Vocabulary #9

Ultimate-being or happening at the end of a process

Interactive-influencing or having an effect on each other

Principle- an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct

Guidance- advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty

Collaboration- the action of working with someone or something to produce or create something

Formative- used to describe the time where someone or something is growing or being formed

Summative-additive, cumulative

Racism- poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race

Intelligence- the ability to learn or understand things or deal with new or difficult situations

Hyperbolic- or,realting to, or marked by hyperbole

Consent- to agree to do or allow something

Doctrine- a set of ideas or beliefs that are taught or believed to be true

Hunch-  to bend your body forward and down so that your back is rounded

Predominant- more important, powerful, successful, or noticeable than other people or things

Discretion- the right to choose what should be done in a particular situation

Provision- the act or process of supplying or providing something

Seizure- the act of taking control of something especially by force or violence

Warrant- a document issued by a court  that gives the police the power to do something

Infraction- an act that breaks a rule or law

Literature Analysis #3

TOPIC(S) and/or EVENT(S)

 

1 and 2. The book that I chose to read was a book called, "When the Spirits Come Back" and its about a Jungian analyst who examines herself, her profession and the limitations of prevailing attitudes toward mental disturbance.

3. I chose this book because the title and the back of the book looked pretty interesting.

4. To me, I found this book to be pretty realistic because i could connect to the Dallet, the person who's life I am reading, many times. Something that I read that I and probably everyone has felt before, is how insecure and embarrassed you can feel while giving a presentation to someone who know more than you on the topic you are presenting and asks you questions over and over and you stumble on your word and ultimately do bad.  

PEOPLE

1. I feel as though if we were to see Dallet in person, we would see the same person as in the book. We would see someone who has made mistakes but knows that she did them and learned from them.

2.The authors tone changes quite a bit. I goes from informative to feeling as though you are in the same room as her, experiencing a big argument.

3. One person she talked about, that really stuck out to me and surprised me, was a man named George who in the 1950's was mentally ill and was given a new drug for 30 days and each dose made him better until he could be put in a normal hospital but as he was checking out, he said he had a sock he forgot to grab, so he went back, grabbed it and the confused nurse asked whats in it and inside the sock, was the drugs he was supposed to take but didnt, so how had he been getting better without taking them?

STYLE

1. Most of the time, she used a journalistic style of writing.

2.The author doesn't really use lengthy text but there are sometimes when she does but it does help.

What is the Value of Life/ What Is a Life Worth

What Is a Life Worth?

Pre-reading:

Surveying the Text:

1.)    It’s unfortunate that I’ve never read a thing from a Time Magazine.

2.)    Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. Time has the world’s largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 25 million, 20 million of which are in the United Stated of America.

3.)    The articles in which are included in the Times Magazine vary. Some examples of the latest articles are:

·         Arrest in Los Angeles Airport Ice Explosions

·         Trial of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Leaders Nears End

·         Thousands Protest in Flood-Hit Chinese City

4.)    Honestly the readership can be anyone. It can vary from someone bored one day and decides to read the magazine to my Government teacher Mr. Wagner, who does in fact read the Times Magazine. I asked my teacher why he reads the magazines and his response was that he doesn’t like to be ignorant on the things that are happening around the globe. He likes to stay informed.

Making Predictions and Asking Questions:

1.)    I predict that the article will take some time to recognize the loss and suffering of the families that were affected by the tragic event that took place on September the eleventh. The government has an idea of how many lives were lost that day and how much of an impact it had on the economy.

2.)    I think the articles relate with each other in the fact that they both try to make the reader recognize that all life has value. One of the examples given to us is the tragic day when terrorists invaded the US and crashed into both of the largest buildings of their times on September 11, 2001. One that day many people lost their lives or if they didn’t die they were severely injured. It was one of the saddest days in history. Imagine losing a loved one to such a tragedy. I wasn’t even alive at the time and I feel a lot of sympathy to the people who lost a loved one that day.

3.)    I don’t think the articles will continue in that vein. In fact, I think that it’ll merge off into explaining how all this sorrow could have been prevented. How the military could’ve translated the terrorists plans in English before they made a move. I honestly don’t understand how we were so clueless of the attack.

Understanding key Vocabulary:

1.)Compensate-(Verb) Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred.

