Beginning of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

The beginning of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was used to set the time of the story to be mysterious an a hint of questioning if what they are about to say is true. This technique has been used in other stories like "The Blair Witch Project" by having mystery throughout the whole story creating a scary feel for readers and viewers.

David Guetta Connection

When Ricky and Uriel explained to us the movie Uriel found they tried explaining how the movie had the same goals that we are trying to accomplish in this class. In the movie David Guetta tries to accomplish something above and beyond what any other artist had done. This technique is very much like what we are trying to accomplish in this class by using blogs that no one in this school has heard of but may be a big part of our future and many other people's futures.

Vocabulary Remix

Flout- willfully disregarding a rule
Caveat- a qualifying exception
Blazon- to adorn/ decorate
Filch- to steal something of little value
Fractious- bad tempered
Equitable- equal or just
Autonomy- independence/freedom
Addendum- a thing to be added
Amnesty- an official pardon
Axiomatic- self evident
Extricate- to free from difficulty
Soporific- causing sleep
Scathing- severely critical or scornful
Unwieldy- hard to move or carry
Vapid- flat, tasteless,dull
Prognosticate- to predict
Sepulchral- tomb like or having to do with interment/ gloomy or dismal
Salutary- producing good effects
Straitlaced- strictly rule abiding
Scourge- to whip or lash
Precept- general rule for behavior
Transient- lasting for a short amount of time

Vocab List #8

Flout- to show disdainful disregard
-Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.
Caveat- a warning as in business dealings
-His investment advice comes with a caveat: that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
Blazon- to display conspicuously
-The government was blazoned after the new law.
Filch- to steal something of small value
- He filched a pack of gum when no one was looking.
Fractious- peevishly quarrelsome
- The fractious crowd grew violent.
Equitable- having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
-They reached an equitable settlement of their dispute.
Autonomy- a self-governing state
-The territory has been granted autonomy.
Addendum- a thing added : addition
- The letters are included as an addendum to the biography.
Amnesty- the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
-The government gave amnesty to all political prisoners.
Axiomatic- taken for granted
- It is axiomatic that good athletes have a strong mental attitude.
Extricate- to distinguish from a related thing
- Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.
Soporific- tending to dull awareness or alertness
- This medication is soporific, so do not drive after taking it.
Scathing- bitterly severe
- There was a scathing review of the book.
Unwieldy- not easily managed, handled, or used
- The system is outdated and unwieldy.
Vapid- lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force
- The song had vapid lyrics.
Prognosticate- to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
- By using current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like.
Sepulchral- hollow or deep
- The decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everyone a chill.
Salutary- producing a beneficial effect
- The accident should be a salutary lesson to be more careful.
Straitlaced- excessively strict in manners, morals, or opinion
- A very straitlaced old lady who believed that cleavage was something that should be shown by rock crystals, not respectable women.
Scourge- an instrument of punishment or criticism
- The disease continues to be a scourge in the developing world.
Precept- a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
- The basic precepts of a religion
Transient- passing through or by a place with only a brief stay
- He had transient thoughts of suicide but never acted upon them.

Self-Reliance

http://aramirezrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/10/emersons-self-reliance.html?m=1
1) We are all individuals, we are all good
2) Not making other peoples thoughts over power you, using your own mind, thoughts, and taking everything inane making our own decisions.
3) You have to know yourself to trust yourself
4) We are powerful with what we choose to focus on
5) Each of us is an individual representing a whole
6) Silk, silver, and gold are formed and flashy while iron is all about it's job.
7) Moving away and rising above the rules following our own integrity
8) Even though we all are a whole we all should be mindful to make our own decisions
9) Some request too much to ask
10) When a person forms a pattern within their lives it violates our nature
11) Words can be just as affective

Vocab List #7

Ad infinitum- endlessly
- My family is as infinitum
Apportion- to distribute proportionally
- The teacher apportioned the papers.
Bona fide- genuine or real
- The flowers were bona fide.
Buoyant- cheerfulness
- There was a buoyant attitude at the party.
Clique- a small exclusive group of people
- There are many cliques in the quad.
Concede- to acknowledge as true,just,or proper
- I conceded that what she was saying was right.
Congenial- agreeable in nature or character
- The answers to my questions were congenial.
Lofty- of imposing height
- Lofty fells and mountains.
Migration- to go from one country or region to another
- There is a migration of the birds every year.
Perceive- to become aware of by means of the senses
- I perceived the right answers.
Perverse- willfully determined not to do what is expected or desired
- The disobedient little boy was very perverse.
Prelude- a preliminary part or work
- The song sheet was the prelude of the orchestra.
Rancid- having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste
- The dead deer was very rancid.
Rustic- artlessly crude and unpolished
- The broken painting was rustic.
Sever- to separate from the whole
- The head was severed from the body.
Sordid- wretchedly filthy
- The rotten food was sordid.
Untenable- incapable of being maintained
- The bad child was untenable.
Versatile- capable of doing many things well
- The girl could write with her right and left hand so she was versatile.
Vindicate- to clear from accusation or suspicion.
- The non guilty man was vindicated.
Wane- to lessen in brightness and roundness
- The stars wane when the sun comes up.

Mid Term strategy

My mid term vocabulary strategy is to study two vocab lists each night. I will study on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, practicing two lists each night then on Thursday night I will go over them all. I will study by making a short/more simple way of understanding the definitions and being able to use them in sentences that make sense to me.