tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31285268665267316642024-02-20T12:56:52.772-08:00iREAD!K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-40458526320889971022009-06-21T17:12:00.000-07:002009-06-21T18:38:24.836-07:00alright; so this is numero cinco !O5Comments :<br /><br />- After seeing her for the first time after the encounter Diddy tells Xhbit lies about Yizzete.<br /><br />- Diddy is very drunk & brings them to a gay bar.<br /><br />- Ever since her seixures she has not been using drugs.<br /><br />- She has been overindulging herself with alchol.<br /><br />- 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.<br /><br /><br /><br />O4questons :<br /><br />- Where is her son ? !<br /><br />- Howw does she just do all of this & not stay home and raise her son ?<br /><br />- Why doesnt she have the drive to have a better life for her and her son ?<br /><br />- If she has a degree in nursing why doesnt she go get a job ?<br /><br /><br /><br />O3Vocabulary Words :<br /><br />- euphoria - a feeling of great joy.<br /><br />- archive - collection of documents.<br /><br />-gripe - to complain<br /><br /><br /><br />O2Literary Terms :<br /><br />"Out of the mud came a rose" - metaphor<br /><br /><br /><br />O1Overveiw Sentence :<br />- She has hit rock bottom & needs to start working on herself.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-53185495309005805782009-06-16T18:12:00.000-07:002009-06-16T18:30:06.667-07:00O5Comments;<br />- The filming for the movie is over; she feels lonely.<br />- There is a new man in her life.<br />- The NBA legend she reffers to is Shaq.<br />- Shaq fully furnishes her home.<br />- Their relationship is really weird; & Shaq is veryy protective which makes her angry.<br /><br />O4Questions;<br />- What does she mean when she says each movie after would create a greater gap between them ?<br />- Who is papa ?<br />- Who is the NBA legend ?<br />- Is it Michael Jordan ?<br /><br />O3Vocabulary words;<br />- enviable :<br />- adage :<br />- prowess :<br /><br />O2Literary terms;<br />- "Vin must have smelled it, like an animal in the wild"<br />- "Big Budget"<br /><br /><br />O1Overveiw Sentence;<br />New man, new things. & more troubles with Shaq that will later on affect her.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-47248312185333476492009-06-16T17:51:00.000-07:002009-06-16T18:11:36.195-07:00fantasticqk four !O5Comments;<br />- She starred in the movie "A Man Apart"<br />- She wasnt allowed to date her co-stars, but I am sure that she will break that rule.<br />- She develops a crush on Vin Diesel, who is a co-star<br />- She breaks the rule with Vin Diesel<br />- She doesnt get caught from breaking the rule<br /><br />O4Questions;<br />- Where was her son all this time ?<br />- Was she even seeing him ?<br />- Why didnt she stop, to avoid her breaking the rule ?<br />- Will she get caught ?<br /><br />O3Vocabulary words;<br />- splendor : magnificence<br />- chiseled : sharply defined<br />- pheromones : a hormone secreted by animals.<br /><br />O2Literary Terms;<br />- "It was like a cobra, doing her dance of death, right before the strike of her venomous bite." ( comparison to her walk. )<br />- "With a very young lover: Belevedere Vodka"<br /><br />O1Overveiw Sentence;<br />Although acting is providing her with good benefits and large amounts of money she is still falling back on sex, everywhere she goesK_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-69666493050730838662009-05-29T10:08:00.000-07:002009-06-06T21:17:12.377-07:00number O2 [ well O3 but O2 - if that makes sense. ]5Comments :<br />- Charlene let this happen to Yizzete because she was scared as well.<br />- 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.<br />- She began to smoke and drink during the time where she was skipping school.<br />- Her mother set her out to be the bad person<br />- Yizzete runs away to be with a group of other run aways but gets caught.<br />4Questions :<br />- Why do others beleive herr mother is thee good person ?<br />- If Yizzete's mother dis - likes her so much why does she look for her when she runs away ?<br />- Is Yizzete prostituting ?<br />- Does she have any other family that may be able to help her ?<br />3Vocab :<br />- Lacerated ;to cut or gash the skin so that the wound is deep with irregular edges<br />- ravish ;to force somebody to engage in sexual intercourse<br />- emendated ;to correct or alter.<br />2Literary Terms :<br />O1overveiw sentence :<br />Yizzete continues to have difficulty at home & begins to play the role of a disobediant child.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-6310719806551976122009-05-29T08:59:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:02:30.720-07:00Confessions of a Video Vixen5Comments :<br />- Her first time going out may be her last due to the events that are taking place.<br />- She was getting a sense of comfort from the boys; which is never good for a young girl.