Predictable period 7 selected tittup as the word we will study next week. Tittup has two definitions:
1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving;
2. to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.
Ms. B not only demonstrated what a tittup might look like, but she also gave an example of when the word tittup was used in last year's spring musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The class also crafted a sentence to demonstrate our understanding of the word:
Kate tittuped out of school on Friday afternoon because she was ready for her weekend.
2.21.2014
Period 3 Word of the Week: venerate
This week, period 3 voted for venerate to be our word of the week. Venerate means, "to regard or treat with reverence, to revere." We discussed that in layman's terms, that means to respect or look up to someone.
The class insisted that Ms. B should be the subject of our sentence:
"We all venerate Ms. B because of her intelligence and enthusiastic personality."
The class insisted that Ms. B should be the subject of our sentence:
"We all venerate Ms. B because of her intelligence and enthusiastic personality."
Period 2 Word of the Week: scrupulous
This week, period 2 selected scrupulous as our word of the week. Scrupulous has two meanings:
1. having scruples 0 having or showing strict regard for what one considers right or principled;
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact.
To demonstrate our understanding of the word scrupulous, we invented a sentence:
Scrupulous Bob plays by the rules; he never skips class because he has OCD and would freak out.
1. having scruples 0 having or showing strict regard for what one considers right or principled;
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact.
To demonstrate our understanding of the word scrupulous, we invented a sentence:
Scrupulous Bob plays by the rules; he never skips class because he has OCD and would freak out.
Period 4 Word of the Week: iconoclastic
Period 4 selected an excellent word as this week's champion: iconoclastic. The word has two definitions:
1. attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity;
2. breaking or destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
The sentence we wrote to demonstrate our understanding is:
"John blew up* Hallmark to send an iconoclastic message against Valentine's Day."
* Period 4 in no way advocates violence in the name of iconoclasm.
1. attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity;
2. breaking or destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
The sentence we wrote to demonstrate our understanding is:
"John blew up* Hallmark to send an iconoclastic message against Valentine's Day."
* Period 4 in no way advocates violence in the name of iconoclasm.
2.18.2014
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