Assess your own vocabulary. What are your strong points; what are your weak points when it comes to the trait of Word Choice in your writing and reading?
I look up words on the dictionary to find out what a word I don't know means. When I read books and I come across a word I don't know the meaning of, I reread the sentence and try to find out what it means.
Describe how you have studied vocabulary in the past. What kinds of class activities and assignments have you experienced to work on your word choice?
I studied vocabulary in the past for tests that we had to take. We usually get our vocabulary words from books that we read for English class. We had to make flashcards in English class for vocabulary words we had in 6th grae. We recently made a short video for a brainyflix word.
Describe how you, personally, learn new words. Give a specific example of how you have learned a new word recently.
A few ways I have learned new words is by asking people what some words mean. I also learn new words when I look for synynoms in the dictionary. Another way that I learn new words is from a bunch of flashcards I got from a program called Na'au, where it has vocbulary words with a definition and it shows synynoms and antonyms. A word that I learned recently is 'lackadaisical.' I learned this word one day at soccer practice when my coach said it. It means "lacking life or spirit."
What are your specific vocabulary/word choice goals? How many new words would you like to learn this semester? What will be your evidence that you “own them” and can use them in your speaking and writing?
My goal is to learn new vocabulary words and remember what it means. I want to learn as much words as I can remember this semester so I can use it throughout the rest of high school. I will try to use new words I learn everyday until I can remember it and know how to use it properly in sentences.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
New Years
Three, Two, One, BOOM !
It was the last day of the month; the last day of the year. As soon as the bright light shined through my windows, I woke up with this excited feeling in my stomach. I thought to myself, "WOOO! It's party time again!" Even though we just had Christmas parties with everyone, it has been a while since our family had a party at our house, and this time, we'll be starting the new year off at my house. As the men in the house started barbecuing and getting ready for tonight, my mother and I set up the dining table and cleaned up the rest of the house---we did not want to start of the year in a messy house. Time passed and I waited, sitting on my couch for my cousins to arrive. It was around five when I thought, "Finally!" as people started to come. I couldn't wait to eat and pop fireworks. My brother said prayer before we ate dinner and he prayed for all of us to have a great new year. When my cousins and I finished eating, we all went outside to pop fireworks. Tik-tok tik-tok... Before we knew it, it was five minutes before the clock struck midnight. We grabbed all our big fireworks, and set them down in a line, connecting them with the magic whip. When there was two minutes left of 2009, we lit the whip as we watched it work its way to light up all the fireworks we lined up. When the year is finally over, and a new one begins, we always hug each other, families, friends, neighbors; it's was like a tradition. Finally, the count off began... TEN... NINE... EIGHT... SEVEN... SIX... FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It was the last day of the month; the last day of the year. As soon as the bright light shined through my windows, I woke up with this excited feeling in my stomach. I thought to myself, "WOOO! It's party time again!" Even though we just had Christmas parties with everyone, it has been a while since our family had a party at our house, and this time, we'll be starting the new year off at my house. As the men in the house started barbecuing and getting ready for tonight, my mother and I set up the dining table and cleaned up the rest of the house---we did not want to start of the year in a messy house. Time passed and I waited, sitting on my couch for my cousins to arrive. It was around five when I thought, "Finally!" as people started to come. I couldn't wait to eat and pop fireworks. My brother said prayer before we ate dinner and he prayed for all of us to have a great new year. When my cousins and I finished eating, we all went outside to pop fireworks. Tik-tok tik-tok... Before we knew it, it was five minutes before the clock struck midnight. We grabbed all our big fireworks, and set them down in a line, connecting them with the magic whip. When there was two minutes left of 2009, we lit the whip as we watched it work its way to light up all the fireworks we lined up. When the year is finally over, and a new one begins, we always hug each other, families, friends, neighbors; it's was like a tradition. Finally, the count off began... TEN... NINE... EIGHT... SEVEN... SIX... FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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