Aesthetic- (adjective)
Definition: pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics
Source Sentence: Like a killer forest fire, like cancer under a microscope, any battle or bombing raid or artillery barrage has the aesthetic purity of absolute moral indifference- a powerful implacable beauty- and a true war story will tell the truth about this, although the truth is ugly.
Context Clue: Antonym, the words ugly & beauty are brought up in the sentence.
Original Sentence: Women see child birth as a sense of aesthetics, unlike men who after seeing the child be born they don't want to be there the next time.
Bedlam- (noun)
Definition: a scene or wild state of uproar and confusion
Source Sentence: Vietnam was full of strange stories, some improbable, some well beyond that, but the stories that will last forever are those that swirl back and forth across the border between trivia and bedlam, the mad and mundane.
Context Clues: Your logic, the first part of the sentence sort of gives it away: Vietnam was full of strange stories, some improbable, some well beyond that..
Original Sentence: The people in Louisiana were in bedlam when Hurricane Katrina hit, back in 2005.
Catharsis- (noun)
Definition: the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of arts, as tragedy or music.
Source Sentence: Partly catharsis, partly communication, it was a way of grabbing people by the shirt and explaining exactly what had happened to me, how I'd allowed myself to get dragged into a wrong war, all the mistakes I'd made, all the terrible things I had seen and done.
Context Clues: Your logic, within the (long) sentence O'Brien is spilling his emotions.
Original Sentence: As my sister sang the ballad there was a sense of catharsis because tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Reflection #3
What I Planned & What I Plan to Do
So I planned to do my scavenger hunt last week, but I didn’t do it. Every time I got out of class I just went straight home, instead of going to see Ms. Jenkins for her signature. I also haven’t gotten to the In-Person Visit. I’m pretty backed up on my interview question and the guide questions we have to answer. It‘s not that I don’t have time, it’s just that I don’t make time for any of it. I’m all caught up with my reading though. The Things They Carried is an interesting book. I can’t seem to set it down. Reading seems a lot easier when I have my pen or highlighter in my hand. They’re essential when it comes to eliciting main ideas or circling words I don’t know.
Some plans are easier to follow than others. It’s usually the ones that one WANTS to do. I do plan on getting to the scavenger hunt. It’s due next week already. Because it’s due next week I have to get on that quick. I think I need to move around some stuff from my TO DO LIST. The things from my “want to” list should be moved to my “if I have time” list. Or maybe I should just set more priority on what I have to get done, rather than pushing it back more every time. It’s funny that I bought an organizer so things like this wouldn’t happen, but I don’t even use it, or at least make good use of it.
So I planned to do my scavenger hunt last week, but I didn’t do it. Every time I got out of class I just went straight home, instead of going to see Ms. Jenkins for her signature. I also haven’t gotten to the In-Person Visit. I’m pretty backed up on my interview question and the guide questions we have to answer. It‘s not that I don’t have time, it’s just that I don’t make time for any of it. I’m all caught up with my reading though. The Things They Carried is an interesting book. I can’t seem to set it down. Reading seems a lot easier when I have my pen or highlighter in my hand. They’re essential when it comes to eliciting main ideas or circling words I don’t know.
Some plans are easier to follow than others. It’s usually the ones that one WANTS to do. I do plan on getting to the scavenger hunt. It’s due next week already. Because it’s due next week I have to get on that quick. I think I need to move around some stuff from my TO DO LIST. The things from my “want to” list should be moved to my “if I have time” list. Or maybe I should just set more priority on what I have to get done, rather than pushing it back more every time. It’s funny that I bought an organizer so things like this wouldn’t happen, but I don’t even use it, or at least make good use of it.
Weekly Calendar
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To Do List:
1. Do HW
2. Pick up mom & sister
3. Work
1. Go to Circuit Lab
2. Hang w/ Rafa <33
3. Go to Carmen's Bday dinner
1. Clean my room
2. Wash the dishes
3. Watch TV
To Do List:
1. Do HW
2. Pick up mom & sister
3. Work
1. Go to Circuit Lab
2. Hang w/ Rafa <33
3. Go to Carmen's Bday dinner
1. Clean my room
2. Wash the dishes
3. Watch TV
Vocabulary
Rectitude- (noun)
Definition: rightness of conduct or principle; moral virtue
Source Sentence: There is no rectitude whatsoever.
