The Power and Art of

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The Power and Art of..
WORDS!!!!
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• Be thinking about these two essential questions
• How would your life be different if words didnt
  exist?
• How would your life be different if there were
  not a variety of words?

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• The English language boasts 995,112 words, with
  approximately 25,000 words added each year.
• Thats more than most other languages spoken and
  written in the world today.

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• But, with so many to choose from, which is the
  perfect one?

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• Some words are more appealing to our senses
• radiant aquamarine- blaring- rustling
• savory- immense- verdant- lush- wrinkled

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• and some are appealing to our sense of humor.
• proboscis persnickety - balderdash

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• Some of these words are found in Debra Frasiers
  book Miss Alaineous, the story of a lazy (or
  lackadaisical) student who invents (or concocts)
  definitions for her homework assignment, with
  some very funny (or uproarious) results.

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• Which words appeal to you?
• Which words are fun to say?
• Which words help you say EXACTLY what you
  mean?

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• And what do they look like to YOU?

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• Think about
• ABUNDANT
• an adjective meaning
• numerous, plenty, lots and lots

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• Does it look like this in your mental image?

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• Or this?

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• What about
• JUBILANT
• an adjective meaning
• excited, thrilled, happy, delighted

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• Does it look like this?

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• Or this?

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• Over the next week, be thinking about a special
  word that you would like to own.
• If one doesnt come to mind, here are some
  places to get additional ideas
• www.funbrain.com infoplease word of the day
  link
• http//blackdog4kids.com

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• You might also get some ideas by visiting these
  pages
• msa_parade.pdf
• sblodglu22.doc

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• Select your word and submit it to your teacher
  for approval.
• Once you have the title to your word- youll
  be ready to take it for a test drive!

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• Create a costume of some kind that represents
  the meaning of the word you have chosen.
• Costumes may be hats
• sandwich boards
• T-shirts

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• Costumes must be
• made by students
• made at home
• clearly display your word
• clearly creatively represent
• your words meaning
• be in school May 14 th

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• Summit will be holding its own Vocabulary Parade
  on the same evening as our Success Celebration.
• Get ready to show the
• POWER ART
• of your word!

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• Good words good luck to you!