Vocabulary List #3

Accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play receivedaccolades from the press.

- I received an accolade for achieving good grades and playing on the varsity tennis team for four years.

Acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.

-I tasted the lemonade and it had acerbity because there was not enough sugar and water added.

attrition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Ourclub has had a high rate of attrition because so many membershave moved away.

- We had to make an attrition to the people invited to the party because we did not order enough food and drinks for everyone.

Bromide: a person who is platitudinous and boring.

-My father is bromide when he is around people he does not know.

chauvinist : a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especiallyone devoted to military glory.

- My friends grandfather was chauvinist and had many artifacts in his house that reminded him of the military and all of their glory.

Chronic: constant; habitual; inveterate

- It is chronic in my english and government class to respond to a journal topic in the beginning of the period.

expound: to set forth or state in detail

- We had to expound the truth because she did not see herself that she was doing the wrong thing.

factionalism: of a faction or factions.

- The class was big on factionalism and communicating and collaborating with others.

immaculate: free from fault or flaw; free from errors

- She wanted to be emaculated after all of the drama that she went through.

imprecation: the act of imprecating; cursing.

-We were forbidden from imprecation since we were near all of the little children.

ineluctable: incapable of being evaded; inescapable

- The big castle in the middle of the island was ineluctable.

mercurial: animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.

- The way she acted was mercurial and everyone around her would always laugh.

palliate: to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.

- After hurting myself during the match, the pain palliated when putting a bag of ice on the injury.

protocol: the customs and regulations dealing with diplomaticformality, precedence, and etiquette.

-When entering a new place you must be aware of the protocol.

resplendent: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid

-The meteor shower was absolutely resplendent.

stigmatize: to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

-After betraying the team, the man was stigmatized in several ways.

sub rosa: confidentially; secretly; privately.

- The subject we had discussed was sub rosa and no one could know.

vainglory: excessive elation or pride

-Beowulf was overflowing with vainglory throughout his whole quest.

vestige: a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is nolonger present or in existence

-The new flower pot was a vestige of the old flower pot we had kept for over ten years.

volition: the act of willing, choosing, or resolving
-We had the will to volition all of our problems before taking the calculus test.

Senior Resume

Chanel Yamaguchi

1229 Country Hill Road

Orcutt, California, 93455

(805)-705-4749

chanelyamaguchi13@gmail.com

Objective: After high school, I would like to continue my education and receive a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. I would one day like to be an athletic trainer.

Academic Status: 3.88 Class Rank:

Student Activities:
-Varsity Tennis Captain
-Foreign Exchange Club Memeber
-Athletic Training Assistant

Community Activities:
-Cabin Leader at Woodland Discovery Camp
-Santa Maria Animal Shelter Volunteer
-Santa Maria Country Club Tennis Coach
-Santa Maria Charity Golf Tourament Volunteer

Special Awards:
-Golden Warrior
-Tennis Coach's Award
-Tennis Varsity Letter
-Renaissance 3.8+ Award

Employment:
-Woodland Discovery Camp (Summer 2010-Present)

Beowulf Questions

[Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation] (lines 1-85, pp. 33-34)
1. It was unusual that Shiled became a ruler because he was an orphan who was adopted by the king of Danes. He was laid on a ship covered in gold and treasures. Hrothgar is Shield's great grandson.

[Heorot is Attacked] (lines 86-188, pp. 34-36)
1. Herothgar constructed Heorot. Grendel attacked it every night for twelve years and killed many men through his attacks. The Danes became sad nd started losing hope in God and soon started to go to temples, and even praying to the devil to get rid of Grendel.

[The Hero Comes to Heorot] (lines 189-490, pp. 36-42)
1. When Beowulf hears about Hrothgar's problems, he gathers soldiers and sails to the Danish nation.
2. The Geats first meet the sea-guard of Danes. The sea-guard warns Beowulf not to attack Danes, but Beowulf tells hime that he is here to help Hrothgar get rid of Grendel.
3. Wulfgar is Hrothgar's herald and he tells Beowulf and his soldiers that he has never encountered such brave strangers as they are. Wulfgar tell Hrothgar to talk to Beowulf because he is so full of confidence and overflowing with bravery. Hrothgar tells him to bong Beowulf to him. I'm surprised that Hrothgar knows of Beowulf and he knows a lot about him.
4. Beowulf tell Hrothgar that he will kill Grendel if in return, Hrothgar provides his soldiers with food and a place to stay. Hrothgar paid of Beowulf's father's feuds and killing Grendel is the way he is trying to return the favor.

[Feast at Heorot] (lines 491-661, pp. 42-46)
1. Unferth accuses Beowulf for being arrogant and losing to Breca in a contest. Beowulf answers by telling him he was busy defeating nine sea monsters. This episode is relevant to the poem as a whole because it proves that Beowulf is arrogant and over confident about his strength. Beowulf accuses Uferth for killing his family.
2. Queen Wealhtheow greets everyone and thanks God for bringing him to Denmark.

