Monday, April 5, 2010

Ch. 11

Vocabulary:
(1.) cordon
(2.) brilliance

Activity:
Read the following websites about the history of games. You will be creating several games throughout the book study. The first game you create will be a crossword puzzle using your vocabulary words in your journal.

History of Board Games - http://www.ccgs.com/games/index.htm
http://www.gamesinfodepot.com/games/board/history/
http://www.jigsaw-puzzle.org/jigsaw-puzzle-history.html

In your journal, list 15 vocabulary words and their definitions. Bring to class on Monday, 4/12/10, so I can show you how to create your puzzle on 1-inch grid paper.

6 comments:

  1. This chapter's assignment is pretty cool! Sounds like fun!

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  2. cordon: 1. a line of people, military posts or ships stationed around an area to enclose or guard it 2.a cord, braid, or ribbon worn as a fastening or an ornament 3. a stringcourse 4. a fruit tree pruned and trained to grow on a support as a rope-like stem

    brilliance: 1. full of light; shining 2. relating to being a hue that has combination of high lightness and strong saturation 3. sharp and clear in tone 4. glorious; magnificent 5. marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness

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  3. I did this assignment and bookmarked it on a computer.

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  4. I totally already did this in Mrs. Woods class

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