Reflection Post

When I was about eight my parents were still together, life was good. When they separated that’s when everything got difficult. My whole attitude change towards the worst, my relationship with my mother wasn’t the greatest. I blamed her for not allowing me to have a regular life with a father figure in my life. Growing up without a father present made it very complex to do right. I learned from the older boys in my neighborhood and they directed me in the wrong path. A little boy that has no direction in society is easy influence by his surroundings, I wasn’t a leader by far, but I was a survivor I knew how to take care of myself, I cook for myself when I was hungry, wash and iron my clothes for school and even if was confronted by the other kids about my appearance and lack of or they just being mean I was able to defend myself. It wasn’t unusual for kids in my neighborhood to be without a parent, so I had to adapt and get over it, in order to maintain my sanity.

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When I was able to read books, I didn’t like it because I couldn’t pronounce the words correctly and I didn’t understand what I had read. Growing up with no interest in reading was very difficult to obtain the knowledge that the book was portraying, so I tried to disregard reading something that didn’t at least had pictures to narrate the story. As I got older now attending high school, I was forced to read to get a passing grade in all my classes, but I had a lot help to get myself motivated. College courses are mandatory to gain as mush education in a short amount of time, very difficult. I know the importance of reading there’s no way around it, so I study endless hours in the lab to get a head start in the reading courses. Whenever I attempt to read a book, I loss all focus on what I reed and eventually give up. I have bad reading habits; I usually go somewhere noisy not by fault is just because, everything a noise me; I probably need to be locked in a bobble for total silence in order to comprehend the reading. I will try to get in the habit of finding a less quit place for I can gather the information and the clues to stay a good reader.

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Since I had the chance to enroll in Reading 56, I had written every vocabulary word that was assigned in the lesson. Learning to write and memorize each word was very helpful to me, It’s has been great pleasure writing and understanding the essays and completing sentences that makes since. I identify the vocabulary words in stories I had read, it allows me to relate to the story better and I’m able to comprehend the meaning of the author points to the story. All due to learning of the vocabulary, In my other classes I am asked to write essays and recreation writing on my spare time, my vocabulary has improve exceptional to obtain and memorize the words. I hind it very useful; when I need a word that fits and make since. Practicing a new word everyday by reading a book or newspaper gives me an idea what the stories about.

Noxious

Noxious

Part of Speech: Adj

Source Sentence(127): Without taking a break, I scrubbed intensely, trying my best not to inhale the noxious fumes.

Context Clues: Latex gloves indicates that something is toxic.

Definition: Harmful or Injurious to health or physical well being.

Original Scentence: The truck spelled noxious chemicals onto the road causing drivers to get sick.

Lucrative

Lucrative

Part of Speech: Adj

Source Sentence (123): I didn't want to get on her bab side early on in this lucrative job so I smiled as I tried to untangleher arms.

Context Clues: Being a sucessful your are able to own posh leather sofa.

Definition: Profitable moneymaking remunerative.

Original Sentence: I had a lurative business, because i have a product that is in demand.

Frugal

Frugal



Part of Speech: adj



Sourse Sentence: (123) After having baby-sat for every frugal family in town, I eventaully hit the mother lode.



Context Clues: Rich people



Definition: Economical in use or expenditure prudently saving or sparing not wasteful.

Original Sentence: Vegas was a blast, and the buffey afterward frugal.

Pvalovian

Pvalovian

Part of Speech: noun

Source Sentence(70) :He started to have a somewhat Pavlovian reaction toward me.

Context Clues: worth lessons,certain inner strength.

Definition: Train responce

Original Sentence: The sound of the bell trigger the dogs Pvalovian responce.

Deraged

Daranged

Part of Speech: adj

Source of Sentence:(123) I felt like King Tut, except that I was alive and trapped in the mausoleum with a deranged koala.

Context Clues: Wrestling with a child for half an hour.

Definition: Insane Dissordered

Original Sentence: The child was acting deranged when his mother took away his toy.

Monstrosity

Montrosity

Part of Speech: Noun

The Source Sentence: (45) Despite my father's reassurance, there exised no bags in our house big enough to hold this monstrosity.

Context Clues: We could not make it any less bulky. It defined flattering.

Definition: Huge shocking and big.

Original Sentence: I just bought this compact car for my extended family to travel across country and it will not fit the monstrosity size of my family.

Apathetic

Apathetic

Part of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence (118): I told my father that his "Ship 'Em Aboard" program didn't sound too democratic to me, that perhaps inccluded in the freedoms in this country is the freedom to be apathetic.

Context Clues: The reason why I choose "He hung up on me" because it explains how cold hearted someone could be.

Definition: Having or showing little or no emotion.

Your original Sentence: He was apathetic to the death of his grandmother passing, because he had a bad relationship with her.

Tutelage

Tutelage

Part of Speech: noun

The Source Sentence (130): I had been taking French since seventh grade, and under the tutelage of my high school teacher, Mr. Polkingharm, affectionately known as Le Polk, I had become quite fluent.

Context Clues: The reason why I choose alliance as a context clue was because it describe the specific purpose.

Definition: The act of guarding, protecting or guiding; office or function of a guardian guardianship.

Your Original Sentence: He bodyguard tutelage the President from the terriost.

Enviable

Enviable



Part of Speech: Adjective



The Source Sentence (98) Even though their condominium has only a tiny garden, they have manage to cultivate an enviable cornucopia of figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons, and herbs.


Context Clues: Cultivate is a word that describe interest in something.


Definition: Worthy of envy very desirable.

Original Sentence: I find reading and writting to be very enviable towards getting a good grade.

Strewn

Strewn

Part of Speech: Verb

The source Sentence (113)

context clues: the reason why i choose lawn as context clue was because it descibed the picture on the Iran flag.

Definition: To let fall in seperate pieces or particles over a surface scatter of spinkle.

Your Original Scentence: To strewn seed in a garden bed.

Dote

Dote

Part of speech Verb

The Source Sentence pg(103) : Now whenever we visit my relatives all of whom dote on my husband, I realize that he didn't mary me despite my tribe, he married me because of them.

Context Clues: The reason why I choose married as a context clue was because it descibe when two people love each other.

Definition: To bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually.

Your Original Sentence: They dote on their yougest daughter.

Encapsulate

Encapsulate

Part of Speech: Verb


Source sentence: (34) If someone had been able to encapsulate the kindness of these second graders in pill form, the pills would undoubtedly put war correspondents out of business.


Context clues: Pill form- It explains how it can be enclosed in a capsule.


Definition: To enclose in a capsule.


Original sentence: To catch a spider in my room, I had to use a cup to encapsulate it.

first blog assignment

The Word: Dubious

Part of Speech: adjective

The Source Sentence and [page number]: (10) “My brother Farshid, with his schedule full of soccer, wrestling, and karate, was too busy to be recruited for this dubious honor.

Context Clues: The reason why we choose busy as a context clue was because it described Fashid’s crowded schedule.

Definition: Giving rise to uncertainty, of doubtful promise or outcome.
Your Original Sentence: Even with the students dubious schedule he was still able to complete all his homework assignments

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