Periods 1, 4, & 6 Word of the Week: Preternaturally

This week, periods 1, 4, and 6 selected preternaturally as the word of the week.  We looked up the definition and discovered that preternaturally means "out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal."

We also discussed that the word preternaturally is an adverb, which describes an action or state of being verb.  In this case, it typically describes state of being verbs.  If we want to use the word as an adjective, we need to change it to preternatural.

We then made up sentences to describe some preternatural occurrences:

1. The snow in July is preternaturally strange.
2. It was preternaturally unusual to witness cats and dogs raining from the sky.
3. It was preternaturally strange to see a polar bear in the desert.

Period 3 Word of the Week: Lecherous

This week, period 3 selected lecherous as our word of the week.  This word has applied quite well to some of the literary characters we have studied this year, so students were able to give lots of good examples of people who demonstrate lecherous behavior, once we looked up the word.

Lecherous means "having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire." 

Some of our examples of lecherous characters from literature included Abigail Williams from The Crucible, Troy Maxson and his father from Fences, and Malcolm from Macbeth, who fibbed about being a lecherous man.

Our sentences to demonstrate the meaning of the word lecherous were:

1. Zeus was a lecherous god; he had many illegitimate children.
2. Malcolm lied about being a lecherous man to test Macduff's loyalty.