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From May 1-31, submit a short, original (and amazing) essay about a time when food created a memory. Impress us with your creativity and you could win big.
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Chipotle essay contest
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
A Period Vocabulary/Pattern Sentences
1A/abortive: Ms. Schieffelin took on the herculean task of attempting to simultaneously feed the twins blueberries; however, her abortive attempts resulted in blueberries staining their hair, pajamas, and dog.
1B/supercilious: Ms. Schieffelin thought she caught a supercilious glance from her daughter, Julia, when she tried to feed the twins Spam, for her daughter was not too young to show disdain for such cheap, disgusting food.
1C/fractious: One might think that Julia and Eli are fractious children; they actually are quite loving kids; they just like grabbing any other part of the other twin, which often results in unintentional pinches, punches, and pummels.
1/levity (Cassie): Some students listened to the lecture; others acted with levity by watching Netflix during class.
3/wan (Sasha): The junior came to school with a wan look on his face: he stayed up very late the night before studying for his AP tests.
4/languid (Amanda): The boy was languid, idiotic, babyish; he had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
7/complacency (Meredith):Daisy's reaction to Gatsby's house--her cries of amazement, her exaggeration, her wonder--left Gatsby with a feeling of complacency.
7A/denizen (Adam): Cthulu--a monstrous denizen of the ocean--is said to have the power to end the world.
8/vacuous (Mike): When we could not come up with any ideas, when we earned a bad grade on the project, it was clear that we were vacuous.
9/florid (Sam): Her expression had changed and her face was florid with embarrassment, florid with grief.
9A/commensurate (Abby): An honors grade in history class will be commensurate to exemplary test grades, exemplary understanding of material and exemplary participation.
11/dilatory (Ariba): Mr. Johnson, the dilatory director, took three hours to assign parts for the play.
11A/ineffable (Peyton):
8/meretricious (Alec): If you are flaunting fake jewelry, if you are tastelessly dressed, if your shoes are gaudy, then your outfit is meretricious.
9/orgastic (Manisha): Gatsby hoped for an orgastic future, a future with the love of his life, a future with Daisy.
9A/truculent (Emilie): The pack of dogs were very truculent, very eager and very aggressive.
1B/supercilious: Ms. Schieffelin thought she caught a supercilious glance from her daughter, Julia, when she tried to feed the twins Spam, for her daughter was not too young to show disdain for such cheap, disgusting food.
1C/fractious: One might think that Julia and Eli are fractious children; they actually are quite loving kids; they just like grabbing any other part of the other twin, which often results in unintentional pinches, punches, and pummels.
1/levity (Cassie): Some students listened to the lecture; others acted with levity by watching Netflix during class.
3/wan (Sasha): The junior came to school with a wan look on his face: he stayed up very late the night before studying for his AP tests.
4/languid (Amanda): The boy was languid, idiotic, babyish; he had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
7/complacency (Meredith):Daisy's reaction to Gatsby's house--her cries of amazement, her exaggeration, her wonder--left Gatsby with a feeling of complacency.
7A/denizen (Adam): Cthulu--a monstrous denizen of the ocean--is said to have the power to end the world.
8/vacuous (Mike): When we could not come up with any ideas, when we earned a bad grade on the project, it was clear that we were vacuous.
9/florid (Sam): Her expression had changed and her face was florid with embarrassment, florid with grief.
9A/commensurate (Abby): An honors grade in history class will be commensurate to exemplary test grades, exemplary understanding of material and exemplary participation.
11/dilatory (Ariba): Mr. Johnson, the dilatory director, took three hours to assign parts for the play.
11A/ineffable (Peyton):
8/meretricious (Alec): If you are flaunting fake jewelry, if you are tastelessly dressed, if your shoes are gaudy, then your outfit is meretricious.
9/orgastic (Manisha): Gatsby hoped for an orgastic future, a future with the love of his life, a future with Daisy.
9A/truculent (Emilie): The pack of dogs were very truculent, very eager and very aggressive.
D Period Vocabulary/Pattern Sentences
1/levity: Ms. Schieffelin approached the conversation about her twins' misbehavior at day care with a certain degree of levity, which the director of the day care didn't appreciate; Julia and Eli had introduced the other children to particular vulgarities heard around their home, and Ms. Schieffelin's lack of seriousness in the conversation frustrated the director.
1A/abortive: Ms. Schieffelin took on the herculean task of attempting to simultaneously feed the twins blueberries; however, her abortive attempts resulted in blueberries staining their hair, pajamas, and dog.
1B/supercilious: Ms. Schieffelin thought she caught a supercilious glance from her daughter, Julia, when she tried to feed the twins Spam, for her daughter was not too young to show disdain for such cheap, disgusting food.
1C/fractious: One might think that Julia and Eli are fractious children; they actually are quite loving kids; they just like grabbing any other part of the other twin, which often results in unintentional pinches, punches, and pummels.
3/wan: Ms. Schieffelin returned from March break with a wan complexion: She had spent most of the cold, rainy days inside, caring for two seven month old babies.
4/languid (Emma): Despite the ballerina's usual expertise, her movements were languid, sloppy, unenjoyable to watch.
