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media type="custom" key="6666891" 22/04/10 WALT: Use prefixes meaning “before” Before and Against Prefixes Exercise 139 Level A

Anticlimax The day was very good but the ending was an anticlimax.✓

Contradict I tried not to contradict in my statement.✓

Anticlockwise We played a game and we ran anticlockwise.✓

Antibiotic Antibiotic is a type of medicine.✓

Contraband The police look out for people who have contraband.✓

Contravene To violate the law is also known as contravening.✓

Exercise 140 Level B

Antibody An antibody is a protein bacteria in your blood.✓

Contradiction A lot of contradiction is made in a group discussion.✓

Antidote If you are bitten by a white tale spider the doctor will give you an antidote.✓

Antistatic Before I went on the trampoline my hair was antistatic but when I got off it was really static.✓

Contraindicate The doctor contraindicated that I should not take codeine (a heavy duty drug to help pain) before I drive.✓

Antisocial My sister is very antisocial. ✓

Tuesday 4th May 2010 WALT: Use prefixes meaning under or below Ex 145 Nourished = undernourished ✓ Weight = underweight ✓ Value = undervalue ✓ Tow = undertow ✓ Sensitive = hyposensitive ✓ Developed = underdeveloped ✓ Done = underdone ✓ Normal = subnormal ✓ Privileged = underprivileged ✓ Structure = substructure ✓ foot = underfoot ✓ thermic = hypothermic ✓

Dictionary Meaning :

Undernourished : Means not having enough food to survive and becoming sick. ✓

Underdeveloped: Means not fully developed eg: the flower is not fully grown yet. ✓

Hypothermic: Means warm but not hot. ✓

Underfoot: Means under someone’s foot. ✓

Wednesday 5th May 2010 Ex 146 Ex: exhale export

Re: remove renew

Intra: intracranial intravenous

Inter: international interact

Semi: semicircle semiconscious

Micro: microscope microchip

Dictionary meaning & Sentences Export: Send things to another country to be sold. New Zealand exports pineapple lumps to other countries.

Remove: Take away The van came to remove my skip.

Intracranial: Somewhere in the skull My friend had intracranial surgery.

International: Going to another country or countries. I went to the international airport to get the England.

Semicircle: Half a circle “Class form a semicircle please” said the teacher.

Microscope: A is a device designed to look at small objects. In science class we used a microscope.

Absolutely Fantastic!!! Bethany. All completed quickly, correctly and to an excellent standard. :) Mrs S

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For our g.a.p test I got 73/100

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1 ) This bus is late. These buses are late. 2 ) He gave me a present. He gave me some presents. 3 ) There is one church in our town. There are three churches in our town. 4 ) I used one match to light the fire. I used lots of matches to light the fire. 5 ) There is one teacher in our room. There are two teachers in our room. 6 ) The bird laid one egg. The bird laid six eggs. 7 ) Today I ate an orange for lunch. Today I ate two oranges for lunch. 8 ) There use to be only one house i our street. Now there are ten houses in our street. 9 ) I will make one birthday wish. I will make ten birthday wishes. 10 ) The boy took his drink to school. The boys took their drinks to school. 11 ) The girl had a special friend. The girls had many special friends. 12 ) The man dropped the box on his foot. The men dropped the boxes on their feet. 13 ) The book was very heavy. The books were very heavy.

Monday 1st on March Exercise 35: Level B WALT: change nouns into plurals 1)The gardner put up new fences to stop the sheep and calf eating his vegetables and flowers The gardeners put up new fences to stop the sheep and calves eating his vegetables and flowers.√ 2) The thief took a knife to cut through the bag containing the gold penny. The thieves took knives to cut through the bags containing the gold pennies.√ 3)The man rode off on a donkey down the valley and back up the cliff. The men rode donkeys down the valleys and back up the cliffs.√ 4)The mouse ate the biscuit I had just put on the shelf. The mice ate the biscuits that we had put on the shelves.√ 5)The dog dug up the radish, tomato and potato I just planted. The dog’s dug up the radishes, tomatoes and potatoes we had just planted.√ 6)We cooked the potato in the ash when the fire died down. We cooked the potatoes in the ashes when the fire had died down.√ 7)It is very scary in the bush when the wolf howls and the leave rustles. It is very scary in the bushes when the wolves howl and the leaves rustle.√ 8)Will the man, woman and child standing in the doorway please sit down. Will the men, women and children standing in the doorway please sit down.√ 9)If I had one wish it would be to catch a crayfish and salmon. If we had some wishes it would be to catch some crayfish and salmon.√ 10) I dropped my handkerchief and the goose walked all over it with it’s muddy feet. We dropped our handkerchieves and the geese walked all over them with their muddy feet.√ 11)It is unusual to see a box on top of a bus that is driving to the beach. It is unusual to see boxes on top of buses that are driving to the beaches.√

Thursday 11th of March WALT : Add ous to the end of a word

Danger = Dangerous Mystery = Mysterious Mischief = Mischievous Glory = Glorious Nerve = Nervous Fury = Furious Study = Studious

Tuesday the 16th March WALT: Add tion, sion, ssion to the end of a word.

emo = emotion √ fic = fiction √ occa = occasion √ permi = permission √ vi = vision √ men = mention √ mi = mission √ act = action √ explo = explosion √ addi = addition √ sta = station √ inven = invention √

17/03/10 destruc = destruction√ execu = execution√ concu = concussion√ ammuni = ammunition√ ver = version√ sol = solution√ destina = destination√ comple = completion√ repeti = repetition√ defini = definition√ expre = expression√ pollu = pollution√ intermi = intermission√ rela = relation√ persua = persuasion√ posi = position√

31/0310 WALT: Adding “ible” Exercise 156 : Level A & B He was dressed all in black and in the dark he was almost invisible .√

It is not possible to leave the school grounds during the day without a note from a teacher.√

3)There was so much background noise at the airport the the announcements were unintelligible.√

The climbers never gave any thought to the dangers involved- they felt invincible.√

5)The young mother had a terrible time with her two year old in the supermarket when he threw a tantrum.√

6)The damage done by the bush fire was a horrible sight. √

7)The ink had smudged so badly, the writing was almost illegible.√