chap6vocab

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•Elated-very happy or proud; jubilant. Ex. I felt elated when I got a new car.

••2. Strut-to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. Ex. I strutted away from my school in disgust.

••3. Plotted-a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. Ex. I grinned as I plotted the murder of my neighbor’s son.

••4. Objective-something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish. Ex. My main objective when yelling at my dad, was to hurt him.

••5. Swiveled-a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. to turn in a full circle. Ex. As I swiveled in my chair, I could not stop laughing with joy and excitement.

••6. Distinguished-made conspicuous by excellence. Ex. It was easy to distinguish between the scumbags and the posers.

••7. Aborting-to cease growth before full development or maturation. Ex. Jessica decided to have an abortion because she was scared.

••8. Erupted-to emerge violently from restraint or limit. Ex. I felt as though I erupted in ecstasy when I entered the rave club.

••9. Plodded-to walk heavily or move laboriously. Ex. As I plodded through the swamp I felt as if I were being consumed by it. As if it were alive.

••10. Britches-knee-length trousers. Ex. David wore his britches with a stained white t0shirt, and some vans sneakers.

••11. Defiant-characterized by defiance. Ex. I was very defiant as my mother told me to go to bed.

••12. Salivated-to produce an excessive secretion of saliva. Ex. I salivated in unusual amounts while I was under the influence of LSD.

••13. Prodding-to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed. Ex. David began prodding Larry with a stick when he was angered by his words.

••14. Fink-a labor spy. Ex. The pathetic little fink was killed before he even walked out of the door.

••15. Cooed-to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves. Ex. The cooed soccer team had males and females.

••16. Quivered-The act or motion of quivering. Ex. David quivered as he thought back to the days he used to be abused by the mother.

••17. Crocheting-needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops. Ex. Mother always used to be crocheting whenever I would come home from school.

••18. Bellowed-to shout in a deep voice. Ex. I heard my sister bellow in fear as she saw the bear quickly approaching.

chap6

•David is changing because he is wanting to be accepted into a group.

••2. Yes, I can relate because my used to pick me but I would stand up for myself.

••3. He began to steal toy models to have fun. He did this because stealing candy bars was becoming to easy.

••4. The kids would praise David, greeting him wherever he went and going to watch him steal.

••5. David felt that he had no emotion because of his method of stealing. He felt half robot because of his cold ways.

••6. David’s plan was to either make up a good lie right there on the spot, or run like hell away from the store clerk.

••7. He is probably so eager to get attention even though it is bad because he has never had attention his whole entire life and he wants other kids to think he is cool.

••8. Johnny was the kid that used to watch David steal.

••9. David knew as he was getting caught by Johnny’s dad,.

••10. Rudy is David’s foster father. He disciplines David when he says hell send David to the hill.

••11. After seeing a kid his bike, David decided to grab his money and bike and run away.

••12. David went to ride by Mother’s house. He wondered how is mother treated them and weather or not she thought about him as much as he did her.

•14. The manager at Denny’s called Rudy to come pick David up. David was the one that gave him the number.

••15. I think David’s father never shows up or bothers calling because he is mad about how David exposed his own mother and does not want to see him.

••16. Ms. Gold started crying because she did not want to lose David because of his behavior. She knew it was out of her hands.

••17. The meeting with Ms. Gold made him feel like his old cheerful self. He began to avoid confrontations with Larry and did his chores.

••18. David always writes and draw about him and his brothers and how they are now separated.

••19. John is a tough looking kid that all the other kids think is cool. He smokes cigarettes and he persuades David to do many bad deeds.

••20. John wanted David to pop the tires of their teachers car because the teacher had yelled at John earlier for not turning in homework.

••21. John treats David as if an equal when he tells David that he is gutsy and tuff. He treats David like crap when he hits and pushes him.

••22. David wants to join the gang so badly because he wants to be liked by all the other kids. He sees everyone treat John as if he were some god, and so he longs for similar treatment from others towards him.

••23. John started the fire with paper and lighter fluid next to the classroom vent. David was involved as a lookout at first but eventually, after John ran away, David put the fire out by throwing rubble over it to reduce the accessible oxygen.

