Bonus Opportunity

Post your response or comments to the Facebook lesson. Please check for spelling and grammar before posting. Watch for proper paragraphs as well.

Glossary posts and entries (two words) due tomorrow.

"Exacerbate" Headline

" A new construction site exacerbates Vancouver's Traffic"

Analogy

stupendous is to terrible as left is to right

Melcryptovestimentaphiliac Headline

"Young Man Caught and Convicted of Being a Melcryptovestimentaphiliac."

By: Bram 7A

P.S.: Melcryptovestimentaphiliac means someone who compulsivly steals ladies underwear.

Analogy for Arbitrary

Arbitrary is to random as structured is to scheduled

~adina

?

Is one space in between paragraphs good

Cormorant Analogy

Analogy:

Cormorant is to gluttonous as heat is to hotness.

Marc Levin

headline

The adherent of arsanal ran on to the field to hug his favourite player

I Made A Mistake!

Hi Everyone,

When I posted my analogy for the word zany I accidentally said it was a headline. So please not that Mr. G

Analogy for Marsupial

Koala is to marsupial as dog is to canine

Riddle

Manufacture: What do you call a soda that is manufactured in a factory that makes soda pop out of toads?

Croaka-Cola!!!

Zany Analogy

Zany is to serious as up is to down

ARI HAVUSHA!

Discombobulate Glossary Page

Analogy

Discombobulate is to confused as Morose is to gloomy.

Galia

Shrub

headline:

A poisonous shrub was found in a deserted bungalow in the Rocky Mountains.

Penurious Analogy By Jonah

Penurious is rich as black is to white.

Glee Acrostic

Glad

Loves to smile

Elation 

Exultation

-Sari

Synecdoche

Dictionary entry:

\si-NEK-duh-kee\, noun: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole or whole for a part or general for the special or vice versa

Excel Headline

"Kid excels greater than university student"

contumacious (analogy)

Contumacious is to rebellious as extrapolate is to assume.

-Marko

Debrief

Dictionary

debrief v receive a report from a (soldier, diplomat, etc.) after an event. debriefing n

Sharon Ardon 7B

Foofaraw

Dictionary Entry:
Foofaraw-to make a big deal over a little thing.
Example: Mr G. don't make a foofaraw over this grade.

slipshod acrostic

Some teachers get a 

Little bit 

Irritated with

Procrastination, and

Sulk marking 

Homework that is way

Over 

Due and slipshod

-Benny

"Ragout" glossary entry

Headline:

"Ragout wins first place in bake-off'"

My Headline to "Diffuse

This post is for next week....
The one for this week is Futtock...

Head Line:

Diffuse love for our 2010 olympic players

-Janine

Killick

Scuba diver gets hit on the head after a stupid captain drops his ship's KILLICK on him.

Gargle Analogy

Gargle is to water as brush is to toothpaste.

Danny

Riddle

Q: Who would you go to if you have an ear disease?
A: An aurist!

"Khaki" Analogy Matt

khaki is to soldier as scrubs are to surgeon

hi,
my computer was accidentaly logged on to melody's account so by accident I posted an acrostic on the word astuteness.
this was posted by adi not Melody.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

Astuteness Acrostic

An antonym
Such as
terrible lack of brain cells.
up front about cleverness
tremendessly intelligent
extra wisdom
never
ending
sense of
sorrow for those who aren't astute

Analogy for Shanghi

Shanghi is to China as Vancouver is to Canada

root tree for : Incredulous

root tree:

credit
incredible
incredibility

-mikaela

Analogy

The word is CARKING: Worried is to scared as clam is to happy

Glossary Post for the Word Melee

Matthew the confused fighter
Elbows
Larry in the head
Eric joins in to the
Extreme and confused melee

BY ARI HAVUSHA

Acrostic

Very few trees
Easily recognizable
Lots of bushes and shrubs
Doesn't have mountains

Glossary Entry by Jed: Heliotrope

Heavenly rays of sun
Erupt on to the
Luscious green grass flares
In the morning at the
Ominous glow that
Tints the sky a
Reddish purple the
Oval shaped sun
Pierces through the mourning sky
Everyone watches in silence

-Jed S.

Penurious Analogy

Penurious is to wealthy as up is to down.

By: Bram S. 7A

Melee

Acrostic

Marc punches Eric
Everyone screams "YAY"
Luckily
Eric has enough energy to
Eliminate Marc with a final punch ending the extreme melee

By Arieh Leon Dales

Glower Glossary by Marc Levin

Glower:


Newspaper Headline:

John McCain Glowers at Barack Obama

Obtuse and Cantankerous Glossary Posts

For obtuse:

Headline:

Obtuse man electrocutes himself while trying to blow dry his hair in the shower.

