The Word of the Week is:

COLOSSAL

It is an adjective.

It means: of huge size; gigantic

W.O.W. activity choices

*Please choose one of the activities from below to do. Please do not choose an activity which you have already completed for this W.O.W.

· Make a word map for the W.O.W.

· Using any of the W.O.W.’s letters, create 10 new words.

· Use the W.O.W. in an analogy ( Colossal is to big as minute is to small)

· Find the language from which this W.O.W. came

· Make an illustration to show the W.O.W.’s meaning

· Write three different sentences using the W.O.W.

· Determine how many points this word would earn in a game of Scrabble. Show your work.

· List 2-4 words made from the same root as the W.O.W.

(bewildered-bewilderment-bewildering-bewilder)

· Find the W.O.W. in the newspaper or in a book you are reading. Either bring in the newspaper article with the W.O.W. in it, or document the book and page where you found the word.

· Make a list of at least five words that rhyme with the W.O.W.