Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Vocabulary Practice #1

Write a comment underneath this post that responds to this prompt:

Tell me a brief story about your first few weeks in 9th grade.

**You must use at least 3 vocabulary words from Ch. 1 and 2 of Vocabulary Energizers I in your response!

25 comments:

  1. It was pandemonium. All of it. My first day of ninth grade I had tremors in my hands because I was so nervous. I didn't know what to do in between classes or in the morning. I felt slightly stoical when going through the hallways when my feet would get stepped on by sophomores and juniors. When it came to the seniors I completely stayed out of their way. Their size was herculean. By the end of the second week, I was lethargic and used to the buzz and pandemonium of the Kinkaid Highschool

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  2. It was a herculean effort getting up at six in the morning my first day of ninth grade. While my parents normally say I am an extremely cynical person, I was too nervous to make many sarcastic comments on my first day. When I got to school it was pandemonium, nobody knew where to go, and floods of people impeded me as I tried to make my way down the hall to my classes. Thankfully, though, I no longer get confused on my way from art class to biology.

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  3. Before the year even started i knew my efforts would have to be herculean. I was so nervous the first mourning. I didn't know if I could make it on time to my classes or if the classes would be too hard for me to handle. But I had to focus on the positive to not impede my first day of high school. Even though my nerves were getting to me I still was galvanize for my first day of highschool!

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  4. It was a herculean task. Okay, not really. My first day of school was surprisingly normal, not the egregious horror story people had made it out to believe. The next few days proceeded without a hitch, until my first lab, where the tantalizing food lab during fourth and fifth period. After that, I was practically bursting out of my seat to rush to the cafeteria. Kinkaid highschool is certainly different from middle school, but is certainly the better of the two.

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  5. My first few days of ninth grade were very hectic. I kept getting lost and walking around in circles, while trying to find my classes in the labyrinth that is the upper school. Every time I asked for directions, I always got a laconic answer. The days seemed so long, that I came home lethargic everyday. I was gregarious while meeting all of the new people. After school, I had to do the herculean job of finishing homework. This was the worst. All in all, the first few days were a little wild.

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  6. My first few weeks at Kinkaid were rather expedited. The lunch was so delicious but Miss Vickies salt and vinegar chips tantalized me to eat them everyday. I almost got lost in the labyrinth of the Kinkaid halls. Though I'm happy I'm in high school, and I have been very gregarious and have met a lot of new friends!

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  7. My first day of 9th grade was pandemonium in my mind because coming back from a relaxing summer to homework and classes was hard. Every night my summer tv shows were still continuing while i was in school and every night while i was doing homework they tantalized me. But as i went through the labyrinth of classes and homework i realized how much fun high school actually was.

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  8. I thought that the first few days were going to be a herculean effort to get use to being in a new school and around new people. I also though that I was going to have a pandemonium time getting to my classes, but it ended up being very easy and not complicated at all. Going through the halls was like a labyrinth and lethargic beacues it seemed that everyone was lost and tired from waking up early, because they were not use to be waking up so early in the summer.

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  9. The transition from my old school to Kinkaid was herculean. My old school was tiny, but Kinkaid is a labyrinth of halls and classrooms. My first few weeks have been very fun, and I have enjoyed all of my classes. I have been very gregarious, and I have met a lot of awesome new people!

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  10. I was tantalized by the freedom that 9th grade was going to introduce me to. I was surprised when it did not end end being a herculean effort to manage all of my classes. For the first few days I felt awkward and just walked through the halls with a stoic face not going out of my way to talk to anybody.

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  11. Being in upper school at kinkaid is like trying to get through a labyrinth of problems. I have to deal with a herculean load of homework, while you are lethargic from all the work you have done during the day. During the beginning of the day I just wanted to go back to sleep, and at the end of the day I feel tantalized to get back in bed and take a long nap.

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  12. Ninth grade has been pandemonium. With 50 new students we had to be sure we didn't unintentionally ostracize someone. We have had a lot of work and I have woken up mornings feeling very lethargic. I'm excited for the rest of ninth grade year.

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  13. Well, first off I started the day late because I couldn't bring myself to the egregious task of waking up at 6 a.m. So then I was rushing around trying not to cynical when my mom kept hurrying me saying, "Hurry! Or you'll be late!" Then when I got to school I was surprised to find that the hallways were not labyrinth like at all, and neatly organized into hallway 1(freshman) and 2(senior) with the rest of my classes on the junior hallway. However I felt very lethargic at the end of the day after listening to all my teachers talk about their syllabuses and curriculum outlines.