For cantankerous:

Analogy:

Cantankerous is to grumpy as intelligent is to smart. 

-Sam

Jubilant Analogy

Jubilant is to happy as excited is to thrilled.

Shakaed

Connotation of Detestation

Detestation and hatred are synonyms but they have different connotations. When you hate something you strongly dislike it but the thing does not make you physically ill. However when you detest something it means you hate it but also you get physically disgusted by it. 

by Adina 

Acronym for wire

Wonderful

Invention

Rallies

Electricity and/or information between two points.

Dictionary entry for 'Futtock'

Each of the curved timber pieces forming the lower part of  ships frame

-Janine

Glossery Page for "devastating"

Headline:
Devastating news, only 28% of Vancouver voted in the last election

Aviva

Expulsion Glossary By Jonah

Expulsion

Dictionary:
The act of driving out or expelling.

Morose Glossary Page by Jonah

Acrostic:

Many people are depressed about failing the math test
On Monday Jason was gloomy
Ronald had a temper from fighting with his friends
Over the past week the class was sad because the pet hamster died
Sandy's tennis lesson was canceled, so she was gloomy
Everyday Jane misses her father

Homework

-Analogy worksheet (Monday)
-Multi-genre glossary entries and blog post (every Friday)
-Keep on drafting those essays

Have a fun and safe weekend.

Futile Glossary Post

analogy:
Failure is to futile, as amusing is to entertaining

expulsion glossary page

Headline:

-Kid receives expulsion for destroying school statue

Morose Glossary Page

Analogy:
Morose is to gloomy as unhappy is to sad.

Belligerent Bob Dialogue

“Hi,” said Ned.

“High!  I’m not high.  I don’t do drugs.  Is that what you think I do?” yelled Bob.

“No.  Really, I was just trying to be nice,” replied Ned.

“Are you mocking me?” hollered Bob.

“No!”

“You know what, let’s take this outside!”

"Well, somebody's belligerent today," muttered Ned as he ran away from Bob.

-Sam 

Hi, my computer wouldn't let me underline belligerent so I put in bold instead.

defenestration

Headline:
Demonstration leads to defenestration - protestor gets thrown out of window.
NY Times

Analogy

Analogy
methusala is to old as sad is to unhappy

Headline

This is my headline:



Local train stations have plethora of passengers.











-Abee

My Glossary page for the word"posthaste"

Hi Mr. G,

Here is my posthaste analogy:

Posthaste is to fast as unhurried is to slow

Aviva

Dictionary entry

[hyoo-bris,hoo-] Noun 

excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

Melody

Dictionary Entry

Pessimist: A person inclined to see all the difficulties and disadvantages or to look at the dark side of things.

Successor

Analogy
Successor is to replacement as thankful is to grateful.

Newspaper Headline
"Liberals chose new successor for Stephane Dion."

~Adina~

Catastrophic

"A catastrophic oil spill loses millions of dollars for T.R.C oil management."

Analogy

Vista is to windows as Mac is to greatness.

-Benny

Ponder Headline

Headline:

"NASA ponders about life on Mars!"

Danny

Analogy

Excessive is to boundless as small is to tiny

Analogy

phlegmatic is to sluggish as big is to large

Analogy

Persisted is to insist as coffee is to beans


sSharons

Acrostic entries

A reminder that if you choose an acrostic as your glossary entry that the content must deal entirely with the definition of the word.

Morose Glossary Page by Jonah

Acrostic:

Many cities felt earthquakes.
On January 1st it is New Years.
Randy lost his jacket at school.
Over the next few days it will rain.
So many people
Eat family dinners on Fridays.

Analogy

Extrapolate is to assume as rain is to pouring.

- Marko

"Euphonious" glossary page.

Teacher: "OK everyone, please hand in your homework".

Jake: "I'm so nervous what mark I'm going to get"!

Nick: "I'm sure you'll do just fine".

The very next day...The teacher is handing out the test results

Jake: "Yikes! Mrs. Crabbs is heading our way!"

As Mrs. Crabbs was handing Jake his test she said...

Teacher: "Euphonious work Jake!"

Jake: "Why thank you Mrs. Crabbs!"

Nick: "Jake got an "A+" everyone!" his friend yelled out.

Toreador

Analagy:
Toreador is to a bullfighter as angry is to mad

Phlegmatic "Dialogue"

Dan:  "Hey John"

John:"Leave me alone!"

Dan: "John, why are you acting so phlegmatic?" 

John: "I am not being phlegmatic, because if I was I would be grumpy"

Dan: " sorry it is just my phlegmatic cousin is flying in today and I don't want to talk to him he gets on my nerves.  Can you come over to keep me company?"