<br />- She was taken to an abandoned house to be raped; but the neighbors heard her scream & went to call the cops.<br />- Even after the group escaped the police the leader Rodeney continued to look for another place.<br />- Rodney had already had a criminal record.<br />4Questions :<br />- Why did she continue to get in the car even though it's clearly not a safe situation.<br />- Why wasn't she thinking about how severe the consequences would be when she got caught ?<br />-What aboiut Charlene made Yizzet's mother trust her ?<br />- Why was Yizzete so comfortable with these people she hadnt known for even a day ?<br />3Vocabulary Words :<br />- deter : to discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious.<br />- avail : to make use of something useful or helpful while you have the opportunity.<br />- abrasive : using friction and roughness of texture to smooth or clean a surface.<br />2Literary terms :<br />- "It was a puzzle of brown boards" ( metaphor; comparing the house to a puzzle. )<br />- " He was mad as hell, with fire in his eyes" ( similie )<br />1Overveiw sentence :<br />- -She has expereinced an inceident that may be worst than her mother beating her & will most definitely be the changing point of her life.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-81135276590025980772009-04-24T07:20:00.000-07:002009-04-24T07:49:47.257-07:00! numero cinco !Why were all floors seperated by three steps? - What is symbolic about the number three? - If it is even symolic.<br /><br />*haughty-<br /><br />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?<br /><br />If I am reading right there were drunk black people ("negores") outside and they were making a lot of noise and causing a ruckess.<br /><br />They set the house on fire. (I am assuming it was the drunk negroes)<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Maybe Myra set the back on fire.<br /><br />"I saw tall flames shooting up to the sky..."<br /><br />Peirre may be dead.<br /><br />*flambeauxK_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-55142949633657498842009-04-19T10:51:00.000-07:002009-04-22T19:02:23.796-07:00numberr four !Comments<br /><p>She is never referred to by her name when spoken to or about.</p><p>This family is fairly wealthy, they have maids and servants.<br />they are hated on because of their interacial status.</p><p>I do not know why but this is written verry confusing & I am having trouble understanding.</p><p>She does not feel safe in her home<br />Questions</p><p>what is her name?</p><br /><p>Should she be reffered as Jean when i comment about her because she is never really referred to by her name?<br /></p><p>Is she sayiing that without Mr.Mason her mother wouldn't be alive?<br />Is Mr.Mason her step father?<br />Vocabulary</p>merciful- showing mercy or compassion to somebody<br />ringlets- a spiral curl of hair<br />tamarinds- a pod containing many seeds within an acid-tasting pulp.<br /><br /><br />Literary terms<br />"I heard bamboo creak again and sound like whispering."K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-13560565280314767152009-04-19T09:49:00.000-07:002009-04-19T10:50:51.314-07:003rd 54321 - i think.Comments:<br />mother wants to move because Coulibri is not safe for Peirre.<br />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".<br />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.<br />to the daughter white people signify confidence.<br /><br /><br />Question<br />why is it that Peirre is not safe?<br />why is it imporatant to her that she is like an American girl?<br />when will they introduce the main character with a name? (If they have I missed it.)<br />What does she mean by, "unfortunatly children do hurt flies."?<br /><br /><br />Vocabulary<br />glacis- a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep<br />coolies-<br /><br />literary terms<br />"I was glad to be like an English girl"- similie<br /><br />overview sentence<br />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.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-89504484327630476462009-03-29T14:37:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:38:19.811-07:002nd 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1Comments<br />She becomes scared of her mother and her strange behavior.<br />I don’t understand who some of the characters are and what their purpose is.<br />This book is written weirdly, making it difficult for me to explain, there was no real introduction in the beginning.<br />She begins to have nightmares.<br />The narrators name has not been said.<br />Questions<br />Who is Godfrey?<br />Where is the husband?<br />How many children are there in the family?<br />Why did people stare at her mother?<br />Vocabulary Words<br />Calabash-a large ball-shaped fruit of a tropical American tree, or of the bottle gourd or some other gourd<br />Muslin-a thin plain-weave cotton cloth. Use: curtains, sheets, dresses.