Smart Poem 1

This week you have written sentences about 5 words and then you added pictures to illustrate those sentences.  Now let's do something a little more artistic and intellectual.  Write a poem using 1 of this week's Smart Words.  The word you use is your choice.

INSTRUCTIONS: Open a new tab, log in to Blogger, and click New Post.  Title the post Smart Poem 1.  Write any kind of poem (I wrote an Acrostic poem) using one of the 5 Smart Words for the week.  If you don't know what to write, a good one to try is a Cinquain.  You may write any kind of poem, not necessarily rhyming, as long as it contains 1 Smart Word.  When you are finished, click Publish Post, and you're done!

Ms. Davis's Answer:

C andy was sweet, just like her name.
O ften she would start a fight and then fan the flame.
R icky couldn't see past the sparkle in her eyes.
R icky would do anything for she who he idolized.
O ne day Candy got upset
S he needed someone to call her pet
I didn't see it, but everyone says
V itriol spit through her throat
E ating away at his heart, that was all she wrote.

Smart Pictures 1

In your last blog, you wrote 5 sentences using the TAKS Words of the Day for this week (if you have not completed your last blog, you must do that first).  Today, let's insert pictures to illustrate your 5 sentences.

INSTRUCTIONS: Open a new tab, login to Blogger, and click Edit Post.  Then click Edit Post to edit your last blog Smart Words 1.  Use Google to search for 5 pictures to go with your sentences.  Click on the Insert Image button on the Blogger toolbar and post the pictures under each sentence.  Then click Publish Post, and you're finished.

Ms. Davis's Answer:

1. The rain yesterday was crazy; it was a continuous downpour for 3 hours.

2. The prosecutor's evidence contradicted the evidence given by the defense.

3. If every person in this class contributes $3, we will have enough to buy Christmas gifts for an entire family.

4. My contribution will be $20 since I am a teacher and I can afford to give more.

5. Battery acid is so corrosive it will eat through your jeans in 30 seconds if you spill it on you.

Smart Words 1

Okay Explorers, now that we've all had some time to settle into this class, our blogs will start to focus on TAKS vocabulary words.  These are words frequently used on the TAKS test, so it's important to know them.  Plus knowing them will make you sound even smarter.  :) 

We have 5 TAKS WODs (Words of the Day) each week, and they are posted on the green wall to the left of the clock. We will begin each class by learning their meanings and pronunciations, and then we'll practice using them.

This week's 5 TAKS WODs are CONTINUOUS, CONTRADICT, CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTION, and CORROSIVE. 

Each TAKS WOD will be posted on the class website (go to TAKS WODs on the right side under Labels) along with the definition and a sentence using the word, but if you want a more detailed definition, you can go to Dictionary.com to look up the word.  A complete list of TAKS WODs can be found in the TAKS WOD binder on Ms. Davis's desk.

Another good way to figure out what words mean is to use a Thesaurus.  A Thesaurus gives you a list of words that mean the same or nearly the same as your word.  You can use Thesaurus.com.

Not sure how to say a word?  Go How J Say to find out.

INSTRUCTIONS: Open a new tab, login to Blogger, and click New Post.  Title the post Smart Words.  Type one sentence using each of this week's TAKS WODs.  Number the sentences 1 - 5 and Underline the TAKS WOD in each sentence.  You may not use the same sentence given in the example.  You must write an entirely new sentence.

Ms. Davis's Answers are on the wall under TAKS WOD.

Corrosive

Eating away at something; eroding/errosive

Batter acid is so corrosive it will eat through your jeans in 30 seconds if you spill it on you.

Contribute

To give; to donate

If every person in the class contributes $3.00, we will have enough to buy Christmas gifts for an entire family.

Contribution

The act of giving; what is contributed

My contribution will be $20.00 since I am a teacher and I can afford to give more.

Contradict

To go against

The prosecutor's evidence contradicted the evidence given by the defense.