John: "Sure, I will come over at five o'clock"

Dan: "Thanks John, see now you are not being phlegmatic"

Composed

The analogy I made for Composed is.
Composed is to Calm as Excited is to Thrilled


Adam Cohen

"Bivouac" Entry!

Headline:

"Indian Tribe bivouacs near Little River Forest."

By: Bram Samuels

Homework

1. Draft 2 ready for round #3 (Thursday) If you didn't finish round 1 and 2 you do not
need your 2nd draft for Thursday.
2. One word entry in multi-genre glossary (Fri)
3. Post one genre on blog (Fri)

2nd Drafts

Please bring your first and second drafts to class on Thursday for round 3 of writer's workshop.

2nd Drafts

Please bring your first and second drafts to class on Thursday for round 3 of writer's workshop.

Roots and Wings

Be sure to bring your drafts in tomorrow for writer's workshop.

Personal Narratives

Please bring your latest draft of your narrative essay to class on Tuesday October 28th as we will be be doing a writer's workshop with peer feedback.

Narrative Essay

Mr. Gelmon ,

Are you allowed to write your Narrative essay about one family member and still get a good mark?

Melody

Homework

7A only: Narrative Essay 8-10 tips for writing/highlight page (Thursday)

homework

Hey guys i was not here on thursday so can someone explain the civilzation study skill homework?

Thanks
Jonah

Help Needed!

Hey Guys,

I was just wondering for the study outline on #9 is it Commere or Commerce?
Because when I did spell check it says its Commerce.

Thanks
Ari

Homework

-Typed study outline for civilizations test (Thursday)
-Civilizations/study skills test (Thurs)

From Tribes to Civilization

From Tribes to Civilizations

Homework

-Double-sided response to an event or quotation in your personal reading novel. Due Tuesday

civilizations

A civilization is a group of people who have the same beliefs and have a main home country. Other parts of a civilization are stable food crops, government and jobs taking care of the civilization. For example the Roman empire, They were all ruld by a single person.
By: Taya, Aviva, Sari and Max

Civilization

A civilization is a large group of people that live in the same way, for example the Aztec civilization. They all live in the same area and have the same beliefs.

Eli
Galia
Jakee
Adam
Shakaed

Civilizations

A civilization is a group of people living together and nearby each other and sharing things in common. The word civilization comes from the Latin route civilis, meaning citizen. A civilization usually has: Laws, organized government, common culture, language, division of labor and religion.

-by Arieh, Melody, Vanessa and Sam

Civilization

We as a group think that civilization is run by a government, who keeps things in order. A community is a part of civilization. Team work involves many people working together to keep things in order. In order to have a civilization everyone must do their part by having a job.
-Alex,Marc,Bram

Civilization Definition

The main components if a civilization are people and a government. Usually civilizations have their own staple food crop and entertainment/ recreation. In a civilization there are owners and workers and rich and poor.

By: Adi, Eden, Marc and Harry 7B

Civilization

A civilization is a society which a large group of people share their elements. Each society has a culture, some are multicultural. A civilization needs a leader and laws. A civilization has a staple food crop. Each society has its own ideas and customs, and a certain set of items including arts that make it unique.

Group: Sharon, Lena and Yoad

Civilization

A Civilization is a group of people that create a community. It needs Resources and laws. A Civilization also needs a leader. It also needs farming to grow food and and clothing. It should have race. All the people should contribute to help make the civilization grow.

Ari,Lindsay,Ofir and Jeremy

Civilization

Civilization is a group of people who have common elements. They have leaders and laws to keep the community growing. Without civilization nobody would have a sense of communication.

By: Isabelle, Noah, Emma and Danny

Civilization paragraph

A civilization is a large group of people that formed from a society. It is usually run by a justice system. Civilizations have staple food crops and usually grow plants to provide themselves with food, shelter and clothing. A civilization is either multicultural or has a religion. Most civilizations share about seven things in common including, writing, social, structure, technology, food supply, government, culture and religion.

The word civilization came from the Latin word for townsman.

Group of: Janine, Mikaela, Matthew and Jacob Ke.

Peer Mediators

Mr. Gelmon can you put the list of names of who became a peer mediator on the blog????

Thanks 

Nini

Civilization

i have a question did civilization have to do with Adam and Eve?????

Homework!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

Anybody know when the make your own seedfolks chapter is due?????????

thanks

Civilizations!

Over the next two weeks we will be exploring the different components of civilizations. We will start our unit off with a reading of "Weslandia" by Paul Fleischman (you know him as the author of "Seedfolks").


HOMEWORK: 10 ITEM BRAINSPLAT: CIVILIZATION: WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S IN IT? (DUE THURSDAY OCT, 2ND)