Knowledge
List five new words you learned in the book. Write down their meaning and an original example sentence.
1. Slicker
Meaning: Something done or operating in an impressively smooth, efficient, and
apparently effortless way.
Sentence: The man was tall and thin, dressed in a gray slicker with a hood.
2. Anesthetically Meaning: a substance that induces insensitivity to pain.
Sentence: The doctor forgot to give the patient anesthetic, so he felt every swipe of the scalpel in horrifying agony.
3. Laceration
Meaning: a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh.
Sentence: The prisoner thought to be the most seriously injured and suffered a stab wound, broken jaw and a laceration to the head.
As a result of the accused’s actions Mr. Keast has suffered injuries to his neck and jaw and a significant bruise to
1. The Text View in the right-hand pane displays the text of your document and highlights style and usage problems it has found in your writing.
Part 1—Create a list of five discussion questions (and sample answers) about the book so we can include them in our class discussions. You will be expected to lead a discussion with at least one of these questions. (Your sample answers should be six to eight sentences in length.)
3. What are the best parts of this book? Why? What are the worst parts of this book? Why? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain.
After we are presented with what each letter looks like we are then told what words start with that letter. There are a lot of interesting words they use throughout the book. I really like how repetitive it is; the letter appears on the page alone at least three times.
Hunger. Emptiness. Death. In the novel Night by Elie wiesel speaks about hunger as something all jews were used to, empty and deprived of nutrition they were already dead. Hunger consumes all hope and love that people have with one another.
List 5 new vocabulary words and 5 expressions that caught your attention while reading this chapter. Write the page number and the definitions when possible.
What prior knowledge did you bring to the reading that helped you understand the book? Be sure to choose a specific part of the book to support your answer.
While reading the interview of Robin D.G. Kelley, I found it interesting how he used history as a way to support his thinking. To go step by step, explain how different points in time had in shaping racism and self-identity was something I found to be very interesting. It brought me back to when I was in AP US History in high school and we read Fredrick Douglas’ book and look at old advertisements. It was shocking to see what was put on to the public, but made sense there was such racial division—if this is what was being feed to the mass public as acceptable, how were they to go against this flow of ideas? This idea was also discussed in this interview as Kelley brings in the two groups of poor white and people of color.
Society today is quick to judge and state what is wrong and what is acceptable by the public. While some differences between Spelling Matters and Use Your Own Words are obvious, the similarities are relevant. Anne Trubek says that perhaps it is time to change or alter grammar rules to match the current generation and culture. We should advance our guidelines about what is proper and improper along with what is happening right now with the language. While Mikita Brottman says, “bad spelling can be a godsend—a way of weeding out those who are thoughtless and inattentive to detail” (p. 219).
It’s been a great three years of being mentored by you in speech, debate, and finally, AP English Language and Composition. Through those three years of rigorous public speaking and academically challenging work, I can say with sincerity that I am a different person. Now, I know tenfold of what I knew before of high fructose corn syrup, trigger locks, and IRCA. It’s been an unequivocal honor to have met someone with such an intellectual arsenal as you and I have to wonder if I’ll ever meet anyone as knowledgeable even in college. You fended off every single argument that either the Debate Team or the 14 member fifth period AP English coalition threw at you with such ease and class. Wherever you decide to go next, I have no doubt in my mind that you will have the same scintillating impact you had on Suffern High School. Be sure to hoist that Tampa Bay Rays banner proudly for all those poseur Yankee fans to see!
The piece titled ‘getting our future back on the rails – slowly’ is written by a member of The Grow Slow organisation who believes that the most convenient occupant for the land of the abandoned railway yards is a community garden. The author begins the article in a confined toned aiming to convince the reader that a community garden is the right choice and later transfers on to a more critical tone when talking about convenient foods. The author’s main arguments include firstly that community gardens are a global trend and that their community should be one to follow such a trend, secondly a community garden will be beneficial to everyone and is the most efficient option and lastly community gardening will bring the whole community
From The Great Learning, I decided to select the following quote: “From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides”. From this, I find that no matter the social standing of an individual, the cultivation of humanity must start from the root of the person. We cannot hope to spread acts of humanity or preach of harmony, if we do not fully understand ourselves. I think it is quite vital that we must first reflect and seek improvement in ourselves before we can change society in a positive manner. It will only be hypocritical if we are to try to fix society, but in actuality, we need it the
Visually describe the piece you are analyzing (Who or what is in it? What is happening?). - There are several people in the ad, the main focus is singer/song writer, Taylor Swift. There are several photos of her with her guitar and with the other girls in the advertisement. The other girls in the ad with her are either models or could be everyday girls like me.
In the passage from the novel The Book of Saladin by Tariq Ali, the author talks