Showing posts with label Word of the Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Word of the Day. Show all posts

10 February 2011

Word of the Day - "gloomy"

Gloomy
It is an adjective, so it describes something.

Here are our cool sentences:

Joshua felt gloomy after the evil wasp stung him on his ear.
 - Joshua

Gigi bit a huge hole in my swimming ball which made me feel gloomy.
- Brendon

The seagull was feeling gloomy because it landed on a fishing hook on the rocks.
- Bronlee / Shianne

The milk taker was feeling gloomy after its two front tyres popped from the sharp rocks on the roadworks.
- Jacob / Lilashqui

Kura Kids never feel gloomy because they are good citizens.
- Devonte / Conor

09 February 2011

Word of the Day - "swoop"

Swoop
Our word of the day came from our shared book, Flat Stanley.
It is a verb, which means it is a doing or action word.
Here are some of the sentences we came up with using it:

The bird swooped through the air.
- Joshua / Jacob

The aeroplane swooped like a bird.
- Ben / Chloe G

The eagle swooped speedily down to snap up the squid.
- Ben / Chloe G

The magpies swoop down trying to attack us.
- Conor / Rion

The flying dinosaurs flew up in to the air then they swooped back down.
- Sean / Brendon.

The hawk swooped down to pick up the baby bird from the road.
- Bronlee / Shianne