Vocabulary 7 Suggestions

Devoutly

Quietus

Perchance

Pangs

Bodkin

Fardels

Ophelia

Orisons

Awry
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Aalamity

My Value

In my life, I wouldn't say I'm the risk taker. I would take some every once in the while and some times they turned out bad, and others turned out good. There are times where I think, what if I would've said this or done that. In recent years, I've learned to let go of that fear. When opportunities come up, I'm becoming less fearful of that know and willing to take the risk. These risks have been a positive for me too and that only builds my confidence to make more. Even especially now, it's my senior year, I have only one more shot at opportunities before I'm completely on my own.

To Act or Not to Act

Both Shakespeare and Steve Jobs talk about the values in our life but in different ways. Steve Jobs says that the unknown is scary but he still went in because you will never know what may happen. In
Jobs case, the unknown led him to own a billion dollar company that we know today as Apple. Hamlet on the other had is hesitant. He is scared to go into the unknown because he is not sure how it will change his life, but he knows if he doesn't do anything, he will live his life in wondering what would have happened if he did take the risk.

Dear Steve

In the passage I read about Steve Jobs, I was amazed. All these bumps in the road and curve balls thrown at him, and he says that they are the greatest things that could have ever happened to him. He takes what most people would look at as negatives and set backs and made them positives. Never does he look at being fired from apple or dropping out from college as life ruiners, but something that he would be able to "connect the dots" on later. I think all people should live like this and take a stab at change and opportunity. The unknowns in our life bring fear to us but you never know what may come out of them.

Freedom of Choice

Having the freedom of choice can have its pros and cons. We make choices everyday that affect our next choice. Making your own choice allows you to be an individual and shows that you are responsible. These choices can land you great opportunities but on the flip side can cause trouble. If you are a trouble maker, you are more likely to chose to do something very bad. Sometime it's not purposeful that you take a bad choice, but you just make a wrong choice. Choices can help you float or sink so it's not something to take lightly.

Vocabulary #5

Adroit- expert or nimble use of hands and body.

Amicable- characterized by or showing good will.

Averse- having a strong feeling of opposition.

Belligerent- warlike

Benevolent- characterized by or expressing good will

Cursory- going rapid over something without noticing details.

Duplicity- two face

Extol- to praise highly

Feasible- capable of being done

Grimace- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted.

Holocaust- a great devastating disaster.

Impervious- untouchable

Impetus- a moving force.

Jeopardy- hazard or at risk of loss, harm, and death.

Meticulous- taking or showing extreme care care yo detail.

Nostalgia- a desire to go back to a thought or time in your life.

Quintessence- the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.

Retrogress- to go backwards into an earlier usually worse condition.

Scrutinize- to examine in detail with critical and careful attention.

Tepid- lukewarm

No Child Left Untableted

This article to me seems to relate to our class that we're in right now. Teachers look and say it's crazy to let students use technology in class. Well so far they've been proven wrong. People that are still attached to the traditional ways of teaching show no trust in students which is shown in the article because most of the teachers that we're rejecting the tablet idea where the ones that sounded like they'd rather stick a book in front of a kid and say read. Technology is a huge part of our generation and it seems to be the best way to get kids to respond to anything these days. I feel that the only way to effectively use the tablets is to introduce it to only those teachers who are excited to use them to there full potential and as newer, younger teachers are hired, bring them in slowly until it can be used school wide. The only problem with the tablets though to me is that staring at a screen all day can really have harmful effects which is why I don't like staring at screens for long periods of time.

Declaration of Learning Independence

In this class, I want to use it to get myself started in a career path in engineering. I know that it sounds like a literature class and engineering don't exactly go hand and hand but the tools used in this class can help me in ways. I need to start of by work my way into college. I need consistently good grades this year and to make sure my resumes and personal statements make me more unique than other kids. Once there I can use the media tools for collaboration with any classmates I happen to work with there and maybe even with someone who can help me find my future career in Engineering.

