Spelling Words Challenge #12
Hello Readers,
These are my spelling words for the week of April 27-May 1, 2009.
question, creature, furniture, division, collision, action, direction, culture, vacation,mansion, fiction, feature, sculpture, vision, celebration, fascination, legislature, manufacture, possession, declaration
Spelling Words Challenge!
The Challenge is for you to use the spelling words in the order that they are in and make a paragraph out of them in the order that they are in. For an example, go to the blog dated February 17, 2009.
Post your answer as a comment on the blog.
These are my spelling words for the week of April 27-May 1, 2009.
question, creature, furniture, division, collision, action, direction, culture, vacation,mansion, fiction, feature, sculpture, vision, celebration, fascination, legislature, manufacture, possession, declaration
Spelling Words Challenge!
The Challenge is for you to use the spelling words in the order that they are in and make a paragraph out of them in the order that they are in. For an example, go to the blog dated February 17, 2009.
Post your answer as a comment on the blog.
Speaking of "lioness", I learned two more new words this week having to do with the big cats, or in Latin, _felidae panthera_.
ReplyDeleteOne definition of a "species" is whether two individuals can mate and produce offspring. As it turns out, lions and tigers can mate. (Mini taught me all of this, by the way.)
If the father is a lion and the mother a tiger, then their offspring is called a "liger".
On the other hand, if the father is a tiger and the mother is a lioness, then their offspring is called a "tigon".
So I have been asking Mini if she is a "lat" or a cynx". If she is a "lat", then this means that her father was a lynx and her mother a cat. On the other hand, if she is a "cynx", then her father must have been a cat and her mother a lynx.
She said that she did not know, but that as soon as I finished with the Census Bureau website, she would like to get on the computer to see if she could find out more about her ancestry, too....
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun, but indeed challenging, writing exercise. Here goes...
ReplyDeleteWe learned yesterday that one of our cousins is a dentist. He has the same last name as the editor of the website where we found his name. The family tree was not exactly designed by a graphic artist, but the hostess of the site had provided enough content so that you could see that the tree was a family tree.
We also found an actress and an Olympic swimmer among the group. The book seller was also a tutor to young children, back in the day when any amount of literacy meant having several jobs. Another of her jobs was that of local tourist guide. Literacy means having access to history, so she turned her knowledge of local history into a job as a tourist guide. Next on the list was an organist who kept a pet lioness at her side. –They love music by Bach, lionesses do!
“Shipper” is the nickname of the family chemist who, as an investor in periodic tables that also served as placemats, did a brisk business in shipping this product to schools. He also sold other types of science toys and equipment, among them a surprising conductor of electricity—a piece of carpet. He added the metal doorknob, for free.
As we prepare for the family reunion, I would simply like to find an announcer who could remember all of the family members’ interests and idiosyncrasies. The pharmacist who has a pet pheasant, the journalist whose hobby is juggling, the commuter who never takes a car, and the pianist who likes pecans all need someone who can explain their quirky likes and dislikes to everyone.
by Mama Sharon
P.S. I think that I want to change "pet pheasant" in my spelling challenge to "pleasant pheasant"... Really! The pheasant really is pleasant. She's an incredible conversationalist!
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