10-31-07

ANALOGY/WORDQUIZ/WPM
ARMHOLES : SHIRT :: pages : _____
1. recycled
2. magazine-answer
3. written

reticent
Who is likely to be described as reticent?
1. a penny pincher
2. a bundle of nerves
3. a man of few words-answer

10-30-07

ANALOGY
GALAXY : HUGE :: _____ : brass
1. trumpet-answer
2. dull
3. steel

WORD QUIZ
overture
You would most likely find an overture
1. at a French bakery.
2. at the top of a tall building.-answer
3. at the beginning of an opera.

10-29-07

(What is an analogy?)
LOUISIANA : STATE :: barn : _____
1. horse
2. building-answer
3. farm
WORD QUIZ
fusty
If you visited friends who lived in a fusty house, you might decide to
1. wear your best clothes.
2. open a window.-answer
3. share your food.

10-26-07

ANALOGY/WORD QUIZ
RULER : MEASURING :: crayon : _____
1. wax
2. supplies
3. coloring-answer
WORD QUIZ
porcine
Which Looney Tunes animal is truly porcine?
1. Porky Pig-answer
2. Bugs Bunny
3. Tweety Bird

10-25-07

WARM -UP-ANALOGY/WORD/WPM
PURSUE : CHASE :: roomy : _____
1. chamber
2. spacious-answer
3. small

Word Quiz
What does it mean?
inert
Which could be described as inert?

1. a couch potato-answer
2. a jumping bean
3. an ant farm

10-24-07

What word completes the analogy?
WATCH : IGNORE :: gather : _____
1. combine
2. scatter-answer
3. rake

Word Quiz
ennui
Someone who is suffering from ennui feels
1. very itchy.
2. very achy.
3. very bored.-answer

10-23-07

WARM -UP-ANALOGY/WORD/WPM
BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____
1. dining
2. leafy
3. Popeye-answer
Word Quiz

spelunk
I thought it would be fun to spelunk with my Uncle Bo because
1. he makes great costumes.
2. I love to eat seafood.
3. caves fascinate me.

10-19-07

ADVANCE : RECEDE :: stiff : flexible
1. unyielding

2. flexible

3. bone

What Does It mean?
cacophony
Which would be the most likely to make a cacaphony?

1. libraians with newspapers

2. monkeys with cymbals-answer

3. chefs with sauces

10-15-07

MINK : SOFT :: mold : _______

1. fuzzy-answer

2. shape

3. illness

WORD QUIZ
raconteur
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur-

1. no one can beat her at tennis.

2. I could listen to her stories for hours.-answer

3. she plays tricks on anyone and everyone.

10-17-07

HAMSTER : RODENT :: stealing :_______

1. crime-answer

2. theif

3. giving

WORD QUIZ
vedant
Which song sounds like about something verdant?

1. The Green, Green Grass of Home-answer

2. Red Sky in the Mourning

3. Yellow Rose of Texas

10-19-07

OWL : HOWL ::_______ : whirs
1. noise
2. fan-answering
3. blowing

WORD QUIZ

incessant

Lola's serach for new flavors of ice cream was incessant.
1. she did the most of her research on the internet.
2. she really preferred the same old flavors.
3. her efforts never ended.-answer

10-11-07

IMAGINATIVE : CREATIVE :: stair : _______
1. feet
2. hallway
3. step-answer




WORD QUIZ

gossamer
Which looks lke a gossamer?
1. a spider's web-answer
2. a turtle's shell
3. a fish's scales

10-12-07

STITCHING : QUILT :: beak : _______
1. bill
2. mouth
3. songbird-answer

What does it mean?
meritocracy
Word Quiz
My swim camp uses a system of meritocracy to decide who will be lifeguard.
1. The oldest person is lifeguard.
2. The strongest swimmer the lifeguard.-answer
3. We draw straws to select the lifeguard.

10-16-07

LEMON : YELLOW ::sweatpants : ______
1. exercise
2. legs-answer
3. comfy
WORD QUIZ

augur

An ancient Roman might have gone to an augur to
1. have his portrait painted.
2. learn what his future held.-answer
3. buy and sell goods

10-1-07

SONGS:
1.SHAWTY IS A 10-DREAM, FABULOUS
2.SHAWTY-PLIES, PLEASURE, TREY SONGZ
3.DUFFLE BAG BOY-TRAP STARZ, LIL WAYNE
4.BED REMIX-J. HOLIDAY, CASSIE
5.KISS KISS-CHRIS BROWN, T-PAIN
6.4 PAGE LETTER-AALIYAH
7.25 REASONS-NIVEA
8.LOVE LIKE HONEY-PRETTY RICKY
9.I AIN'T ASHAMED-CHALIE BOY
10.MOUTHDROPPA-CHALIE BOY
MOVIES:
1.TRANSFORMERS
2.LION KING
3.BELOVED
4.MENICE II SOCIETY
5.THE WOOD
6.SOUL FOOD
7.BOYZ IN DA HOOD
8.JASON LYRIC
9.INTRODUCING DORTHEY DANDRIGE
10.THE WIZ