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viciously
One entry found.
Main Entry:
vi·cious
Pronunciation:
\ˈvi-shəs\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French vicios, from Latin vitiosus full of faults, corrupt, from vitium vice
Date:
14th century
1: having the nature or quality of vice or immorality : depraved
2: defective, faulty ; also : invalid
3: impure, noxious
4 a: dangerously aggressive : savage b: marked by violence or ferocity : fierce 5: malicious, spiteful
6: worsened by internal causes that reciprocally augment each other
— vi·cious·ly adverb
— vi·cious·ness noun
A vocabulary word is pulverized. I picked this word because I did not know what it meant. The definition is to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding. It fits into the story because some rock that was pulverized because of the glacier action into sand. Pulverized means to like crush something and make it powder.
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My connection for this chapter is that I have had sour berries before. The part of the story that this connection was on was page 64 paragraph two. I can understand the story better because I know what Brian tasted when he first bit into those nice ripe looking berries but they taste horrible on the inside. I could understand Brian’s feelings better because I know that he felt horrible when he had all those sour berries. I was able to get a picture and that was Brian’s face puckering up and almost spitting out the berries when he took the first bite. I had a question and that was why did Brian not spit out the first few berries that he had. My question for this chapter is why when Brian rubbed the two sticks together is why the stick didn’t get the least bit hot that the stick was still cold. The part of the story that this was in was on page 65 paragraph two. I do think that this question would make people have opinions and have to explain because some people may think that he did for too short and others may think that it was the wrong kind of wood and then they would have to explain why they think that. My prediction for this chapter is that Brian will find a way to make fire. The part of the story that made me make this prediction was on page 63 paragraph two. I made this prediction because when Brian was searching for the berries he did not give until he found the bird’s berries and I think that Brian will not give up until he finds some way to make fire like he found the berries.
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I have had sour berries before. This was on page 64 in paragraph 2. It helps me understand the story better because I know how he felt. He probably made a weird face from the sourness. I have also been really hungry before and had some cherries with pits in them before and ate the pits. I know that Brian might have been disgusted when he felt the pits.
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I have a text to text connection. I think that the berries that Brian ate were posing berries I read in a book that one of the symptoms of eating poison berries are abdominal pain.
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I have a vocabulary word it’s glistening; I picked this word because I liked the sound of it. The definition is sparkling; this word fits into the story by showing how red the sunlight was. I have a prediction it’s about Brian finding ways to survive in the wild. I got this prediction from the last page in the chapter, what helped me make that prediction was that how Brian made a Shelter and got berries to eat. I was thinking that Brian won’t just sit around and die. I have a question about the last page in the chapter, what did it mean when it said Brian’s stomach was turning. I thought that it meant he wasn’t feeling sick from the berries. I have another vocabulary word it is slender, I found it on page 63. The definition of it was skinny. It shows how the branches on the trees were like.
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One of my connections is that one time I have been to a place where you go under these over hags in a cliff and if you fall you lose and do not go on to the final stage. What made me think of that wax when in the book it said Brian found an over hang in the cliff and it was cool in there. This helps feel how Brian would have felt sleeping in here.
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Another one of my connections is that I have eaten so many barriers that I was full enough not to eat supper. What made me think of that was when the book said Brian had found barriers and ate them. This helps me know how hungry Brian felt.
Joesphine
One of my questions is what would Brian of done if he got really sick from like a tick or got bitten by something really poisonous. What made me think of that was when the book said Brian was going to sleep under the over hang and it was cool with sand.
Joesphine
I have a vocabulary word it is diminish, I found it on page 57. I picked this word because I haven’t heard before. It means to get less. It fits into the story by showing Brian’s chance to be found.
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I have a connection and it is when Brian was hungry and he was thinking about food and how it was always there. This part of the story is on page 59.This helped me understand the story better because I know what it feels like to feel like you are going to die of hunger. This also help me understand Brains feeling better because I know his pane. This also once again it gave me a better pitcher in my head and it was Brian stomach growling and him laying on the rock. I have two vocab words and the first word is diminish
ReplyDeleteMain Entry:
di•min•ish
Pronunciation:
\də-ˈmi-nish\
Function:
verb
Etymology:
Middle English deminishen, alteration of diminuen, from Anglo-French diminuer, from Late Latin diminuere, alteration of Latin deminuere, from de- + minuere to lessen — more at MINOR
Date:
15th century
transitive verb 1 : to make less or cause to appear less 2 : to lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of : BELITTLE 3 : to cause to taper intransitive verb 1 : to become gradually less (as in size or importance) : DWINDLE 2 : TAPER
synonyms see DECREASE
— di•min•ish•able \-ni-shə-bəl\ adjective
— di•min•ish•ment \-mənt\ noun
I pick this word because I did not know what it meant. The second word is
Main Entry:
rue•ful
Pronunciation:
\ˈrü-fəl\
Function:
adjective
Date:
13th century
1 : exciting pity or sympathy : PITIABLE 2 : MOURNFUL, REGRETFUL
— rue•ful•ly \-fə-lē\ adverb
— rue•ful•ness noun
I did not know what this word meant.
