DEAR STEVE

When you hear the name Steve Jobs and how successful he has become you automatically think that he probably had a simple life that was probably handed to him but little do you know that

THE VALUE OF LIFE

Something that I need to work on in the class is definitely the vocabulary. I don't study it as much as I should and It would also be a great way to expand my everyday vocabulary. Also understanding the reading is important because sometime you dint understand the reading and its hard to answer questions about it when you dint understand. By not understanding what you just read it butchers the entire story and the prompt. I feel like one thing I need to learn how to do is understand different kinds of reading like Hamlet for example because a lot of the things he says I don't understand. a lot of the thing I didn't understand are the vocabulary words he uses.

Vocabulary List fall #5

Adroit: expert or noble in use of hands or body

Amicable: characterized by goodwill.




Averse: strong feeling of opposition.

Belligerent: warlike.

Benevolent: kindly feelings


Cursory: rapidly over something

Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct

Extol: to praise highly

Feasible: capable of being done

Grimace: facial expressions

Holocaust: complete devastation or destruction

Impervious: not permitting penetration

Impetus: a moving force

Jeopardy: hazard or risk to exposure to loss

Meticulous: showing extreme care about minute details


Nostalgia: wistful desire to return in thought

Quintessence: pure concentrated essence

Retrogress: go backward to earlier/worse conditions


Scrutinize: examine in detail

Tepid: moderately warm

Literature Analysis 1

Sorry this is late I thought we had to write it on paper.

TOPIC(S) and/or EVENT(S)

1. As we have discussed in class, a book is said to be nonfiction if its content is based on facts or events.  What is your book about?  [a]. Try writing a paragraph first to capture your thoughts.  [b]. Then see if you can boil it down to one clear statement.  (Even if you feel like you can just skip to [b], please do both; remember that your reader doesn’t know what you know.

- the book 29 gifts " how a month of giving can change your life" is about a woman named Cami Walker who develops muscular sclerosis a month after her wedding. She decides to not focus on the on her own pain but to focus on helping others. She helps different people each day for 29 days and gives them meaningful gifts. The gifts can be anything from a smile to cup coffee but something that is meaningful or thoughtful. She got the idea from an African medicine lady named Mbali Creazz. I think that this is very touching that she's deciding to not focus on her own suffering and give gifts to strangers that are meaningful.

2.  Why did your author choose to write about this topic, person or event?

- The author chose to write about this story because its a true story. This happened in Cami Walker's life and she felt that other people might do the same thing she did to not worry about being sorry for herself and share the good with other people.

3. Why did you choose this book?  What about the book appealed to you the first time it came to your attention (and how did it come to your attention)?  What about the book made you want to keep reading once you began?

- I chose this book for no particular reason. it didn't appeal to me I simply asked my mom if she had a non fiction book and she gave me this one. she said it was good and to read it. I kept reading because I needed to use it for my literature analysis but also it was very touching.

4. Did you find the book realistic?  Did you make any connections between people/events you read about and people/events in your own life?  Why or (if you didn’t) why not?

- yes, I found the book realistic because it really was a true story. I am de a connection with the authors friend Lori because she used to be a dancer and now also developed muscular sclerosis and is in a wheel chair now. One day Cami went to visit Lori and she was feeling down and she kept talking about how she missed dancing and how she is now in a wheel chair and cant dance anymore. Cami's gift to her was telling her that she can still dance but just in a different way. she told her about a group of people that are disabled and dance with their arms in their chairs and maybe she could choreograph them. I related to this because I tend to focus on the negative a lot and it really made me think.

PEOPLE

1   1. Since this book is nonfiction, the theory goes that the author didn’t create characters.  But that’s not entirely true, is it?  Doesn’t the author report his/her own interpretations based on personal observations?  If we met his/her subjects for ourselves we might see them completely differently.   What do the author’s choices say to you?  Why did s/he choose to write about this book?  What is the author’s tone, and what (if anything) does it say about the author and his/her subjects?

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       - the author did not create characters because

 

vocabulary: fall #4

Accede: give consent or approval

 Brandish: to shake or wave, as a weapon

 Comprise: to include or contain

 Deft: skillful

 Destitute: without meaning or subsistence

 Explicit: fully expressed or demonstrated

 Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally

 Inopportune: inappropriate or inconvenient

 Ironic: using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the meaning

 Musty: lacking originality or vitality

 Officious: official

 Ominous: portending evil or harm

 Pinnacle: a lofty peak

 Premeditated: planned in advance, done deliberately

 Rampant: violent in action or spirit

 Solace: comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

 Stately: majestic

 Supple: bending readily without breaking

 Suppress: put an end to activities of

 Venal: willing to sell someone's influence

WILL STUDY FOR FOOD

For my scholarship I wish to receive at least $1,000 for housing and school fees such as books. school books are a mandatory item when it comes to furthering my education and they are also very costly. As well are the costs of room and board.

Vocabulary Fall #3

accomplice: a person who helps another commit a crime

 annihilate: destroy

 arbitrary: based on random choices

 brazen: bold without shame

 catalyst: substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent change

 exodus: mass departure of people; immigrants

 facilitate: make easy/ easier

 incorrigible: not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed

latent: existing but nit developed or manifest

 militant: combative and aggressive in support of political/ social cause

 morose: sullen and ill-tempered

 opaque: not able to be seen through; transparent

 paramount: more important than anything else; supreme

 prattle: to speak foolishly

 rebut: claim or prove that evidence is false

 reprimand: a rebuke, esp. an official one.

 servitude: the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.

 slapdash: done too hurriedly and carelessly

 stagnant: still not moving

 succumb: fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).