How would you describe a best friend? And since the word “best” as an adjective means “excelling all others,” is it possible then to have more than one “best” friend? Explain why or why not.
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Friday Freewrite: Scary Superpower
What’s a superpower you would NOT want because it’s too scary? That is the one you now have! Describe what it’s like getting used to it.
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Friday Freewrite: L-O-N-G Words
Write a story using L-O-N-G words like these:
- Magnanimous: courageously noble; unselfish.
- Parsimonious: economical; frugal.
- Accoutrements: accessories.
- Inconsequential: meaningless; not important.
- Incomprehensibility: impossible to comprehend or understand.
- Sesquipedalian: characterized by long words; long-winded
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: one of the longest words in the English dictionary and its definition is fear of long words!
BONUS: Honorificabilitudinitatibus is from a medieval Latin word which can be translated as “the state of being able to achieve honors.” (Fun fact: it’s mentioned in Shakespeare’s play, Love’s Labour’s Lost.)
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Friday Freewrite: Permission
Make two lists: the first for things you need permission to do and the second for things you don’t need permission to do. Which list is longer? Are there any items you’d like to move from one list to the other? If so, explain your reason(s).
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Friday Freewrite: Dinner Party
Imagine that a friend invites you to a fancy dinner party. Everyone will be dressed up but you only have casual clothes and sneakers. Your friend says that’s fine with them so you decide to attend. How does it go?
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