We just completed Bravewriter's class "Groovy Grammar" and had a blast!
We "collected" words and combined them in delightful and unusual combinations:
king singing
brass grass
merry vocabulary
dainty feather
pious protection
pupil gloated
We created "Fictionaries" (a dictionary of made up words) to play around with what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are.
daintscape (n) a depiction of a small section of landscape, such as a diorarama or small painting
dunker (n) a cookie used to dunk in hot beverages.
Sally loved the chocolate dunkers she ate with her tea.
enviroputer (n) a computer developed from recycled computer parts
The company had to collect many old computer parts to make their new enviroputer.
gramiction (n) a book about grammar in the form of a dictionary
sprintim (v) swimming so hard it is like you are sprinting
"Anna, you were really sprintimming! With that sort of swimming I think you'll make it to the nationals!" said her coach
willorrific (adj) describes a person who will do anything to have his or her own way
Willorrific Sergeant Wilfred said "No! I'll slaughter the lot of you if you don't do what I say!"
Lastly we explored the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll and then created our own original poem to continue the "Jabberwocky" adventure. What fun!
The Tumtum Tree
by the Stokes
So
rested he by the tumtum tree
When to
his flacious shock
Out from
the skies with glibdey glee
There
schploge a Jubjub hawk.
He takes
the vorpal sword in hand
To greet
his deadly foe.
“Waholt
thy sword and let me land!
I bring
innews from Low.”
“The
Jabberwock is close at hand,
Just
beyond the gymangree!”
With
that she left in full command.
So
waited he by the tumtum tree.
