Things to do over break to get ready for States

Hello All,
Hope you are enjoying all of this snow we are getting. Go outside and have some fun!
When you get back in, we have some suggestions for things you can do to get ready for the State tournament next week (or in two weeks for the 6th graders):

-Print out the Presidents packet and begin to fill them out. If enough people print them out, we may go over the answers at practice next monday.
-Print out the Propaganda cheat sheet, and use it to review all of the techniques. We will post some propaganda questions later this week to test how well you studied.
-Do problems in the WFF packet (Basic Part 1 / Basic Part 2 / Regular). Check your answers in the answer key. We are going to play a basic and a regular WFF game here via the comments section in the next couple of posts, which anyone is welcome to join.
-Go back and study your On-Sets and Equations packets. Check your answers against the answer keys (On - Sets and Equations).
-Invite a friend over, or go over to a friend's house. Studying is more fun with friends. You can also play a shake or two if you have games at home.

Let us know if you have any questions. Have fun, we'll see you next week.
Eric & Vivek

Friday's Results

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Last Good Team Name - 64 points, 4.57 average
Stupid x Stupid - 65 total points, 4.33 average
Oompa Loompas - 52 points, 4.00 average
The Betterers - 59 points, 3.93 average

Overall Standings:
Last Good Team Name - 1633 points, 106.71 average
The Betterers - 1499 points, 101.47 average
Oompa Loompas - 1308 points, 99.83 average
Stupid x Stupid - 1372 total points, 96.23 average

Top players:
Shreya 132 points
Sussane 127
Chelsea 126
Renee 124
Andrew G. 123
Anthony 122
Taryn 121
Shwetha 119
Matthew 119
Caleb 119

Saturday at PEC

On Saturday the Clague team competed in the last tournament of the year before the State Tournament. The Clague team finished second in the Top Five, with 95 out of 100, and first in average with an average of 16.00. For the year the team won both the Top Five and Average catergories! Congratulations to the entire team for a great regular season.

Congratulations to the following players who finished with an 18 or higher:
Lorna B.
Preethi G.
Kathy P.
Richard W.
Renee Z.

Also special congratulations to the following players who attended all six tournaments this year and all finished among the top 40 players in the Region:
Andrew H.
Daniel L.
Malay M.
Amol S.
Richard W.
Chelsea Y.
Renee Z.

Friday Tournament Results, January 29

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Oompa Loompas - 63 points, 4.85 average
The Betterers - 61 points, 4.07 average
Last Good Team Name - 56 points, 4.00 average
Stupid x Stupid - 46 total points, 3.83 average

Overall Standings:
Last Good Team Name - 1508 points, 97.14 average
The Betterers - 1376 points, 92.61 average
Oompa Loompas - 1254 points, 90.31 average
Stupid x Stupid - 1206 total points, 87.48 average

Top players:
Sussane 122 points
Shreya 120
Andrew G. 115
Renee 114
Chelsea 114
Caleb 113
Taryn 112
Luke 111
Anthony 111
Richard 108

A couple of reminders:
-We do have practice on Monday. If you have not turned in your health form for the State tournament, make sure you bring it on Monday. Teams will be announced next Friday.

Linguishtik Worksheets

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope everyone had a restful winter break.

Linguishtik worksheets are linked at the right. There are seperate packets for Elementary and Middle students. Students receive a point on their Friday tournament scores for each page they complete up to a maximum of 20 points. Worksheets will be due before the February tournament (Feb. 6). Returning 8th graders can receive credit for only the Clause and Phrase worksheets.
If you are having difficulty printing out the worksheets, let me know, and I will print a copy out.

Also, please note that our next Saturday tournament is this coming weekend at Jackson Northeast Elementary School. Students should be there no later than 8:30 am.

Friday Results, 12,4

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Oompa Loompas - 57 points, 4.38 average
Last Good Team Name - 59 points, 4.21 average
The Betterers - 54 points, 4.15 average
Stupid x Stupid - 60 total points, 3.75 average

Overall Standings:
Last Good Team Name - 905 points, 57.06 average
The Betterers - 788 points, 52.53 average
Oompa Loompas - 729 points, 52.00 average
Stupid x Stupid - 738 total points, 50.65 average

Top players:
Sussane 79 points
Shreya 75
Taryn 74
Luke 70
Matthew 68
Shwetha 66
Shalini 66
Ann J. 64
Orion 63
Simon 63

On-Sets Worksheets

On-Sets Worksheets are linked at the left. This packet is smaller than the Equations worksheets, and students can only get a maximum of ten points toward their Friday tournament scores by completing these worksheets. As with the Equations worksheets, students get a point for every page they complete, regardless of the number of correct answers they get. All students can get points for these worksheets, there is no limitation on the 8th graders.

These worksheets are due before we leave for winter break. We will have some time to work on them at practice, so we do encourage students to bring them with them to practice.