Now, let's get to the task at hand---Vocabulary. There are many interesting vocabulary words that you will encounter as we read The Giver. You have already worked with a few. I am going to post some pictures that may help you define some of the new words on our list. This will be a challenge to get just the right picture to show the meaning, since I don't have the capability of sketching exactly what I want. Let's give it a try.
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Anguish or Conspicuous
Meticulous or Transgression
Buoyancy or Crescendo
Interdependent or IndependentEasy, right? Let me know what you think of the exercise. Please create a post using some of the words in context too. I'd be interested in seeing how they fit together in a paragraph. Feel free to find some pictures on the Internet for the words that were not represented in illustration above. Print and bring in for extra points. Have fun with words.
Excruciating- Having a lot of
ReplyDelete- The boy was in excruciating pain after twisting his ankle the wrong way while running to first base.
buoyancy- being aqble to float
- The rafts buoyancy was what kept me afloat when I drifted to far into the ocoan.
After the revolutionary war, the united states became its own independent country
ReplyDeleteMy friend Susan told me a stroy the other day. She was filled with anguish due to the excruciating pain in her leg. She couln't move it, so her parents took her to the emergency room and they found that it was broken.
ReplyDeleteNow that she was injured she was interdependent on her parents, siblings, and friends. She needed people to carry her books around school and to open doors for her.One day, she said she was tired of not being able to do simple things herself. She was so irritated by this and on top of that, her leg was bothering her more than normal that day. So, in math, she yelled out during class. As a result, for her transgression, she was called down to the office and was given a lunch detention.
She went home and informed her mom about the incident. They talked for a while and then her mom allowed her to take off her leg brace and lounge in the pool. Without it, she was as buoyant as a swan and found comfort in the "therapy" her mother prescribed.
Sally is a very independent person. She has so much anguish about the stuff she did that day. Her friend told her a secret about some girl and she went and told that girl, she wrote a note during history and the tea her caught her and he read it aloud and it said that she likes jimmy, she told a kid named mike that her sister liked him. She was very mad at herself all day and just wanted to hide from the nothingness we call the world, as she would say. She was a very demanding and quiet person all around. She was dealing with an excruciating pain of knowing that she told all these people secrets when she promised her friends and sister that she would never tell. She knew everything she had done was very meticulous and very rude. She was a very untrustworthy person to now the thing she called her family, her friends and sister. She apologized to them and they all forgave her and told her if you ever do that again, we'll never trust you again. Hey Mrs.P! I'll see you tomorrow! :)
ReplyDelete~Courtney M.
Thank you Blayne and Jenna for starting us off.
ReplyDelete@ Devony...Your narrative sounds great. You used the words correctly and they really helped with the flow of your paragraph.
@ Courtney M....Good job too, Courtney. I am not sure if you used meticulous correctly. I can not tell from the context. :)
Mrs. Prisbell
Thanks! Okay. I just tried to use another word just so I use a good amount. :)
ReplyDelete~Courtney M.
Ha! You make me laugh, Courtney M. :)
ReplyDeleteThe soccer ball rushed forward and hit me in the leg. Excruciating pain shot through me,my shin guards did not help block this kick. Anguish filled me, though my face was cool and calm. A player on the opposite team cam at me with transgression, elbowing me and stepping on my feet with her cleats. I was an independent person and decided that I would not let this other girl push me around. If she plays dirty, so will I. The crescendo of my force eventually overpowered the girl, and I caught the ball and scored a goal for my team.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this right after practice. Can't get soccer out of my head.
~Emma
Ooo thnx Mrs.P! :)
ReplyDelete~Courtney M.
Nice Emma. Let's talk about your use of transgression.
ReplyDeleteCourtney :)
Mrs P
As I walked into the house to visit my best friend Mandie and her family, a sense of anguish filled me. Her grandmother had just passed away and my mom sent me over with some food as a thoughtful offering. I felt truly bad about their loved one's death, especially since I knew Mandie was close with her. Just recently Mandie's grandma had been suffering from a severe heart condition that caused her to be rather interdependent, having to be cared for at all times. Taking a turn for the worst, it had caused her excruciating pain in which made her very self reliant on others to help her day after day. A while ago I can vaguely recall a time when I visited Mandie's grandmother in her healthier days, very exuberant and upbeat, always carrying a smile on her face. The feeling of deep sadness seem to crescendo in the room as I sat and comforted my friend through past memories, never to be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Erika. Nice job. A few things to think about... Can crescendo be used as a verb?
ReplyDeleteDoes self- reliant on others contradict itself?
Let me know what you think.
Mrs P
The exuberant bird finally knew how to fly. He soared this way and that, barely conspicuous through the trees. He was now independent and able to decide things for himself. His little-bird-mind tried to wrap around such a complicated topic. Alone? All by himself? Well, until he found a mate, that is. As the bright plumed bird flew through the jungle, he felt at buoyant as a water lily floating in a pond. Weightlessly suspended in air, he floated in the sky for a while longer before he peaked and zoomed high above the trees, only to crescendo on a tree branch. He meticulously preened his feathers before deciding to try the exhilarating experience once more.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jazmine. You are a very creative writer. Let's look up crescendo to see its uses.
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Anguish was flowing through my veins as my music teacher instructed us to pull out the song Critical Mass; as song with as many crescendos as letters in the alphabet. I had just gotten my braces on and playing the saxophone was an excruciating task. I stopped playing, for the pain was just to intense. I was then repremanded for my transgression, and in turn was given a 0 for the day.
ReplyDeleteThe next day, my teeth felt as though someone was drilling into them. My peers came up with a plan to play louder and have me slide my fingers about the keys so give the impression that I was, in reality, playing the saxophone. I was very interdependent that day, and was thankful that my fellow band mates were so generous to me.
Thanks Morgan R. Good job on vocabulary usage.
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ReplyDeleteExuberant probably means lots of and Excruciating means humongous
ReplyDeleteMeticulous- Finicky; Fussy.
ReplyDeleteThe builder builds houses in a meticulous manor and because of this he has a great reputation.
Exuberant- Lavishly enthusiastic; abundant; vigorous.
I will return to my normal life style with exuberance.
Conspicuous- Easily seen or noticed. Obvious.
It was conspicuous that my dog ate my sandwich when I wasn't looking because I soon observed him licking his mouth.
By the way, thank you for the card my class made me, thanks for thinking of me :)
You are very close, Calvin. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteHello and welcome back to the blog, Courtney W. I hope you are feelilng better soon. We miss you. You are welcome for the card and good job on the vocabulary too.
Mrs. P
Mrs. Prisbell, you said we can do our interview on the author of a biogrphy book right?
ReplyDeleteYes, Cait , you can be the author or the famous person.
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