Nonsense words
When you play in the snow, you should wear gloves, a hat, and a margle. You need the margle to keep your neck warm. I am lucky because my grandma knitted me a margle for my birthday. It has stripes on it and it is so warm!
What is a "margle"? Explain what context clues helped you.
At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.
What does the word beverage mean?
Joanne’s mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.
What does the word "confiscated mean"
Last July, I went with my family to our town celebration to watch the blastos. We had so much fun watching the bright explosions in the sky! However, my dog was so scared from the loud sounds from the blastos. He hid under a blanket the whole time until the blastos were finished!
What are blastos? How do you know?
My favorite glingle is a girl named Liselle. I have known her since we were only 2 years old. There are a lot of reasons why she is such a good glingle. The main reason is that she is nice and she always loves to play fun things. I hope she will be my glingle forever!
What do you think a "glingle is"? How do you know?
The frigid water made Elizabeth’s teeth chatter.
What does the word frigid mean?
Since it was a school day, Denise thought it was peculiar that she saw no children on the street during her drive to work.
What does the word "peculiar mean"? How do you know?
In the cold winter it is hard to remember how hot it can be in the summer! Every summer we go to my grandmother’s house. It is so hot where she lives! The worst part is that she doesn’t have any glibbing at her house. This makes it really hard to cool off. Instead of glibbing, she has a fan which helps a little bit. Thankfully, she has glibbing in the car. When I get in her car, she lets me turn the glibbing up full blast and let it blow ice cold air on my face. It feels so good after being so hot!
What is a glibbing? How do you know?
Every summer, my sister and I make a forame stand. We sell our ice cold forame to the people in our neighborhood for 25 cents per cup. The key to our recipe for each cup of forame is one big cup of sugar, and a handful of ice cubes. Our forames are especially good when we had a hint of mango.
What is a "forame?" How do you know?
The kitten had dainty feet. They were tinier than my thumb!
What does the word "dainty" mean.
While others eat eggs, pancakes, and bacon for breakfast, Mike was content with just a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice.
What does the word "content mean?" How do you know?
My favorite summer food is happlance. My mom always helps me cut open the green rind and slice up pieces of the refreshing red fruit. I don’t really like the black seeds so I spit them out. I wish I could eat happlance all year round but I only see it in the grocery stores in the summertime.
What is a "happlance?" How do you know?
Today is the perfect day to go to the beach. “Don’t forget the qualiwag” said my mom. “Ugg” I grumbled. I can’t stand putting qualiwag on because it always gets into my eyes and stings. My mom must have known what I was thinking because then she asked, “putting on the qualiwag is better than a sunburn isn’t it?” She is right about that.
What is a "qualiwag"? How do you know?
Jason's mom bakes delicious cookies. They are so yummy. The last time she baked cookies, he ate all of them. Jason cannot get enough of his mom's cookies.
What does the word delicious mean?
Because he had such good friends and family, Malcolm considered himself fortunate.
What does the word "fortunate" mean?
A lot of people think it is weird that I do not like malabling. On holidays like Halloween or Valentine’s Day, there is so much malabling around me but I don’t touch it because I prefer sour candy. My brother loves malabling though. One time he left a piece in his pants pocket and it melted. The worst part is, he still ate it!
What is a "malabling"? How do you know?