Boys and Sex Roar Post

5 Comments

-A Necrophilia is someone who has sex with dead people
-Bestiality is the act of having sex with animals
-4% of city boys and 17% of farm boys has had sexual behavior with animals
-A penis size is not determined by the size of the body
-Ejaculating can relieve stress and tension

4 Questions

-Can masturbating be bad for you?
-Why do girls have menstruation cycles?
-Can any foods stimulate your sex drive?
-Why would people want to become prostitutes?

3 Vocabulary

Castrated- to remove the testes of
Shifty-resourceful; fertile in expedients.
Solicit-to make a petition or request, as for something desired.

2 Literary Terms

-"pays for the privilege"
-"a powered drug called "cantharides""

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about other facts people would want to know about sex or things relating to it.

Boys and Sex Roar Post

5 Comments

-Most old people believe that to have intercourse, you must be married?
-Pulling out is a bad way to have sex
-Condoms are the best contraceptive device avaliable
-Some people think abortions are evil
-There are many different kinds of birth control

4 Questions

-What changed peoples minds of comment 1's idea?
-How much sperm is needed to make it up the vagina?
-What is an effective, safe way for having sex?
-when the babies are inside you, are they still considered humans?

3 Vocabulary

Squalid- foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
Chancre-the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases, commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base.
Virulent-actively poisonous; intensely noxious

2 Literary Terms

-"injury, infection"
-"with and will want"

1 Overview Sentence

These pages take about the birth control methods and the dangers of unprotected sex and STD's.

Boys and Sex Roar Post

5 Comments

-Their is a very little chance that when someone dates a girl, he will marry that girl
-Different variety of girls knows what most fits you
-People with different personalities will have many fights throughout
-Girls think more of the relationship then with sex
-Physical contact leads from one thing to another

4 Questions

-Why is kissing not as popular in other countries as in America?
-What kind of person would not enjoy kissing?
-Why arent girls as easily aroused as guys?
-How can a long boner hurt you?

3 Vocabulary

Inhibitions-The act of inhibiting or the state of being inhibited.
Groin- the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
Amorous-inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love

2 Literary Terms

-"utterly selfish individual"
-"believe boys..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about how the girl body works and how they react to sex.

Boys and Sex Roar Post

5 Comments

-After Adolescence, it takes about 10 minutes for boys to orgasm.
-Masturbating is a natural part of growing up.
-Any sort of excitements can cause erections
-All kids are taught that things sex-related is "bad".
-Masturbation is the most common way a person can express themselves sexually

4 Questions

- Why do some religions prohibit masturbation?
-Why do parents thing self-stimulation is wrong?
-Why do some people try some crazy ways to masturbate and just use their hands?
-What makes boys interested in girls when they are younger?

3 Vocabulary

Mutual-possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal

Prodded-to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

Subtle- fine or delicate in meaning or intent

2 Literary Terms

-"Youth is wasted on the young"

-"place to place"

1 overview Sentence

These pages talk about how your sexuality builds up when your younger till your older.

Boys and Sex Roar

5 Comments.

-People are now more open with sex then with people 50 years ago
-The talk about sex is broadcasted everywhere, on TV, the radio movies and etc.
-AIDS is the most deadly STD
-There are STDS with no known cause cause as AIDS and Herpes
-Sex is a vital part of someones life

4 Questions.

-When will their be a cure for AIDS?
-Why arent parents as open about sex when the talk of sex is everywhere?
-Why do people feel guilty after they have sex?
-What makes people get "turned on"?

3 Vocabulary.

-Condemn-to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
-Taboos-proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable
-Inadequate- not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable

2 Literary Terms.

-"I wouldnt have made such a mess of my life."
-"Joyful and enriching"

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about how sex is displayed in society and how different individuals feels towards sex.

Cats Cradle . End Of Book

5 Comments

-Awww, Monzano died from ice-nine
-Im glad they finally try to be careful of the usage of ice nine
-Harrison and Zinka are stupid for spreading ice-nine
-Its amazing how someone can make something like that in a kitchen
-I agree with Horlicks view that concentrating the stupidity of mankind is the key.

4 Questions

-What will they do with ice-nine now?
-Why would people disrupt world peace just for money?
-Why would someone even think of making something that dangerous?
-WIll people listen to Horlick?

3 Vocabulary

Albatross-any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods.
Marimba-a musical instrument, originating in Africa but popularized and modified in Central America, consisting of a set of graduated wooden bars, often with resonators beneath to reinforce the sound, struck with mallets
Cringing-to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower

2 Literary Terms

"Hoeknickker destroyed all magnificence"
"Feast your eyes!"

