Friday, November 19, 2010
Reflection Wk 1
This semester has gone by so fast, I can not believe that it is almost over. My motivation this semester has been like a rollercoaster because I have gone through a lot. There are days when I feel like comming to school and learning something new. Then there are those days where I feel like I am wasting my time and feel like I have a long way to go in school. Some of the things I do to stay motivated are think of everything that I have accomplished until this point, why would I want to give up now?. Since my mom was diagnosed with a sickness it has been real hard for me to stay focused. I think of what is going to happen to her and who is going to be there to take care of her. My mom is not as bad as other people who were diagnosed with her illness. I want to earn a degree from college, but with everything taking it's toll on me I feel pressured. I have learned a way to balance things while I am usually at school for a few hours my sister will take care of my mom and then we will trade off. I also want to make my mom proud of me by staying in school because that is what she wants me to do. As long as I have faith in God I know that he will help me to remain strong through this difficult time for me.
Vocabulary Wk 2
Word 1: Detrimental
Sentence Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity. I would guess that the word means harmful.
Definition: Causing detriment; damaging; harmful
Link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detrimental
Original Sentence: Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity, of course, but it also has potentially troubling implications for health.
Word 2: Promissory
Source:Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- The promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone. I would guess that the word means a promise.
Definition:containing or implying a promise.
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/promissory
Original Sentence:In hundreds of thousand of cases, the promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone.
Word 3: Imminent
Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise. I would guess that the word means something that is most likely to occur.
Definition: likely to occur at any moment; impending
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imminent
Original Sentence:At the same time, however, the fact that nuclear talks with the West remain a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise.
Sentence Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity. I would guess that the word means harmful.
Definition: Causing detriment; damaging; harmful
Link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detrimental
Original Sentence: Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity, of course, but it also has potentially troubling implications for health.
Word 2: Promissory
Source:Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- The promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone. I would guess that the word means a promise.
Definition:containing or implying a promise.
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/promissory
Original Sentence:In hundreds of thousand of cases, the promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone.
Word 3: Imminent
Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise. I would guess that the word means something that is most likely to occur.
Definition: likely to occur at any moment; impending
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imminent
Original Sentence:At the same time, however, the fact that nuclear talks with the West remain a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Reflection Wk 2
Studying the vocabulary has been better for me since I've learned vocabulary stategies such as Graffiti, Subjective Approach to Vocabulary (SAV),and Semantic cards. The semantic cards have been useful for me because I learned the word and I was able to define it by memory.Another thing that helped me was finding the context clues with ufamiliar words that I have never heard of before because I do not have to look in the book to find out the word. I can figure out the meaning by the context clues within the sentence or paragraph. Studying vocabulary is something that I did not like doing before, I would only study the words when I had a test or quiz comming up. Most of those words I learned in my other classes have gone out the window, but not completly. When I was having a converstaion with one of my friends from High school, I heard her say a word that seemed familiar. The word was gullible, it was funny because I said to myself "I know I heard that word somewhere", it was one of my vocab words. Vocabulary is an important thing to know because you do not want to sound dumb when you are having a conversation with other people. Since I have learned different techniques on how to study and remember vocabulary words, I will use them when I need to learn a new word. Everyday you can learn something new it could be a new vocabulary word or something someone tells you.
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