A Day to Remember Forever!

The day that I graduated college was one of the happiest times of my life.  I felt a sense of accomplishment.  After going to SUNY Cortland for 3 years, I earned a degree in Education, to teach children who were the ages of birth through 6th grade.  All of the hours that I spent studying to tests, or working hard on projects, paid off.  All of my effort and time has finally gone to something important to me.  I knew that from this point in my life and forward, I could never take away my degree that I had just earned.  Sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the President of the College to call my name, to hand me my degree, I felt nervous yet excited.  The moment my name was called and I walked on stage to accept a piece of paper that would define the rest of my life, I was proud.  I was proud that I have made it this far and have not given up.  I was proud that I could now make something of myself and can only go further from that moment.  If I wish anything on anyone in the world, it is to work so hard for something that you really want, and then experience that feeling of actually accomplishing that goal.  It has to be the best feeling in the world.

Vocabulary:

1. Graduated: ( verb ) -- complete a course of training
2. Accomplishment: ( noun ) -- success of completing a task
3. Earned: ( verb ) -- to get something through work
4. Degree: ( noun ) -- earned through studying a subject
5. Auditorium: ( noun ) -- a theater or concert hall
6. Define: ( verb ) -- the meaning of words or sentences

Vocabulary Exercise:

Directions: Create a sentence for each one of the vocabulary words. Don't forget to use the vocabulary word in the sentence and place a period at the end of the sentence.

1. (Graduated) - ______________________________________________________

2. (Accomplishment) - _____________________________________________________

3. (Earned) - _______________________________________________________________

4. (Degree) - ________________________________________________________________

5. (Auditorium) - ________________________________________________________

6. (Define) - _____________________________________________________________



Grammar Point:

Step 1: In the above paragraph, there are many nouns and verbs.  The vocabulary words contain just nouns and verbs.  Please list 2 more nouns and 2 more verbs from the above paragraph that we could add to the vocabulary list.

Noun                                                                           Verb

1. ____________________                                      1. ________________________

2. ____________________                                      2. ________________________


Step 2:  Create your own paragraph about something you have accomplished in your life and include your nouns and verbs.  Also include at least 4 vocabulary words within your paragraph.  Good Luck!

Rainy Day Blues

When the rain falls down, and makes puddles on the ground, it makes me want to stay inside all day and cuddle up with my blanket.  Rain in the fall season makes the air cold and chilly.  Today was cold outside and very rainy.  For lunch, I had chicken noodle soup because I wanted something that was warm, to bring heat to my body.  The sun was not out and it looked dark all day.  Although, I understand that the earth needs rain in order to keep growing, but it makes the outside look so dreary. I shut the lights off in my classroom today, and the classroom was so dark that I couldn't see much of anything.  I dream of days of sunshine and warm air.  The weather that I favor is months away, so I guess I'll have to start to wait and eat lots of chicken noodle soup!

Vocabulary:

1. Puddles: ( noun ) -- a small pool of water

2. Cuddle: ( verb ) -- to hold fondly in arms

3. Season: ( noun ) -- changes in the year that affect the weather

4. Heat: ( noun ) -- a rise in temperature

5. Dreary: (adjective ) -- boring or dull 

6. Favor: ( verb ) -- to have a liking for 

Vocabulary Exercise:

Step 1 - Directions:  Look at the pictures shown.  Pick a vocabulary word ( from the word bank ) that matches up with the picture and state whether it is a noun, adjective or verb. 

              Work Bank: 

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1. cuddle                  2. puddle

3. heat                      4. season

___________________________

_______________________ 

_______________________

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Step 2 - Directions : Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word from the word bank.

              Work Bank:

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1. Favor              2. Dreary

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1. When the rain is falling down, and the sky looks gray, it is a ____________ kind of day.

2. I ______________ blueberries over strawberries. 

Grammar Point:

Now that you know how I feel on a rainy cold day.  I want to know how you feel on a day like today. Write 3 - 5 sentences explaining how you have felt on a rainy cold day. You may like these types of days or you may not like these types of days.  Please use at least 3 adjectives, 2 nouns, and 1 verb in your paragraph.  At the end of your writing, draw a picture of you on a rainy day and express how it made you feel in your picture.