January 3, 2018 Mr. Spivy
Bell-ringer:
Directions—write the sentences and then define the underlined words using
context clues and prior knowledge.
1. Even though we
had practiced for weeks, our presentation was a fiasco, not a success.
2. The fishmonger
sold us three grouper and nine trout for ten dollars.
3. Her
temperature fluctuated throughout the night—it was never consistent.
4. Because he is frugal,
my father buys all of his clothes at Goodwill and uses coupons.
5. The gamester
lost all of his money playing poker.
Spelling Activity
Directions: Write down the spelling word for each of the clues below. Make sure you spell each word correctly. Do this on your own sheet of paper.
1. This word, from Old French, is the
opposite of “tranquility.”
2. Adverb form of a word meaning “clandestine.”
3. Derived from a Medieval Latin word
meaning “to a point.”
4. This word is the combination of a
prefix that has negative force on the word and a word meaning capable of
speaking
5. Comes from a medieval Latin word
meaning “to look closely at”
6. Contains a suffix that transforms
verbs to nouns, means “tenant”
7. Means “to come to understand absent
any reasoning”
8. Root word is the Latin word for “worthy”
9. In falconry, it means “untamed;” in
all other instances, it means gaunt or wild
10.
A
Latin derived word meaning “to enslave”
11.
Derives
from the Greek word for “hidden”
12.
Antonym
of the word unusual
13.
Adverb
form of a word that is opposite of a word meaning “capable of producing the
desired effect”
14.
Word
that means to reduce to powder
15.
Antonym
of one of the other spelling words
