Reflection

One thing that has changed my life in the past was the day I went camping with my father and his friends. What had happen was that when we go camping we go from Friday to Sunday and when we go we also enjoy hunting as well. When it was Saturday morning when my father had tagged a deer. Well after we skinned and took a piece off to eat. We started to pack everything except the tent because since we had bagged an animal there was no reason for us to go out and hunt again. Well the rest of the day my father had felt as if he was invincible. On Sunday morning my father woke up a little early to begin to cook something very fast for we can leave early to beat traffic because it’s at least three hours to arrive home. By the time me and my father finish eating we mad more food for everyone else to eat. So we began to start cleaning up like picking up trash and making sure we didn’t leave anything behind. By the time we finished cleaning everyone had already woken up. It wasn’t until twelve o’clock we started to leave. When my father got into the truck he told me if I were ready? I told him for what? He replied saying today was going to see if this truck could make up that hill. And I told him don’t do it because the truck wont do make it. But instead he just hit the gas and took off up the hill. But what he didn’t notice was that the dirt was loose so half ways there wasn’t any traction. My dad let go of the brakes which was a big mistake. The truck ended up going backwards and hitting a trunk. It took three hours and two trucks to get our truck out of the hill. Since that day I thank God for looking after us on that day and the rest after that because if you notice we ended up nearly going down the mountain if it wasn’t for that trunk.

Reflection

In my point of view, my reading habits weren’t as different as they were as a child. As a child I would just read what I would have to because if I kept on continuing to read I would some reason I would loose my train of thought and end up reading the text over and over until finally I understood what was going on, while I was I child I intended a program called bridges in my elementary school. What bridges was, was that it would help me read and understand what was in the text and help me remember what I read in the text. This program did help me very much; I was able to become a much better reader from what I was before.

During middle school not much changed for me. I would just read what was assigned to me just to barley pass the basics. I would just read what I would have to because if I kept on continuing to read I would some reason I would loose my train of thought and end up reading the text over. It wasn’t until eighth grade when my reading teacher was always on my case of how I was doing in my reading, her name was Mrs. Anderson and because of her I was able to move up from a third grade level reader to a seventh grade reader.

When I entered high school everything changed for me. I enjoyed almost every book I read especially Harry Potter. It seemed to me not reading when I was younger seemed foolish and a was of time. If I were able to go back and change my reading habits I would do it in a heartbeat.

Equinox

Noun

“It always begins on the first day of spring at the moment of the equinox”pg.105

Begins on the first day of spring

The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.

Christmas always begins the first morning at the moment of the equinox.

Strewn

Verb

“To my delight, i found that the lawn had been strewn with miniature Iranian flags”pg.113

The lawn had been, with miniature Iranian flag

To scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area

A small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor.

Exempt

Adjective

“The Christian and Jewish Children at my school were exempt from religious studies, a fact that caused much envy among the rest of us.” pg.105

From religious studies

Free from an obligation or liability imposed on others

These patients are exempt from all charges

Staunch

Verb

“In 1980 however, despite my father’s staunch devotion to freedom and fairness, he was still a foreigner with in accent.” pg 119

Devotion to freedom and fairness

Stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound

The Docter may have saved her life by stanching the flow

Noxious

Adjective

“Without taking a break, I Scrubed intensely, trying my best not to inhale the noxious fumes.”pg.127

Trying my best not to inhale

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

We were overcome by the noxious fumes

Angst

Noun

“Against this backdrop of teenage angst, there would have to be a symbol, a representation of the confidience that comes with eventuual intellutual and spiritual growth.”

Confidience that comes with eventuual intellutual and spiritual growth.

A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general

Mantra

Noun

“I should’ve sold everything and brought the money to america a long time ago” became his mantra” pg. 129

Should’ve sold everything and brought the money to america a long time ago

A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation.

He environmental mantra that energy has for too long been too cheap.

Frugal

Adjective

“After having baby-satfor every frugal family in town, I eventually hit the mother load.” pg. 123

Having baby-sat.

Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.

Last night I had a frugal meal.

Capacity

Noun

"As he found within himself the capacity to rise above his humiliating circumstances, he became an observer as well as a participant in the experience." pg.152

he found within himself

the maximum amount that something can contain

the capacity of the stadium had reached its maximum.

BAKLAVA

Noun

"In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people like flies to baklava." Pg. 65

drew people like flies

a dessert originating in the Middle East made of phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey.

Baklava is very delicious with a glass of milk

REFLECTION

Well the impact of the vocabulary reading required for this class has helped me in very different ways. For example in my point of view I know that I have a bigger vocabulary, it has helped me improve my reading skills, And I am able to use the words that I have learned in my daily life. During the duration of learning these words I am able to notice more people use these words and I am able to understand the meaning of what they are able to say while talking to me. In my point of view now that I am to break down a word and use all the useful things that I have learned in class to try and approach an unfamiliar vocabulary in a way to understand the meaning our at least try to get a hint on what the words meaning is. To me yes I am able to remember the vocabulary words for a long period of time and able to give in explanation of the word and the definition of it. In my point of view, during the duration of the time that I have been in reading 56 I know now that I am able to understand more in my reading and I know that I am able to use new words of my vocabulary list and be able use them in writing and while I am having a conversation with someone, and so far I am really content with the progress that I have been doing in my vocabulary and reading skills.

Frenzied

Adjective

"Between Frenzied shopping trips to sears to buy presents for our relatives back home,my mother spent her last few weeks giving gifts to our American friends." pg.35

Shopping because from my experience christmans has been exciting.

Feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement

The crowd was Frenzied when the home team made a touchdown.