Spelling Log Week 2

Target Language or Knowledge:

The grizzly bear showed a behavioural adapatation by swiping at fish in the mountain stream. The sailors of the leaking yacht began to jettison the heavy cargo from the hold. Italicized words and phrases show emphasis or titleship. Fertilizer is a compound comprised of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. An interminable silence followed Grandpa's wedding announcement. The finicky student stood at the mirror, adjusting his tie for the eighth time. The business man stood dumbfounded after hearing of the stock exchange crash. The football hit the receiver with a resounding thud in the pectoral region. Contemptuous and scornful, the bully crossed his arms and glared at the little boy. The fox spied his bounding white-furred quarry on a snow-covered slope a quarter mile away. The energetic biologist discovered over two hundred new Amazonian species during his lifetime. Despite her knowledge of the thirty-foot drop ahead, the intrepid skiier flew straight toward its edge. The guilty party stepped nonchalantly into the fast-food joint and ordered a burger with fries. To interject a word that tells more about another word or phrase is to use a modifier. The hunters appeared ready to go, appropriately dressed in camouflage and orange hats. The pendulous arms of the ape stopped swinging as he settled himself on the ground. With a disdainful glance at her brother, she put her new shoes on and marched out the door. A cell or group of cells that receives stimuli is a receptor. The farmer's opinion on the most efficient colour of machinery was unambiguous. The language of the Russian teenager was incomprehensible to the rest of the English-speaking class.