1 Overview Sentence

These final chapters give their view on the world and what the ice-nine has caused for them.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-Frank is nice to let John stay over at his house.
-Its good that Koenigswald tried to help the poor to make up his past
-Woah, 3010 is a long time!
-Its ironic for a place called Fort Jesus to have machine gun pits.
-I bet john really would want to be president now

4 Questions

-What is terminal cancer?
-If its all the way till 3010, how many people did he kill?
-Would they believe what a book says?
-Ew, why would Jacks wife have sex with Frank wife when he was still in highschool?

3 Vocabulary

Penance-a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
Piety-reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
Auroras- the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn

2 Literary Terms

"Papa's palace"
"saving lives right and left"

1 Overview Sentence

These chapters talk about who would become president of San Lorenzo and their reasons.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-It would be scary if i was in a room filled with dead people
-Julian is a sicko when he laughs in front of dead people
-Julian is a very greedy man
-I didnt know Cats Cradle was such an old game
-Newt is stupid for letting Julian throw away his painting

4 Questions

-Why would Julian laugh when everyone is dead?
-Why would Newt paint a Cats Cradle?
-Why would he throw away his painting from what someone else "thinks"
-is a 30,000 a year salary bad?

3 Vocabulary

Straddled- to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride
Chinked- a crack, cleft, or fissure
Caromed- any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off.

2 Literary Terms

"House of hope"
"Stay for supper"

1 Overview Sentence

These chapters talked about Julian and what he did before and now.

Cats Cradle Roar POst

5 Comments

-If john thinks Philips book is that good, i want to read it to
-Julian is very unfair to the workers
-San Lorenzo never had independence
-The island had no government then exploited that opportunity
-Even if they were doing those bad things, no one protested

4 Questions

Why would no one rebel if they were doing horrid things?
Why dont the people actually try to improve the island?
Why is everyone in poverty?
There are still racial discrimination going on?

3 Vocabulary

Gall- impudence; effrontery
Indexer-a sequential arrangement of material, esp. in alphabetical or numerical order.
Fortification-the art or science of constructing defensive military works.

2 Literary Terms

"man-made"
"fantastic fortification"

1 Overview Sentence

These chapters mostly talk about San Lorenzo and whats going on in there.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-I dont think its true that Americans only know how to be Americans
-Im surprised Philips wrote a book
-I would like to read Philips book
-I think their shouldnt be secret weapons research
-I think 2 weeks is a little to quick to get married

4 Questions

-What is the love that does not exist?
-How can a ship sale at the end of the world?
-WIll his book be published?
-How does someone get married so soon?

3 Vocabulary

Indignant-feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
Dupes-a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
Pessimism-the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.

2 Literary Terms

"Americans arent loved wherever they go."
" I became so absorbed into Philips Castles book"

1 Overview Sentence

these chapters talk about the views of Americans and about the uses of ice-nine.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-Jack is a really caring person
-It was nice for john to let the poet stay at his house
-Krebbs is a bad person for ruining johns apartment
-Its weird for someone to instantly fall in love

4 Questions

-Are JAck and Frank really close?
-Why did Frank build a model of the city?
-How can Krebbs be so rude when someone let him sleep over?
-How can someone be so good and bad at the same time?

3 Vocabulary

Soldering-any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
copiously-large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
optimist-a person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism

2 Literary Terms

-"Krebbs was a bearded man, a platinum blond Jesus..."
-"no,no,no"

1 Overview Sentence

-These chapters talk about the death of Frank and some jobs JOhn did later on after.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-I think if they keep creating new technology, theirs going to be violence
-It sucks dying on Christmas vacation
-Felix was very conceited
-its funny when the elevator man said they were babies full of rabies.
-Its unnecessary for a 20 foot grave.

4 Questions

-How is God love?
-What was the reason for Felix to build his invention?
-Why is his lab filled with cheap things?
-Why would felixs grave be smaller if it was his money with the nobel prize?

3 Vocabulary

Isotope-any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
Apparatus-a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use
winsome-sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging

2 Literary Terms

"around and around and around we spin"
"Babies full of rabies"

1 Overview Sentence

These chapters talk about what Felix did and what he contributed and his death.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-Its stupid how someone can mistaken someone for being 23 when their really 42
-Its funny how the bum said the world was ending and asked for a drink
-I dont think its true that all scientists do is make weapons
-People are going crazy from one bomb
-Scientists are like the antagonists in this book

4 Questions

-Whyd he write himself as 4 feet?
-Whyre their random prostitutes in the book?
-Why didnt FElix show up?
-What does science have to do anything about graduating?