Context Clue: Synonym, in the next sentence it has the word virtue.
Original Sentence: The policy had rectitude in every aspect, there were no if's or but's about bending the rules.
Pagoda - (noun)
Definition: a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories
Source Sentence: One afternoon, somewhere west of the Batangan Peninsula, we came across an abandoned pagoda.
Context Clues: Example, in the following sentence it describes the pagoda: a tar paper shack with two monks living in it, tending a small garden & broken shrines.
Original Sentence: I walked into a pagoda expecting to see monks and shrines, but it was just an empty shack.
Ordnance- (noun)
Definition: cannon or artillery
Source Sentence: Why all the ordnance?
Context Clue: Your Logic, a couple paragraphs before O'Brien mentions all sorts of weapons the guys use.
Original Sentence: The military ordnance has a lot of firepower.
Definition: rightness of conduct or principle; moral virtue
Source Sentence: There is no rectitude whatsoever.
Context Clue: Synonym, in the next sentence it has the word virtue.
Original Sentence: The policy had rectitude in every aspect, there were no if's or but's about bending the rules.
Pagoda - (noun)
Definition: a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories
Source Sentence: One afternoon, somewhere west of the Batangan Peninsula, we came across an abandoned pagoda.
Context Clues: Example, in the following sentence it describes the pagoda: a tar paper shack with two monks living in it, tending a small garden & broken shrines.
Original Sentence: I walked into a pagoda expecting to see monks and shrines, but it was just an empty shack.
Ordnance- (noun)
Definition: cannon or artillery
Source Sentence: Why all the ordnance?
Context Clue: Your Logic, a couple paragraphs before O'Brien mentions all sorts of weapons the guys use.
Original Sentence: The military ordnance has a lot of firepower.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Vocabulary
Foyer- (noun)
Definition: the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house
Source Sentence: "I only needed to turn a corner into a dicey situation, or crowd some frightened, armed person in a foyer somewhere, or make an errant move after being pulled over by a policeman."
Context Clues: The sentence is a general sense of the passage because it's not specifying the definition in the context.
Original Sentence: As I walked through the foyer of the hotel, the bell hop asked to help with my luggage.
Unwieldy- (adjective)
Definition: not readily handled or managed in use or action.
Source Sentence: It was in the echo of that terrified woman's footfalls that I first began to know the unwieldy inheritance I'd come into-the ability to alter public space in ugly ways.
Context Clues: Your Logic- He obviously was not prepared on how he would alter public space.
Original Sentence: The unwieldy parking structure wasn't ready for use.
Impoverished- (adjective)
Definition: reduced to poverty
Source Sentence: I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago.
Context Clues: Your Logic- I know that affluent means rich.
Original Sentence: Hollywood is full of celebrities, however they're found on the impoverished side of Hollywood.
Definition: the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house
Source Sentence: "I only needed to turn a corner into a dicey situation, or crowd some frightened, armed person in a foyer somewhere, or make an errant move after being pulled over by a policeman."
Context Clues: The sentence is a general sense of the passage because it's not specifying the definition in the context.
Original Sentence: As I walked through the foyer of the hotel, the bell hop asked to help with my luggage.
Unwieldy- (adjective)
Definition: not readily handled or managed in use or action.
Source Sentence: It was in the echo of that terrified woman's footfalls that I first began to know the unwieldy inheritance I'd come into-the ability to alter public space in ugly ways.
Context Clues: Your Logic- He obviously was not prepared on how he would alter public space.
Original Sentence: The unwieldy parking structure wasn't ready for use.
Impoverished- (adjective)
Definition: reduced to poverty
Source Sentence: I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago.
Context Clues: Your Logic- I know that affluent means rich.
