A Word a Week…
Spelling group work…
The challenges that you are set for spelling are to help you improve your vocabulary. You should be using the words you discover and learn during the week in your everyday writing in the classroom, and I expect to see some of them!!!
Using the WOTW you are to brainstorm at least five other synonyms for that word. You are to use five of those words in a paragraph that explains the meaning of each word.
e.g. If the word was “large” then this would be a good sentence…
The bus was so large that it managed to fit the whole classroom of 50 students in it.
This is an example of a bad sentence…
The bus was really large.
For your spelling words that you need to learn, you are to gather the words from other people in your group and add them to your own five words. If that does not make up 20 words, fill the remaining spaces with antonyms.
On the day of the spelling test I will also be asking each of you to use a random word off your list in a sentence and tell me the meaning of the word. If you can’t do that, you will write out that word 3×38, so study up!!!
18 Responses to “A Word a Week…”
March 16th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Words this week ~
1.) Placid
2.) Calm
3.) Undisturbed
4.) Peaceful
5.) Cool
6.) Mild
7.) Collected
8.) Composed
9.) Equable
10.) Halcyon
11.) Tranquil
12.) Imperturbable
13.) Serene
14.) Unfazed
15.) Mildness
16) Temperate
17.) Quiet
18.) Motionless
19.) Satistfied
20.) Sensible
March 17th, 2010 at 5:54 am
There are some really neat words in this lot girls (a lot of them like unfazed, serene and composed are words that describe a certain teacher quite well
I LOVE the word halcyon!!!
March 24th, 2010 at 6:48 am
1.) Tenacious
2.) Persistant
3.) Unyielding
4.) Pertinacious
5.) Immovable
6.) Obstinate
7.) Unswerving
8.) Inflexable
9.) Clinging
10.) Forceful
11.) Adamant
12.) Intransigent
13.) Obdurate
14.) Staunch
15.) Determined
16.) Changeable
17.) Irresolute
18.) Vacillating
19.) Wavering
20.) Yielding
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:10 am
1.) Benevolent
2.) Bounteous
3.) Charitable
4.) Philanthropic
5.) Humanitarian
6.) Tender-hearted
7.) Liberal
8.) Considerate
9.) Altruistic
10.) Munificent
11.) Compassionate
12.) Eleemosynary
13.) Affable
14.) Beneficent
15.) Benign
16.) Generous
17.) Helpful
18.) Malevolent
19.) Inhumanity
20.) Churlishness
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Eleemosynary???? I am going to be looking for some of these words in your writing everyone…
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 pm
1.) Malicious
2.) Malignant
3.) Pernicious
4.) Rancorous
5.) Malevolent
6.) Shrewish
7.) Mischievous
8.) Deleterious
9.) Detrimental
10.) Resentful
11.) Vicious
12.) ill-natured
13.) ill-disposed
14.) Spiteful
15.) Bitter
16.) Injurious
17.) Evil-minded
18.) Vengeful
19.) Malign
20.) Churlish
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:36 pm
1.) Amicable
2.) Peaceable
3.) Neighbourly
4.) Brotherly
5.) Courteous
6.) Harmonious
7.) Cordial
8.) Fraternal
9.) Polite
10.) Peaceful
11.) Sociable
12.) Amiable
13.) Good-humoured
14.) Delectable
15.) Fascinating
16.) Engaging
17.) Civil
18.) Pleasing
19.) Attractive
20.) Impolite
May 23rd, 2010 at 11:43 pm
1.) Vivacious
2.) High-spirited
3.) Light-hearted
4.) Merry
5.) Ebullient
6.) Effervescent
7.) Scintillating
8.) Bubbling
9.) Chirpy
10.) Sparky
11.) Frolicsome
12.) Upbeat
13.) Spirited
14.) Jolly
15.) Lively
16.) Bubbly
17.) Gregarious
18.) Solemn
19.) Active
20.) Exuberant
May 24th, 2010 at 12:38 am
1) Lethargic
Lazy
2) Languid
3) Slothful
4) Indifferent
5) Apathetic
6) Comatose
7) Debilatated
9) Sleepy
10) Toorpid
11) Listless
12) Inert
13) Enevated
14) Dull
15) Slow
16) Heavy
17) Inactive
18) Sluggish
19) Drowsy
20) Vigorous
May 28th, 2010 at 8:13 am
1.) Intrepid
2.) Audacious
3.) Bodacious
4.) Undaunted
5.) Unflinching
6.) Dauntless
7.) Courageous
8.) Fearless
9.) Brave
10.) Valient
11.) Stalwart
12.) Spunky
13.) Lionhearted
14.) Gutsy
15.) Heroic
16.) Plucky
17.) Valorous
18.) Irresolute
19.) Cautious
20.) Daunted
July 27th, 2010 at 9:08 am
1) Voracious
Uncontrolled
2) Rapacious
3) Prodiqious
4) Unquenchable
5) Insatiable
6) Edacious
7) Omnivorous
9) Gluttonous
10) Avid
11) Covetous
12) Starved
13) Starving
14) Empty
15) Gorging
16) Gross
17) Piggy
18) Grasping
19) Sating
20) Devouring
21) Ravenous
July 27th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Term 2 week 7
Inflexible
1) Obdurate
2) Adamant
3) Inexorable
4)Fixed
5) Hard-boiled
6) Skinned
7) Heartless
9) Uncompromising
10) Bullhead
11) Dogged
12) Unimpressible
13) Relentless
14) Unrelenting
15) Mulish
16) Iron
17) Tough
18) Unsympathetic
19) Unemotional
20) Callous
July 27th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Term 2 week 8
Inconsistent
1) Discordant
2) Confliching
3) Contradictory
4) Divergent
5) Incongruous
6) Different
7) Contrary
9) Incompatible
10) Clashing
11) Inharmonious
12) Antagonistic
13) Antipathetic
14) Harsh
15) Jarring
16) Unmixable
17) Jangling
18) Cacophonous
19) Dissonant
20) Strident
21) Grating
July 27th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Term2 week 9
Soothing
1) Mellifluous
2) Dulect
3) Euphonic
4) Resonant
5) Symphonious
6) Harmonic
7) Pleasing
9) Mellifluent
10) Mellow
11) Tuneful
12) Songful
13) Harmonious
14) Easy
15) Melodious
16) Similar
17) Fluid
18) Tuned
19) Honeyed
20) Agreeable
August 3rd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
1)Ferret
2)Rummage
3)Excavate
4)Ransack
5)Scour
6)Forage
7)Probe
8)Burrow
9)Delve
10)Clean
11)Hunt
12)Search
13)Root
14)Filch
15)Pilfer
16)Pillage
17)Purloin
18)Shovel
19)Unearth
20)Poke
21)Fine-tooth-comb
August 10th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Term 3
1)Alleviate
2)Befriend
3)Benefact
4)Subsidize
5)Promote
6)Assuage
7)Mollify
8)Encourage
9)Abate
10)Assist
11)Relieve
12)Reduce
13)Moderate
14)Lighten
15)Abet
16)Soothe
17)Compose
18)Sustain
19)Decrease
20)Pacify
21)Mitigate
August 16th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Great words going on these lists girls. I think they are particularly usable in your writing!
August 18th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
1) Insipid
Pointless
2) Spiritless
3) Ho-Hum
4) Unappetizing
5) Wishy-washy
6) Plain
7) Soft
9) Nothing
10) Bland
11) Prosy
12) Tedious
13) Wearisome
14) Anaemic
15) Innocuous
16) Jejune
17) Nebbish
18) Characterless
19) Tenuous
20) Vipid
21) Dead