1. SAY THE WORD
WILTING

2. WILTING
When a plant doesn’t get enough water, its leaves start to droop because they are wilting.

3. WILTING
The plant was wilting from the hot sun.

4. WILTING
If someone wilts from being outside in the heat, how does that person feel?

5. SAY THE WORD
FLITTED

6. FLITTED
If something moved quickly from place to place without stopping for long, it flitted.

7. FLITTED
The butterfly flitted from plant to plant.

8. FLITTED
Would you be more likely to flit about a toy store or a doctor’s office? Why?

9. SAY THE WORD
SWIRLING

10. SWIRLING
If something is swirling, it is moving round and round quickly.

11. SWIRLING
The leaves were swirling in the wind.

12. SWIRLING
When does water swirl in a bathtub-when it’s being added or when it’s being drained out?

13. SAY THE WORD
TRANCE

14. TRANCE
When someone is in a trance, he or she seems to be asleep, but his or her eyes are open.

15. TRANCE
My friend acted like she was in a trance when I told her the story.

16. TRANCE
If you were watching a movie as if you were in a trance, would you be enjoying the movie?

17. SAY THE WORD
ROUTE

18. ROUTE
When you follow the same route to school or to the store every day, you are going the same way each time.

19. ROUTE
The student retraced his route to the classroom.

20. ROUTE
What route did you take to get to school today?

21. SAY THE WORD
SEMBLANCE

22. SEMBLANCE
When you make a drawing that looks a lot like someone, it is a good semblance of that person.

23. SEMBLANCE
A twin might be a good semblance of someone.

24. SEMBLANCE
Why could a doll be a semblance of a person?

25. SAY THE WORD
DISTRAUGHT

26. DISTRAUGHT
When someone is distraught, that person is very, very unhappy.

27. DISTRAUGHT
When someone is distraught, they are not smiling.

28. DISTRAUGHT
What kinds of events might make a person distraught?

29. SAY THE WORD
IMPROVISE

30. IMPROVISE
If you improvise a song or a story, then you make it up as you sing the song or tell the story.

31. IMPROVISE
A cook might improvise a special dish.

32. IMPROVISE
If you are following very closely to the directions of how to play a game, are you improvising?