Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Week 5 Vocabulary Sentences

Contract :They gave me a contract at my old school for behavior. The contract was because I kept getting into trouble.
Labor :My dad works as a construction work but for laboring. People go into labor when they are pregnant.
Apply :I was applying for a job application. My teacher told me to apply myself to my work.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Week 5 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

Apply: Submit an application, put on, use
Contract: Agreement, deal, catch, get, shrink
Labor: Work, toil, employment, work hard, struggle

Apply for this job now.


This is a teen driving contract.                                         I chose this picture because they are doing labor.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Week 5 Vocabulary Definitions & Examples

Apply - You should apply for a part-time job so that you can earn spending money and a sense of responsibility.
Labor - My sister-in-law went into labor last night.
Contract - If you leave school for more than five days, you need to sign a work contract to complete missing work.

Contract : (N) an agreement enforceable by law, (V) to wrinkle: to contract the brows
Labor :(V) to perform labor; exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil,(N) the interval from the onset of these contractions to childbirth
Apply : to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Week 4 Vocabulary Sentences

Persuade: I had to persuade my mom to go to the store and buy me chips. My little brother told me to try to persuade my mom to let him come with me to the park.

Critique: I have a critique on my classes. I had to do a critique in class about a book.

Contrast: I had to do a compare and contrast essay for some book we read in class. I got an a on my compare and contrast essay.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Week 4 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

Contrast: difference, gap, differ
Critique: assessment, evaluation, review, assess
Persuade: influence, convince, sway
I hade to persuade my brother to play football.

I had to do a compare and contrast paper for a book we read in class.

I had to critique when I go to school tomarrow.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Week 4 Definitions and Examples

Contrast: My new school was a good contrast to my previous one.
Critique: The movie critique I read had such positive comments, I was convinced to go see the movie that night.
Persuade: It is my goal to persuade all my students to quit smoking since it is bad for their health.
Contrast:(v) to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast, (n) a striking exhibition of unlikeness

Critique:(n) a criticism or critical comment on some problem, subject, etc, (v) to review or analyze critically

Persuade: (n) to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Week 2 Vocabulary Sentences

Obtain: The cops had to obtain my dad yesterday. They obtained the dog down the street.
Vary: They told me that my options vary. Vary means that there are more choices.
Distribute: I had to distribute the stuff in my room so i dont get into trouble. My mom told me to distribute all the trash in the house.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Week 2 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

Obtain - get, attain

Vary - differ, contrast

Distribute - deal out, issue, dispense

 
I chose this picture because it says obtain on it.



I chose this picture because it has the word vary on it.

I chose this picture because it says distribute.