November 8, 2010

Bell-Ringer: Paragraph Packet  -- Complete pages 4, 5, 6, and 7.  Notice that pages 6 and 7 go together.  Page 7 is the sentence bank mentioned in the directions on page 6.  Perfect Paragraph Packet.pdf


Reading Minutes:
A1 -- none
A2 -- none
A3 -- The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
A4 -- none

Spelling: 
A3 receives copies of -able, -ible assignment.
All students: Study your spelling a little every day.
    If you are absent, or lose your handout, see this blog for the spelling assignment.  For this week you can find it here: -able/-ible for spelling test

Legibility/correct formation of letters counts! Capitalize only letters that should be capitalized. 

audible -- as in audio, auditorium,  audition
visible -- as in vision, video

Extra credit:  According to word parts, what does portable mean?  Look it up.
You could try  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/portable 
See the entry from the World English Dictionary.

More of the History of Our Language.

Can you tell why we use the words "pig" and "pork" as we do?

History of the English Language PowerPoint 

Cloze Notes for History of the English Language PowerPoint

And the Spanish Language, too! 

Reminders:
If you don't have the packet, you need to get one, and catch up on pages 1, 2, and 3.
Perfect Paragraph Packet.pdf

Extra Credit: What does semordnilap  mean?  See the nswer below.  Be the first to tell me for 5 points extra credit.

Brian P. Cleary

Semordnilap is a word or phrase that spells a different word or phrase backwards, as in this pair: Dennis –> sinned. "Semordnilap" is a 20th Century coined word which is "palindromes" spelled backwards. Among the longest single-word English examples: stressed –> desserts.