Period 3 Word of the Week: Petulant

This week, period 3's English students selected petulant as their word of the week.

Petulant means "showing sudden impatient irritation."

Our class made up two sentences using the word petulant:

1. My sister is petulant when we tell her we are going somewhere.

2. Mom was petulant when I didn't clean my room.

Period 1 Word of the Week: Lagan

This week, students in period 1 chose lagan as their word of the week.

According to www.dictionary.com, lagan means "anything sunk in the sea but attached to a buoy so it can be recovered."

During class, we made up a sentence to demonstrate the meaning of the word:

The mermaid found the lagan, cut the buoy line, and stole it.

Periods 4 & 6 Word of the Week: Venerate

This week, students in periods 4 and 6 chose the word venerate as our word of the week.

Venerate means "to regard or treat with reverence or respect; to revere."

Our classes came up with some sentences using the word venerate:

1. We venerate our parents' decisions.
2. We venerate idols like Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. I venerate my coach.
4. If we don't venerate Chuck Norris, he'll kick us in the face.