The 2012 Christmas Scavenger Hunt...

This is the Christmas Scavenger Hunt.  Some of the questions are easy and some are very challenging, and I would be surprised if anyone got them all right.  This is not meant to be done quickly! The first Scavenger Hunt that contains the MOST correct answers will win a present on the last day of school before the Christmas break.  You can not do this in pairs or with a partner; these questions must be done alone at school only.  You cannot save your answer to a USB drive; you must save your work only to your H:\drive. Finally, there may be many different answers on the internet to these questions- some correct and some incorrect.  After all, anyone can write anything on the internet. I have tried to make my answers as accurate as possible. So, just like the referee in a soccer or hockey game, my decision/answer is final :-).  Don't expect to finish this before next week: it's meant to make you improve your internet search skills...Key words...remember...:-)

Directions: (read them through first before doing them...)

• Select and copy these questions into Microsoft Word
• Save the questions to your H:\Drive with the name YourNameCSH.doc
• Insert your name on the footer
• You should use the golden rules
• Use any of the school link search engines to find the answers
• Type your OWN answers under each question
• you must key word any answers you get from the internet
• you may not plagiarize by copying and pasting answers directly from the internet
• in the event of a tie-break, spelling will count...
• Insert the time and date after your name in the footer
• Save to H:\drive when you're completely finished before you...
• Print...Hole punch your work and add it to the binder by the printer.
• If you have not followed these directions, then your answers won't be accepted.
• Good luck and have fun!

 

Christmas Scavenger Hunt

 Questions:

1. What is a cup of joe in Polar Expresso Lingo?
2. Traditionally, how did children in the England get their letters to Father Christmas?
3. What country first used the poinsettia as a Christmas decoration?
4. What is the name of the mountain that the Grinch and Max try to drop the loaded sleigh off?
5. What do the French call the clay figures in a creche or Nativity scene?
6. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
7. What is the name of Bob Cratchet's oldest daughter and what does she make?
8. Which bird was used on December 26th in Ireland to collect money for charity?
9. Before an American soft drink/pop manufacturer came along in 1930, the English Father Christmas always wore robes in what colour?
10. What is Buche de Noel?
11. Who wrote "The Nutcracker" and who is the Nutracker's main foe?
12. What is Santa Claus called in the Netherlands?  Who does he arrive with?
13. What is the train delivering that Karen and Frosty climb on to?
14. How, in what country and when does La Befana arrive?
15. 8 year old Kevin gets into an argument with Buzz, his older brother. What happens to Kevin as a result of this argument?
16. What did Saint Nicholas put in the stockings for the three daughters?
17. When and where does the tradition of le reveillon take place? What sort of "nuts" are frequently consumed during this time?
18. In Greek legend, nasty mythical imp-like creatures can play tricks at Christmas time.  What should you do to get rid of them?
19. The jolasveinar are a traditional part of an Icelandic Christmas.  How many of them are there and what are they?
20. In Lithuania, Kaledu Senelis appears to the children on Christmas Eve to hand out presents.  But before each child receives the present, what must he or she do?
21. In England, some people would drink "lambswool".  What was floating in it?
22. Who wanted a Daisy Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action BB Gun for Christmas, and which brand of soap did he feel tasted the best?
23. In France, Santa Claus is called?
24. This Christmas movie is old, but it is still number 11 on the all-time greatest movies ever made list.  In it, Clarence has to earn his wings.  What is the name of the book the movie is based on?
25. If there one item that Santa could bring you or your family, then what would it be?

Things That Bounce-Basketballs, Friendships...

1. Does Miranda bounce back at all from her hurt about Sal?
2. The girls at school are quite expert at being unkind to each other. Is this usual for twelve-year-olds?
3. What causes this nastiness?
4. If you had to describe Julia as person (not just what you think she looks like) what words and phrases would you use? 

Remember be appropriate with your feelings and words; don't use real names of people in your examples. 

Do all your answers in complete sentence answers  in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK.  Use all your COPS skills and include as many dressups as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible. 

