Word of the Day, 11/30

64. deluge (n) - a great flood, generally of water

THANKSGIVING EXTRA CREDIT!

This Thanksgiving, we're giving thanks for Prepositions and Conjunctions, because they do difficult work that no one else wants to do!  So in order to celebrate their hard work, you have an extra credit opportunity!  

Click on the link below to take the Preposition and Conjunction Review.  You may take this review as many times as you like, but you must score a 90% or above in order to earn the extra credit points.  Once you score a 90% or above, you will earn FIVE extra credit points!  Yay!  

To qualify for the extra credit, this review must be completed by 8a on MONDAY, November 30th.

HAVE FUN!  EAT TONS OF TURKEY!

Preposition and Conjunction Review  

Word of the Day, 11/25

63. penurious (adj) - extremely stingy, not wanting to spend money

Word of the Day, 11/24

62. ominous (adj) - menacing or threatening

Word of the Day, 11/23

61. ferhoodle (v) - to confuse or mess up

Word of the Day, 11/20

60. extol (v) - to praise highly

Word of the Day, 11/19

59. propitious (adj) - favorable

Word of the Day, 11/18

58. pique (v) - to irritate

Word of the Day, 11/17

57. dulcet (adj) - pleasing to the ear

Conjunction Junction

Conjunction junction, what's your function?

Word of the Day, 11/16

56. abscond (v) - to run away in secret

Word of the Day, 11/13

55. autonomy (n) - self-government 

Word of the Day, 11/12

54. reproach (v) - to blame

Word of the Day, 11/11

53. extricate (v) - to free

Word of the Day, 11/10

52. feasible (adj) - capable of being accomplished, possible

Word of the Day, 11/9

51. somnolent (adj) - drowsy, sleepy

Word of the Day, 11/6

50. succinct (adj) - brief and clearly expressed

Word of the Day, 11/5

49. scrutinize (v) - to examine closely

Word of the Day, 11/4

48. dolt (n) - a stupid person

EXTRA CREDIT!

Another day off from school means another extra credit opportunity!

Click on the link below to complete the Adverb Review.  You can take this review as many times as you want, but you must score a 90% or above in order for it to count as extra credit.  If you want the FIVE extra credit points on your Adverb Assessment, you must complete this by 8a on WEDNESDAY, November 4th.

HAVE FUN!

Adverb Review

Word of the Day, 11/2

47. admonish (v) - to warn

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!

Ok, here's ANOTHER extra credit opportunity.

For TWO points extra credit each, you can submit words to be used for our "Word of the Day."  There are a couple of requirements:

1.  It has to be a good word.  What determines whether it's good or not?  Me.  (HINT:  You know me.  I tend to go for the weird and/or funny.)
2.  You must have the part of speech and the definition for your word.
3.  Use your word correctly in a sentence.

Once again, you can either post your words here in a comment on the blog, or you can turn them in to me in class.  

I'm capping this extra credit opportunity at 10 words (so a maximum of 20 points of extra credit).  You can complete as many or as few as you like.  However, ALL of the words must be turned in by November 30th.  I will not accept ANY new words after that point (until I maybe do this again sometime during 2nd semester...but no guarantees!).  

Have fun!