3 Vocabulary

postscripts-any addition or supplement, as one appended by a writer to a book to supply further information
fraternally-of or being a society of men associated in brotherly union, as for mutual aid or benefit
surplus-something that remains above what is used or needed.

2 Literary Terms-

" You call our family "illustrious"".
"Glamorous is probably close to the truth"

1 Overview Sentence

These chapters talk about the three of them jsut wanted to find happiness and nothing more.

Cats Cradle Roar Post

5 Comments

-The book so far seems a little weird with all the random things.
-I think the cat cradle book is suppose to be the "the day the world ended" book
-This book talks alot about the nuclear bombing of the world
-People thought that the earth will be destroyed one day by a bomb
-The Cats Cradle seems to be an imporant part of the book

4 questions

-What is so important of that peice of string?
-why does the book have so many different chapters?
-will something really happen with a nuclear explosion?
-WHy did the author make this book sound all weird like?

3 Vocabulary

amoeba-Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.
Tendrils-A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant, such as a grape or cucumber, grasps an object or a plant for support.
manuscript-the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher

2 Literary Terms

"nice, nice, very nice"
"all fit together, in the same machine"

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about the early parts of the story and just introducing the story line to the readers.

Energy Alternatives End of Book

5 Comments

-A lot of things are just summarizing what happened earlier in the book
-Even though the world world is trying to find a new source, it can still take years to find it
-Scientists are saying that methane and even vegetable oil could be an energy source
-I think the world will be soon flooded due to the melting ice caps
-The world should start learning how to use more solar and wind energy

4 Questions

-How long do scientists believe will another energy source be made?
-Will the planet learn how to use energy more efficiently and learning how to "go green"?
-Do some people even care that the world is slowly dying from global warming?
-How much longer until we run out of fossil fuels to fuel the world?

3 Vocabulary-

Fossil Fuel-any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
Endowment-the property, funds, etc., with which an institution or person is endowed.
Emission- something that is emitted; discharge; emanation

2 Literary Terms-

"...carbon dioxide is a poison that slowly kills the planet..."

"...smoke blanketing the air..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about how global warming is a world crisis and how we should alternate out energy source into something better for the planet.

Energy Alternatives Roar Post

5 Comments

-Currently, their are already cars that are better for the environment
-In the future, their might be better "greener" cars such as water powered cars
-I think it is impossible to turn water in to energy, but who knows.
-No one knows what could happen in the future
-I wonder what the earth would look like 50 years from now

4 Questions

How will the scientist turn water into energy?
Are people just overthinking things like water powered cars?
Wouldnt battery powered cars cost alot of money?
How much would these cars cost?

3 Vocabulary

Rigs- To provide with a harness or equipment
Kilowatts- A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts
Manufacture-he making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale

2 Literary Terms

"...why water..."
"...as well as destroying unique habitats..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about the future vehicles of the world and how they can affect it.

Energy Alternatives Roar Post

5 Comments

-The temperature of many places around the earth has changed alot
-The earth is very reliable of electricity
-Without electricity, the world would change alot
-Almost everything in the world right now is electricity related
-Energy useage in the present time has increased alot from the past

4 Questions

How would the world survive without electricity?
How is electricity made?
What would people do if electricity just randomly closed?
How will people use electricity in the future?

3 Vocabulary

Geothermal-

of or pertaining to the internal heat of the earth.

Reservoir-a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.

Greenhouse- a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season.

2 Literary Terms

"...indicate or involve..."
"...fish farms..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about how electricity are overly used and how it's bad.

Energy Alternatives - Roar Posts

5 Comments

-Methane has a possibility of being an energy source in the future
-Methane is from farting
-Many nations are trying to find new way to find a new energy source
-Some nations even joined together to find a new source
-With all these nations working together, i think we will find a new source soon

4 Questions

How did they discover methane could be possible?
How long will it take for this to actually work?
Who discovered this possibilty of Methane working?
What do scientist think of this?

3 Vocabulary

Bitumen- Any of various flammable mixtures of hydrocarbons and other substances, occurring naturally or obtained by distillation from coal or petroleum, that are a component of asphalt and tar and are used for surfacing roads and for waterproofing
Hydrocarbons-Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene and methane, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.
Methane-a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH₄, the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, obtained commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.

