Memorization Homework for Memorial Day Weekend

Remember to remember
these people.

Remember to celebrate Memorial Day.

Remember to give a wave .

Hey There, They're, Their!

Are you there, Middle Schoolers? Or are you they’re or their? 

If you get mixed up on which there to use in your writing, here’s 

the drill:

They’re is a short form--a contraction--of two words: they are.

Example: They’re walking on eggshells, aka: They are walking on
eggshells.

Plain old there is a condition or a place.

Example: There are broken eggs right there--at that place--on 
the floor.

Their shows ownership or possession of something.

Example: Their scrambled eggs--the eggs they ordered--are rubbery.

There! Mizz C. is done. 

Middle Schoolers, Start Your (Google™) Search Engines

Do you have a school report coming up and feel like this: 

instead of like this: 

Not to worry. That Internet search engine, Google,™ has come up with a new way to list information at different reading levels. 

Let's say you're a super genius expert on tornadoes. Tell Google™ to list advanced articles:  

What Causes Tornadoes:

Tornadoes form in unusually violent thunderstorms when there is sufficient (1) instability and (2) wind shear present in the lower atmosphere. 

Instability refers to unusually warm and humid conditions in the lower atmosphere, and possibly cooler than usual conditions in the upper atmosphere. Wind shear in this case refers to the wind direction changing, and the wind speed increasing, with height. An example would be a southerly wind of 15 mph at the surface, changing to a southwesterly or westerly wind of 50 mph at 5,000 feet altitude. 

This kind of wind shear and instability usually exists only ahead of a cold front and low pressure system. 

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html

If you're a tornado newbie, ask Google™ to list basic articles first:

How do tornadoes form?

Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms. You need warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool, dry air from Canada. When these two air masses meet, they create instability in the atmosphere. A change in wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible, horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. Rising air within the updraft tilts the rotating air from horizontal to vertical.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

Click here for instructions on how to get Google™ to list articles at just the right reading level.

  

And if your report needs a little something extra, and you're sending it to your teacher through a computer, then your go-to search engine is the free Microsoft™ Clipart files:  

Way to go Microsoft™ Clipart! And you too, Google™.