<br />Plaits-braid<br />Overview Sentence- Her mother is beginning to act realy weird and is now ashamed of her daughter.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-12902068122903099192009-02-28T08:51:00.000-08:002009-02-28T09:03:57.665-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wide Sargasso Sea<br />By Jean Rhys<br />5-4-3-2-1<br />Comments<br />Jean Rhys was born in Dominica<br />Jean Rhys is a female. (I thought she was a man)<br />Someone poisoned her mothers horse; I think it was done because of jealousy.<br />Her mother has no friends.<br />I do not understand why her family is this way.<br />Questions<br />What are the Emancipation Acts?<br />Is the looking glass she refers to a mirror?<br />Why didn’t the others in the community like her mother?<br />What did the doctor say that made her mother not want to leave the house anymore?<br />Vocabulary Words<br />Emancipation-the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions<br />Marooned-to leave somebody or something somewhere with no means of getting away<br />Glacis-a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep<br /><br />Literary Terms<br />“Our garden was large and beautiful as the one in the bible.” [ simile ]<br />“One was snaky looking, another like an octopus with long thin brown tentacles bare of leaves hanging from a twisted root” [ imagery ]</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-58331099091225515182009-02-07T13:23:00.000-08:002009-02-07T15:15:46.985-08:005 Comments<br />Females reach puberty by the end of their third year.<br />Males reach puberty by the end of their fourth year.<br />There is a good reason why the growth spurts for girls and boys are different.<br />A females pelvic bones do not grow fully until they are around seventeen so they can not successfully carry a baby until then.<br />Boys become fertile before their growth spurt.<br />4 Questions<br />Why do humans have longer childhood then animals?<br />Why do teenagers feel the need to take dangerous risks?<br />What does it mean to be wrongly stigmatized?<br />Why is peuberty starting to happen sooner in this day and age?<br /><br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Prolonged-to make something go on longer<br />Menarche-the first time that a girl or young woman menstruates<br />Angst-in existentialist philosophy, a feeling of dread arising from an awareness of free choiceK_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-44681079421516045912009-02-07T12:12:00.001-08:002009-02-07T12:12:29.728-08:00[ seventh ] ( ii thiink )5 comments<br />They study animals as well as humans.<br />Fletcher is a monkey.<br />Fletcher went and ran away from his “home”.<br />Primates experience puberty.<br />Humans and monkeys have a similar neural endocrine system.<br />4 questions<br />What does an animals adolescence have to do with a humans adolescence?<br />Is there another way to express adolescence without saying adolescence?<br />Who is Fletcher?<br />Monkeys can swim?<br /><br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Chagrined-a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something<br />Rhesus-in Greek mythology, one of the kings of Thrace<br /><br />2 Literary terms<br />“,settles squabbles”- alliteration<br />1 Overview sentence<br />They study monkeys too because there are similarities between monkeys and humans so by study monkeys the scientists have something to compare to.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-18110668820682349532009-02-03T17:31:00.001-08:002009-02-03T17:33:37.648-08:00( siixth ) !*5 Comments<br />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.<br />A parent was keeping copies of his son’s brain scans. ( That is weird )<br />Brain scanners work with radio waves that interact with hydrogen atoms.<br />As adolescence process there is a loss of grey matter.<br />There had never been a systematic long term study of children with normal brains before.<br />4 Questions<br />What are hydrogen atoms?<br />What is schizophrenia?<br />What is it that these neuroscientists are trying to find out?<br />Where is the National Institutes of Health?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Thornier- complicated and difficult to resolve<br />Noninvasive-not involving cutting into the body or entry into a body cavity such as the colon or stomach<br />Rhesus-in Greek mythology, one of the kings of Thrace<br />2 Literary Terms<br /><br />1 Overview Sentence<br />The neuroscientist are studying normal people to get a better understanding of hiow the brain functions in general. ( I do not understand that concept )K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-34848463163826048592009-02-03T16:35:00.001-08:002009-02-03T16:35:29.993-08:00[ Fiifth ] !*<span style="font-size:85%;">5 Comments<br />Parents notice that there children begin to link the events that take place with emotions as they get older.