Groovy Grammar

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.