February 2

Jim Shoots Israel Hands

In chapter 26 Jim and Israel fight for survival. Jim is pinned to the mast by the dirk Hands flung at him but still manages to shoot off both his pistols. Both guns and Israel fall into the water. The assignment after reading chapter 26 was to do the storyboard handout.

Our root words for today were:ROOT WORD CARD #54 VERS, VERT—turn

These ROOT-WORDS are VERS & VERT which means TURN. VERS comes from versare and VERT comes from vertere. Both are Latin and mean TURN. This root does not tell you where to turn, that is told you by another root, a Prefix placed before the Root. From No. 8 through No. 18 you are given a signal, which way to turn. Exactly like a sign on the highway, to make a left turn or a right one, the Prefixes tell you – away, to, against, with, from, in, through, under and back. You can’t go wrong with root.

1. Versatile : VERS atile (ver’ sat il) adj. Having aptitude for many skills; able to turn from one thing to another

2. Versatility : VERS atility (Ver sa til’ it ee) n. The quality of skill along many lines

3. Versation : VERS ation (ver say’ shun) n. A turning; twisting

4. Versative : VERS ative (ver’ sa tiv) adj. Adaptable; versatile

5. Version : VERS ion (ver’ zhun) n. A changed form; an adaptation; a translation

6. Versus : VERS us (ver’ sus) prep. Against; as, in a legal action of Jones versus Smith

7. Vortex : VOR tex (vor teks) n. A double motion of whirling and pulling down; a whirlpool

8. Controversial : contro VERS ial (kon tro ver’ shal) adj. Open to dispute; as, a controversial issue

9. Averse : a VERS e (a vers’) adj. Turned against; as, averse to seeing him

10. Advertise : ad VERT ise (ad’ ver tize) v. Turn attention toward; as, advertise a sale

11. Divert : di VERT (di vert’) v. Turn attention away from; as, divert the mind

12. Invert : in VERT (in vert’) v. Turn upside down; as, to divide by a fraction, invert and multiply

13. Conversant : con VERS ant (kon vers’ant) adj. Acquainted with; as, conversant with the subject

14. Obverse : ob VERS e (ob’ vers) adj. Facing the opponent

15. Reverse : re VERS e (re vers’) v. Turn back

16. Pervert : per VERT (per vert’) v. To turn to improper use; corrupt

17. Subversive : sub VERS ive (sub ver’ siv) adj. Causing to undermine; as, a subversive group

18. Reversible : re VERS ible (re ver’ si b’l) adj. Can be reversed

19. Vertigo : VERT igo (vert’ i go) n. A dizzy spell when everything seems to be turning

20. Vertiginous : VERT iginous (ver tij’ I nus) adj. Dizzy; affected with vertigo


Posted February 2, 2010 by mrsscales207 in category Language Arts

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My life has taken many paths. I grew up in Farmland, Indiana and graduated from Monroe Central High School in 1979. Yes I know that seems like a long time ago to most of you. After I graduated from High School, I went into the U. S. Navy. Not a lot of women enlisted in the Navy back then. Boot camp was still segregated (that means there were only women in my boot camp) and yes, boot camp is as bad as they say it is. I survived though and began seeing a little more of the world than just our lovely corn and soy bean fields of Indiana. I was an advanced avionics technician and worked on F14 Tomcat jets in the Navy. Back then women couldn't go on ships but I was stationed in Bermuda for a little over a year. Bermuda is beautiful and the people are warm and friendly. I married my husband while in the Navy and we eventually moved to Minnesota.

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