Monday, January 31, 2011

Week 3 Vocabulary Definitions & Example Sentences

Distinct-distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate.
Potential-possibility; potentiality
Formula-a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.

                                                  (SENTENCES)
Distinct (adj) - People from Texas have a distinct accent.
Potential (noun) - Smokers have a great potential for lung cancer and heart disease. They also are guaranteed yellow teeth and stinky breath.
Formula (noun) - You need to use the area formula in order to solve the math problem.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Week 2 Vocab Sentences

Complex- 1.a complex highway system is shut down beacuse somebody died.
                       2.a complex water system is turned off beacuse of the chemicals.
                       3.when I turn 18 i am planning to move into a apartment complex.
 Source-1.People check if certain foods have a good source of calcuim
             2.My biolagy paper was not accuartly sourced

Relevent-1.A relevant remark that i had was brilliant
               2.The subject i was talking about wasnt relevant from what she was saying.
                        

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Week 2 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

                                      (This is where most people get there source of water from_
                                                           Source (noun) - Basis
                                                         
                                                       (This is very complex to some people)
                                                (A multiuse complex building)
Complex (noun) - Development, center, multiplex, multiuse building
                                             (Mr.krabs is complex over his money.)    
Complex (noun) - Hang-up, fixation, neurosis, obsession.

                                                      (All these people are related.)
Relevant (adj) - Pertinent, applicable, related, appropriate, significant

Monday, January 24, 2011

Week 2 Vocabulary Definitions and Examples

Source (noun)-any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin.
Complex (adj,)-composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite.
Complex (noun)- an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.
                             SENTENCES
Source (noun) - A bibliography lists all the sources you used for your paper.
Complex (adj) - The math test was complex due to all the negative exponents.
Complex (noun) - My sister manages an apartment complex in Seattle.
Relevant (adj) - Math will be relevant in your lives when you are trying to fill out your tax returns

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Week 1 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences


(It is tradional chinese have there weedings like this one)
Tradition - Custom, ritual, practice, habit, belief, folklore

(There was a period of time when 2pac and B.I.G were against eachother)
Period - era, age, time, stage, phase, dot, point, punctuation mark.

(Barack Obama is the primary president of the United States.)
Primary (adj) - main, chief, key, principal

(The school had a primary election for school president.)
Primary (noun) - election

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Week 1 Vocabulary Definitions and Example Sentences

Tradition(noun)-the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc
Period(noun)-a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc.
Primary(noun)-something that is first in order, rank, or importance.
Primary(adj.)-first or highest in rank or importance.
                                    SENTENCES
Tradition (noun) - By tradition, girls ask boys to the T
olo dance.

Period (noun) - Be sure to use a period at the end of each complete sentence.Primary (noun) - Schwartzenegger won the Republican seat in the primary election in California.Primary (adjective) - The primary reason for having our packet day tomorrow is that Ms. S has a meeting. The secondary reason is that she is awesome.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Week 10 vocab sentences

Maximum  (noun)- my freind got the maximum in state prison for murder.
Maximum (adj.)- the maximum tempature in san diego ever has been 110 degrees.

Document (noun)- in court the lawyer had a document that put the rival person in jail
Document (verb)- when he graduated the 6th grade he got a document that proves it.

Academic (adj.)- there wasa a academic school dectholawn and i won 1st place
Academic (adj.)- people have shown no academic progress in school.


                           FRANKINSTEIN
  •      when i hear the word frankinstein i think of a old school monster
  • i have read the book when i was in elementry school.
  • i kno that a guy created this monster beacuse he wanted 2 create a human nd he wanted to be the first person to do it.

Mary Shelley - Author Background

                  FACTS ABOUT MARY SHELLEY
  • The Castle of Otranto is set in the mideval times.
  • Gothic novels were written mainly to scare off the readers
  • Mary shelley used some facts of her time to create frankinstein
  • Mary is born in Somers Town, Great Britain
  • only one child survived during her birth excpet one boy named Percey
 1) What is gothic literature?
2) What is one reason that Frankenstein is classified as gothic literature?
1)is part of the Romantic Movement that started in the late eighteenth century and lasted to roughly three decades into the nineteenth century.
3) What is science fiction


2)The solitary character in Frankenstein can apply to both Victor as well as his creation as they both live their lives in social isolation
3)Science fiction explores "the marvels of discovery and achievement that may result from future developments in science and technology".

Monday, January 10, 2011

week 10 definitions & examples

Document (noun) - 
a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
Document (verb)- to furnish with documents.
Maximum (noun)-  the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
Maximum (adj)- greatest or highest possible or attained.
 
  The difference between document as a noun and document as a verb thats the verb dosent give the actual meaning to the  word and the noun does.
 The difference between Maximum as a noun and Maximum as a verb is that the noun explains the what the actual word means and the adj means describing some words connecting to that word.
 
 
  • Academic (adj) - The academic year begins June 30.

  • Document (noun) - I saved my genocide definition as a Microsoft Word document

  • Document (verb) - Ms. S likes to document field trips by taking lots of pictures - but her camera always dies!

  • Maximum (noun) - The truck's capacity is a maximum of 2 tons.

  • Maximum (adj) - The maximum penalty is five years in prison.

  • Thursday, January 6, 2011

    week 9 vocabulary paragraph

    My response to " Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind" is good. I think it means that think before you do. For example, if you wanna invest in a store think before u get angry and lose money. Before you get angry, look what region your in first. And before you invest in a store, tell people to take a survey of what people think. 

    Wednesday, January 5, 2011

    Week 9 vocabulary

    1. Invest- the money that you give to a company, bank, etc.
    sentence-Felix has invested a lot of his time on Facebook.

              Region-a fairly large area of a state, country, etc.
              Sentence-Rain is expected in the inland region.
              
              Survey(n)-to ask a large number of people a set of questions in order to find out about their opinons and behavior
              Sentence-Survey (noun) - Surveys should that most Americans support the president.

              Survey(v)- a set of questions that ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions and behavior.
              Sentence-Survey (verb) - I surveyed the damage to my car after my accident.

              

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