Sunday, February 28, 2010

Return of New York City's Favorite Housewives




This Thursday, March 4th, the popular reality series, The Real Housewives of New York City will be returning to Bravo for an all new season. This show is a spin-off of the very popular series The Real Housewives of Orange County.

The series first premiered in March of 2008 featuring five housewives, Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, LuAnn de Lesseps, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Ramona Singer. This Thursday night will commence the third season and introduce two new recurring women to the show.

All of the women on this show however, are not actually housewives. Many of them have active careers. The Real Housewives of New York City is aims to show the luxurious lifestyle that these very affluent women enjoy and sometimes even take for granted.

Vocabulary

series- a daily or weekly program with the same cast and format and a continuing story
spin-off- a product that is an adaption, outgrowth, or development of another similar product
premiered- first public showing or appearance of a show, movie, opera, etc.
housewives- a woman who is married and manages the house as her primary job
career- occupation or profession, usually requires special training
luxurious- over-elaborate, excessively flamboyant
recurring- on tv show, characters that appear in multiple episodes but are not major characters

Use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle using the vocabulary words:




Grammar Point:
Look at all of the vocabulary words. For each word, identify what part of speech that word is (ie, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, etc.) Then write a sentence using each word correctly.

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