Word+Finder+Circles

As the Word Finder, it is your job to draft comments that let the group know that you have been able to locate special words. By the end of the book, you will need to have at least 5 comments to this post.

Whenever you find a word that is new, different, interesting, funny, hard, or unique, you will post a comment here. In your comment (one for each word) you will need to explain exactly where you found the word. Please list the page number as well as the paragraph number so that we can all go check out your great word! You will also need to make a prediction about what it means and then give a final definition for the word. When you have a discussion day, you can use your words and thoughts as part of the discussion. You can also ask other group members about your words.

One warning though - //a word will only be posted one time!// In other words, you cannot repeat words that others have already posted. This means that it is a good idea to get this job done quickly as possible.

Below, I have an example of what I expect as a comment for this post.

//Dear Mrs. Urbanek,// //As I was reading last night, I came across the word "impatient" on page 37, paragraph 4. When I read the word impatient, I thought that it meant that a character was not very good at waiting for their turn. I looked it up on the visual thesaurus and I found that it means "restless or short of temper." I can see that I had a pretty good idea of what the word means. I think I might be able to use this word in my own writing. I have also seen this word in other texts, and now I'm glad because when I see it again, I won't be guessing about what it means.// //Sincerely,// //Johnny//

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