10/16

10/16

(What is an analogy?)
LEMON : YELLOW :: sweatpants : _____
1. exercise
2. legs
3. comfy

3


WORD QUIZ
augur
An ancient Roman might have gone to an augur to
1. have his portrait painted.
2. learn what his future held.
3. buy and sell goods.

3

10/15

10/15

ANALOGIES/WORDQUIZ/WPM
MINK : SOFT :: mold : _____
1. fuzzy
2. shape
3. illness

1

WORD QUIZ
raconteur
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur—
1. no one can beat her at tennis.
2. I could listen to her stories for hours.
3. she plays tricks on anyone and everyone

1

10/11

10/10

tech talk 3.1

1.
Name two types of telephone networks.
standard, cellular

2.
Why are telephone and Internet networks able to function across countries?
becouse of lan (local area connection)


3.
Name four different types of Internet connections.
dial-up, cable, dsl, wireless


4.
What are the three types of information transmitted on the telephone network?
sound, image, data

XCLUDE : INVITE :: _____ : quiet
1. chatty
2. church-mouse
3. silent

1.

WORD QUIZ
plausible
Which would be a plausible reason for being late to school?
1. You were abducted by aliens.
2. The bus came late.
3. Your mother suggested you stay home and watch T.V. a little longer.

2.

tech talk/ letter to mrs. hinajosa

1.
Name one output device used by architects.
plotter


2.
Name two examples of specialized output devices used by the visually impaired.
voice synthesizers, braille printer


3.
Name an example of a video game device that can be considered input and output.
joystick


4.
What is the purpose of voice recognition software?
it lets handicapped people tell the computer input commands

what i have learned in bcis this year

i have learned many things in bcis this year, so far. i have learned how to post blogs and work my way threw the internet better, i have also learned to use a mac, whichis harder than it seem(grrrr to one button mouses). i have learned how to work with word and exel better than i used to and learned how to do some cool stuff

ANALOGY/WORD
TOE : FOOT :: roof : _____
1. cover
2. house
3. sky

2


feral
Because our little Puss-Puss is a feral cat, she can seem
1. wild as a tiger.
2. smart as a whip.
3. timid as a mouse.

1

all three

movies ordered by genre

movies ordered by title

movies order

ANALOGY?
CAKE : BATTER :: window : _____
1. home
2. glass
3. view

2

Word Quiz
What does it mean?
perfunctory
Before leaving the house Sandy gave the dog a perfunctory hug—
1. it was a really hard squeeze.
2. it was a long-lasting squeeze.
3. it was just a quick squeeze.

3

both mine and hannahs movies

patricks movie's

hannahs and patricks movie's

SNEAKY : FORTHRIGHT :: generous : _____
1. giving
2. stingy
3. surplus

1

What does it mean?
skulk
If you decided to skulk through the school, you might look like
1. a spy.
2. a snob.
3. a kangaroo.

2

tech talk- bits and bites. 1-4

1.
How many bytes in a Terabyte (TB)?

1,000,000,000,000



2.
How many Kilobytes (KBs) in a 100MB file?
100,00


3.
How many bits are used in the word “computer”?
64


4.
Write your first name in binary.
01010000 01000001 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 01001011



HAIRBRUSH : BRISTLED :: _____ : mythical
1. real
2. dragon
3. ancient

2

Word Quiz
deface
Someone might deface a wall by
1. using spray paint to mess it up.
2. hanging some nice pictures on it.
3. patching it, then applying fresh pain

1