alright; so this is numero cinco !

O5Comments :

- After seeing her for the first time after the encounter Diddy tells Xhbit lies about Yizzete.

- Diddy is very drunk & brings them to a gay bar.

- Ever since her seixures she has not been using drugs.

- She has been overindulging herself with alchol.

- She cries so much; this isnt her lifestyle she can not afford to live like this so she needs to stop trying to make this her life and just get on her two feet & support her and herself.



O4questons :

- Where is her son ? !

- Howw does she just do all of this & not stay home and raise her son ?

- Why doesnt she have the drive to have a better life for her and her son ?

- If she has a degree in nursing why doesnt she go get a job ?



O3Vocabulary Words :

- euphoria - a feeling of great joy.

- archive - collection of documents.

-gripe - to complain



O2Literary Terms :

"Out of the mud came a rose" - metaphor



O1Overveiw Sentence :
- She has hit rock bottom & needs to start working on herself.

O5Comments;
- The filming for the movie is over; she feels lonely.
- There is a new man in her life.
- The NBA legend she reffers to is Shaq.
- Shaq fully furnishes her home.
- Their relationship is really weird; & Shaq is veryy protective which makes her angry.

O4Questions;
- What does she mean when she says each movie after would create a greater gap between them ?
- Who is papa ?
- Who is the NBA legend ?
- Is it Michael Jordan ?

O3Vocabulary words;
- enviable :
- adage :
- prowess :

O2Literary terms;
- "Vin must have smelled it, like an animal in the wild"
- "Big Budget"


O1Overveiw Sentence;
New man, new things. & more troubles with Shaq that will later on affect her.

fantasticqk four !

O5Comments;
- She starred in the movie "A Man Apart"
- She wasnt allowed to date her co-stars, but I am sure that she will break that rule.
- She develops a crush on Vin Diesel, who is a co-star
- She breaks the rule with Vin Diesel
- She doesnt get caught from breaking the rule

O4Questions;
- Where was her son all this time ?
- Was she even seeing him ?
- Why didnt she stop, to avoid her breaking the rule ?
- Will she get caught ?

O3Vocabulary words;
- splendor : magnificence
- chiseled : sharply defined
- pheromones : a hormone secreted by animals.

O2Literary Terms;
- "It was like a cobra, doing her dance of death, right before the strike of her venomous bite." ( comparison to her walk. )
- "With a very young lover: Belevedere Vodka"

O1Overveiw Sentence;
Although acting is providing her with good benefits and large amounts of money she is still falling back on sex, everywhere she goes

number O2 [ well O3 but O2 - if that makes sense. ]

5Comments :
- Charlene let this happen to Yizzete because she was scared as well.
- After all this Yizzete begins to skip school and take on the role of a bad kid in order to have a social relationship with her peers.
- She began to smoke and drink during the time where she was skipping school.
- Her mother set her out to be the bad person
- Yizzete runs away to be with a group of other run aways but gets caught.
4Questions :
- Why do others beleive herr mother is thee good person ?
- If Yizzete's mother dis - likes her so much why does she look for her when she runs away ?
- Is Yizzete prostituting ?
- Does she have any other family that may be able to help her ?
3Vocab :
- Lacerated ;to cut or gash the skin so that the wound is deep with irregular edges
- ravish ;to force somebody to engage in sexual intercourse
- emendated ;to correct or alter.
2Literary Terms :
O1overveiw sentence :
Yizzete continues to have difficulty at home & begins to play the role of a disobediant child.

Confessions of a Video Vixen

5Comments :
- Her first time going out may be her last due to the events that are taking place.
- She was getting a sense of comfort from the boys; which is never good for a young girl.
- She was taken to an abandoned house to be raped; but the neighbors heard her scream & went to call the cops.
- Even after the group escaped the police the leader Rodeney continued to look for another place.
- Rodney had already had a criminal record.
4Questions :
- Why did she continue to get in the car even though it's clearly not a safe situation.
- Why wasn't she thinking about how severe the consequences would be when she got caught ?
-What aboiut Charlene made Yizzet's mother trust her ?
- Why was Yizzete so comfortable with these people she hadnt known for even a day ?
3Vocabulary Words :
- deter : to discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious.
- avail : to make use of something useful or helpful while you have the opportunity.
- abrasive : using friction and roughness of texture to smooth or clean a surface.
2Literary terms :
- "It was a puzzle of brown boards" ( metaphor; comparing the house to a puzzle. )
- " He was mad as hell, with fire in his eyes" ( similie )
1Overveiw sentence :
- -She has expereinced an inceident that may be worst than her mother beating her & will most definitely be the changing point of her life.

! numero cinco !

Why were all floors seperated by three steps? - What is symbolic about the number three? - If it is even symolic.

*haughty-

Who was Aunt Cora dressed up for? - Why did Jean describe how Aunt Cora was dressed and then mention how nobody else was there but them two? - would Aunt Cora be trying to impress the cook or one of the others?

If I am reading right there were drunk black people ("negores") outside and they were making a lot of noise and causing a ruckess.

