Thursday, October 14, 2010

Unfinished crossword (personality adjectives):


Here are the definitions for the crossword we could not finish in class.



Help: you completed many of the definitions in class.
Handicap: these are dictionary definitions and that means that the vocabulary and structures used in them are more complex than those used in class.

1 DOWN: painfully desirous of another's advantages / suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
2 DOWN: Treated with excessive indulgence; having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention;
3 ACROSS: having or displaying warmth or affection
4 DOWN: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering / causing suffering and pain.
5 DOWN: having or showing good spirits / pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
6 DOWN: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
7 ACROSS: concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
8 ACROSS: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent / habitually speaking the truth.
9 DOWN: combining clever conception and facetious expression.
10 DOWN: characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
11 DOWN: marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.;
12 ACROSS: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
13 ACROSS: disinclined to work or exertion.
14 ACROSS: pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
15 DOWN: responsive to physical stimuli / being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.
16 DOWN: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
17 DOWN: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance.
18 ACROSS: expressing or feeling or resulting from compassion or friendly fellow feelings / having similar disposition and tastes.
19 ACROSS: acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed.
20 DOWN: willing to give and share unstintingly / not petty in character and mind.
21 ACROSS: showing lack of care for consequences.
22 ACROSS: dependable - worthy of trust / worthy of being depended on.;
23 ACROSS: having an unreasonable dislike of or preference for someone or something.
23 DOWN: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. / marked by refinement in taste and manners.
24 ACROSS: showing a brooding ill humor / subject to sharply varying moods.
25 ACROSS: inclined to or conducive to companionship with others.
26 ACROSS: favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile;
27 DOWN: lacking civility or good manners.
28 ACROSS: marked by simplicity / having a humble opinion of yourself / free from pomp or affectation.

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Opinion article

Write an opinion article of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200 words on one of the two following topics:

1) Psychics, believe it or not.

2) Reconsider Columbus Day. Watch the following video and write an article for a magazine expressing your opinion:


On page 49 in your books you will find some help about the structure of this composition. Deadline: Wednesday 20th October.