My notes from the reading are next to the text and the notes from the socratic seminar are on the last page.
HEY! ! ! Welcome to my blog! My name is Maria Luna. Here, I will be posting things from my expository composition and my AP English class. I am a firm believer of the saying "It's not what you say but how you say it." With that in mind, feel free to comment or add to the posts in here.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
A TRULY INTERESTING PIECE OF NON-FICTION (Expository Writing Class)
Since I wasn't sure if posting about this article was appropriate, I waited until I consulted it with Dr. Preston.
As I was looking for an article that looked interesting, I came across this: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/18/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-indonesia when I read it, I was shocked. As the article says, most people aren't aware of this situation. even though this article was published a year ago, the problem of Female Genital Mutilation is still present. As I looked for other articles that related to this, I came acrooss this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2681191.stm This articles is from 2003 but it shows that there are people ot there who disagree with FGM. In most cases, FGM is done out of love to purify a girl's purity and not as a punishment.
Other articles that deal with FGM:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jul/31/global-development-podcast-transcript-fgm this was published Wednesday July 31 2013.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/28/fgm-battle-eliminate-must-win this was published on Friday June 28 2013
This is the most recent article I found http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/female-genital-mutilation-sudan_n_3779524.html (8/19/2013 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7p0tXIcIzM this is a 30 minute video.
As I was looking for an article that looked interesting, I came across this: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/18/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-indonesia when I read it, I was shocked. As the article says, most people aren't aware of this situation. even though this article was published a year ago, the problem of Female Genital Mutilation is still present. As I looked for other articles that related to this, I came acrooss this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2681191.stm This articles is from 2003 but it shows that there are people ot there who disagree with FGM. In most cases, FGM is done out of love to purify a girl's purity and not as a punishment.
Other articles that deal with FGM:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/jul/31/global-development-podcast-transcript-fgm this was published Wednesday July 31 2013.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/28/fgm-battle-eliminate-must-win this was published on Friday June 28 2013
This is the most recent article I found http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/female-genital-mutilation-sudan_n_3779524.html (8/19/2013 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7p0tXIcIzM this is a 30 minute video.
VOCABULARY #1 (Expository writing Class)
Expository- intended to explain or describe something
In order to understand the lesson beter, the students went to an exposition related to the subject
Composition- The way in which something is made up.
People who smoke tobacco don't really know the harmful components in it.
Assuage- To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
In order to assuage the guilt of the lie they told, they decided to tell the truth.
Decadence- Moral or cultural decline
Shows like teen-mom and 16 and pregnant, show the decadence in the US
Hackneyed- Lacking significance due to overuse.
The word yolo is now hackneyed because everyone says it.
Coalition- An alliance for combined action
The U.S government made a coalition with the Chinese government in order to continue their business together.
Transcend- To go beyond the limits of something
Music is an example that things can transcend language and cultural barriers.
Meritorious- deserving reward
Their performance was meritorious.
Lurid- Unpleasantly harsh or unnatural.
The lurid smell of rotten fruit came from the refrigerator.
Petulant- bad tempered
The reason the sales person didn't sell anything was because of their petulant personality.
In order to understand the lesson beter, the students went to an exposition related to the subject
Composition- The way in which something is made up.
People who smoke tobacco don't really know the harmful components in it.
Assuage- To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
In order to assuage the guilt of the lie they told, they decided to tell the truth.
Decadence- Moral or cultural decline
Shows like teen-mom and 16 and pregnant, show the decadence in the US
Hackneyed- Lacking significance due to overuse.
The word yolo is now hackneyed because everyone says it.
Coalition- An alliance for combined action
The U.S government made a coalition with the Chinese government in order to continue their business together.
Transcend- To go beyond the limits of something
Music is an example that things can transcend language and cultural barriers.
Meritorious- deserving reward
Their performance was meritorious.
Lurid- Unpleasantly harsh or unnatural.
The lurid smell of rotten fruit came from the refrigerator.
Petulant- bad tempered
The reason the sales person didn't sell anything was because of their petulant personality.
VOCABULARY #1 (AP English)
adumbrate -indicate faintly,report in outline, to foreshadow
-When I read a book, I like to adumbrate the story line in order to make the book more exciting.
apotheosis - glorification to a divine level, elevation of a person to the rank of a god or the ideal example.
- In ancient times, most kings were thought to be a type of apotheosis
ascetic -one who renounces comforts in pursuit of self-discipline, often for religious purposes.
