Maths Chase for Multiplication skills!

About Maths Chase

Welcome to Maths Chase. We aim to make math learning more fun for everyone. We have found that our simple game really helps children learn their times tables. Our games help children learn by repetition and also increase their speed gradually as they become more skilled. Maths Chase allows you to increase the speed you need to answer questions as you become more confident in a fun and engaging way.

Maths Chase web site

The Sting - Revisited: A classic movie review on Amazon.com

Now available on Kindle or paperback at Amazon.com: (From the back cover):

It was a way of life: grifting, and the art of the con--to swindle someone out of a sum of money. For Johnny Hooker and his friends, it was all they had--until the game turned deadly. And then it was up to a pro to show Hooker how to play for BIG money--with a mark who was a crime boss who would kill a grifter for pride if he found out he was cheated. However, he was rich--and greedy. Doyle Lonnegan was a banker, a cheating card player, and a malevolent man who ran a tough numbers racket out of Chicago. His life was focused on winning at any cost--on his terms.

When one of his men lost $11,000 in a bait-and-switch scheme, he took immediate revenge. He never expected to encounter the likes of Johnny Hooker--or Hooker's efforts to get his own revenge, even if it might cost him his life. But the temptation was too strong--and the money was too good. And the Sting was on (again) with the help of some clever con men, including the masterful Henry Gondorf and their "Office."

Follow the dialogue and scenes from the 7-Oscar Award-winning-movie in detail, full, rich language that captures their emotions, thoughts, and...creative ways of taking a half-million dollars!

Some Latin phrases in English

For anyone planning to study law OR medicine: know your Latin. And add to this list: Quid pro quo (loosely translated, "I will do you a favor in exchange for one done for me.")

Academic Writing styles and requirements: Here!

This is a fantastic resource for instructors of writing and students! Look here for advice!

Perdue Univ. Writing Center

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Academic Advice for Writing

MLA and APA formats for papers

• MLA is for English papers. 
• APA is for Psych or medical papers, or for certain business formats.

MLA has a Works Cited page.

APA has a Reference page.

If you USE the source in the paper, list it. If not...DON'T list it.

MLA works cited page sources are NOT numbered.

APA bibliography page sources ARE numbered.

• In-text citations should back up an idea being explained or presented.

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In-text formats (the easy way):

• Try to use as much of an intro for the source to lead into the quote itself. 

1. If an author's name is available, use it to emphasize the value of the source.
2. If the source itself is identifiable (book, magazine, web site), illustrate that too, along with the relevant info.
3. If ENOUGH "intro" is offered, that's fine. It should still match the Works Cited (or Bibliography) listing.

Example: 
In his online article "Inside the College Classroom," Mitchell Lopate, instructor at Brookdale Community College, illustrates several techniques for "the art of effective writing by any student who wants to improve his or her grade."

If NO intro is provided and the quote itself is made, put the author's name (IF AVAILABLE) AFTER the quote: 

     "College students need more work on research papers" (Lopate).

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No author?
 but the article title is available?

Same as above, but put the 
article title in quotes AFTERWARD:

•     "College students need more work in research papers" ("Campus Writing").
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Is the source in a printed/hard copy format?

If it's in print, the page number itself follows the author, but NO comma between name and page #: 

• "College students need more work on research papers" (Lopate 13).

**APA is a bit different; this is where you use the comma if it's a print source:

    "College students need more work..." (Lopate, 13.)

A proper college paper's presentation DOES matter

This is a good example of spacing for margins, a header, title, and citations.

Needed ingredients:
(1) Header set-up; title
(2) Page numbers
(3) Margin and double-spaced
(4) Thesis: What is the idea of this paper? WHY is the thesis relevant? (What are you trying to endorse/points to prove/discuss/explain/argue)? (How does it affect something in real life/another relevant idea? Why does it involve the world-at-large and how does it have an impact?)
(5) Topic sentences which open each paragraph that offer a GENERAL idea that will be explained later by...(6).
(6) Examples. Details. Quotes. Facts: they reinforce the thesis and are summarized in each topic sentence.
(7) Conclusion that restates thesis/shows results.

For all the art students in the world: A school for you!!

Apostrophe flow sheet

Dinosaurs: a Movie

A student has asked for a movie about dinosaurs. The animation on this film is pretty realistic--but a warning that it's got a measure of realistic violence that befits the creatures. After all, these are prehistoric monsters who either were eaten by larger predators or lived on plants in a quantity that allowed them to grow to huge sizes. 

And whether it's the male-female T-Rex pair stalking and successfully killing a Triceratops, the arrogant Allosaurus who tries to establish his status for territory against a much larger, sleeping dinosaur, or the angry mother Mosasaur who attacks the predator sharks who killed two of her newborns, these are the beasts that captured our imaginations in all their furious ways. 

LearningFarm.com for science-based assessment and more

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• Goal-oriented, self-paced, instruction and practice
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Calling all standards!

On the 2nd-from-bottom image, I now learned that I've been using "i.e." wrong: I meant to use "e.g.." which means "for example." Okay, how am I going to remember that?! Well, I use mnemomics ("neh-mohn-ics" to remember things--so I'll remember that "i.e." is an EGGS-ample."

Gargling gurgling gibberish!

Spelling rules make me CRAZY

Just stating the facts...

The gnawing gnarled gnu's nose knows what's new now.

Wonderful words in English

Glad to say I've heard or used these!! And pumpernickel is one of my favorites--to eat.

We accept exceptions

Does the cat see the mouse? No, the dirty rat!

The Parts of Speech Poem

Looks the same...sounds different! Homophones

Good versus Well: grammar lesson

Today's Lunchbox Lesson, c/o Analytical Grammar/Grammar Planet: GOOD and WELL

GOOD: an adjective, modifying/describing a noun. It's typically used three ways:
1. before the noun it modifies ("Have a good time!")
2. after a verb of being ("That movie was good!")
3. after a linking verb ("Those cookies smell good!")

Good should not be used as an adverb to modify a verb.

It would be incorrect to say "I played good at piano practice today." 

It should read, "I played well at piano practice today."

WELL: an adverb, modifying/describing a verb. That means WELL tells *how* something is done. For example, "She did well on her AP exam." (How did she do? She did well!) For example, "He reads quite well for his age." (How does he read? He reads well!)

**In certain cases, well may be used as an adjective and be interchangeable with good:
1. to indicate good health (I feel good/I feel well)
2. to indicate satisfactory conditions (All is good in the city today/All is well in the city today)

GOOD and WELL both change to "better" and "best" in their comparative and superlative forms.

This is a good research paper.
It is much better than your last one.
In fact, it's the best paper in the class!

Everyone played well at the concert today.
The percussion section played better than the string section.
The brass section -- with the saxophone solo -- played the best!

GOOD is always an adjective modifying a noun.
WELL is usually an adverb, modifying a verb. It can, however, be used as an adjective only to describe good health or satisfactory conditions.

In a word or two, William Shakespeare