Bad Behavior Vocabulary
This is when a student misses school without permission.
What is cut school?
This happens when you have a high temperature.
What is a fever?
Complete the sentence: "Yesterday at 7 PM, I was __________ (watch) a movie."
What is watching?
Fill in the blanks: "She was running when she __________ (fall)."
What is fell?
"I was at a party and ate a huge piece of cake. Now, I feel really sick, and I have a terrible stomachache. I have a three-hour class this afternoon."
Student Advice Focus: Resting, taking something for the pain, what they shouldn't eat.
If you secretly take something from a shop without paying for it, this is the action you are doing.
What is shoplift?
You have this pain in your mouth when you need to visit the dentist.
What is a toothache?
Change this sentence to a negative: "We were having fun at the party."
What is "We weren't having fun at the party"
Fill in the blanks: "While I was watching TV, my phone __________ (ring)."
What is rang?
"I spent all day outside playing volleyball, and I forgot my hat. Now I have a splitting headache, and I feel very hot and a bit dizzy. I think I have a slight fever."
Student Advice Focus: Hydration, getting out of the sun, lowering the temperature.
This is when someone writes or draws graffiti on public property, like a school wall.
What is vandalize?
This illness causes you to sneeze, have a runny nose, and feel a little sick, but it's not the flu.
What is a cold?
Change this sentence to a question: "He was waiting for the bus."
What is "Was he waiting for the bus?"
Which action is the interrupting action in this sentence: "While we were talking, the teacher walked in."
What is "The teacher walked in?"
"I was at a sleepover, and we stayed up late talking. Now my eyes are tired, and I have a really bad sore throat and a terrible cough. My mom is going to be angry if I wake her up with the noise."
Student Advice Focus: Remedies for the throat/cough, resting the voice, avoiding cold drinks.
This happens when a person uses rude, mean language or actions to hurt a weaker person repeatedly.
What is bully?
You might feel this way when the room is spinning, and you need to sit down quickly.
What is dizzy?
Form a sentence using the Past Continuous to describe what you were doing at this time yesterday.
(Answers will vary, e.g., "I was finishing my homework.")
Which conjunction (when or while) should you use to introduce the longer, background action?
What is while?
"My school bag is incredibly heavy, and I have to carry it all day. Now I have a severe backache that makes it hurt to sit down, and I'm worried it will get worse."
Student Advice Focus: Changing the bag, exercises, using ice/heat, seeing a doctor.
What is the difference between steal and shoplift?
Stealing is taking anything that doesn't belong to you, while shoplifting is specifically stealing from a shop or store.
If you have a red, itchy area on your skin with small spots, what is it called?
What is a rash?
What is the main use of the Past Continuous tense?
What is to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past
Combine these two ideas into one sentence: He played a game. The phone rang.
What is "He was playing a game when the phone rang?" (or similar)
"I went for a walk in the woods yesterday, and today my arm has a strange, red, and very itchy rash. I don't know what it is, and I keep wanting to scratch it."
Student Advice Focus: Not scratching, cleaning the area, using cream, checking with a parent/doctor.