Word of the DayWeek Two and Three

Vocabulary for the short story, The Stone by Lloyd Alexander

delved

• Verb

• (1) Dug• None of his tools delved as well as they had done.

• (2) Searched• The scientist delved for the answer to the mysterious

UFO sighting.

Which definition goes with each example?

• He took his shovel and delved in the soil.

• The girl delved into the math book for the right answer.

• The pirate delved for the treasure map lost on the ship.

• Once he found location of the treasure, he delved into the sand.

gaped• Verb

• To stare with the mouth open, as in wonder or surprise

• Mario gaped as the homerun baseball was caught by his little sister.

List three things that would cause you to gape. Why?

plight

• Noun

• A bad situation

• The diver found himself in a plight when a group of sharks began approaching him.

plight• What are some other situations that could Be considered a “plight”?

List as many as you can in thirty seconds….

obliged• Verb

• Forced; obligated; required

• As a teacher I am obliged to inform students that there are other uses and meanings for the word obliged.

• Do you know any other meanings?

Use Your Words

• Use our four words in a sentence or two.

• Delved• Gaped• Plight• Obliged

jubilation

• Noun

• Rejoicing; great joy

• Mrs. Schertzer was filled with jubilation when all of her students got A’s on the test.

Make a T-chart in you notebooks and list at least 3 synonyms and 3 antonyms for the work jubilation

SYNONYMS ANTONYMS

rue

• Verb

• To feel sorrow or regret for

• “Dorothy will rue the day she ever messed with me,” screeched the wicked witch.

Write on….

•Write about a time when you felt regret or sorrow for something….

mired

• Verb

• Sink or stuck, as if in mud

• The wagon wheel was mired in the ruts on the muddy road.

Which items could cause you to get mired?

• Soap Bubbles

• Quick sand

• Mud

• Cheese pizza

• Bubble gum

• Deep snow

fallow

• Adjective

• Left unplanted

• The fallow field was dusty and overgrown with weeds.

Describe what land would look like if it was not fallow.

Find a way to relate all of words from this week…

• Write a few sentences using all of our words from this week. Make sure they are all connected and make sense together.

• Jubilation• Rue• Mired• Fallow