Nouns & Mrs.Boylan
Verbs
Adjectives
Van Blarganisms & The
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
hodgepodge
100
This word means a fact connected with a particular event, such as time, location, and other specifics.
What is circumstance?
100
This word means to obtain a great success or victory.
What is triumph?
100
This word means capable of floating.
What is buoyant?
100
You get what you get and you don't get this.
What is upset?
100
When a teacher is talking, you're definitely not supposed to be doing this.
What is talking?
200
This word means a serious attempt to do something. This word is also a verb that means to make an effort.
What is endeavor?
200
This word means to say words in a soft voice.
What is murmur? It's alright to talk in the library if you murmur.
200
This word means not mature and young. This word also means immature in actions:childish.
What is juvenile?
200
According to Mr. Van Blargan, this is the most important place, besides the classroom, to be quiet and on your best behavior.
What is the hallway?
200
If you have a good ability to block out distractions like people talking around you, announcements being made, and people dropping their pencils then you definitely have this.
What is focus/concentration?
300
This word means a manner or quality that makes a person worthy of respect.
What is dignity?
300
This word means to get the help or support of. This word also means to join the armed forces.
What is enlist?
300
This word means impossible to resist.
What is irresistible?
300
Mrs. Boylan & Mr. Van Blargan want all of their students to take reading seriously and become the best readers they can be. Mr. Van Blargan likes to encourage students to become a great reader by saying, "read like a _______________!"
What is a boss?
300
This is the acronym for Sit up straight, Watch the speaker, Ask relevant questions, and Give snaps for answers or comments you think are great.
What is SWAG?
400
This is the mountainous state that Mrs. Boylan lived in before moving to North Carolina. The nickname of this state is The Mountain State. The capital of this state is Charleston.
What is West Virginia?
400
This word means to force to some action.
What is compel? I cannot compel the students to do their AR reading, but I pray that they do their AR reading every day and take and pass lots of quizzes too.
400
This word means the real thing. This word is a synonym of genuine.
What is authentic?
400
If you are practicing Genuine Listening that Habit 5, "Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood", speaks about then you are listening with not only your ears and your eyes but also your ___________________.
What is heart? Listen with your heart.
400
You need to attain this percentage of your AR Goal to get to choose one of the big prizes.
What is 100?
500
This is what Mrs.Boylan will bring you to eat if you attain 100% of your AR goal. They are delicious.
What is a calzone?
500
This word means to hold one's interest completely.
What is enthrall? Does watching a movie always enthrall you?
500
This word means having a lighthearted cheerful nature.
What is buoyant?
500
When you work together in a cooperative manner, you can achieve more, do something better, and/or be stronger than if you just worked alone. This principle is found in this Habit of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective teens.
What is Synergize?
500
This is a synonym for engage.
What is connect? Engaging yourself with your work means to connect with your work. When your engaging yourself at school, you are doing your work and doing your job.
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