Wordie: Sophomoric: Comments

Comment by brtom, about 1 year ago

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:51:56 +0000

hiya ... my tenth graders have trouble pronouncing them, too ... the other day one created a sentence something like "When he cut me off in traffic I responded with a string of harsh euphemisms." ... nice oxymoron ... but i've got my work cut out for me ... they also came to believe (thanks to our unclear textbook) that "effete" meant "tired" ... so we ended up with sentences like ... "After running thirty laps and dropping for twenty, we were certainly an effete team."

Comment by thricedotted, about 1 year ago

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:36:35 +0000

:/

Most 10th graders in my school would have difficulty pronouncing these words, let alone using them in a sentence.

I used to pride myself on being above that (HAHA LOOK AT ME I CAN USE SAT WORDS IN COHERENT AND INTELLIGENT PHRASES) but now I just feel stupid.

school vocab development

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:06:45 +0000

i. e. grade 10