Travel Vocab Day one and two

Travel Vocabulary
Day 1
New Words:
rudimentary insurmountable disillusion mien incandescent

The Vocabulary Challenge
The new teacher glanced up and down the aisles. It was her third day and her students were facing insurmountable odds. They had been given the task impossible task of memorizing all the vocabulary words for the year… in one day!!! Memorization seemed like rudimentary work for a class of this caliber, so the students proposed another plan. They wouldn’t simply memorize words; they would learn how to use them in everyday sentences! The students quickly convinced the teacher that this activity would make their minds glow with incandescent light. The teacher smiled at the class with the mien of a proud mother. Although some students had been disillusioned by past vocabulary setbacks, the teacher was positive this class, with study, would grow leaps and bounds this year.

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. The _____________ bulb helped light up the dreary room.

2. Because my grasp of algebra is _____________, I cannot solve the problem.

3. After losing her ninety-eighth race, the runner felt _____________ with her dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete.

4. The climbers arrived at a wall of sheer ice and decided the pass was _____________.

5. The seasoned teacher wore a confident __________ as he glanced at the classroom of new students.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. Rudimentary ___ a. appearance or demeanor
7. Insurmountable ___ b. intensely bright, brilliant
8. Disillusionment ___ c. elementary, fundamental
9. Mien ___ d. disenchanted, to free from belief, idealism, etc.
10. Incandescent ___ e. incapable of being passed over or overcome

Today’s Homophone. Create two (2) sentences that use both homophones.

YOUR possessive pronoun: belong to “you”
Be sure to do your reading each night. Your turn will come after he is finished

YOU’RE contraction for “you are”
You’re the funniest kid I have ever met. I was wondering if you’re going to be at school tomorrow?



Travel Vocabulary
Day 2
New Words:
blanch stalwart opaque gastronomic bough

The Intrepid Traveler
How many times have you been traveling and encountered a serious gastronomic challenge? Mine came to be while hiking in the islands off of Panama. Two children were ahead of me on the trail picking, what looked like, succulent guava. I decided to take off my pack and help. I climbed up the bough and tossed the fruit to children below. As a thank you, they offered me one of the fruits. As I bit in I immediately blanched. The fruit was wiggling. I tried to keep a stalwart expression but it was of no use. As I realized I had bitten into a ball full of maggots I could feel my eyes closing, my body going limp, and an opaque darkness surrounding me.

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. The campfire scouts ______________ when they stumbled across the haunted restroom.

2. The cook wanted the patrons of the upscale restaurant to venture on a ________ journey with each bite.

3. The _________ knight looked the dragon in the eye unflinching.

4. The girl climbed up the highest____________ of the tree to see the sunset.

5. The thunderstorms above caused the sky to become ______________.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. ___ blanch a. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light
7. ___ stalwart b. a branch of a tree
8. ___ opaque c. to whiten by removing color
9. ___ gastronomic d. strong and brave; valiant; uncompromising
10. ___ bough e. the art or science of good eating

Today’s Homophone
ACCEPT- to receive
The grandmother accepted the key to the city after saving the kittens.
Accepting compliments are an important part of growing up

EXCEPT- other than
I like all the ice cream flavors except the pork surprise.
The vocabulary test was really easy except for the students who did not study.