April 5th-9th

It was partly through assiduous attention to detail that Einstein became such a successful scientist.

Variations: assiduously (adj) Einstein applied himself assiduously to his work.

During the Vietnam War, many South Vietnamese people sought asylum in the United States.

Ninjas are not known for being benevolent. I, however, am.

Variations: benevolence (n) Ninjas are not known for their benevolence. My benevolence, however, is legendary.

Zach and Jordan have always enjoyed a friendly camaraderie, as they share secrets and braid each others hair.OrThe camaraderie between the two is very apparent—they are clearly very close friends.

Past tense: censured…The students were censured by their principal.Present continuous: censuring…Mr. Lucero was censuring the student for slapping his teacher.

The censure you would receive for yelling at a teacher does not make it worthwhile.

Harry took a circuitous route when walking home—he was not looking forward to what his mom would say about the bullies stealing his clothes and locking him up.Variations: circuitously (adv)

Harry walked home rather circuitously. Circuitousness (noun) The circuitousness of the route meant he walked an additional two miles.

The clairvoyant woman predicted that the entire class would ace their vocab quiz this week. (Remarkably, she also predicted that the entire class would receive extra credit if she was right…)

Variations: clairvoyance (n) The woman’s clairvoyance was remarkable—she accurately predicted my students test scores.

Few things make students angrier than a teacher with a condescending attitude.

Sometimes teachers make conditional agreements with students, such as “I will give you an A on the condition that you bring me a large bucket of money. Surrounded by chocolate.”

It is the convergence of certain students in a classroom together that can sometimes either make or break a class.

Variations: converge (v) When willing students converge in a classroom, wonderful things can happen.