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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Excel


What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
ARM : SLEEVE :: _____ : lunchbox

(1.) lunch
2. metal
3. school
What does it mean?
miscreant
Who in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" could be called a miscreant?

(1.) Snow White
2. the evil queen
3. The Magic Mirror

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Analogy/Vocab

What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
BREAD : SANDWICH :: hoof : _____
1. foot
2. hard
(3.) horse
What does it mean?
designate
One way to designate someone in a game would be to
1. cheat.
2. outsmart them.
(3.) say "You're It!"

Analogy/Vocab

What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
BREAD : SANDWICH :: hoof : _____
1. foot
2. hard
(3.) horse
What does it mean?
designate
One way to designate someone in a game would be to
1. cheat.
2. outsmart them.
(3.) say "You're It!"

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Warm-Up: ANALOGY/VOCAB

(What is an analogy?)
GLOSS : SHEEN :: _____ : stagger
lurch
(suave)
hurry

WORD QUIZ
circumspect
When I was raking in the yard, my little brother behaved in a circumspect way.
1. He jumped in every pile of leaves I raked.
(2.) He sang songs to keep me entertained.
3. He watched me from behind a tree.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Warm-Up: ANALOGY/VOCAB

What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____
1. solid
(2.) loose
3. ground

WORD QUIZ
anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."

1. "I got two standing ovations and a bouquet of roses."
(2.) "Only three people showed up to watch."
3. "My mom videotaped the whole thing."

Friday, November 2, 2007

Vocab/Analogy

(What is an analogy?)
BURP : BELCH :: loyal : _____
1. faithful
(2.) friend
3. betrayal

WORD QUIZ
draconian
Which might you see at a school with draconian rules?
1. kids voting on how the school should be run
(2.) kids acting well-behaved but fearful
3. kids dancing barefoot in the halls

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Analogy/Vocab

TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____
1. solid
(2.) loose
3. ground

WORD QUIZ
anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."

1. "I got two standing ovations and a bouquet of roses."
(2.) "Only three people showed up to watch."
3. "My mom videotaped the whole thing."