was the computer so tired when it got home from the
office?
Give up? The computer
was tired when it got home from the office because it had a hard drive.
Oink?
Day 4.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: You’re finished for good with
homework.
Little Bubba sent us a
question. Little Bubba wants to know, “What is the longest word in the
world?"
We give up. What is
the longest word in the world?
Little Bubba says,
“It’s ‘smiles’ because it’s a mile from one “s” to the other!”
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
Geography section today.
- Name and describe the
following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecia, Yukon, St. Helena,
Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
- Name and locate the
principal trade centers of the United States.
- Name all the republics
of Europe and give the capital of each.
Day 5.
Mo’s Wonderful
Thing About Getting Older for Today: There’s nothing left to learn the
hard way.
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
Geography portion of the test.
- Why is the Atlantic
Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
- Describe the process
by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
- Describe the movements
of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Remember this was an
eighth grade test that took six hours to complete. How did you do? Does
anyone have the answers to all of this?
Mo’s Temptation I
Cannot Resist: I have to write something on a steamy mirror…and I have to
feel house plants to see if they are real or not. I have to look up my
last name in the telephone director when I am in a strange city…and I have
to play chopsticks whenever I pass a piano! |