••24. Rudy’s reaction is a very angry one. He rants on and on about how David is no good. Finally, he adds that David will have to go.

••25. I think that David will have to attend a Juvenile Hall Facility because of all his bad behavior.

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chap5

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•Immense-marked by greatness especially in size or degree

•2.Suppress-to put down by authority or force

•3.Mockingly-To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.

•4.Snide-Derogatory in a malicious, superior way

•5.Cerebral palsy- A medical condition

•6.Ridiculed-Words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing

•7.Sneered-A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip

•8.Badgered-Messed with in excess

•9.Rigid-Not flexible or pliant; stiff.

•10.Lurched-To stagger

•11.Disbelif- Refusal or reluctance to believe.

•12.Engulfed-To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

•13.Paramecium-Any of various freshwater ciliate protozoans of the genus Paramecium, usually oval and having an oral groove for feeding.

•14.Indicating-To show the way to or the direction of; point out

•15.ramble-To move about aimlessly

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chap5questions

1.I think Larry is mean because he used to get abused by his parents.
2.David’s ne found passion is riding his bike.
3.The incident started with Larry when David stuck up for Chris and when Larry said clean your clock he ment kick his butt.
4.To stick up for his self David called Larry some bad names and I think he was justified.
5.Chris’s parents abandoned him as a child.
6.Chris had been through multiple foster houses since then.
7.This is Chris's last year in foster care because he is 17.
8.Larry wanted David to call him uncle cause it’s a sing of him giving up.
9.Lillian took David to a physiologist.
10.I think the doctor was doing his job and he was not mean.
11.The doctor kept calling David Daniel.
12.The session went bad because the doctor did not reach David.
13.Larry and David ride past his old house so David can look at his house.
14.I think David wanted to go down the street where he use to live so he could look at his old house.
15.David got in trouble for going down his old street he was on punishment for 2 weeks.
16.Lillian's talked to David's father about his behavior.
17.David was upset because his mom changed her phone number.
18.David's dad does not visit.
19.David just wish that his dad visit him.

chap3vocab

•Aqueduct: a bridge like structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.
•EXP: The aqueduct brought the water to Rome’s many baths.
•Verge: to be on the edge or margin or border
•EXP: I'm on the verge of snapping
•Pediatrician: A physician who specializes in pediatrics.
•EXP: The pediatrician examined my son.
•Ramble: To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
•EXP: The special needs child started to ramble on the stand.
•Unison: All together or at the same time.
•EXP: The quire sung in Unison.
•Depressors: Something that depresses or is used to depress
•EXP: The girl took pills that were depressors.
•Rehearsed: To practice
•EXP: The actors rehearsed for the play.
•Hypersonic: Noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
•EXP: The jet flew at hypersonic speeds across the sky.
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•Surge: A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something
•EXP: There was a surge of troops in Iraq in the beginning of 2003.
•Nudged: To push slightly or gently, esp. with the elbow
•EXP: The boy nudged the boat to send it off on its maiden voyage.
•Astounded: To astonish and bewilder
•EXP: The girl was astounded by the stars that night.

चप३ questons

1.David feels like a traitor because he is telling on his mom for beating him.
2.Mrs. Gold explained to David that the judge was going to decide his fate.
3.When David entered the court he saw the judge.
4.Mrs. Gold would like David to tell the truth.
5.David wrote his mother a letter apologizing.
6.The letter David wrote apologized to his mother.
7.When Mrs. Gold tapped David on the shoulder he told her
8.I think David's mother didn’t speak when the judge spoke to her because she didn’t want to incriminate her.
9.David has a hard time deciding because he loves his mom and Mrs. Gold.
10.The judge asked David who he wanted to live with.
11.David Blurted out to the judge that he wanted to stay with the state.
12.The significant thing that made David go with courts is when he remembered his mom beating him.
13.David's mother gave him a hug and gave him some advice on life.
14.The only person to wave back to David was his mother.
15.I think David's mom’s reaction was fake.