2.)Disparity-(Noun) A great difference.

3.)Valuation-(Noun) An estimation of something’s worth, especially one carried by a professional appraiser.

4.)Ligation-(Noun) The process of taking legal action.

5.)Commodify- (Verb) Turn into or treat.

6.)Discretion- (Noun) The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid casuing offense or revealing private info.

7.)Liability- (Noun) The state of being responsible for something, especially at trust, will, or life insurance policy.

8.)Beneficiary- (Noun) A person ho derives advantage from something.

9.)Tort- (Noun) A wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability.

10.)Allocation- (Noun) The action or process of allocating or distributing something.

Emotion-Laden words:

1.)Squeamish- (Adjective_ Easily made to feel sick, faint, or disgusted, especially by unpleasant images.

2.)Garish-(Adjective) Obtrusively bright and showy.

3.)Gall-(Noun) Bold, Impudent behavior.

4.)Callous-(Adjective) Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

5.)Inconsolable- (Adjective) Not able to be comforted or alleviated.

6.)Indigent- (Adjective) Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

7.)Balk-(Verb) Hesitate or be unwillingly to accepting an idea.

Descriptive Terms:

1.)    Rorschach test-(Noun) A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability.

Thanks to my colleague Matthew Berumen for this first part (pre-reading) http://matthewberumen327.blogspot.com/

                                                        

                                                          READING

After reading the “What is a Live Worth” article, I can only imagine the suffering people went through during this time period and the types of issues that people had to go through. They range from gruesome deaths, painful emotions and/or to things just being unfair or having no justice. One example they use that show how things can be really unfair or having no justice, is of a man by the name of Joseph Hewins who was barreled over on a wintry evening in 1845. Hewins had spent his work day shoveling snow off of the tracks only to be killed by a train and leave behind a wife and three children, who were already poor before he died. Had the train merely cut off one of his legs, the railroad would have paid him but because he died, he took all of his legal claims with him. A little over a century later, is when the courts started to put a price on a life, after death. They can tell you that an average valuation, an injured knee can be about $200,000. Another example of major issues such as gruesome deaths and/ painful emotions is the 9/11 attack that every American knows and never want to experience again. There were many, many deaths and more injuries. Thanks to families now getting money for their relative’s deaths, they got something back but nothing they could get could replace the loved one they lost. Even with the $2 billion in charity money, all together it was just chump change compared with the cash that will flow out of the government coffers. Feinburg is a big public speaker and he explains why not even $250,000 is not enough for a life, he gives an example of a now fatherless nephew and says, “Have you ever seen a twelve-year-old boy have a nervous breakdown?”. He goes on to say how that nephew will never be as happy with the $250,000 compared to the happiness his father would give him and that painful emotion is spread throughout the family. The government now sees what you have done and the family circumstances to decide how much the family should get, but as I have said before, no amount of money will ever replace the life of a loved one. In this article, I see the word “life” not really describing the person’s body or soul but more so what they have done while they were alive and what they contributed to society.

VALUE OF LEARNING/VALUE OF LIFE

Monday-Friday: 1. Try and do cardio before school 2. Go to school 3. Help teachers and friends with organization 4. Go to boxing gym for about three hours 5. Every Tuesday and Thursday go to my dads for two hours 6. Go home and shower, eat and do homework

Saturday: 1. Work sometimes 2. Spend time with family

Sunday: 1. Run 2. Play games 3. exercise
                         

TO BE OR NOT TO BE

In Hamlets soliloquy, there are many types of meanings that range from the standard, to live or to die or to go against the current in order to change yourself or even the world, but my favorite meaning is the one that you should act on what you know to be true in order to hold yourself in higher esteem. This is my favorite because it is something i normally do, I usually act on what I either know or think I know is right, to try and live my life with the least amount of regret I can to get the most out of live .

Vocabulary #7

1) Cursory-going rapidly over something, without noticing details

2) Impetus- a moving force; impulse; stimulus 

3) Pinnacle -the highest or culminating point as of success, power or fame

4) Contumely -insulting display of contempt in words or actions; humiliating treatment 

5) Bereavement -a period of mourning after a loss, especially after the death of a loved one

6) Cache -a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures

7) Consummation -to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill

8) Calamity -a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury

9) Avarice -insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth

10) Fortify -to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.