<br />Teenagers process language differently.<br />There a lot of things that this book says that I did not know about myself as a teenager.<br />Adolescent brains : ramp up”.<br />Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers emitted from a neuron.<br />4 Questions<br />What does it mean to be genetically prone?<br />What is brain pruning?<br />What is an fMRI?<br />What is a prefrontal cortex?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Militating-to have an influence, especially a negative one, on something<br />Caudate- with a tail or an appendage like a tail<br />Psychodynamic-the interaction of the emotional and motivational forces that affect behavior and mental states, especially on a subconscious level<br />2 Literary Terms<br /><br />1 Overview Sentence<br />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.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-25959437480557489012009-02-01T16:33:00.001-08:002009-02-01T16:33:44.864-08:004th5 Comments<br />Many of the brains systems are always running.<br />Teachers say that they notice a change in their students after a certain age.<br />Every person in this book ( so far ) blames a change in a child’s behavior on adolescence.<br />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.<br />4 Questions<br />What are frontal lobes?<br />What is the prefrontal cortex?<br />What is polysided?<br />What does it mean to have an innate quantitative sense?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Innate-relating to qualities that a person or animal is born with<br />Tangible-able to be touched or perceived through the sense of touch<br />Medulla-biology innermost structure: the innermost area of a part or organ of an animal or plant<br /><br />2 Literary Terms<br />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.”<br />1 Overview Sentence<br />The brain is always going and it is functioning differently depending on your age range.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-79629809193620800542009-01-28T14:55:00.000-08:002009-01-28T14:56:06.153-08:00[thiird].*<span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc33cc;"><br />5 Comments<br />Elizabeth Sowell is one of the country’s top researchers on the adolescent brain.<br />Teenagers are paid sixty dollars per visit to get their brains examined.<br />Adolescence in animals is over quickly.<br />This is the world’s first long term study of brain development in normal kids.<br />Baby and teenage brains are when the brain is changing the most.<br />4 Questions<br />What is polysided?<br />How can you tell whether a teenager is normal or not?<br />What is LSD?<br />What is NIH?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Grabble-to scratch or search around with the hands<br />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<br />2 Literary Terms<br />I have not found any literary terms! :-(<br />1 Overview Sentence<br />They have volunteers that stick their heads in an MRI machine.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-44567788020447383272009-01-26T17:00:00.001-08:002009-01-26T17:00:59.313-08:00numero dos<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">5 Comments<br />Hormones is the explanation to moody teenage behavior.<br />Testosterone is a hormone in boys and very little is found in girls.<br />Estrogen is a hormone found in girls.<br />Teenage brains are undergoing a dramatic transformation.<br />Different teenagers teach the scientist something new.<br />4 Questions<br />What does spending a lot of time in the bathroom have to do with being an adolescent?<br />What is LSD?<br />Why do parents freak out over small things like forgetting to call home?<br />What are neurochemicals.<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Pubescent-reaching or having attained<br />Evasive-not giving a direct answer to a question.<br />Annihilating-to destroy something completely, especially so that it ceases to exist<br />2 Literary Terms<br />N/A<br /><br />1 Overview Sentence<br />Scientist are trying to figure out what in the brains of tee</span></em>nagers are causing their behavior to change so rapidly.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-5519953832990620702009-01-25T11:18:00.001-08:002009-01-25T11:18:48.673-08:001st 5/4/3/2/1 of the 3rd term<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#33ccff;">The Primal Teen Book<br />By: Barbara Strauch<br />54321<br />5 comments:<br />Barbara Strauch is the mother of two teenagers.<br />Children can be absolutely fine and doing what is expected of them but then they can quickly change and be doing the wrong thing.<br />These parents don’t understand why there well behaved children suddenly act out.<br />Scientist all over have been trying to figure out teenagers for ages.<br />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.<br />4 Questions<br />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?