petard /puh-tarhd/ noun
a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall
ex. The blast occurred on Sunday afternoon in a farmer's house in the Anhui Province, destroying six rooms which stored materials for making petards and firecrackers.
Claymore mine: noun
a usually electrically fired land mine containing steel fragments that are discharged in a predetermined direction.
*Important: Claymore and Claymore mine are 2 completely different words. One is a 2-edged blade and the other is an explosive.
ex. When the claymore mine was set off, it took out half of our unit.
TNT: noun
a flammable toxic compound C7H5N3O6 used as a high explosive and in chemical synthesis
Etymology: trinitrotoluene
ex. The TNT exploded, causing for the sides of the tunnel to collapse.
Customized Study Site
omg here it is eat it.
Which of the following words describe a more postive mood? (pick as many as you like)
Objectives
Goal: Vastly increasing the class's vocabulary in preparation for SATs and for the use in everyday life in ways that can be easily grasped and allow us to think in different ways.
Key elements: using words correctly in context, memorization strategies,
Strategy: weekly RSS feed words that vary in difficulty, games that help to introduce and make use of vocabulary recently learned.
Short assignment: No set date as of now. Perhaps we will be having students use the words in a story or skit, or find new words of their own to teach.
Technical Things: We're using blogspot!
Key elements: using words correctly in context, memorization strategies,
Strategy: weekly RSS feed words that vary in difficulty, games that help to introduce and make use of vocabulary recently learned.
Short assignment: No set date as of now. Perhaps we will be having students use the words in a story or skit, or find new words of their own to teach.
Technical Things: We're using blogspot!
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