Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Calendar and To-Do List
To Do List:
A
1. Get Sabrina's signature
2. Edit blog
3. Visit a professor
B
1. Math Homework
2. Organize school papers
3. Clean bedroom
C.
1. Make an appointment for Ed Plan
2. Edit Powerpoint
3. Bake cake for M's birthday
Foyer
Foyer (n.): the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house, a vestibule or entrance hall in a house or apartment.
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 Clue: "Ionly needed to turn a corner...armed person..."There are security guards at theaters, hotels, and sometimes apartment houses. They can become suspicious of him because of his appearance.
Original Sentence: There is no running along the ancient castle's foyer.
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 Clue: "Ionly needed to turn a corner...armed person..."There are security guards at theaters, hotels, and sometimes apartment houses. They can become suspicious of him because of his appearance.
Original Sentence: There is no running along the ancient castle's foyer.
Accomplice
Accomplice (n.): A person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.
Source Sentence: Her flight made me feel like an accomplice in tyranny.
Context Clue: "...the ability to alter public space in ugyly ways." His looks made her rund away from him.
Original Sentence: Although the man did not literally kill the victim, he was the killer's accomplice: therefore, he too was put away in jail.
Source Sentence: Her flight made me feel like an accomplice in tyranny.
Context Clue: "...the ability to alter public space in ugyly ways." His looks made her rund away from him.
Original Sentence: Although the man did not literally kill the victim, he was the killer's accomplice: therefore, he too was put away in jail.
Earnest
Earnest (adj.) Serious in intention, purpose, or effort.
Source Sentence: After a few more quick glimpses, she picked up her pace and was soon running in earnsest.
Context Clue: To her...black man-a broad six feet inches... both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket-seemed menacingly close. His appearance intimidated her and she felt she was in danger by being so close to someone such as himself.
Original Sentence: The earnest worker did not like to mess around at work.
Source Sentence: After a few more quick glimpses, she picked up her pace and was soon running in earnsest.
Context Clue: To her...black man-a broad six feet inches... both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket-seemed menacingly close. His appearance intimidated her and she felt she was in danger by being so close to someone such as himself.
Original Sentence: The earnest worker did not like to mess around at work.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Following Through
When I made plans for last week, I was nervous I wouldn't follow through. Sometimes I go on planning stuff and I just don't get to it. As the week went on I followed my plan and made things easier for me to handle. I'm glad I followed through my plans and I even got ahead on my reading for reading class. I am the type of reader that evaluates every single sentence while reading. Therefore I take longer to read a couple of chapters. Knowing what kind of reader I am helps me plan more time for reading, I guess that counts as a reading strategy, making enough time to read it entirely and thoroughly. I also planned to use the predicting strategy. That helped my understand why things happened in the book, and why things didn't happen. The adjustments I need to make from last week to the next is that I should focus more on doing things the right was the first time. Sometimes I try to do things quickly to be able to fit my schedule that I don't focus on doing it correctly and efficiently.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Vocabulary
The word menacingly is an adverb.
The definition of menacingly is being with the intent of harming.
The sentence from the text is, "To her, the youngish black man-a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bluky military jacket-seemed menacingly close."
My context clue that before that sentence, the author tells how he could have sworn he wasn't walking too close to the lady. Then the next one says how obviously, she thought that because of the way he looked, he was too close to her. Like in the movie, "Dennis the Menace"... Dennis was a dangerous boy to be around.
Its antonym would be, (peacefully) walking near someone.
Its synonym would be, in a threatenly fashion or position.
My original sentence is: The meteor seemed menacingly close to earth.
The definition of menacingly is being with the intent of harming.
The sentence from the text is, "To her, the youngish black man-a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bluky military jacket-seemed menacingly close."
My context clue that before that sentence, the author tells how he could have sworn he wasn't walking too close to the lady. Then the next one says how obviously, she thought that because of the way he looked, he was too close to her. Like in the movie, "Dennis the Menace"... Dennis was a dangerous boy to be around.
Its antonym would be, (peacefully) walking near someone.
Its synonym would be, in a threatenly fashion or position.
My original sentence is: The meteor seemed menacingly close to earth.
Vocabulary
Uninflammatory is an adjective.The word elicit is a verb.
The definition of uninflammatory is to not be at a dangerous or a trouble-causing distance.
The sentence from the text is, "As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us."
My context clue is that flammatory means to blow up in any form, to cause trouble. and uninflammatory must mean the opposite due to its prefix. So that mean, that he meant he was not in close enough to the woman to cause harm or trouble in any way.
Its antonym could be to be in a threatening position or too close into another's personal space.
Its synonym could be to be at a safe distance from another, enough to feel safe and not endangered from harm. Not too close to a person enought to cross "the line".
My original sentence is: I got near the intimidating lion in an inflammatory distance.
The definition of uninflammatory is to not be at a dangerous or a trouble-causing distance.
The sentence from the text is, "As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us."
My context clue is that flammatory means to blow up in any form, to cause trouble. and uninflammatory must mean the opposite due to its prefix. So that mean, that he meant he was not in close enough to the woman to cause harm or trouble in any way.
Its antonym could be to be in a threatening position or too close into another's personal space.
Its synonym could be to be at a safe distance from another, enough to feel safe and not endangered from harm. Not too close to a person enought to cross "the line".
My original sentence is: I got near the intimidating lion in an inflammatory distance.
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