Thursday, February 27, 2014

Slope side


Skiing was phenomenal; the perfect balance of both fun and challenging. The photo above is of my sister Nicole, my friend Mike, me and my boyfriend James (from left to right). With the recent snowfall we all had high expectations for the perfect trail conditions and had the itch to hit to slopes. We were likes kids in a candy shop; our alarms were set yet never used, we rose with the Saturday morning sun. The day flew by, we had a blast skiing and thoroughly enjoyed each other’s company; I’m not sure which was more sore my legs from skiing or stomach from laughing.




Vocabulary
Phenomenal (adverb)- very remarkable
Challenging (adjective)- testing one's abilities; demanding
Recent (adjective)- not long ago or not long before
Expectations (noun)- a strong belief that something will happen
Had the itch (idiom)- really wanting to do something
Thoroughly (adverb)- aware of detail
Vocabulary Activity  


1. Phenomenal                                          A. aware of detail
2. Challenging                                           B. very remarkable
3. Recent                                                 C. really wanting to do something
4. Expectations                                         D. a strong belief that something will happen
5. Had the itch                                         E. testing one's abilities; demanding
6. Thoroughly                                           F. not long ago or not long before


Grammar Point
An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to another word. For example in the above paragraph that skiing was challenging, the antonym or opposite would be skiing was easy. Use the dictionary to find an antonym of the following five words.
1. Start _______________
2. Open ______________
3. Fast _______________
4. High _______________
5. Happy ______________




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