This week, period 4 selected mulatto as its word of the week. Many students knew the meaning already, but we looked up the word to make sure we had a clear definition. Mulatto means "the offspring of one white parent and one black parent." It was a term used during and after slavery to describe the skin tone of people of African descent and to segregate people into groups.
Our class came up with a sentence illustrating the definition of mulatto: In A Lesson Before Dying, Grant's girlfriend, Vivian, is a mulatto; she has one black parent and one white parent."
9.13.2013
Periods 3, 6, & 8 Word of the Week: bumbershoot
This week, periods 3, 6, and 8 selected bumbershoot as their word of the week. When we looked up the word, we found that it is another name for an umbrella. We theorized that perhaps it is a slang word from another country, perhaps England, since none of us had heard the word before outside of movies set in Britain.
Each class wrote a sentence using the word bumbershoot:
1. Yes, it was a fine day for a bumbershoot because it was raining cats and dogs.
2. I didn't have my bumbershoot today, so I got wet.
3. My mum told me to bring a bumbershoot because it was raining.
Each class wrote a sentence using the word bumbershoot:
1. Yes, it was a fine day for a bumbershoot because it was raining cats and dogs.
2. I didn't have my bumbershoot today, so I got wet.
3. My mum told me to bring a bumbershoot because it was raining.
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9.06.2013
Periods 3, 4, & 6 Word of the Week: hemopneumothorax
On September 6, Periods 3, 4, and 6 selected hemopneumothorax as their word of the week. When we looked up hemopneumothorax, we discovered that it means, "the accumulation of air and blood in the pleural cavity."
We decided that we also needed to look up the definition of the "pleural cavity" to make sure we understood our word of the week correctly. The pleural cavity is the chest cavity containing the lungs.
Once we understood hemopneumothorax, we made up the following sentences to illustrate our understanding:
1. My dad had a bad cough; he was diagnosed with hemopneumothorax.
2. My grandfather had difficulty breathing; he suffered from hemopneumothorax.
3. The patient appears to suffer from hemopneumothorax; he has blood running from his nose and he is struggling to breathe.
We decided that we also needed to look up the definition of the "pleural cavity" to make sure we understood our word of the week correctly. The pleural cavity is the chest cavity containing the lungs.
Once we understood hemopneumothorax, we made up the following sentences to illustrate our understanding:
1. My dad had a bad cough; he was diagnosed with hemopneumothorax.
2. My grandfather had difficulty breathing; he suffered from hemopneumothorax.
3. The patient appears to suffer from hemopneumothorax; he has blood running from his nose and he is struggling to breathe.
Period 8 Word of the Week: Cajun
On September 6, period 8 chose Cajun as our word of the week.
We used Wikipedia to find our definition of Cajun because it is a word that is commonly understood, and the dictionary might not have as much information as an encyclopedic website.
We discovered that Cajuns are "an ethnic group living mainly in Louisiana, descended from French and African immigrants to the U.S."
We then wrote a sentence about Cajuns:
The Cajuns are most dominant in Louisiana.
We used Wikipedia to find our definition of Cajun because it is a word that is commonly understood, and the dictionary might not have as much information as an encyclopedic website.
We discovered that Cajuns are "an ethnic group living mainly in Louisiana, descended from French and African immigrants to the U.S."
We then wrote a sentence about Cajuns:
The Cajuns are most dominant in Louisiana.
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