When You Reach Me...Things You Hide

Miranda carries around a battered book that she has probably read a hundred times.

• Do you have books that you like to read over and over?
• What is the best book you have ever read?
• Do you picture the characters the way you feel they should be, as Miranda does with Meg?
• We learn a lot about Miranda’s mother from this chapter. Would she make a good mother? What little details tell us so much about her?

Do all questions in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK.  Use all your COPS skills and include as many dressups as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.  And yes, that means you too, Declin :-).

Monte's Sixth Life...

In his sixth life, Montezuma was stalking a fledgling pigeon when he came across an intruder in his territory.

"This was a cat Montezuma had not met before and he would take his time before he attacked.  He watched the black cat move and noted the strength in his shoulders: he glared into its yellow eyes and probed for weakness but found none.  Montezuma...struck out across the black cat's nose.  But the black cat was young and knew only how to attack.  He sprang forward again...Montezuma knew now that he had underestimated his adversary."

1) Using two or more sentences tell what the author means when he says

"...he glared into its yellow eyes and probed for weakness but found none.

2) Write a description of the black cat in your own words using at least two sets of Quality Dual Adjectives to paint a picture in my mind of what the cat looks like and sounds like to you.  What do you imagine the cat is called?  Where did he come from?  Will he be back?


Do both questions in Microsoft Word.  Use all your COPS skills and include as many dressups as you need to make it interesting to read and descriptive.

Comment On A Comment...

Please comment on the comments your fellow students have left on the Howard Who blog posting.  Remember to keep your comments constructive and positive; although that doesn't mean you have to agree...You can disagree constructively by offering clues to evidence that you think shows someone's idea might not be correct in your opinion.

Please construct your answer, as always, in MS WORD and COPS it before you post.

Please go to this website and spend at least ten minutes there reading and understanding the information about the three different classes of levers.  Pay attention to the where the load is in relation to the fulcrum and the effort force: that will help you understand the three classes of lever. 

Then take this quiz.  You must click the green START button on the top of the page to take the quiz. 

When you have finished the quiz please comment on one question you got wrong.  Then comment on one thing  you learned.  You must not have the same comment as a previous poster...

Howard Who?

Howard Hughes sits in the cockpit of one of his inventions: The Spruce Goose that still holds the record for the largest wingspan of any plane ever built—319 feet 11 inches (97.57 meters). This eight-engine wooden flying boathad room for 700 passengers...

Howard Hughes was born in 1905 and died in 1976.  He was an American businessman and inventor, and became one of the world's richest people. During the 1930's and 1940's, he gained fame as a motion-picture producer and aviator (flyer). Then, in the mid-1950's, Hughes deliberately dropped out of sight. He became a mysterious figure who never appeared in public and even refused to have his photograph taken..

Hughes was born on Dec. 24, 1905, in Houston. His father died in 1924, leaving him the Hughes Tool Company, an oil-field equipment firm. The firm became the basis of Hughes's financial empire. He later owned the Hughes Aircraft Company, RKO Pictures Corporation, and a controlling interest in Trans World Airlines.

Hughes led a varied life. He became a Hollywood film producer after his father's death. His most successful movies included Hell's Angels (1930), Scarface (1932), and The Outlaw (1943). Hughes also designed and raced airplanes. He set several speed records, including an around-the-world mark of 3 days 19 hours 14 minutes. In the 1940's, he designed the plane that still holds the record for the largest wingspan of any plane ever built—319 feet 11 inches (97.57 meters). This eight-engine wooden flying boat, nicknamed Spruce Goose, had room for 700 passengers. In 1947, Hughes piloted the plane on its only flight. It flew 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) at a height of 70 feet (21 meters). Today, the Spruce Goose is on display at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinville, Oregon.

At the time of Hughes's death on April 5, 1976, estimates of the value of his estate went as high as $2 billion. His relatives squabbled with each other over the inheritance of his money.  An agreement to share the inheritance from the Hughes estate between 22 cousins was agreed apon.

