Reflection

All of us have that fond memory from our childhood that we will never forget, and as for me my memory it was more than one time. When I was around 10 years old I went to England. After the first time I was hooked! I had been to England before a couple times before but I loved to come back. I loved everything about England, the snow, the people, getting to visit my family and getting to explore it. England was so beautiful in the winter time, even though it would get below zero most of the time. This trip was memorable because we actually got to go in a real castle. It was the Warwick castle; it was amazing because you could tour the whole castle. After that we went to a town called Warwickshire and what made it a day to never forget was I got to go see where Shakespeare was born. I got to tour around the house in which the greatest play writer was born. This memory means so much because it was the last vacation my whole family took together. My grandfather died before we got to go to England again, and he loved to go to England to visit his family. England has brought me and my family together over the holidays and I think that’s what makes these memories so important. This has made me appreciate my family and friends more so it has shaped me into a better person today.

Reflection

All of us have that fond memory from our childhood that we will never forget, and as for me my memory it was more than one time. When I was around 10 years old I went to England. After the first time I was hooked! I had been to England before a couple times before but I loved to come back. I loved everything about England, the snow, the people, getting to visit my family and getting to explore it. England was so beautiful in the winter time, even though it would get below zero most of the time. This trip was memorable because we actually got to go in a real castle. It was the Warwick castle; it was amazing because you could tour the whole castle. After that we went to a town called Warwickshire and what made it a day to never forget was I got to go see where Shakespeare was born. I got to tour around the house in which the greatest play writer was born. This memory means so much because it was the last vacation my whole family took together. My grandfather died before we got to go to England again, and he loved to go to England to visit his family. England has brought me and my family together over the holidays and I think that’s what makes these memories so important. This has made me appreciate my family and friends more so it has shaped me into a better person today.

Mantra

The Word: Mantra

Part of Speech: noun

The source sentence and Page #:
“I should’ve sold everything and brought the money to America a long time ago” became his mantra. P. 129

Context Clues: This was a logic clue because the phrase was put into quotation marks so you can tell it was something he said.

Definition: chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.

Your Original Sentence:
“Get a job, get a job, get a job” became my mantra.

Baklava

The Word: Baklava

Part of Speech: noun

The source sentence and Page #:
In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people like flies to baklava.
p.64

Context Clues: You can tell that it was food because flies love food.

Definition: A dessert made of paper-thin layers of pastry, chopped nuts, and honey.

Your Original Sentence:
The Baklava was extraordinary at the restaurant.

Staunch

The word: Staunch

Part of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and Page #:
In 1980,however, despite my father's staunch devotion to freedom and fairness, he was still a foreigner with an accent, an accent that after the Iranian Revolution was associated with all things bad. P. 119

Context Clues:
This is a logic vocabulary word because he uses devotion i immediately thought of loyalty to his freedom.

Definition:
Strong, Substantial, firm or steadfast in principle, adherence; loyalty as a person

Your Original Sentence:
The stuanch of tina's devotion to friendship was heartwelming.