11) Erratic -deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric

12) Ubiquitous -existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

13) Fortitude -mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

14) Nonchalant -coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual 

15) Affect -to act on; produce an effect or change in

16) Effect -something that is produced by an agency or cause; result

17) Misappropriate -to put to a wrong use.

18) Pragmatic -of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations 

19) Metacognition -higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning

20) Devoutly -devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious

The Value of Choice

Some of the things that i want to focus on in this curriculum is to on making myself a better writer, I wanna learn how to persuade people into thinking what I am thinking through my writing. Another thing I want to focus on is to really learn how to argue to either prove your point or know when you are wrong.

Vocab. #6

Adroit: expert or nble in use of hands or body

Amicable: charaterized by goodwill.

Averse: strong feeling of opposition.

Belligerent: warlike.

Benevolent: kindly feelings

Cursory: rapidly over something

Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct

Extol: to praise highly

Feasible: capable of being done

Grimace: facial expressions

Holocaust: complete devistation or destruction

Impervious: not permitting penetration

Impetus: a moving force

Jeopardy: hazard or risk to exposure to loss

Meticulous: showing extreme care about minute details

Nostalgia: wistfull desire to return in thought

Quintessence: pure concentrated essence

Retrogress: go backward to earlier/worse conditions

Scrutinize: examine in detail

Tepid: moderately warm

Accede: give consent or approval

Brandish: to shake or wave, as a weapon

Comprise: to include or contain

Deft: skillful

Destitute: without meaning or subsistence

Explicit: fully expressed or demonstrated

Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally

Inopportune: inappropriate or inconvenient

Ironic: using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the meaning

Musty: lacking originality or vitality

Officious: official

Ominous: portending evil or harm

Pinnacle: a lofty peak

Premeditated: planned in advance, done deliberately

Rampant: violent in action or spirit

Solace: comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

Stately: majestic

Supple: bending readily without breaking

Suppress: put an end to activities of

Venal: willing to sell someones influence

NO CHILD LEFT UNTABLETED

I believe that having a tablet computer for everyone in a class, including the teacher, to help with learning is an amazing idea. I think this is great because I am in a classroom where we are allowed to use our phones and Ipods to look up information much faster. I have to say that I find learning like this to be much better and more efficient than the regular learning especially in an English classroom. Learning this way is a good change up to the traditional method of just learning out of a book which most all students are bored of. Whats even more beneficial to this idea on the tablets is that everyone in school know how to use one.

Vocab. #5

 Adroit: expert or nble in use of hands or body

Amicable: charaterized by goodwill.

Averse: strong feeling of opposition.

Belligerent: warlike.

Benevolent: kindly feelings

Cursory: rapidly over something

Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct

Extol: to praise highly

Feasible: capable of being done

Grimace: facial expressions

Holocaust: complete devistation or destruction

Impervious: not permitting penetration

Impetus: a moving force

Jeopardy: hazard or risk to exposure to loss

Meticulous: showing extreme care about minute details

Nostalgia: wistfull desire to return in thought

Quintessence: pure concentrated essence

Retrogress: go backward to earlier/worse conditions

Scrutinize: examine in detail

Tepid: moderately warm

Vocab. #4

Accede: give consent or approval

Brandish: to shake or wave, as a weapon

Comprise: to include or contain

Deft: skillful

Destitute: without meaning or subsistence

Explicit: fully expressed or demonstrated

Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally

Inopportune: inappropriate or inconvenient 

Ironic: using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the meaning

Musty: lacking originality or vitality

Officious: official

Ominous: portending evil or harm

Pinnacle: a lofty peak

Premeditated: planned in advance, done deliberately

Rampant: violent in action or spirit

Solace: comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

Stately: majestic

Supple: bending readily without breaking

Suppress: put an end to activities of

Venal: willing to sell someones influence

Literature Analysis

 Topics

• My book is about what people go through to get there inspiration and how sometimes that can lead to dark creatures following you.
• I believe that my author chose to write about this to show that more often than not, great artist sometimes don't write or draw what they really want to.
• I choose this book because i wanted to know if finding artistic inspiration was really difficult at a higher level of writing.
• I found this book realistic because i have heard many times of people looking in dark places for inspiration and for help.

