word puzzles

some of the word puzzle things i gave my classes today. they didnt even try. said they had to think too hard. honestly. all i ask is for a tiny bit of effort.

BEHEADMENT: A word becomes a new one when its first letter is removed.
Example: ONE = factor, TWO = actor.

1. BEHEADMENT (6, 5)
They followed the stream as it FIRST through the wood,
Staying as much in the shade as they could.
A splash, and a swimmer then came into sight.
"He's SECOND!" one Girl Scout cried out in delight.

CURTAILMENT: A word becomes a new one when its last letter is removed.
Example: ONE = aspiring, TWO = aspirin. The asterisk indicates that the six-letter word is capitalized.

2. CURTAILMENT (7, *6)
"Cleopatra," if it's true
That opposites attract,
Could be called the ONE of "TWO"
By known historic fact.

DELETION: A word becomes a new one when an interior letter is removed.
Example: ONE = simile, TWO = smile.

3. DELETION (9, 8)
So the jury finally TWO that czar of crime?
And a jury trial is ONE? High bloody time.

4. DELETION (5, 4)
One year fat, one year lean.
Never anywhere between.
Diet changes every day;
Either ONE or TWO, I say.

TERMINAL DELETION: A word is changed to a new one by removing its first and last letters.
Example: ONE = foregone, TWO = Oregon.

5. TERMINAL DELETION (6, 4)
I knew my son would be a TALL
When he was very small,
For when I put him in his SMALL
He doodled on the wall.

WORD DELETION: A word removed from inside a longer one leaves a third word.
Example: TOTAL = performance; ONE = man, TWO = perforce. The length is given only of the longest (TOTAL) word.

6. WORD DELETION (8)
I ate at seven, felt TOTAL by ten.
I doubt if I'll INSIDE eat OUTSIDE again.

7. WORD DELETION (10)
I TWO the praise of any soul
With knowledge of a ONE like this.
I've just an ALL--so on the whole
I'm glad that ignorance is bliss.

CHARADE: A word is broken into two or more shorter words.
Example: TOTAL = scarcity; ONE = scar, TWO = city. The length is given only of the long word.

8. CHARADE (10)
My migraine was pounding; I needed some rest.
"There's WHOLE," said my FIRST, "in the medicine chest."
The SECOND on all of the labels looked blurred.
I took one at random and promptly got THIRD.

LETTER CHANGE: One letter is changed in a word to make a new one.
Example: ONE = pastry, TWO = pantry (a third-letter change).

9. FIRST-LETTER CHANGE (8)
Our baby had colic, and ONE all the day.
No sound's ever TWO it, I'm happy to say.

10. THIRD-LETTER CHANGE (11)
His mood was indicative, her voice purely passive;
He grew more explicative, her boredom grew massive.
To his ONE, she said, "Somehow I feel it's not you
I'm looking for," ending their date with a TWO.