Period 7 Word of the Week: lugubrious

This week, period 7 selected lugubrious as our word of the week.  Lugubrious means "looking or sounding sad and dismal."  Our sentence to demonstrate our understanding of the word was:


Jennifer was lugubrious when she saw her boyfriend kissing another girl on Valentine's Day.

Periods 1 & 8 Word of the Week: luxate

On Friday, February 13, periods 1 and 8 selected luxate as our word of the week. To luxate is to dislocate something or put it out of place, like dislocating your shoulder or your hip.  Here are the sentences we made to demonstrate our understanding of the word:

1. During the football game, Raspusia tackled Bob, luxating his shoulder.

2. Eric luxated his shoulder when trying to do a triple axel on the ice rink.