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  14. Unlike others, I would not be forced to undergo the herculean effort of finding new friends during high school, filled with drama, tragedy, and other times of interesting pandemonium. Luckily I was not completely ostracized by old friends, and I was welcomed back with open arms. Therefore, my path through the first few weeks of 9th grade were quite laconic, albeit a few setbacks from not waking up in time during the morning.

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  15. hmm....types* instead of times

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  16. My first day of High school was pandemonium. I had to wake up at 6 am for the first time in months, and that task alone was herculean. Getting to my classes proved to be surprisingly egregious, seeing as I had to squeeze my way through the labyrinth that is the Kinkaid school, and past herds of sophomores and juniors trying to head into their classes. I swear, it's like once people are done being freshmen, they forget how hard it is for us to get around. In my opinion, this is very cynical of them. I was lethargic all day, as if just being in school drained the life out of me! On the upside, I felt as though the Kinkaid students from last year were being very welcoming towards new students, and not at all ostracizing. By fourth period I was starving, and I could smell the tantalizing smell of food coming from somewhere close by, but I acted stoic to avoid an awkward moment. But despite all the chaos, I will not let my hectic first day of high school impede me from enjoying the next four years of my life.

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  17. It was pandemonium. I had to wake up at 6:20 am when usually I was to waking up at 10 am the previous nights. Then when I got to school I had no idea where to go. It was a herculean task just to find where my teachers classes were. I felt lethargic when the day ended. It was a day of getting used to. But I survived.

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  18. The weeks before ninth grade started I was a little nervous. It definitely took a herculean effort to find my way to my different classes. At first the hallways seemed like a confusing labyrinth, but I was eventually able to learn where all of my classes were. And it was so easy to meet new friends because everyone was so welcoming and gregarious.

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  19. The first day of high-school seemed herculean at first. At school, I knew where most of the classes were, so it wasn't complete pandemonium. at the same time, I kept in mind there were almost 50 new students, and I tried to welcome them, not ostracize them. Since then though, the chaos had died down.

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  20. The first few weeks of school have been quite an adventure for me. From navigating the labyrinth we call the upper school, to the hours of homework when I get home. I also have a feeling that the classes are only going to expedite. Its probably hard being a new kid, however none of us want to see them ostracized by anyone in our grade.

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  21. The first 3 days of school were fine and the retreat was really fun. The problem is, by the time I'm home from volleyball practice (where I usually just make many egregious mistakes) it's 6 o'clock and its hard to overstate how lethargic I am after a 10 HOUR DAY. So I come home and either sleep or mess around on the computer until I realize that its 9 o'clock and I haven't even started homework yet. And everyone knows that working on homework until midnight is just super fun, (I'm typing this at 12:20) right? So it has become a nearly herculean task to not get behind on homework and get at least 7 hours of sleep. Speaking of, imma go to sleep now... bye!

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  22. Being a new student, the move to a new school was quite a hurclean effort to juggle all of the homework we had in just the first week. I was pretty lethargic moving around from class to class, still trying to find my barings. when i woke up for school that first morning, the idea of high school was quixotic to me. I soon realized that it was the real deal.I'm expecting that the rest of the schol year will be expedite and not go by slow. I have come to learn that the teachers are very laconic. I learn the best with this type of teaching style.

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  23. coming in as a new student at kinkaid was nerve-racking. The homework load is herculean and at nights i was very lethargic. Having to balance my homework with my after school sports was difficult at first but after about the first week i got the hang of it. i didn't no that many people at first but i became gregarious. The first couple weeks were tough but deffantly a great erxperience.

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  24. I have absolutely loved being at my new school, Kinkaid. I like all my teachers (especially Ms. Fleming, she’s really nice) and classes and the school is a great fit for me. However, the first couple of days came with confusion. For a while, the Upper School became a labyrinth as I tried to find my way to each class, not knowing which direction to go. During my first few weeks I have enjoyed making new friends because I am generally gregarious. The beginning of my freshman year has been very exciting and I’m anxious to find out what the future holds in store. I hope to continue my hard work in school and will not allow anything impede my progress.

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  25. I wasn't that nervous coming to Kinkaid since my dad works here but i was a little nervous about getting to class on time. My first few weeks at Kinkaid have been really good. Even though it seemed like complete pandemonium trying to find geography the first day. I had never been to the upstairs part of the upper school so it seemed like a complete labyrinth to me. But overall my first weeks haven't been egregious in any way. I have enjoyed and am looking forward to the rest of my years at Kinkaid.

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