They set the house on fire. (I am assuming it was the drunk negroes)

Myra was supposed to be with Perrie but she wasn't - and as a result of that when the back was set on fire his crib was burning while he was in it.

Maybe Myra set the back on fire.

"I saw tall flames shooting up to the sky..."

Peirre may be dead.

*flambeaux

numberr four !

Comments

She is never referred to by her name when spoken to or about.

This family is fairly wealthy, they have maids and servants.
they are hated on because of their interacial status.

I do not know why but this is written verry confusing & I am having trouble understanding.

She does not feel safe in her home
Questions

what is her name?

Should she be reffered as Jean when i comment about her because she is never really referred to by her name?

Is she sayiing that without Mr.Mason her mother wouldn't be alive?
Is Mr.Mason her step father?
Vocabulary

merciful- showing mercy or compassion to somebody
ringlets- a spiral curl of hair
tamarinds- a pod containing many seeds within an acid-tasting pulp.


Literary terms
"I heard bamboo creak again and sound like whispering."

3rd 54321 - i think.

Comments:
mother wants to move because Coulibri is not safe for Peirre.
connection to Rasin in the Sun: they were assimilating and eating American food. the daughter says. "I was glad to be like an english girl".
Mother is keeping some type of secret when on page 35 she talks about how hearts have been broken & trials off without finishing her sentence.
to the daughter white people signify confidence.


Question
why is it that Peirre is not safe?
why is it imporatant to her that she is like an American girl?
when will they introduce the main character with a name? (If they have I missed it.)
What does she mean by, "unfortunatly children do hurt flies."?


Vocabulary
glacis- a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep
coolies-

literary terms
"I was glad to be like an English girl"- similie

overview sentence
there is alot of assimilation and changes that need to be made with their family. becauase of who her mother and step father are they are treated differently.

2nd 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1

Comments
She becomes scared of her mother and her strange behavior.
I don’t understand who some of the characters are and what their purpose is.
This book is written weirdly, making it difficult for me to explain, there was no real introduction in the beginning.
She begins to have nightmares.
The narrators name has not been said.
Questions
Who is Godfrey?
Where is the husband?
How many children are there in the family?
Why did people stare at her mother?
Vocabulary Words
Calabash-a large ball-shaped fruit of a tropical American tree, or of the bottle gourd or some other gourd
Muslin-a thin plain-weave cotton cloth. Use: curtains, sheets, dresses.
Plaits-braid
Overview Sentence- Her mother is beginning to act realy weird and is now ashamed of her daughter.

Wide Sargasso Sea
By Jean Rhys
5-4-3-2-1
Comments
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica
Jean Rhys is a female. (I thought she was a man)
Someone poisoned her mothers horse; I think it was done because of jealousy.
Her mother has no friends.
I do not understand why her family is this way.
Questions
What are the Emancipation Acts?
Is the looking glass she refers to a mirror?
Why didn’t the others in the community like her mother?
What did the doctor say that made her mother not want to leave the house anymore?
Vocabulary Words
Emancipation-the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions
Marooned-to leave somebody or something somewhere with no means of getting away
Glacis-a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep

Literary Terms
“Our garden was large and beautiful as the one in the bible.” [ simile ]
“One was snaky looking, another like an octopus with long thin brown tentacles bare of leaves hanging from a twisted root” [ imagery ]

5 Comments
Females reach puberty by the end of their third year.
Males reach puberty by the end of their fourth year.
There is a good reason why the growth spurts for girls and boys are different.
A females pelvic bones do not grow fully until they are around seventeen so they can not successfully carry a baby until then.
Boys become fertile before their growth spurt.
4 Questions
Why do humans have longer childhood then animals?
Why do teenagers feel the need to take dangerous risks?
What does it mean to be wrongly stigmatized?
Why is peuberty starting to happen sooner in this day and age?

3 Vocabulary Words
Prolonged-to make something go on longer
Menarche-the first time that a girl or young woman menstruates
Angst-in existentialist philosophy, a feeling of dread arising from an awareness of free choice

[ seventh ] ( ii thiink )

5 comments
They study animals as well as humans.
Fletcher is a monkey.
Fletcher went and ran away from his “home”.
Primates experience puberty.
Humans and monkeys have a similar neural endocrine system.
4 questions
What does an animals adolescence have to do with a humans adolescence?
Is there another way to express adolescence without saying adolescence?
Who is Fletcher?
Monkeys can swim?

3 Vocabulary Words
Chagrined-a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something
Rhesus-in Greek mythology, one of the kings of Thrace

2 Literary terms
“,settles squabbles”- alliteration
1 Overview sentence
They study monkeys too because there are similarities between monkeys and humans so by study monkeys the scientists have something to compare to.

