Cliches VS Dollarizing

We continued our work with learning to dollarize our writing this week.
First we did a little experiment with drawing a tiger from memory and then using a picture of a tiger to reference while we drew it again. We learned from this that our drawing improved when we could look at the actual object. This will help with our writing too: if we want to write about a magician then we should go see one in action, or archery then we should learn to shoot a bow and arrow.
Next we talked about 10c sentences; cliches are 10c; as well as clunky, not-so-good details. We want to avoid these in our writing if at all possible. Some examples of cliches are: she ate like a bird, he was built like a ox, the bedroom looked like a tornado had hit it. 
50c sentences are what we call useful and are needed, but not to be over used. Examples of this are: his hair was red, she wore a pink dress, she looked sad.
Dollarized sentences are golden; they include detail/description/analogy that is completely original, and makes one's subject unforgettable. A great example: She tapped her fingernail rhythmically on her large teeth as she watched her husband count the change in his man-purse. In one sentence we learn so much about this couple.
After learning what it means to dollarize a whole sentence we looked at pictures and wrote an amazingly golden sentence about what we thought was going on. Homework for this week is to find more pictures in magazines or on the web and bring them in with a $ sentence under it. They will earn a ticket for every sentence that is truly dollarized to the best of their ability.

I will be absent next week. My husband, James, will be covering Tahoe Park. Debbie Wickham will be taking on the class at my house. I have told the students that if they are on their best behavior and don't make the substitutes cry, they will earn 5 tickets a piece.

Greek
rhinos- nose
anti- opposed
luein- loosen, undo

Latin
calor- heat
dens- tooth
unus-1
duo-2
tres-3
quattor-4
quinque-5
sex-6
septem-7
octo-8
capere- to take
filius- son  

We won't have any new words next week, so this is a chance to study and become more familiar with the words we have already gone over.