5.31-Bell-ringer, Etymology Activitiy

Bell-ringer: Follow the directions below.

1.       Write three things that you learned this school year (in or outside of school)

2.       Write three positive things from this school year.

3.       Write three things that you want to change for next school year.

Etymology Activity
Write down the spelling word that is being described by each clue.

1.       A proposed scheme or plan

2.       From the Latin word meaning to corrupt

3.       A bivalve mollusk

4.       A cognate of the High German word meaning to glow

5.       From the Greek word meaning fullness

6.       Synonym of “defectively”

7.       “Before militants surrounded the Syrian city, it had been a place of _______ and free speech.”

8.       When used as a noun, this word can mean a sharply pitched mountain face.

9.       Ancient Sparta, like many Greek cities, had one of these.

10.   Green Bank in West Virginia

11.   “Dampen” and “expand” are antonyms of this word

12.   Synonym of “proclivity”

13.   From the Latin word meaning negligent or superficial

14.   From the Cuculidae family

15.   A formal demand