LAQ #1 Great Sports Feats of the '70s by: Bill Gutman

Topic and Events

1) My book is about a few of the greatest accomplishments in sports during the decade of the 70s. It covers a wide variety of sports from football to hockey. In this book the author tells about the greatest players and teams and the challenges they faced and there greatest accomplishments that they did. It also gives a brief background to the players and teams and talks about how they got to where they were. A lot of these teams and players faced many doubts and even received hate for becoming the best. The author states at the beginning of this book that there are many, many more players and teams that should be included into this book but couldn't because it would be to much. This book is nonfiction because it covers facts and tells the true story of these great professional athletes.

2) Gutman wrote about many different players and teams to tell the reader about some of the greatest accomplishments made to sports during the 70s.

3) What immediately stuck out to me about this book was that it was a book about sports. Probably the closest I can get to reading a sports illustrated and calling that school work. Ones I began reading I was definitely hooked because of reading about some of the greatest players to there sports. Some I knew and some I didn't but it was still a great read to learn about the players of another sport that I don't really pay attention to as much.

4) I found this book realistic immediately because its about some of the greatest athletes in history. The only person I can really connect to is Nancy Lopez, one of the greatest female golfers. Her family came from a Mexican-American family that didn't have much but her parents wanted to make sure that Nancy had what she needed to succeed. In a way, this is like my moms family because when they first came to the US, they didn't have much but they wanted to make sure that there daughters would have what they needed to succeed.

People

1) The author in some cases would use foreshadowing in some instances when introducing a new athlete or team in each chapter. An example is show right at the beginning of the book where the author is talking about the greatest teams in the NFL. It starts of by talking about how people argue about who was the greatest team but no one would ever know because it was an arbitrary judgment. In that Gutman brings up how nothing compares to the 1972 Miami Dolphins and how they were destined to become super bowl champions.

2)The author sticks to the main focus because the book is loaded with different athletes to cover. So he briefly gives the players background before talking about there outstanding performances and give information on that players outbreak season.

3) The author uses the sports fanatics to create a mood for the book because in each players cases, te fans were either pulling for them to succeed or against them and sending them hate mail. So it gave a feeling of suspense and hope for the player to succeed.

4) I think the author was very excited and knowledgeable about the subject. The tone used by the author when explaining each players accomplishment was very exciting,


I think I will remember those players the most that fought to get where they were in there careers and those who faced hate and discrimination for beating a favorite players record. I feel that this should be an inspiration to all athletes out there to show where there dedication to the game got them.

Vocabulary #4

Accede- to give consent, approval, or adherence.

Brandish- to shake or wave as a weapon.

Comprise- to include or contain.

Deft- dexterous.

Destitute- without means of subsidence.

Explicit- fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated.

Extirpate- to remove or destroy totally.

Inopportune- not opportune or inappropriate.

Ironic- use of words to convey mean but have a opposite meaning.

Musty- having an odor or flavor of moldy,old room.

Officious- objectionable aggressive in. offering ones unrequested or unwanted help.

Ominous- portending evil or harm.

Pinnacle- a lofty peak.

Premeditated- done deliberately.

Rampant- violent in action or spirit.

Solace- comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble.

Stately- majestic.

Supple- bending readily without breaking or becoming disformed.

Suppress- to put to an end of activities of a body or person.

Venal- willing to sell ones influences.

Vocabulary #3

Accomplice- a person who helps another in crime or wrong doing.

Annihilate- to reduce to utter ruin.
 
Arbitrary- subject to individual will or judgment without restriction.

Brazer-to unite metal at high temperatures by applying and various nonferrous solders.
 
Catalyst- something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without effect.
 
Exodus- a going out of a large number of people.
 
Facilitate- to make easier or less difficult.
 
Incorrigible- bad beyond collection.
 
Latent- present but not visible.
 
Militant- vigorously activity and aggressive.

Morose- gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

Opaque- not transparent or translucent.
 
Paramount- chief in importance or impact.

Prattle- to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way.
 
Rebut- to refute by evidence or argument.

Reprimand- a sever reproof or rebuke.

Servitude- slavery or bondage of any kind.

Slapdash- in a hasty, haphazard.

 

 

Stagnant- not flowing or running.

 



 
Succumb- to give way to a superior force.