-Islam is seen as an ascetic religion by many people in the western culture.
bauble -a showing ornament of little value
-Sometimes decorating in a simple way is better than using a lot of bauble things.
beguile -to influence by trickery or flattery, to charm or divert, or to take away from by cheating
-Scammers have a beguile ability to scam people of their money.
burgeon -flourish, rapidly increase
-If students focused during class, their grades would burgeon.
complement -completes or brings to perfection
-When choosing their outfits, models have to complement their cloths and their shoes.
contumacious-stubbornly disobedient, rebellious or willfully disobedient
-The bad thing of working with middle school kids is that sometimes they behave contumaciously.
curmudgeon -a bad tempered or surly person
-Curmudgeon teachers are often not well-liked.
didactic- intended to convey instruction as well as pleasure and entertainment
-The teacher's lecture was didactic, that's why all the students were paying attention.
disingenuous- insincere, usually by pretending one knows less than they actually do; hypocritical
-When people are trying to make a good impression, they often make disingenuous comments.
exculpate -declare one as not guilty of wrongdoing.
-After a very long conversation, the principal decided to exculpate the student.
faux pas-a social blunder; slip in manners, an embarrassing blunder
-When they were at the restaurant, little David had a faux pas after he burped loudly.
fulminate -express intense (passionate) protest.
-When the driver was given the parking ticket, he said, "This is so unfair!" in a fulminative voice.
fustian-Pompous or pretentious speech or writing
-The scammer gave a fustian speech in order to convince people that he knew what he was doing.
hauteur-pride, haughtiness, arrogance
-At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy was full of hauteur.
inhibit-hinder, restrain, or prevent, to prohibit
-When someone is kidnapped, they are inhibited of their basic rights.
jeremiad -a prolonged lamentation
-After writing 4 essays, the teacher expected the students to be in a jeremiad state.
opportunist -one who takes advantage of opportunities often at the expense of ethics.
-Golddiggers are a form of opportunist people.
unconscionable-not reasonable, excessive
-To the students, suspencion was an unconscionable punishment for chewing gum.
-When I read a book, I like to adumbrate the story line in order to make the book more exciting.
apotheosis - glorification to a divine level, elevation of a person to the rank of a god or the ideal example.
- In ancient times, most kings were thought to be a type of apotheosis
ascetic -one who renounces comforts in pursuit of self-discipline, often for religious purposes.
-Islam is seen as an ascetic religion by many people in the western culture.
bauble -a showing ornament of little value
-Sometimes decorating in a simple way is better than using a lot of bauble things.
beguile -to influence by trickery or flattery, to charm or divert, or to take away from by cheating
-Scammers have a beguile ability to scam people of their money.
burgeon -flourish, rapidly increase
-If students focused during class, their grades would burgeon.
complement -completes or brings to perfection
-When choosing their outfits, models have to complement their cloths and their shoes.
contumacious-stubbornly disobedient, rebellious or willfully disobedient
-The bad thing of working with middle school kids is that sometimes they behave contumaciously.
curmudgeon -a bad tempered or surly person
-Curmudgeon teachers are often not well-liked.
didactic- intended to convey instruction as well as pleasure and entertainment
-The teacher's lecture was didactic, that's why all the students were paying attention.
disingenuous- insincere, usually by pretending one knows less than they actually do; hypocritical
-When people are trying to make a good impression, they often make disingenuous comments.
exculpate -declare one as not guilty of wrongdoing.
-After a very long conversation, the principal decided to exculpate the student.
faux pas-a social blunder; slip in manners, an embarrassing blunder
-When they were at the restaurant, little David had a faux pas after he burped loudly.
fulminate -express intense (passionate) protest.
-When the driver was given the parking ticket, he said, "This is so unfair!" in a fulminative voice.
fustian-Pompous or pretentious speech or writing
-The scammer gave a fustian speech in order to convince people that he knew what he was doing.
hauteur-pride, haughtiness, arrogance
-At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy was full of hauteur.
inhibit-hinder, restrain, or prevent, to prohibit
-When someone is kidnapped, they are inhibited of their basic rights.
jeremiad -a prolonged lamentation
-After writing 4 essays, the teacher expected the students to be in a jeremiad state.
opportunist -one who takes advantage of opportunities often at the expense of ethics.
-Golddiggers are a form of opportunist people.
unconscionable-not reasonable, excessive
-To the students, suspencion was an unconscionable punishment for chewing gum.
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