7/complacency (Vivian): Filled with complacency, the man had no desire to improve upon himself-- his job, his role as a father, his personality--and thus he died penniless, estranged from his children, and, by everyone he knew, was proclaimed an asshole.
7A/denizen (Carolyn): Mr. Smith, a now penniless man, spent the rest of his life as a denizen of the abandoned house at the end of the street.
8/vacuous (Bonnie): Because he sits quietly through the discussion, because he doesn't raise his hand in class, Larry may appear vacuous to some.
9/florid (Emily):
9A/commensurate (James): Bill's small loyalty bonus at retirement wasn't commensurate with the years he put into the company, wasn't commensurate with the energy it took him to get all of his work done, wasn't commensurate with the sacrifices he had to make to keep his job for so long.
11/dilatory (Grace): While setting up my birthday party - it was supposed to be a surprise - my father gave me dilatory errands to keep me away from the house.
11A/ineffable (Jack Antico):
8/meretricious (Jack Barry): When she said I was pretty, when she told me I was perfect, I couldn't tell her I was in fact meretricious.
9/orgastic (Chloe): The orgastic stock market held the dreams of many men who yearned for money in their pockets--the money that gave them life and provided their sustenance.
9A/truculent (Shelby): Their rivarly could have been truculent but turned out to be very calm, very simple, very quiet.
1A/abortive: Ms. Schieffelin took on the herculean task of attempting to simultaneously feed the twins blueberries; however, her abortive attempts resulted in blueberries staining their hair, pajamas, and dog.
1B/supercilious: Ms. Schieffelin thought she caught a supercilious glance from her daughter, Julia, when she tried to feed the twins Spam, for her daughter was not too young to show disdain for such cheap, disgusting food.
1C/fractious: One might think that Julia and Eli are fractious children; they actually are quite loving kids; they just like grabbing any other part of the other twin, which often results in unintentional pinches, punches, and pummels.
3/wan: Ms. Schieffelin returned from March break with a wan complexion: She had spent most of the cold, rainy days inside, caring for two seven month old babies.
4/languid (Emma): Despite the ballerina's usual expertise, her movements were languid, sloppy, unenjoyable to watch.
7/complacency (Vivian): Filled with complacency, the man had no desire to improve upon himself-- his job, his role as a father, his personality--and thus he died penniless, estranged from his children, and, by everyone he knew, was proclaimed an asshole.
7A/denizen (Carolyn): Mr. Smith, a now penniless man, spent the rest of his life as a denizen of the abandoned house at the end of the street.
8/vacuous (Bonnie): Because he sits quietly through the discussion, because he doesn't raise his hand in class, Larry may appear vacuous to some.
9/florid (Emily):
9A/commensurate (James): Bill's small loyalty bonus at retirement wasn't commensurate with the years he put into the company, wasn't commensurate with the energy it took him to get all of his work done, wasn't commensurate with the sacrifices he had to make to keep his job for so long.
11/dilatory (Grace): While setting up my birthday party - it was supposed to be a surprise - my father gave me dilatory errands to keep me away from the house.
11A/ineffable (Jack Antico):
8/meretricious (Jack Barry): When she said I was pretty, when she told me I was perfect, I couldn't tell her I was in fact meretricious.
9/orgastic (Chloe): The orgastic stock market held the dreams of many men who yearned for money in their pockets--the money that gave them life and provided their sustenance.
9A/truculent (Shelby): Their rivarly could have been truculent but turned out to be very calm, very simple, very quiet.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Speakers Forum Reflection
1. Why did you choose your piece, and are you happy with your selection?
I initially chose my piece because I was familiar with it by reading it in the first semester and I enjoyed the piece. I found that it was difficult to portray the emotions of the characters with the piece being in third person.
2. What are you most proud of throughout this whole process?
I am most proud of becoming confident with my piece after practicing. It took a lot to make the piece in what I thought would be just right for the audience.
3. Looking back to day one, what would you have done differently?
I probably would have chosen a piece that was in first person. This way it would have been easier to show what the character was feeling, not only through tone of voice. Also, the dialogue in my piece was difficult to show each characters emotion.
I initially chose my piece because I was familiar with it by reading it in the first semester and I enjoyed the piece. I found that it was difficult to portray the emotions of the characters with the piece being in third person.
2. What are you most proud of throughout this whole process?
I am most proud of becoming confident with my piece after practicing. It took a lot to make the piece in what I thought would be just right for the audience.
3. Looking back to day one, what would you have done differently?
I probably would have chosen a piece that was in first person. This way it would have been easier to show what the character was feeling, not only through tone of voice. Also, the dialogue in my piece was difficult to show each characters emotion.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Speaker's Forum Reflection
1. Why did you choose your piece, and are you happy with your selection?
I chose my piece because after watching the movie Gone Girl, I thought it would be fun to read from Amy's perspective. I am really happy with my selection, I like that it had both sad and funny parts.
2. What are you most proud of throughout this whole process?
2. What are you most proud of throughout this whole process?
I am most proud of my actual reading. I do not enjoy public speaking and when i got up to the podium I was super nervous. However, I was able to read my piece with emotion through my nerves, which I am proud of.
3. Looking back to day one, what would you have done differently?
3. Looking back to day one, what would you have done differently?
Looking back i would definitely have practiced more. I think if i had practiced more then I would have been way less nervous.
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