<br />Why is a teenagers behavior so fascinating to adults?<br />Why do parents blame our moods on being a teenager?<br />Why don’t the parents just accept that as people sometimes we want to be alone?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Inexplicably -unable to be explained or justified<br />Ferocious-very fierce or savage<br />Quibble- to argue over unimportant things and make petty objections<br />2 Literary Terms<br />“…an jokes come popping up, like pimples before a prom.”(simile)<br />Anecdote-page four-She tells a story about a conversation her and her friend had.<br />1 Overview Sentence<br />These parents feel that there children act certain ways because they are teenagers and they blame every bad thing on adolescence.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-55433141275247085252008-12-07T15:33:00.001-08:002008-12-07T15:33:58.044-08:005 comments<br />Morphine is the psychoactive ingredient in the heroin.<br />The brain sends messages to your body telling it that you need more of the drug.<br />I would never ever do drugs!<br />It is hard for people to stop using heroin because while they are taking heroin they feel good about themselves.<br />Some people are able to moderate their drug use but that is only when they are using a drug that dosent have as strong of an affect.<br /><br />4 questions<br />What kind of affect does a pregnant mother taking the drug have on her unborn baby?<br />Is there a way to make yourself feel better without doing drugs?<br />Why do people really think that doing heroin is a way to get over their problems because their problems never really go away?<br />How do people get these drugs?<br /><br />3 vocabulary<br />Inherent- part of the very nature of something, and therefore permanently characteristic of it or necessarily involved in it<br />Inferiority- lower or low in rank, standing, or degree<br />Analgesia- the lack of sensibility to pain while somebody is conscious<br />2 literary terms<br /><br /><br />1 overview sentence<br />All drugs have a bad affect on people but they use it because it makes them feel better when their life is going bad. But the way I look at it doing the drug does not solve problems but if anything makes the problems worst because the drug has a terrible affect and can be the cause of death and never actually solves the persons problems but just makes more problems if anything.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-21093722755082471152008-12-07T09:43:00.000-08:002008-12-07T09:44:34.989-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffcc33;">5 </span><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Comments<br />For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.<br />It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.<br />The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.<br />Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.<br />One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.<br /><br />4 Questions<br />When you are high are you aware of what is going on?<br />When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?<br />What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?<br />What are adrenal glands?<br /><br />3 Vocabulary<br />Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination<br />Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders<br />2 literary terms<br />Imagery- The author describes the guy taking a hit of heroin and goes into great detail about his emotions and feelings causing the reader to feel exactly what he is going through.<br /><br />1 overview sentence<br />Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the</span> drug.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-12889124081900869022008-12-06T16:36:00.001-08:002008-12-06T16:36:53.665-08:00<span style="color:#33ccff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">5 Comments<br />For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.<br />It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.<br />The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.<br />Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.<br />One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.<br /><br />4 Questions<br />When you are high are you aware of what is going on?<br />When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?<br />What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?<br />What are adrenal glands?<br /><br />3 Vocabulary<br />Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination<br />Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders<br />2 literary terms<br /><br /><br />1 overview sentence<br />Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the drug.</span><br />________________________________________________________________________________</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-45065691161798850892008-12-06T13:12:00.000-08:002008-12-06T14:15:06.222-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ffccff;">5 comments<br />The opium smoking was having a major affect on the Chinese.