1885 8th grade test

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1895 8th grade test

1895 8th grade test 06/28/2004 05:07 AM
Here's a Grade Eight test from a 1895 Kansas schoolhouse:

1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,super.
8. 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.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane,fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

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""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation.""

""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation."" 03/26/2005 09:39 PM

Hi-Grade DMS

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Plato Gets Top Grade

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Consumer Grade *nix

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Do You Make the Grade?

Do You Make the Grade? 05/10/2004 05:52 AM
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8th Grade Exam

8th Grade Exam 06/27/2004 04:46 AM
Could you have passed an 1895 8th grade final exam? .. Indisputible proof .. test

people.morehead-st.edu/fs/w.willis/eighthgrade.html
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Laptops beyond grade 8? Maybe...

Laptops beyond grade 8? Maybe... 05/05/2004 11:57 PM

What Grade is Your Network?

What Grade is Your Network? 05/17/2004 04:30 PM
How would your network score on a report card? webMethods is happy to provide it with its latest business activity monitoring software.

Essay: How to End Grade Inflation

Essay: How to End Grade Inflation 05/03/2004 06:54 AM
suggests .. diving

nytimes.com/2004/05/02/magazine/02ESSAY.html
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Consumer grade *nix: powder keg

Consumer grade *nix: powder keg 04/23/2004 05:32 AM
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But he finished second in the 2nd grade
spelling bee

But he finished second in the 2nd grade
spelling bee 07/28/2004 11:55 PM
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Computers make the grade

Computers make the grade 07/26/2004 03:33 AM
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Mickey D's Makes the Grade

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Is Apple making the grade?

Is Apple making the grade? 07/23/2004 01:08 AM
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Mattel Makes the Grade

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Is Microsoft making the grade?

Is Microsoft making the grade? 04/15/2004 09:09 PM
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Other News: Apple Recycling Grade

Other News: Apple Recycling Grade 05/20/2004 10:03 AM
Apple gets a poor rating on an environmental/recycling checklist.

Gallup: Bush's lowest grade ever

Gallup: Bush's lowest grade ever 03/25/2005 11:24 AM
The president's approval rating drops seven points in a week. Is it Schiavo? The Republicans say no.

Web Polling Technique From A 7th Grade
Developer

Web Polling Technique From A 7th Grade
Developer 08/27/2004 02:13 PM
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A Failing Grade For "Friends" - May 12,
2004

A Failing Grade For "Friends" - May 12,
2004 05/14/2004 03:29 AM
Friends was trashed in confidential 1994 NBC research report .. AFailing Grade For ‘Friends’ .. Test audiences trashed the Friends pilot .. document

thesmokinggun.com/archive/0510041friends1.html
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Maths grade C 'possible for all'

Maths grade C 'possible for all' 04/05/2005 09:14 AM
All GCSE maths students in England will have the chance to gain a grade C if a pilot scheme is extended.

Grade starts BBC chairman role

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Don't tell your first-grade students
that there's no such thing as Santa

Don't tell your first-grade students
that there's no such thing as Santa 12/04/2003 08:26 AM
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abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WorldNewsTonight/santa_fake_flap_03 1203.html
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Are Consumer-Grade Firewalls Really
Secure?

Are Consumer-Grade Firewalls Really
Secure? 01/16/2004 11:27 AM

Apple's Panther Makes The Grade

Apple's Panther Makes The Grade 10/29/2003 06:06 PM
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Hi-Grade Xperion 1700-2660

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Carrier Grade Linux Bulking Up

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Other News: Maine Gets High Grade

Other News: Maine Gets High Grade 02/12/2004 11:28 AM
A survey on the innovative Maine school laptop program shows positive performance.

Security qualification makes the grade

Security qualification makes the grade 06/24/2004 09:30 AM

Education Stocks Flunk Grade

Education Stocks Flunk Grade 06/25/2004 11:48 AM
Probes into Corinthian College and Career Education sink sector.

Online registration making the grade

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Fully Wi-Fi Enabled Grade School

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While parents of some students in Illinois schools are concerned about potential health affects of Wi-Fi, one school in New York requires every kid to have a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop: Students use the laptops in every class and Columbia University is studying how the program works. I’ll be interested to see how laptops are eventually used throughout the school system. Teachers at this New York school rave about the additional skills they can teach kids because of the laptops but also note the added distractions in games and the Internet. It must be difficult to control how the computers are used during class....

Getting the grade: Study aids for .NET
certifications

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certifications 02/11/2003 02:24 AM
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UCSB Student Engineers Grade Hack

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You Need Carrier-Grade Mousetraps in the
World of VoIP

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World of VoIP 04/13/2005 02:03 AM
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Carrier Grade Linux moving to carriers
and beyond

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and beyond 06/24/2004 05:08 AM
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"Could you have passed an 1895 8th grade
final exam?"

"Could you have passed an 1895 8th grade
final exam?" 06/27/2004 09:00 PM

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