Monday 9 December 2013

Monday 2 December 2013

Scientific Spellings for a daughter aged 11




ORGANS dangle in his
CELL. He’s eating a
DIGESTIVE with a caramel
NUCLEUS.
CHLOROPLASTS are pretty tasty with a
VACUOLE
RESPIRATORY
MEMBRANE. Retain your
EXCRETORY biccies for your own
CIRCULATORY needs



I now have to hunt through exercise books for lists that look like they might be spellings.

Tuesday 22 October 2013

School Spellings for a daughter once aged 10 (part 7)

The
NARRATIVE was
ATTRACTIVE (unlike your innards)
MASSIVE (like your weighty woeful toeful toe)
CORROSIVE (very much like you, Mr Breaking Bad wannabe (but only after season 1- so please don't spoil the rest ))

CONNECTIVE (can a person be this? Hmmmmm)
SUPPORTIVE (HA!)
EXPRESSIVE (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA......possibly........no not really.... 
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
but mainly
OFFENSIVE (= yo yo yo you)


A-


Absentmindedly spellings triggering responses of the sub subconscious sub division. It's Tuesday!!

School Spellings for a Daughter once aged 10 (Part 6)



He was the
EMBARRASSMENT of the mighty
MILLENNIUM. His seeped
OCCURRENCE in 

POSSESSION of the Ferrero Rocher,
OCCASIONALLY caramelised, caused the ambassador to send out a
QUESTIONNAIRE to
DISSIPATE rumours which were
INCIDENTALLY

MAGICALLY filled in by the spoilt old fashioned
MILLIONAIRE.

we shall call him Trevor
and so did they!



Mightily tricky for a 39 year old self.
The revealed double letter has shaken me a up.

(Spellings were hidden in an encased rammed shed on the shelf. They have been there for almost a year awaiting treatment.
I am having one of my sorts- sort of)

Friday 4 October 2013

Bonjour - French Vocab for a daughter aged 11



Bonjour
salut
je m'appelle
Mange Tout
comment t'appelles tu?

ça va? I'm good
pas mal
comme ci, comme ca
ça va bien in this beany greeny land.
ça ne va pas any more
au revoir my petit four
Till we meet again near the great pyloric glands.


Spellings are still few and far between. I've had to make do with a french vocab list.
Tut.





Monday 16 September 2013

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 11 (Part 3)


Wanted:

Government
Intelligence
Covert
Espionage
Bomb
Agent

Must be a keen watcher of Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy (The Alec Guinness version)
Columbo and MacGyver. 



Hooray!! Spellings have returned, ceasing the drought on my spelling's blog for these past eight long months. My daughter is now at secondary school.

The primary school still chooses to hide spellings from parents (or from me)


Monday 13 May 2013

Thoughts and advice from my 10 year old self (10 year old me is bored)


10 year old me is bored

I’m usually bored on a Sunday
Mum says
I should play my guitar
But
I don’t want to
I ask my sister if she will play with me
But
She is playing with her stupid doll
I ask my Mum
But
she is washing up and then doing Open University
AND that’s what she is ALWAYS doing
I go to ask my Dad
But
He’s asleep
I decide to go upstairs and look in my toybox
AND think hard about what it might be like
To be nearly 40 and a parent of a 10 year old.



Spellings have stopped being sent home. Today I found my personal file written by me aged 10.
There are some strangely surprising thoughts within. This appeals to my list vice.




Thursday 31 January 2013

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 11 (Part 2)



TELESCOPE for the pope and a
TELESCOPIC
TELEVISION given via
TELEPHONE by a telefriendly
TELEPHONIST. Climb on up my
TELEGRAPH and we’ll
TELEPORT via
TELEPATHY. Here receive this
TELEGRAM with a
TELEPHOTO pleasantry.

These spellings have been lifted from another school. Perhaps the teacher used to work there.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 11



It was
AUTOMATIC to give an
AUTOGRAPH on the
AUTOBAHN in the
AUTOMOBILE in question. The
AUTOMATION was exquisite and his
AUTOBIOGRAPHY a thrill. His tale was played on an
AUTOHARP without
AUTOPSY or
AUTONOMY. He was a true
AUTOCRAT and we liked that and his love for Deuteronomy!



The first spellings for 2013 have finally arrived. These are for an 11 year old daughter!
I don't know much about Autos. I do not drive.