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Words from Animal Roots

Words from Animal Roots. 1. Describe what it means to be a “bully”. 2. What does it mean to be “busy as a bee?”. 3. Explain each of these “animal-to-human” expressions. *have a sheepish smile. *show dogged determination. *out fox an opponent. *have a ravenous appetite.

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Words from Animal Roots

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  1. Words from Animal Roots

  2. 1. Describe what it means to be a “bully”. 2. What does it mean to be “busy as a bee?”

  3. 3. Explain each of these “animal-to-human” expressions. *have a sheepish smile *show dogged determination *outfox an opponent *have a ravenous appetite

  4. *worm your way into a crowd *prowl like a catburgler *squirrel away money *be a snake in the grass Brainstorm your own!

  5. *Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh were pioneer aviators. *We were shocked by our guests’ swinish table manners. *An apiary produces honey and also protects people from bee stings.

  6. *Julius Caesar had an aquiline nose. *The ancient Romans were leonine warriors.

  7. Why is each “animal word” attached to the human feature or behavior? swinish behavior canine devotion an aqualine nose elephantine memory leonine courage

  8. an ursine grouch vulpine treachery alupine smile vulturine greed

  9. aquiline Ursa Major taurine lupine elephantine bovine *wolf-like or savage *bullying or aggressive *hooked like an eagle’s beak *the Great Bear or Big Dipper *huge and clumsy *dull, apathetic or cow-like

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