( siixth ) !*

5 Comments
Seniors notice that they were loud and doing crazy things during their freshman years and they do not understand where the feeling to do those crazy behaviors were coming from.
A parent was keeping copies of his son’s brain scans. ( That is weird )
Brain scanners work with radio waves that interact with hydrogen atoms.
As adolescence process there is a loss of grey matter.
There had never been a systematic long term study of children with normal brains before.
4 Questions
What are hydrogen atoms?
What is schizophrenia?
What is it that these neuroscientists are trying to find out?
Where is the National Institutes of Health?
3 Vocabulary Words
Thornier- complicated and difficult to resolve
Noninvasive-not involving cutting into the body or entry into a body cavity such as the colon or stomach
Rhesus-in Greek mythology, one of the kings of Thrace
2 Literary Terms

1 Overview Sentence
The neuroscientist are studying normal people to get a better understanding of hiow the brain functions in general. ( I do not understand that concept )

[ Fiifth ] !*

5 Comments
Parents notice that there children begin to link the events that take place with emotions as they get older.
Teenagers process language differently.
There a lot of things that this book says that I did not know about myself as a teenager.
Adolescent brains : ramp up”.
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers emitted from a neuron.
4 Questions
What does it mean to be genetically prone?
What is brain pruning?
What is an fMRI?
What is a prefrontal cortex?
3 Vocabulary Words
Militating-to have an influence, especially a negative one, on something
Caudate- with a tail or an appendage like a tail
Psychodynamic-the interaction of the emotional and motivational forces that affect behavior and mental states, especially on a subconscious level
2 Literary Terms

1 Overview Sentence
Parents are feeling that as there children grow into young adult hood and leave their teenage stage they begin to understand life better and make better choices.

4th

5 Comments
Many of the brains systems are always running.
Teachers say that they notice a change in their students after a certain age.
Every person in this book ( so far ) blames a change in a child’s behavior on adolescence.
Teachers that teach grades were adolescence is just now beginning and has not quite kicked in think of activities to do with their class, but when these students get to eighth grade teachers feel that such antics are not needed for children in that age group.
4 Questions
What are frontal lobes?
What is the prefrontal cortex?
What is polysided?
What does it mean to have an innate quantitative sense?
3 Vocabulary Words
Innate-relating to qualities that a person or animal is born with
Tangible-able to be touched or perceived through the sense of touch
Medulla-biology innermost structure: the innermost area of a part or organ of an animal or plant

2 Literary Terms
Metaphor-”think of an airplane, most people think that when it lands it has its engines on low ant it’s just floating in. but that’s not always so; in landing an airplane often has to be in full throttle in case it has to react quickly if something happens. The brain to he says, is set up to be whirring all the time.”
1 Overview Sentence
The brain is always going and it is functioning differently depending on your age range.

[thiird].*

5 Comments
Elizabeth Sowell is one of the country’s top researchers on the adolescent brain.
Teenagers are paid sixty dollars per visit to get their brains examined.
Adolescence in animals is over quickly.
This is the world’s first long term study of brain development in normal kids.
Baby and teenage brains are when the brain is changing the most.
4 Questions
What is polysided?
How can you tell whether a teenager is normal or not?
What is LSD?
What is NIH?
3 Vocabulary Words
Grabble-to scratch or search around with the hands
Schizophrenia-psychiatric disorder with symptoms of withdrawal into self: a severe psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality, and withdrawal into the self
2 Literary Terms
I have not found any literary terms! :-(
1 Overview Sentence
They have volunteers that stick their heads in an MRI machine.

numero dos

5 Comments
Hormones is the explanation to moody teenage behavior.
Testosterone is a hormone in boys and very little is found in girls.
Estrogen is a hormone found in girls.
Teenage brains are undergoing a dramatic transformation.
Different teenagers teach the scientist something new.
4 Questions
What does spending a lot of time in the bathroom have to do with being an adolescent?
What is LSD?
Why do parents freak out over small things like forgetting to call home?
What are neurochemicals.
3 Vocabulary Words
Pubescent-reaching or having attained
Evasive-not giving a direct answer to a question.
Annihilating-to destroy something completely, especially so that it ceases to exist
2 Literary Terms
N/A

1 Overview Sentence
Scientist are trying to figure out what in the brains of teenagers are causing their behavior to change so rapidly.

1st 5/4/3/2/1 of the 3rd term

The Primal Teen Book
By: Barbara Strauch
54321
5 comments:
Barbara Strauch is the mother of two teenagers.
Children can be absolutely fine and doing what is expected of them but then they can quickly change and be doing the wrong thing.
These parents don’t understand why there well behaved children suddenly act out.
Scientist all over have been trying to figure out teenagers for ages.
These people are making a big deal out of the way teenagers act for no reason; they are making it seem like there is something crazy going on in a teenagers brain.
4 Questions
Why do all these parents think that something must be wrong with us just because we don’t want to clean something or don’t agree with them?
Why is a teenagers behavior so fascinating to adults?
Why do parents blame our moods on being a teenager?
Why don’t the parents just accept that as people sometimes we want to be alone?
3 Vocabulary Words
Inexplicably -unable to be explained or justified
Ferocious-very fierce or savage
Quibble- to argue over unimportant things and make petty objections
2 Literary Terms
“…an jokes come popping up, like pimples before a prom.”(simile)
Anecdote-page four-She tells a story about a conversation her and her friend had.
1 Overview Sentence
These parents feel that there children act certain ways because they are teenagers and they blame every bad thing on adolescence.