This week, period 2 chose prestidigitation as our word of the week. Prestidigitation means "slight of hand," or being skilled with the hands and fingers, as is a magician who plays tricks.
The sentence we wrote to demonstrate our understanding of this word is: "The magician was horrible at prestidigitation; his card tricks were terrible."
2.07.2014
Periods 3 & 7 Word of the Week: Usufruct
Periods 3 and 7 selected usufruct as the word of the week. According to www.dictionary.com, usufruct means:
"The right of enjoying all the advantages from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured."
To demonstrate our tenuous understanding of this old legal term, we wrote sentences:
1. Devin enjoyed the wifi usufruct at McDonald's.
2. Lexi's baby cousin uses her cell phone usufruct to play games.
"The right of enjoying all the advantages from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured."
To demonstrate our tenuous understanding of this old legal term, we wrote sentences:
1. Devin enjoyed the wifi usufruct at McDonald's.
2. Lexi's baby cousin uses her cell phone usufruct to play games.
Period 4 Word of the Week: Antidisestablishmentarianism
Period 4 selected antidisestablishmentarianism as our word of the week. Forgive me for not wanting to type it repeatedly, as it is very long! The word means:
"Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church."
Our sentence to demonstrate our understanding was:
In NSL we learned about antidisestablishmentarianism, which is being against taking away government money from churches.
"Opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church."
Our sentence to demonstrate our understanding was:
In NSL we learned about antidisestablishmentarianism, which is being against taking away government money from churches.
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