Original Sentence: Hollywood is full of celebrities, however they're found on the impoverished side of Hollywood.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Weekly Calendar
To Do List:
1. Find an apartment
2. Read 96 HW
3. Work
1. Pay for credit card
2. PE class
3. Hang w/ Rafa <33
Reflection #2
Instant Impact
Today, I found out that my family and I have less than a week to move out of our house. We’ve been in a bit of a crisis for a while. We tried modifying our house payment, but we were declined. So, our house went for sale and was recently sold. It was in escrow for about a month and my dad pretty much forgot to mention anything to us. Today, in the final signatures, my parents were told that we have to be out of here by SATURDAY!!!!! I was in shock. I got home and my mom was in tears. It broke my heart to see her that way. Not too long ago, my sister was crying too.
We’ve been online and on the road looking for houses for rent, but I think we are going to end up moving into an apartment. I’m stressing, going crazy. We started packing because the week is going to pass by and before we know it we have to be out of here. This seems too much to handle. Seeing my mom and dad argue, my sister crying, all the packing, and not knowing where to go, I am overwhelmed. I don’t know what’s going to happen to Romeo, my dog. Some apartments don’t allow pets, so if we move to one that doesn’t allow pets; I don’t know what I’m going to do with my dog. I really don’t want to get rid of him. He means a lot to me. This week is going to be full of headaches. I am so not looking forward to it.
Today, I found out that my family and I have less than a week to move out of our house. We’ve been in a bit of a crisis for a while. We tried modifying our house payment, but we were declined. So, our house went for sale and was recently sold. It was in escrow for about a month and my dad pretty much forgot to mention anything to us. Today, in the final signatures, my parents were told that we have to be out of here by SATURDAY!!!!! I was in shock. I got home and my mom was in tears. It broke my heart to see her that way. Not too long ago, my sister was crying too.
We’ve been online and on the road looking for houses for rent, but I think we are going to end up moving into an apartment. I’m stressing, going crazy. We started packing because the week is going to pass by and before we know it we have to be out of here. This seems too much to handle. Seeing my mom and dad argue, my sister crying, all the packing, and not knowing where to go, I am overwhelmed. I don’t know what’s going to happen to Romeo, my dog. Some apartments don’t allow pets, so if we move to one that doesn’t allow pets; I don’t know what I’m going to do with my dog. I really don’t want to get rid of him. He means a lot to me. This week is going to be full of headaches. I am so not looking forward to it.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Reflection
The Things I Carry
I carry along with me the things from my past. The guilt of never taking the initiative to become someone I’ve always wanted to be. I can’t say I’m not happy with my life, but I could have been elsewhere by now. I graduated in 2008 and recently started my first semester of college. Every morning that I walk into my class I carry that gut wrenching feeling that I won’t reach my potential. I look around at all the faces of every student and don’t see what I see in mine. Fear. My eyes say it all. It’s hard for me to hide my emotions. Even when I want to.
Today I still carry the words left unsaid. The things I never got to say to my cousin before he left this world. The last time I saw him on his hospital bed, I felt he tried to tell me something with his eyes. I carry the memory of that tear that streamed down his cheek when he saw me. He was eleven. He gave me something that I don’t think I ever had. Faith. Although his heart could bear no more, he still lives within my heart. I carry the fear of breaking my promise to him. I promised to become a better person. For me, for him, for my family. It’s still hard to accept that he’s not with us anymore. It’s been four years and yet the wound is still open. This wound that I carry will eventually close up. I will carry this wound every step I take to accomplish everything he couldn’t.
Vocabulary
Extol- (verb)
Definition: to praise highly; to lift up
Source Sentence: Similarily, a decade later, the essayist and novelist Edward Hoagland extols a New York where once "Negro bitterness bore down mainly on other Negroes."
Context Clues: The sentence is a general sense of the passage because it's not specifying the definition in the context.
Original Sentence: Now a days, young girls like to extol Justin Bieber over others.
Definition: to praise highly; to lift up
Source Sentence: Similarily, a decade later, the essayist and novelist Edward Hoagland extols a New York where once "Negro bitterness bore down mainly on other Negroes."
Context Clues: The sentence is a general sense of the passage because it's not specifying the definition in the context.
Original Sentence: Now a days, young girls like to extol Justin Bieber over others.
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