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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Vocabulary of Stories We read this week

  1. Mesmerized - When I finally got to Da Lat, the view of mountains and clouds there mesmerized me, it was so beautiful, I looked at it, unable to say a single word.
  2. Impeccably - To the outsiders, it was an impeccably couple, but that was because they wasn't there, watch them fight with each other.
  3. Petrified - I stood there petrified as the image of the truck smashed the body of a poor little puppy on the middle of the road into pieces appeared right before my eyes.
  4. Stoically - I looked down at my feet, stoically listened to the coach's judgment about the final score of the game, although I didn't agree with it.
  5. Dissuade - I tried to dissuade David not to rob the bank for money for drugs, but he didn't listen to me, and guess what, he ended up in prison.
  6. Chaotic - The school canteen was just chaotic, because all of the students of the school were pushing each other to order food at lunch
  7. Negotiated - I negotiated with my brother so that both of us can use the computer on Saturday and Sunday so that our dad won't have to yell us for fighting over it.
  8. Acquisition - I like your new acquisition of shoes, can you tell me where did you buy them?
  9. Corps - In sixth grade, I learned about the Peace Corp and I was very impress about what they did together to help our world better, and I would want to be one of them in the future. 
  10. Commemorate - I will go to Japan and see Sadako's statue in real life, she's a hero to me, although she was dying from the atomic bomb, she still had hope and she also passed the hope to other people.
  11. Mimicking - She was mimicking the teacher and the whole class was laughing so hard, then suddenly, the teacher walked into the classroom and gave her 2 hours detention for a week.
  12. Resembles - My dad always says that I resembled him when I was a little girl, but I think I still do now, I walk like him, talk like him, even sometimes I found myself think like him.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Gentleman of Río en Medio Vocabulary

  1. Negotiation - There was a negotiation about between my brother and I on how long should each of us use the computer.
  2. Innumerable - I forgot the innumerable times I called my mom to pick me up when she threw her phone at home and went hang out with her friends.  
  3. Boundaries - There's an invisible boundary between my mom and I because we don't get along with each other very well
  4. Descendants - I don't think I will have any descendant because I am not gonna marry anyone.

Stop The Sun Vocabulary

  1. Commotion - She couldn't move while watching the commotion in the horror movie in the theater.
  2. Founder - I was foundered when my brother proposed to his girlfriend at our house last night.
  3. Ruin -  Yesterday Rome was a city, today it is nothing but a ruin. 
  4. Inert - I looked inert at the beautiful artwork that was turning into pieces.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Literary Focus Question # 6

Don Anselmo didn't reveal who "owns" the trees at his first visit because of many reasons. Firstly, he thought he doesn't "own" the trees so it wasn't his right to tell the lawyer who really "owns" the trees. The Americans thought they got the land and house for a cheap price, but instead, they got all these children annoyed them for another price to pay. Secondly, he didn't tell them because he respects the children and their trees, he could ask for their permission to sell them in the first place, but he didn't. He wanted them to keep their trees, and also their culture. I think it's something cultural about those trees that he didn't want the Americans to know about. And finally he honored his culture and he also wanted the children to honor the culture by keeping them, not selling them, but he decided it is their choice sell it or not, because they "own" the trees.