Style

• In the book, the author just used standard journalistic style in his type of writing.
• The author's attitude toward the subject is pretty normal
• The author uses a lot of dialogue and text from past writings and people.  

Vocab. List #3

Accomplice: a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing

Annihilate: to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence

Arbitrary: subject to individual will or judgement without restrictions

Brazen: shameless or impudent

Catalyst: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

Exodus: a going out, a departure

Facilitate: to make easier or less difficult

Incorrigible: bad beyond correction or reform

Latent: present but not visible

Militant: vigorously active and aggresive

Morose: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

Opaque: not transparent or translucent

Paramount: above others in rank or authority

Prattle: talk in a foolish or simple-minded way

Rebut: to oppose by contrary proof

Reprimand: severe reproof or rebuke

Servitude: slavery or bondage of any kind

Slapdash: hasty, haphazard

Stagnant: not flowing or running

Succumb: to give way to superior force

vocabulary: fall #2

Obesity: The condition of being grossly fat or overweight/ Children who eat a lot, eventually become obese. 

Accumulate: Gather together or acquire an increasing number of quantity/ Investigators have yet to accumulate the evidence.

Mass: A large body of matter with no definite shape/ There is a mass of hair at the barber shop.

Disease: A disorder of structure or function in a thing that produces signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location/ The flu is a common disease.

Diet: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats/ A person who is obese, has a poor diet.

Prevalence: The  fact or condition of being prevalent

Stigma: A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

prevent(able): To keep from happening/ I nee to prevent myself from eating fast food.

Adolescent: In the process of developing from a child into an adult./ Now that he has grown up, he feel the adolescent pressure becoming greater.

Cardiovascular: Of or relating to the heart and blood/ The body has an amazing cardiovascular system.

Excessive: More than is necessary/ Rich people have an excessive amount of money.

Mechanism: a system of parts working together in a machine/ A car is many mechanisms 

Sedentary:  Not physically active/ People who are over weight are sedentary.

Predispose: To dispose in advance/ I predispose the thought of losing

Syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms that occur together.

THIS IS PHAT! (Obesity Synopsis)

This article shows just how badly obesity has become in the US. It gives great information on childhood obesity and how we can prevent child obesity from an early age. Things like diet, physical activity and even environment play big roles in child obesity. Obesity can cause simple problems such as bad grades and lack of energy but can also develop into psychological disorders such as depression. This article has many, many more facts on obesity and great ways to prevent and/or help obesity suffers who want to get better. The link to the website in write below.



http://www.nutritionj.com/content/4/1/24

Vocabulary: fall #1

Expository: Intended to explain or describe something

Composition: The way in which a whole or mixture is made up

Assuage: Make less intense or satisfy

Decadence: Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive in pleasure or luxury

Hackneyed: Unoriginal

Coalition: An alliance for combined action

Transcend: Be or go beyond the range or limits of something

Meritorious: Deserving reward or praise

Lurid: Very vivid in color

Petulant: Childishly sulky or bad-tempered

REFLECTIONS ON WEEK 1

1.  I don't think that there is anything that will affect my participation in the class other than the fact that I feel like I will get distracted because I am on the internet.

2.  The best learning experience I have had is, believe it or not, when I watch an amazing anime show. I have learned many different things from watching many different ones. Some of the things I learned and apply to my live is to take charge when things are going bad, set a good example for everyone to follow and look up to and never give up no matter how many times you have been knocked down or beaten.

3.  In this class, I am most excited to learn how to write in a way to persuade the reader to think and to get them to see things from my perspective, whether it be good or bad.

GO TO SOURCES FOR GOOD NONFICTION

http://thegreatestbooks.org/nonfiction

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/11-best-nonfiction-books-2012

http://www.listmuse.com/best-books-top-100-nonfiction.php

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2012/nonfiction#book/book-1

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/12/mother-jones-staff-picks-best-nonfiction-2012

My Big Question

My big question is something that I have wanted to know for a good while now, its to know how the brain actually works. How does our brain know how to keep memory inside and how when you are in a life or death situation your brain releases its restrictions on the body to get it out of danger like being able to lift something really heavy that is crushing your body or being able to run really fast to get out of danger