Vocabulary Haikus

Name: ________________________________ Fill in each blank with the missing vocabulary word to complete these haikuswritten by YOU and your classmates last week. Sometimes the title is the missing word. adjacent nocturnal demoralize sparse enhance terminate exploit venture

example: Encounter I didnt see him at first. We bumped and looked up, so unexpected. 1. The word ___________________________ Its close to and also near. Glad you can hear me. 2. Businessmen _________________________ the public from their wealth and hide behind closed doors. 3. School Sometimes a challenge: Continue to encourage and ________________________ your brain. 4. ___________________________ Im out when owls hoot. I rise when the sun declines. I am in the night.

5. To ____________________________ one must know their weaknesses. Take the fight to them. 6. ___________________________ To improve your life, you must take chances and risk everything to grow. 7. _________________________: thin like forests not like your friends. Like the trees. Do you understand? 8. Screaming Moms She never shuts up: Go do the dishes now!! _____________________________ me now.