For these questions, I worked with four other classmates. We discussed the majority in class and decided to split up the sections. It was much easier to work with a group rather than doing all the questions by yourself. I'm pretty positive that if I had to do all of it on my own, I would have slack and made up some stupid irrelevant answers. I worked with Sam Garrison , Matthew Patel , Owen Iness, and Iliana Gutierrez.

Socratic Seminar: "The Right to Your Own Opinion"

In today's Socratic seminar, the whole "arguement" or conversation revolved around few and specific people. Obviously Connor and Alex had something going on and most of us were caught off guard when they kept going back and forth. For some reason, I automatically had my mind set that you are not entitled to your opinion from what we discussed in tenth grade, but in a sense, what Connor was saying made sense. On the other hand, a very simple question came up that made me really think, "what is the true definition of entitlement?"
I always feel like one class period is not enough for a Socratic seminar, I personally like to hear the different sides and I'm okay with changing my opinion of things.

Reflection on Week 1

1. I don't really think access to technology will be a problem at all, but the amount of help I will get from home is very little. My dad knows nothing about technology (he states that he hates it, but loves to play on my mom's iPad), my mom doesnt even know how to turn on a cell phone, and I have the worst luck with technology, hence I don't know how to do very many things on my own laptop besides watching youtube videos, going on facebook, google, and netflix. Other than technology, sports may be the only thing interfering with my participation, but it shouldn't since I am in third period.

2. I can't really think of an experience that was educational, but I can think off one for sports. I attended a tennis program in San Luis Obispo, away from my own club or high school team. It was the most amazing experience ever. You learn so many different teaching techniques or mind sets and also you get to compete with people you have never met before in your life. I learned that patience isn't an easy thing and that anything is possible when you concentrate and put your mind to it. There were some people I knew really well, and others were people from San Luis or other cities and a group of Australians! The instructors concentrated on mental toughness and to prevent the anger and anxiety to change your game. We learned that breathing is important, alothough we all think it is a natural thing, we often forget to take full breaths when you are thinking about something that is more prioritized.

3. I am excited to be in this class because it is obviously different from all the other English courses. It doesnt follow the exact curriculum where the teacher stands there talking about books that students didn't read or watch boring movies that we don't learn anything from. This class is real, it gives you a chance to experience something new, and it looks good on college applications to be taking AP classes. I was somewhat concerned that I wouldn't be able to keep up with the technology since I never even thought about making my own blog until I went to the orientation. I like talking to other people and memorizing things but also to try new things in general. The way this class is will most likely help me in the future, knowing that many college classes are doing this kind of way of teaching.

1987 AP Exam

I started out thinking that the test wasn't THAT hard, but when I kept going, there were so many words that i have never seen before and some poems, passages and questions were hard to understand. I found myself having a hard time eliminating some choices and second guessing myself more than usual.

1. B
2. E
3. C
4. E
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. B ?
13. A ?
14. E
15. E
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. D ?
20. B ?
21. A
22. D ?
23. D
24. E
25. E
26. E ?
27. D
28. B ?
29. A ?
30. E
31. A
32. B ?
33. - 46. Not Available.
47. B
48. A
49. B
50. D
51. A
52. C
53. D
54. B
55. C
56. B
57. C ?
58. D ?
59. A ?
60. D
61. A ?

Question 1:

     Geroge Elliot describes in her writing that "Old Leisure" is now gone in the modern times. There is not a sign of it in society and to her, it is very disappointing. She has very high standards about the subject and expresses her point describing what the different between her time and the present is.
     In this passage, she uses personification of the word "leisure" and gives a detailed description by describing a formal, simple and pleasant living. She uses words such as stout, gentlemen, contemplative, and innocent of leaders. She expresses that modern times is different and that there are too many unnecessary things. Things are too complicated and people are too concentrated on innovation and change, while her time was more simple and calm, people only "read one newspaper" and "lived chiefly in the country."

Question 2:

     In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, the story focuses on the Joads family who are driven away from their home because of a drought, economic hardship, and changes in financial and agricultural industries.
    For the Joad family, they have depended on their farm and agricultural innovation for a living. Now they are caught in the midst of the Dust Bowl and must move to California along with a whole population of "Okies." In California, they have hard times to find a job, find a proper home for everyone and except the changes happening in the era. Although they maintain to earn a fair wage, their are conflicts in the workers class and people are asking for more change such as, less working hours, more money, the end of child labor, which leads to the creations of labor unions. The characters forced to move into a new environment and society are eager to find a way of living and strong dignity for a brighter future.

*Honestly... These AP test are hard. I am not the best test taker to say it bluntly but this was a challenge. It also doesn't help when there are words I have never seen before or they tell me to write an essay about a novel from a list... (which I only knew two of the novels)

The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

Honestly, I really like this poem and since we're memorizing it, I thought it'd be helpful to listen to the poem. I really like the art used in this short film which is suppose to portray an old man's life. I also love the voice of the poem, Tom Waits. Writing and reciting is good but it's also helpful (to me) to listen to the peom recited in different voices besides my own.