<br />The addiction to the drug was becoming more clear<br />People now knew the affect of the drug and were taking advantage of that.<br />The opium got spread throughout the world<br />The opium was very addictive going three weeks without the opium drove people crazy.<br /><br /><br />4 Questions<br />Why would someone want to take heroin?<br />How many hits does it take for you to become addicted to the drug?<br />After an overdose, why does it hurt when you take your first few breaths after being revived?<br />When drug dealers deal the drug how are they sure whether someone is an undercover cop or not?<br /><br /><br />3 Vocabulary words<br />Derivatives- copied from somewhere and not original<br />Comatose- unable to function: in a very tired or drunken state<br />Insidious- the ability to see clearly and intuitively into the nature of a complex person, situation, or subject<br /><br /><br />2 Literary terms<br />“Silly, sad smile”- Alliteration<br />“The furnace was being stubborn”- Personification<br />1 Overview Sentence<br />The addiction to the drug is just about impossible to fight witho ut help and not getting help affects the other people in your life.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-21886521356096446442008-12-06T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-06T13:12:33.335-08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">5 comments<br />Withdrawal of the drug causes crazy behavior.<br />When you overdose on the drug you become comatose<br />Heroin can short your breathing so you only breathe two or four breathes per minute<br />Later on people shot the heroin straight into their veins instead of smoking it.<br />Buying the drugs is very complicated.<br />4 Questions<br />What does, “Sealed works, fresh works” mean?<br />Why can’t you buy the cocaine, needle and glassine all at one place?<br />What was the mayonnaise for?<br />Why does he feel the need too throw up?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Stupors- solidly made and likely to withstand prolonged use<br />Glassine- a transparent paper treated with a glaze to make it greaseproof and resistant to the passage of air. .<br />Nuances- a very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color<br />2 Literary Terms<br />None found. It is harder to find literary terms because the book is basically just information and facts so there is not really that many literary terms.<br />1 Overview Sentence=0 A<br />The guy in the book makes a purchase and takes a hit for the first time in three weeks. After taking the drug he feels better about himself and does not care about how crappy his life is.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-12315364309695682742008-11-30T08:23:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:24:29.909-08:00<span style="color:#ff9900;">5 Comments<br />The Portuguese introduced the smoking pipe to the Chinese.<br />The Spanish brought the smoking pipe to Europe.<br />The pipe made the people use the opium more often.<br />Smoking the opium was more popular than drinking it was.<br />The Dutch followed the Portuguese and began trading the opium.<br />4 Questions<br />When did the pipe come about?<br />Why wasn’t the opium made illegal?<br />When the opium was made illegal why were people then trying to legalize it?<br />Did the opium have any good uses?<br />3 Vocabulary Words<br />Emancipation<br />Diacetylmorphine<br />Laudanum<br />2 Literary Terms<br />“Puffing and pouting”- alliteration<br />No other literary terms were found<br />1 overview sentence<br />Smoking pipes were getting more popular and authority figures were realizing how dangerous the affects the opium had on people were.</span>K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3128526866526731664.post-10780390849271157972008-11-26T18:34:00.001-08:002008-11-26T18:34:34.738-08:005 Comments<br />The Portuguese introduced the smoking pipe to the Chinese.<br />The Spanish brought the smoking pipe to Europe.<br />The pipe made the people use the opium more often.<br />Smoking the opium was more popular than drinking it was.<br />The Dutch followed the Portuguese and began trading the opium.<br />4 Questions<br />When did the pipe come about?<br />Where did the pipe originally come from?<br />What is an opium den?<br />Did the people using the drug realize that it was addictive and giving them a high?<br />3 Vocabulary<br />Habitual- done frequently and predictably<br />Debilitating- reducing somebody's strength or energy<br />Methodically- systematic or painstaking<br />2 Literary Terms<br />No literary terms found<br />1 Overview Sentence<br />Opium was rapidly spreading to other places and people were discovering new ways to get high off of the opium.K_I_A_N_A<3http://www.blogger.com/profile/11149506090764281947noreply@blogger.com0