2 Literary Terms

"...the actual chance of it working can help the work."
"...a colorless, oderless, flammable gas..."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages are talking about the chances of how Methane can possibly be a new energy source.

Energy Alternatives - Roar Posts

5 Comments

-Carbon Dioxide is a really common but deadly gas
-Wind power is really hard to get in cities from the tall buildings
-We should start building wind and energy power resources in case we run out of oil
-Carbon Dioxide producing products should be taken out soon before we all get sick from it
-Carbon Dioxide is slowly destroying the planet

4 Questions

-Does cigarettes cause pollution?
-How long will fossil fuels last?
-When will the world decide to go green?
-When will eco-friendly technology be made?

3 Vocabulary

Rotor-a rotating member of a machine
Smog-a haze caused by pollution of smoke
biosphere-The part of the earth where an organism can live

2 Literary Terms

"... odourless, colourless gas, which is faintly acidic and non-flammable."
"carbon dioxide has the power to destroy the world in the near future."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about the dangers of carbon dioxide and what it can do.

Energy Alternatives - Roar Post

5 Comments

-There should be more use of solar and wind power instead of fossil fuels
-They should shut down the nuclear power plants
-Many radioactive things are used in nuclear plants which make them very harmful
-If nuclear plants are taken out, the making of nuclear weapons will close
-To work at a nuclear power plant, you will need the right equipment

4 Questions

-When will the world actually give wind power a go?
-How are solar panels made?
-Are solar powers and windmills expensive so thats why they are not made more often?
-What does Radioactive chemicals do?

3 Vocabulary

RadioACtivity-the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element.

Radiation-the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves.

Toxic-of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison

2 Literary Terms

"...the power to destroy states in a matter of minutes."

"...how the world treats solar and wind energy like nothing."

1 Overview Sentence

These pages talk about how nuclear power and energy effect the world and what it does to it in a negative way.

Energy ALternatives- Roar Posts

5 Comments

-The carbon dioxide we are giving out are contributing to global warming a lot
-I think if global warming continues, alot of places will be flooded
-Nuclear things takes a lot of energy to make
-I think countries should stop making nuclear weapons because they waste energy
-The book should have pictures

4 Questions

-Why do countries still continue to make nuclear weapons even if it costs alot of energy?
-How long will it take untill the earth gets flooded?
-How was nuclear power invented?
-When will new technology come out to save energy?

3 Vocabulary

- Stagnant- Not flowing or running

-Inconsequential- Of little or no importance

-Skyrocketed- To rise or cause to rise rapidly and quickly

2 Literary Terms

"...out as soon as alternative energy..."

"...see nuclear power as a key..."

1 Overview sentence

These pages talk about how nuclear energy contributes to a lot of energy loss.

Energy Alternative - Roar Post

5 Comments

-I think the reason we don't have more advanced technology for energy because of the cost
-I think more people should drive more fuel efficient cars
-I think they should use the fuel efficiency in cars in other things
-with this much oil used everyday, it will soon run out
-oil takes a lot of energy to make

4 Questions

-Will anything we have plentiful of become a energy source?
-What will happen to the world if we run out of oil?
-What will the next energy source be?
-Why won't the government give more money to the orginization that focuses in technology?

3 Vocabulary

-Extraction- to take something out of
-Paradigm- a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme
--Endowment- the property, funds, etc., with which an institution or person is endowed.

2 Literary Terms

-"It turns out, however that Soviet explorers were as intelligent as their Western counterparts"

-"...estimates over as many years, as well as with other analytical techniques"

1 Overview sentence

These pages talk about the future of the world and what might happen and what they can do to help about it.

Energy Alternative - Roar

5 COMMENTS

-cars and other automobiles or the cause of the earths pollution
-The state of California contributes the most to the earths pollution
-If the world continues using this much gas, the price would increase alot
-The earth wont last much longer if the world continues to keep polluting
-I think they should make a new system for energy

4 QUESTIONS

-When will the world end?
-How long will it take until a new energy resource is invented?
-Once gas runs out, what will happen?
-Do people care about the environment?

3 Vocabulary

-Proponents- One who argues in support of something
Ecological-The branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
Deregulation-To remove government regulatory controls from.

2 Literary terms

"...such as solar and wind power..."

"...as much insigh as a medical ethicist's professional opinion."

1 Overview Sentence.

These pages talks about the problems with the world and the pollution