WORD BOX ALLAY Billet Procure INNUDATE Qualms DILATORY LASSITUDE MALICE

1. WORD BOX ALLAY Billet Procure INNUDATE Qualms DILATORY LASSITUDE MALICE INDOLENT SUBSIDE PROVERBIAL STOIC GARRULOUS SWILLING PORRINGERS The Day Before Winter Break ‘twas the day before winter break, When all through the school, Not a student was ___________, Which was really quite peculiar (Irwin? So quiet? Really?) The backpacks were hung in the closets with care, As the teachers began their _______ spiels (like “good morning team” and “Happy Thursday”) The children sat very ________ , like statues, at their desks As visions of 4:15 _______d the thoughts in their heads. And Samantha and her ‘kechief and Sam with his hat, Had just settled in to start their morning work (though they were both quite _______, or tardy) When sitting at my seat I began to have _______ That the minutes until winter break would take way too long. When outside the classroom there arose such a clatter,I put aside my ______ disposition and got up to see what was the matter.

2. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear?But a miniature sleigh carrying eight tiny kindergartners With _______ (or evil) in their eyes and the dreidel in their fingers, They were _____ hot cocoa and collecting pennies in their _______ With a little old driver, so lively and fun,I knew in a moment it must be Gary Johnson. More rapid than eagles, as he waited for the noise to _______He whistled, and shouted, and called out to those guys. "Now Dusty! Now, Dove! Now, Granny Joosh and Pumpkin!On Cilla! On Issanah! On, umm, you the kid who never stops crying. And, umm, you, the one with the _______ who never gets his work complete.Back to class! Back to your seat!Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!“ With great effort he _______d all their pennies, As I laughed to myself because the scene was quite funny. Here was Gary Johnson, a presidential candidate this year, Making me laugh so much it _______ed all my fears. He sprang to his sleigh, and to his team he whistled,And away they all marched like soldiers headed toward their _______. But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,"Happy Winter Break to Mr. Barber’s team and to all a goodnight!"