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| Parents and students are invited to "go farther"... Students can visit: www.middleschoolhub.org and receive extra credit for completing the worksheets on these pages. Just print out the page and bring the page into school to show Mr. Mac www.newFCAT.com www.highschoolhub.org www.number2.com www.quia.com BRAVO LIST Woody 11.09.04 (Student who went farther) You can read about students who did well... for example: 26 seconds Josh Davidson 28 seconds Katie Daniels 29 Seconds Mr. Mac What about differences in the brain? See this page... How do I contact Mr. Mac? My cell-phone's email is s2314@tmail.com and my regular email is smccrea@downtownacademy.org I look forward to hearing from you. Mr. Mac 954 646 8246 cell available every evening, even weekends until 11 pm ... If I don't answer, leave a message stating when I can return your call. Insist that your kids learn to use 10 fingers when typing. It goes much faster eventually. Don't look at the keyboard! You can find an online course by google searching "ten finger typing course free." TYPING COURSE Adapted from http://sprout.stanford.edu/~berezin/qwerty.html First Lesson F and J: Index fingers ffff jjjj ffff jjjj ffff jjjj ffff jjjj ffff jjjj ffff jjjj ffff jjjj fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf fjfj jfjf D and K: Home row, Second fingers dddd kkkk dddd kkkk dddd kkkk dddd kkkk dddd kkkk dddd kkkk dddd kkkk S and L:Third fingers ssss llll ssss s llll ssss llll llll sssss sldk sdk sldk fdkl Second Lesson aaaa ;;;; aaaa ;;;; aaaa ;;;; aaaa ;;;; AAAA :::: AAAA :::: AAAA all sad; all sad; all sad; all sad; all Ask a sad FJ add all fads; Ask a sad F G and H: hhgg gghh hhgg gghh hhgg gghh hhgg gghh hhgg gghh hhgg gghh hhgg gghh dash dash ash dash flash flag had had had had had had had glass glass half half half half saga has half dash flash All glass hall had glad flag shall ask half fall half sad Third Lesson R and U rrrr uuuu rrrr uuuu rrrr uuuu rrr fraud fraud fraud fraud fraud grass grass grass grass grass full full full full full full guard guard guard guard guard dull hull dull haul hard haul hard laugh sharks sharks sharks sharks haul had hulls has half had jar laugh laggard rugs rush skulls sharks sulks sugar shall sad usual us; 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She was also where she was; A good rose is afraid of dusk; A good rose is afraid of dusk; Here was fire: real fire; Here was fire: real fire; Here was fire: real fire; T and Y: Index fingers stretching up tttt yyyy TTTT Days Delight Departure Daily Deepest East Estates Esther Farther Few First Fate at art already after attitude always away appropriate apology austerity awfully adjust afterward delightful daily dragged dreary detested drifted desperate deep dirty dressy dusty either eat efforts edward earthly ethereal easy episodes etiquette equal eagerly ease edged eddied equipped edges eight V and M: Index fingers reaching down vvvv mmmm armfuls assume approved armed army am avoided aims admitted aggressive armour average admired admit approve arrival amidst adversary arm homes hamper homewards humped hum hove heavily heavy helmet humdrum hammered humorous items imperious import imperative C and ,: cccc ,,,, CCCC <<<< cccc ,,,, cccc ,,,, CCCC <<<< cccc ,,,, CCCC <<<< cccc ,,,, CCCC <<<< aspects athletic, aristocratic; attractive artificial aristocratic armchairs, accepted affected arithmetical approaches acquiesces acolyte arithmetic, artistic actual advocated cavalier cocktails careless, cards car crush city crutches; couples coat; clatter court calm city, cottages coat, colds clock; coat certificate cottage, X and .: xxxx .... XXXX >>>> xxxx .... XXXX >>>> xxxx .... XXXX >>>> him worth while. His father grew wealthy at thirty through the death of two elder relatives. There was that sort of flicker over him that you see over our chalk roads. I always said it must have some time, ought to have, you tell me it has got half as much. Rules always come right if you wait quietly. He strolled up the chalky track that led to his cave. The view from that cave was all right. Footsteps approached with a happy regularity, he could hear them. For the daughter of the wealthy Z and /(?): Fourth fingers reaching down zzzz ZZZZ //// Dead? asked Harold, slightly puzzled. He realized that his fate was sealed. Puzzled to classify it; Gaze at me through this very solid zigzag. As I had expected, a clod, of the first class for size, took my poor hat full of dirt. B and N: bbbb nnnn BBBB NNNN bbbb nnnn Margaret had taught in this schoolroom for nearly four years now, ever since her seventeenth birthday, and she knew every feature of the big bare room by heart, and every detail of the length of village street that the high, uncurtained windows commanded. She had stood at this window in all weathers: when locust and lilac made even ugly little Weston enchanting, and all the windows were open to floods of sweet spring air; when tie dry heat of autumn burned Credit is given to Sergey Berezin Sergey dot Berezin at cs dot cmu dot edu berezin at Stanford dot edu |