Word Wizard Examples

1.  Serenade page 3 paragraph 1  (word, page and paragraph number)

2.  His plaintive serenade was followed by a long silence. (What sentence the word appears in)

3.  I think the word  is a noun(what part of speech).  I think the word means to sing to something or someone.

4.  To sing in honor or love for someone.  (real dictionary definition in your own words)

5.  Maggie listens to the wood pewee sing his song and since she was the only one who heard it she thought of it as a serenade to her.  (How the word adds meaning to the story, why the author used it)

6. (Card)  Word, page and paragraph number on one side, and on the other side the word again, a picture and the dictionary definition of the word.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1.  Chaos pg.12 par. 1

2.  Chaos had reigned.

3. a. noun
    b. It means that a lot of different things were going wrong at once.

4.  A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.

5.  This word is useful becuawe the reader can now understand how Mitch effects people that he is around.

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1.  pungent pg. 9 par. 1

2.  When the bats went to sleep, Maggie sat on the windowsill to breathe in the pungent scent given off by the balsam fir tree that grew beside the lab.

3a. adjective
  b. I think it means a strong smell.

4.  To smell or taste something with a strong bitter scent.

5.  This word allows the reader to understand how strong the scent was.

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1.  paraphernalia p. 10 line 1

2.  They were crowded with books, computers, journals, bottles of biological specimens, microscopes, and all of the paraphernalia field scientists would need.

3a. noun
  b. I think it is the same as equipment or materials.

4. The articles used in a particular activity; equipment

5.  This introduces a new word for an old concept.  Scientists need equipment/paraphernalia.

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1.  lustrous pg. 9 par. 1

2.  The tree was about as high as the roof and lustrous with dark green needles.

3a. adjective
  b. I think it means rich with color, or full in appearance.

4. Gleaming with or as if with brilliant light; radiant

5.  This extends the reader's knowledge of the tree.  They can now see more of it through the use of adjectives.

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