1. Name of Book: Ender’s game
2. Pages Read Since Last Report: 97-125
3. One-Paragraph Summary of What Happened in the Book Since Last Report. (5-10 sentences): Bonzo moved Ender to another army. And the salamander of the rat army(Ender’s new army) ignores him. Graff is trying to stack the battle room to bring out Ender’s genius, to teach Ender the real war is not fair. He met a new teacher called Dink, he is a good teacher but he doesn’t want to be a salamander because he thinks being a salamander will drive him crazy. By the way, Ender is kept practicing with his friends, but during the practice, he had a fight with older boys and he won the fight. 4. 15 Vocabulary Words, Definitions, and Sentences Using Them (add links to your sources - the places where you found definitions Puerile: childish; silly; immature. Some people think he's amusing, but in my opinion his jokes are puerile. Bland: said of food: having a very mild taste; tasteless. This cheese is too bland for my taste. Gullible: easily tricked or fooled. He must have been pretty gullible to fall for that old trick. Snide: expressing criticism or disapproval in an offensive, sly or malicious manner. Snide remarks about the chairman's wife. Façade: the front of a building. They seem happy together, but it's all a facade. Deference: willingness to consider or respect the wishes, etc of others He displays a deference to his superiors which never becomes servility. Cynical: disinclined to believe in the goodness or sincerity of others. They've grown rather cynical about democracy Camaraderie: a feeling of friendship and cheerful support for one another within a group or team of people. He missed the old camaraderie of life in the army Nonchalant: calmly or indifferently unconcerned. Try to appear/look/sound nonchalant. Acquiesce: to accept it or agree to it without objection They acquiesced in the decision. Tremble: to shake or shudder involuntarily, eg with cold, fear, weakness, etc. She shrank trembling against the wall. Ruthless: without pity; merciless. He is ruthless in his methods. Onslaught: a fierce attack; an onset. An onslaught against/on government housing policies. Castrate: to remove the testicles of a male person or animal. A bullock is a castrated bull. Conceal: to hide; to place out of sight. I do not conceal anything from you. Source: yahoo
5. At least one picture to help define one of your words - add "Picture source(s): http://www..." to the bottom of your page
Tremble: to shake or shudder involuntarily, eg with cold, fear, weakness, etc.
1. Name of Book: Ender’s game
2. Pages Read Since Last Report: 97-125
3. One-Paragraph Summary of What Happened in the Book Since Last Report. (5-10 sentences):
Bonzo moved Ender to another army. And the salamander of the rat army(Ender’s new army) ignores him. Graff is trying to stack the battle room to bring out Ender’s genius, to teach Ender the real war is not fair. He met a new teacher called Dink, he is a good teacher but he doesn’t want to be a salamander because he thinks being a salamander will drive him crazy. By the way, Ender is kept practicing with his friends, but during the practice, he had a fight with older boys and he won the fight.
4. 15 Vocabulary Words, Definitions, and Sentences Using Them (add links to your sources - the places where you found definitions
Puerile: childish; silly; immature.
Some people think he's amusing, but in my opinion his jokes are puerile.
Bland: said of food: having a very mild taste; tasteless.
This cheese is too bland for my taste.
Gullible: easily tricked or fooled.
He must have been pretty gullible to fall for that old trick.
Snide: expressing criticism or disapproval in an offensive, sly or malicious manner.
Snide remarks about the chairman's wife.
Façade: the front of a building.
They seem happy together, but it's all a facade.
Deference: willingness to consider or respect the wishes, etc of others
He displays a deference to his superiors which never becomes servility.
Cynical: disinclined to believe in the goodness or sincerity of others.
They've grown rather cynical about democracy
Camaraderie: a feeling of friendship and cheerful support for one another within a group or team of people.
He missed the old camaraderie of life in the army
Nonchalant: calmly or indifferently unconcerned.
Try to appear/look/sound nonchalant.
Acquiesce: to accept it or agree to it without objection
They acquiesced in the decision.
Tremble: to shake or shudder involuntarily, eg with cold, fear, weakness, etc.
She shrank trembling against the wall.
Ruthless: without pity; merciless.
He is ruthless in his methods.
Onslaught: a fierce attack; an onset.
An onslaught against/on government housing policies.
Castrate: to remove the testicles of a male person or animal.
A bullock is a castrated bull.
Conceal: to hide; to place out of sight.
I do not conceal anything from you.
Source: yahoo
5. At least one picture to help define one of your words - add "Picture source(s): http://www..." to the bottom of your page
Tremble: to shake or shudder involuntarily, eg with cold, fear, weakness, etc.
source: smart.fm/image/131710