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.