BatMan
I have prediction. My prediction is that Brian is going to go back and see if there e is any more berries bushes and if there is he is going to make many trips back and each time he is going t get more berries until there isn’t anymore berries. Then he is going to pile them into the back to the over hang.
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ReplyDeleteI liked your comment about Brian not giving up. I think this is his most important characteristic. What do you think?
My connection is I have eaten so much food of one thing that my stomach started to hurt. I made this connection when Brian ate so many berries that his stomach started to hurt. My connection relates to the way that Brian felt when he was sick. It helped me understand the book because I know how he felt. I was able to make a picture in my head of what his face looked like. It was a sick kind of look like he was about to throw up. I didn’t have any questions or predictions. I also had a vocabulary word it is drooping. It means a sagging. I picked this word because it was interesting. It fits in to the book because it describes the berries in the bush. HULK
ReplyDeleteOne of my vocabulary words is diminish on page 57 paragraph 1. I picked this word
ReplyDeleteMain Entry:
di•min•ish
Pronunciation:
\də-ˈmi-nish\
Function:
verb
Etymology:
Middle English deminishen, alteration of diminuen, from Anglo-French diminuer, from Late Latin diminuere, alteration of Latin deminuere, from de- + minuere to lessen — more at MINOR
Date:
15th century
transitive verb 1 : to make less or cause to appear less 2 : to lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of : BELITTLE 3 : to cause to taper intransitive verb 1 : to become gradually less (as in size or importance) : DWINDLE 2 : TAPER
synonyms see DECREASE
— di•min•ish•able \-ni-shə-bəl\ adjective
— di•min•ish•ment \-mənt\ noun
It fits into the story because Brian did not want to make it so that if people saw the plane would not notice him.
BOB
I think Brian will be attacked by wolves or a wolf and use his hatchet to help him kill or injure a wolf. The reason I think this is because the wolf on the front book cover. I made this prediction because the wolf made me think of this. This is what I think will happen to Brian in the middle of the book.
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A connection I had was about when Brian got even hungryer when he thought about his last Thanksgiving before his parents split up, on page 60 paragraph 1. This connection helped me understand the story better because I knew had filling Thanksgiving can be, and how Brian was feeling thinking about a great meal when he was hungery. This helped me understand what Brian was feeling like because I know what it feels like to think about a big,great, filling meal when you are hungery. I could picture Brian haveing a flashback about his Thanksgiving and I could picture the things he was thinking about, like the turkey on the barbecue and the hickery smoke in the air. A vocab word I had was "lushly". I picked this word becauese if you didn't know what "lushly" means it would be hard to picture what Brian is saying in your head. "Lushly"'s definition is
ReplyDeletelushly
Main Entry: lush
Pronunciation: \ˈləsh\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English lusch soft, tender
Date: 1610
1 a: growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage b: lavishly productive: as (1): fertile (2): thriving (3): characterized by abundance : plentiful (4): prosperous, profitable
2 a: savory, delicious b: appealing to the senses c: opulent, sumptuous
synonyms see profuse
— lush·ly adverb
— lush·ness noun
"Lushly" fits into hte story because there were thick and lushly green brush by the lake.
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Dude part 2. Anouther vocab word I had was "brush". I picked the word "brush" because, when Brian is talking about the brush around the lake, it would be hard to know what he is talking about if you don't know what "brush" means. "Brush" means
ReplyDeleteMain Entry: brush
Pronunciation: \ˈbrəsh\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo-French form akin to Old French broce brushwood, Medieval Latin brusca
Date: 14th century
1: brushwood
2 a: scrub vegetation b: land covered with scrub vegetation
"Brush" fits into the story because brush was aroud the lake. My last vocab is "robin". I picked the word "robin" because if you don't know what a "robin" is it is hard to picture what some of the birds that Brian is talking about. "Robin" means
Main Entry: rob·in
Pronunciation: \ˈrä-bən\
Function: noun
Etymology: akin to Dutch dialect robijntje linnet, Frisian robyntsje
Date: 1549
1 a: a small chiefly European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) resembling a warbler and having a brownish-olive back and orangish face and breast b: any of various Old World songbirds that are related to or resemble the European robin
2: a large North American thrush (Turdus migratorius) with olivaceous to slate-gray upperparts, blackish head and tail, black and whitish streaked throat, and dull reddish breast and underparts (merriam webster.com)
"Robin" fits into the story because Brain sa a robin when he was looking for berries.
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