1. December 8 th -12th Warm-ups

2. Monday, December 8 th Warm-up Each clue below suggests a word that begins with the letters B-A-N. The first one has been done for you. 1.A fruitBANana 2.A group 3.Covering for a cut 4.A robber 5.Loud noise 6.An instrument 7.Stair rail 8.A sign on cloth 9.Broke 10.Large meal 11.A financial institution 12.An orchestra’s platform 13.To expel 14.A tropical tree 15.Destructive 16.A type of chicken

3. Tuesday, December 9 th Warm-up Add two or more O’s to each set of letters to form a word. The first one has been done for you. 1.MtrMOTOR 2.Clr 3.Mnsn 4.Pht 5.Mtt 6.Vd 7.Frgt 8.Fllw 9.Brnc 10.Schl 11.Ftstl 12.Flprf 13.Srrw 14.Tmrrw 15.cln

4. Wednesday, December 10 th Warm-ups For each pair of clues below, figure out the two words, then add them together to form another word. Example: Not on + frozen water = OFFICE 1.Portable bed + a measure of weight = ____________ 2.A rodent + a female pronoun = ________ 3.A greeting + a tale = ______________ 4.Black substance + to obtain = __________ 5.Lower limb + finish = ____________ 6.To exist + to possess = _____________ 7.A vehicle + to decay = ______________ 8.A negative + angry = _______________ 9.Short sleep + relatives = _____________ 10.Achieve victory + royal figure _____________

5. Thursday, December 11 th Warm-up Each “word puzzle” represents a common word or phrase. Do you best to interpret them! STANDING MISS N O TYOUR TCOAT U B WEAR LONG CHUTE YOUJUSTME ECNALG

6. Friday, December 12 th Warm-up 1.What two continents did the Silk Road connect? 2.What world peace organization replaced the League of Nations? 3.Is the past tense of the verb “prefer” spelled with two or three “r’s”? 4.Did Scott O’Dell write Island of the Blue Dolphins or Treasure Island? 5.How much is 8 times.05? 6.What do surgeons remove from a person’s body during an appendectomy? 7.What’s the official language of the Netherlands? 8.Which country still has an emperor: China, Japan or North Korea? 9.“Our neighbor gave us a kitten.” Which word is the indirect object? 10.Which U.S. President was once a movie star: Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan?