Vocabulary Words

As we have been reading the On the Run series of books by Gordon Korman, we have focused on learning many vocabulary words. The focus words this week are obnoxious, humiliated, accustom, impulsive, eliminate, and eluded. The students came up with multiple examples/situations of these vocabulary words.

Things that would be obnoxious

• burping or farting without saying "excuse me"
• someone blurting out
• someone chewing in your ear
• someone coughing on you

Things that should be eliminated

• murderers
• wars
• wrong answers
• garbage
• Math :)

Things/Situations when you would need to accustom yourself

• moving to a different state, city, or country
• going to a new school
• moving into a new house
• a new baby in the house

Things that would make you or someone else feel humiliated

• having your 2-year old brother beat you in a spelling bee
• a boy going into the girls' bathroom on accident
• having your secret told to others