Wednesday, February 25, 2009

FSAs

Hi Mr Gelmon,

Are we doing the FSAs tomorrow?

Aviva

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Yoicks

Dictionary: Yoicks: used by foxhunters to urge on the hounds.


Acrostic

You
Or
Indian
Canidae
Kansas
Shadows



Exasperated

Synonyms: affronted, antagonized, bitter


Antonyms: calm, collected, joyful

-Sari

Monday, February 23, 2009

thesaurus: flinched

-winced 

-shudder 
-jerk

-mikaela

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Glossary Entry for Thrumming

Word Tree:
Thrummed
Thrumming
Thrum

Glossary Entry for Thrumming

Word Tree:
Thrummed
Thrumming
Thrum

Analogy

Penal colony is to prison as kookie is to biscuit.

Danny

Paraphernalia

Synonyms


Gear
Material
Rig
Tackle
Thing
Belonging
Accessories

Melody

Glossary Post

Analogy for petulant:


petulant is to bad-tempered as happy is to glad.

bizarre

analogy: bizarre is to normal as happy is to sad

Boche Glossary Analogy

Boche is to German soldier in World War 1 as big is to large.

ARI!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glossary Page for Bleak

Analogy
Bleak is to inviting as barren is to fertile.

Dictionary: Hemorrhage

Dictionary: To Bleed

Citroen

Excerpt:

" Paul snapped his head towards the window. He'd been engrossed in drawing and hadn't seen the dark blue Citroen roll into the school courtyard."

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Glossary for Paraphernalia

Riddle
Q: John took a lot of p_r_p________ on his trip. What goes in the blank?
A: paraphernalia

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Homework

- Book club glossaries (Mon)
- Parent signature on book club schedule (Fri)
- Short story contest entry ( March 12)

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Finnimbrun

Dictionary Entry:


Knick-Knack 
Toy

Friday, February 13, 2009

Mutable

Synonyms: changeable, variable, varying

Antonyms: invariable

-Sari

Dictionary: Anatomy

The science dealing with the structure of animals and plants