1. Become a Word Warrior! Set 1

2.  Here comes Set #2 of your Word Warriors vocabulary words! Remember, if you work hard you can win awards and prizes at the end of camp!  If you know 14-16 words then you’ll be a Jargon General and you’ll win your very own Scrabble Slam Card Game!  If you know 17-19 words then you’ll be a Term Trooper and you’ll win your very own Scrabble Slam Card Game!  If you know 20-24 words then you’ll be a Word Warrior and you’ll win your very own Scrabble Slam Card Game AND a Boggle Reinvention Game!  So work hard this week and show off what you know on this Friday’s Final Activity!

3.  Here’s your first opportunity to start working towards becoming a Word Warrior and winning awards and prizes at the end of camp!  Each week we’ll introduce a few warrior words and you’ll practice using them all week. After working with the words and the lessons are complete, you’ll do a final activity to show that you know the words from the week.  If you know 14-16 words then you’ll be a Jargon General and you’ll get a certificate and win your very own Pictureka Card Game!  If you know 17-19 words then you’ll be a Term Trooper and you’ll get a certificate and win your very own Pictureka Card Game!  If you know 20-24 words then you’ll be a Word Warrior and you’ll get a certificate and win your very own Pictureka Card Game AND a Blurt Game!

4. WWhat’s It Mean?: If you RETAIN something you REMEMBER it. HHere’s an Example: I have to practice in order to RETAIN a ll of my multiplication facts.  Shout Out : What information did you retain from the past school year?

5.  What’s It Mean?: To COMPLY means to follow rules, requests, or directions.  Here’s an Example: Safe drivers COMPLY with the rules of the road.  Can you think of a time when you COMPLY with rules?

6.  What’s It Mean? To DETERIORATE means to become worse or of less value over time.  Here’s an Example:  The house began to DETERIORATE because no-one took care of it. Name something that you have seen DETERIORATE.

7.  Here’s an Example: The rumor that our final exam in social studies was going to be 1,000 questions turned out to be a HOAX.  Shout Out: Has anyone ever played a HOAX on you?  What’s It Mean?: A HOAX is a trick or something false passed off as true.

8.  Here’s an Example: Sally’s job making the same exact donuts every single morning became very MONOTONOUS.  What’s It Mean?: If something is MONOTONOUS it is the same again and again. What are some examples of some things that could become MONOTONOUS?

9. What type of things do you feel OBLIGATED to do?  What’s It Mean? If you are doing something because it is right you feel OBLIGATED.  Here’s an Example: I felt OBLIGATED to help my elderly next door neighbor carry her groceries.

10.  What’s It Mean?: Something that is IMMENSE is so great in size or amount that it can’t be measured.  Here’s an Example : The mountain was so IMMENSE that I couldn’t see the top.  Can you think of something IMMMENSE ?

11.  What’s It Mean?: If something is TREACHEROUS it is unpredictably dangerous.  Here’s an example: The current of the river was fast flowing and TREACHEROUS.  Have you ever encountered a TREACHEROUS situation?

12.  Now that you’ve seen the words for this week, make sure you work hard every day to learn what they mean!  During the word warrior time of your day, you will have opportunities to learn and practice the warrior words so you can be a master word warrior.  At the end of the week you will have a final activity to show what you know!