Reflection

My reading habits today and when I was a child have changed in many ways. My reading habits are basic, although I only read when I have to I actually pay more attention when I read now. I look for new vocabulary words and try to make sense of the text by learning about the background and thinking outside the box. My reading habits today are improving and I am still going to work on them so there is no room for improvement anymore. I don’t have many strengths as a reader but I have a lot of weaknesses. When I read I get distracted easy and tend to take a lot of breaks. I don’t like to read so I think that’s why I get distracted so easily. My grandmother loves to read. She will seat on her couch and read a book in one day. Every since I was little she has read and she told me she loves to read. When I was growing up I wasn’t really encouraged to read. I would get books from the school library and read the required reading. I just wasn’t into reading that much, it wasn’t one of my favorite hobbies. My parents did not read to me as a child because my mom was busy, she was a single mother so she didn’t have the time to read. My grandmother read to me for a little bit because my mom had to work so I was with my grandmother but she didn’t read to me continuously.

Frugal

Word: Frugal

Part of Speech: adjective

The source sentence and page #:
After having baby-sat for every frugal family in town, I eventually hit the mother lode. p. 123

Context clues: She says she hit the mother lode after babysitting for every family in town, i think it means like they were average or they were bad familys that were cheap or something.

Definition:
prudently saving or sparing, not wasteful, entailing little expense

Your Original Sentence:
My frugal manager was short on my paycheck.

Reflection

After studying and learning the vocabulary required in class I had a better understanding to the words in the text. I see how it challenges the reader at times and how they want you to learn and to understand their texts. Vocabulary is very important and is used in everyday society. From studying the vocabulary it’s introduced me to new and exciting words that I can use whenever and where ever. Not much of our society use words that are more complex then others because they tend to be lazy or just don’t know the word. Mostly its educated people who use more complex words, at which make them seem smarter. So when people use words that are more complex or harder people tend to think you are educated. That’s one reason why I want to use my vocabulary words in my day to day life so I sound more educated. Although I have yet to hear the vocabulary words out loud I still try to use them in my day to day life. When I approach an unfamiliar word I look it up now. I used to just read past it and not even look it at it or guess what the meaning was but now I have been finding words I don’t know and figuring what they are in the dictionary. For the most part I am remembering some of the words from our vocabulary list, but I do tend to forget most of them after the test.

Strewn

The Word: Strewn

Part of Speech: verb

The source sentence and Page #: To my delight, I found that the lawn had been strewn with miniature Iranian flags.p. 112-113

Context Clues: Iranian flags, showed that there were many flags everywhere but I didn’t actually know what the words definition was, I couldn’t figure it out.

Definition:To be scattered or sprinkled over a surface

Original Sentence:Confetti was strewn all over the floor at the wedding

Dote

The Word: Dote

Part of Speech: Verb

The source sentence and Page #:Now, whenever we visit my relatives, all of whom dote on my husband, I realize that he didn’t marry me despite my tribe; he married me because of them. P. 103

Context Clues: I figured out that either they loved him or hated him but as I kept reading it became positive not negative so I came to the conclusion it was love.

Definition:To show excessive fondness of love

Original Sentence: My mom is dote about my little brother DJ.

Enviable

The Word: Enviable

Part of Speech: Adjective

The source sentence and Page #:Even though their condominium has only a tiny garden, they have managed to cultivate an enviable cornucopia of figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons, and herbs. P. 98

Context Clues: I knew what cultivate meant so I figured out the meaning by just looking and putting words together. Also tiny garden was an antonym to enviable in a way.

Definition: Worthy of envy; very desirable

Original Sentence:Celebrities are enviable because they are so rich.

Regaled

The Word : Regaled

Part of Speech : Adjective

The Source Sentence and page number : "When I first met him, he regaled me with stories of exotic places he had visited: the Maldive Islands, West Africa, Bali, Sri Lanka." pg 57

Context Clue : y: "stories of exotic places he had visited"

Definition : Of notable excellence or magnificenceYour

Original Sentence : My teacher regaled me when she told me about her terrific experienced in France.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/regaled

Ubiquitous

The Word: Ubiquitous

Part of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and Page #:
“The media is also ubiquitous- present in airports, elevators, classrooms, bars and restaurants, and hospital waiting room.” P. 42

Context Clues:
Saying it was present in all these different places, infers that its common or everywhere.

Definition:
Existing everywhere; inescapable

Your Original Sentence:
Students are ubiquitous on a college campus.

Hyperlink:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ubiquitous

Exclusion

Word: Exclusion

Part of Speech: Noun

The Source and Page #: "...familiarity with different cultural formsstems from patterns of exclusion throughout history, as well asintegration into networks..." P. 41

Context Clues: The word "integration" is an antonym for exclusion.Definition: to prevent from using; state of being excluding

Original Sentence: The teacher made an exclusion that I must not usepencil when I write my notes.

Hyperlink: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusion

Lavished

The word: Lavished

Part of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): “People lavished compliments on me” p. 11

Context Clues: Compliments and the impression the people gave her recommend that they were generous and extravagant because she new English. Syn.

Definition: Expending or bestowing profusely, generous way, extravagant, abundant, profuse.

Your Original Sentence: I was lavished with many roses on my graduation.

Hyperlink: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lavish