In 1971, the McGraw-Hill Book Company paid about $750,000 to Clifford Irving, a writer, for a manuscript he presented as Hughes's autobiography. Irving claimed he worked on it with Hughes, but Hughes denied knowing Irving. In 1972, Irving and his wife admitted to misrepresenting the manuscript to the publisher. They were fined and imprisoned.

Remember what you have learned about Theodore Grunel in the book Skybreaker.  Write a paragraph of at least 6 sentences in MS WORD that outlines the similarities and differences you notice between Grunel and Hughes.  Make sure that you proof read it before uploading it to the blog.

Once again the author, Kenneth Oppel, has selected certain words to help the reader get a feel for the mood of the chapter. Consider the following passage from the text:

Complete darkness did not greet us this time, but pale light, revealing a chamber even bigger than the last. Dark, silhouetted shapes hunched everywhere, as if ready to stand or spring. Our torch beams danced about nervously. Against the far wall was a bank of floor-to-ceiling windows, all iced over. Looming darkly in the corner was an enormous machine, bent like a gargantuan crone, peering out the window. It looked to me like a telescope. (p. 202)

1. What images do the words in bold create in your mind?  
2. What is the mood these word choices help to create (If this were a scene in a movie, then how would you feel watching it?).  You may need to use a dictionary to help you understand some of the words. 

Science Quiz

You are going to need your science text book to complete this science quiz. You may use the book to help you answer the questions from Chapter One (Forces).  The quiz is here.

Please post one question that you found challenging or got incorrrect. Post the correct answer too.  You are copying - so it should be COPSed...

Good luck

Mr N

Nadira

Why do you think Nadira is so interested in Matt’s adventures with Vikram Szpirglas, as shown in the following passage?

Nadira waited. Her eyes had none of Kate’s appreciative brightness. Her gaze unsettled me, it was so intent.

"He came down and kicked at my fingers, trying to break my grip."

"That’s ugly," said Hal.

"But then I gave him a great kick and managed to trip him up, and he started sliding off the fin." I paused, wishing I could stop the story there, with a triumphant, quick-witted blow. But Kate already knew that wasn’t the end. "Szpirglas regained his grip, though, and came back to me, and I saw his eyes and knew he was about to break my skull with his steel-toed boot. Then something brushed his shoulder. There was a whole flock of cloud cats passing over the Aurora, and one of them knocked him off balance. That time he truly did fall."

"He just fell?" Nadira said.

I nodded.

Your answer should be composed in Microsoft Word, Golden Rules, in complete sentences and COPSed.  Post only when you have edited and proof read.  Remember, post your first name only below your answer.

Blogging Rules

Division 4: A blog is short for web log or online journal. A blog is public domain. What that means is that anyone with an internet connection can read what you write. They can also respond to what you write. Because of this, there are some rules you must obey for safety and for etiquette. I will read this blog daily to check that all rules are being followed.

For Safety:

1. Keep your, and other people's, personal details private. Never offer any personal information including your last name, contact information, home address, phone numbers, school's name, e-mail address, last names of friends or relatives, instant messaging names, age, or birth date.
2. Assume what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the Internet can easily print out a blog or save it to a computer.
3. No one wants or needs to know private details about your family life.
4. No photographs of yourself or others should be posted unless they are group shot, without names, and you have cleared the photo with me first.

For Etiquette:

1. ALL your posts should be positive, friendly and inoffensive; don't use them for slander or to attack others. That includes gossip. No gossip or negative posts about any other individuals, whether they are in our community or not. Remember, as soon as you post something it's hard to take it back!
2. Avoid trying to "outdo" or compete with other bloggers; concentrate on your own ideas.
3. Don't write in UPPER CASE: it is seen as shouting.
4. No innapropriate words, phrases or pictures are to be posted. Keep your language appropriate, clean and free of any rudeness.
5. Sign all your posts with only your first-name.

Above all: have fun!

Mr. N