Comments:
Teenagers do get random emotions.
So as the brain grows so does the brain.
Parents need to give them some space.
Teenagers really want some space from their parents.
Teenagers sleep less then most adults.
Questions:
Why do teenagers always focus on negatives?
Are they afraid to grow up?
Why isn't there a difference?
Why do teenagers hide everything?
Vocabulary:
Consolidates - To unite into one system or whole; combine
Cerebral - of or pertaining to the cerebrum or the brain
Disdain - to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn
Literary Terms:
Simile - "sometimes it seems like the goal of adolescence is to get out of it, an urgent need to grow up"
Personification - "raising little felons"
Overview Sentence:
The brain of the teenagers is still developing so that means they are too.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Primal Teen pages 176 - 198
Comments:
Parents must be really concern about their children.
Teenagers must be going through a lot to start to drink and smoke.
3000 American children under the age of 18 begin smoking that is crazy.
Depression can run in the family.
Depressed teenagers are easily angered.
Questions:
Does drinking and smoking really change the brain?
Why do girls at the age 13 get severely depressed more than boys?
Do teenagers even know that drinking hurts them?
Does drinking really effect the memory?
Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia - a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements
Magnesium - a light, ductile, silver-white, metallic element that burns with a dazzling white light, used in lightweight alloys, flares, fireworks, in the manufacture of flashbulbs, optical mirrors, and precision instruments, and as a zinc substitute in batteries
Glutamate - a salt or ester of glutamic acid
Literary Terms:
Characterization - "Once adolescence is gone it's gone for good"
Metaphor - "Teenage brain's are different; sometimes that's a good thing"
Overview Sentence:
Scientists are trying to figure out if drinking and smoking change the brain.
Parents must be really concern about their children.
Teenagers must be going through a lot to start to drink and smoke.
3000 American children under the age of 18 begin smoking that is crazy.
Depression can run in the family.
Depressed teenagers are easily angered.
Questions:
Does drinking and smoking really change the brain?
Why do girls at the age 13 get severely depressed more than boys?
Do teenagers even know that drinking hurts them?
Does drinking really effect the memory?
Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia - a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements
Magnesium - a light, ductile, silver-white, metallic element that burns with a dazzling white light, used in lightweight alloys, flares, fireworks, in the manufacture of flashbulbs, optical mirrors, and precision instruments, and as a zinc substitute in batteries
Glutamate - a salt or ester of glutamic acid
Literary Terms:
Characterization - "Once adolescence is gone it's gone for good"
Metaphor - "Teenage brain's are different; sometimes that's a good thing"
Overview Sentence:
Scientists are trying to figure out if drinking and smoking change the brain.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Primal Teen pages 154 - 176
Comments:
Teenagers don't get much sleep.
Some teenagers drink to escape from the world.
It's not always the parents fault.
Sleep is a very big art for teenagers.
Teenagers who don't get enough sleep sleep in class.
Questions:
Why do teenagers get less sleep?
Is it the parents fault most of the time?
Why do teenagers drink so much when they could be doing something else?
What do teenagers do to get more sleep?
Vocabulary:
Insomnia - inability to obtain sufficient sleep, esp. when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness
Extensive - of great extent; wide; broad
Vivid - strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Perhaps it has to do with an abundance of food, making it a good time to have a baby, or perhaps there's been a drought and it's not"
Simile - "McClintock is not saying that the average teenager acts like broccoli (although the comparison is tempting)"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers don't get enough sleep and parents are blaming themselves for it.
Teenagers don't get much sleep.
Some teenagers drink to escape from the world.
It's not always the parents fault.
Sleep is a very big art for teenagers.
Teenagers who don't get enough sleep sleep in class.
Questions:
Why do teenagers get less sleep?
Is it the parents fault most of the time?
Why do teenagers drink so much when they could be doing something else?
What do teenagers do to get more sleep?
Vocabulary:
Insomnia - inability to obtain sufficient sleep, esp. when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness
Extensive - of great extent; wide; broad
Vivid - strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Perhaps it has to do with an abundance of food, making it a good time to have a baby, or perhaps there's been a drought and it's not"
Simile - "McClintock is not saying that the average teenager acts like broccoli (although the comparison is tempting)"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers don't get enough sleep and parents are blaming themselves for it.
The Primal Teen pages 132 - 154
Comments:
Teenagers fall in love just like adults.
Teenagers get peer pressured into things they don't want to do.
Some teenagers fall in love for the wrong reason.
The female and male brain are the same size.
Male and female are both smart.
Questions:
Why do people say teenagers can't really fall in love?
Are boys really smarter then girls?
Do teenagers always give into peer pressure?
Does the brain have an effect on how teenagers fall in love?
Vocabulary:
Spatial - Of, relating to, involving, or having the nature of space
Adherence - the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment
Requisite - required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable
Literary Terms:
Personification - "this is the giddy high, the butterflies in the stomach stage; the time when you can't get the other person out your head"
Characterization - "I was on my bike but believe me, I was dancing"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers fall in love even at a young age it can't be stop.
Teenagers fall in love just like adults.
Teenagers get peer pressured into things they don't want to do.
Some teenagers fall in love for the wrong reason.
The female and male brain are the same size.
Male and female are both smart.
Questions:
Why do people say teenagers can't really fall in love?
Are boys really smarter then girls?
Do teenagers always give into peer pressure?
Does the brain have an effect on how teenagers fall in love?
Vocabulary:
Spatial - Of, relating to, involving, or having the nature of space
Adherence - the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment
Requisite - required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable
Literary Terms:
Personification - "this is the giddy high, the butterflies in the stomach stage; the time when you can't get the other person out your head"
Characterization - "I was on my bike but believe me, I was dancing"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers fall in love even at a young age it can't be stop.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Primal Teen pages 110 - 132
Comments:
Children get really angry and sad out of no where.
Teenagers go through big changes.
Girls have a better memory.
Teenagers have trouble controlling their anger.
They must have been picked on and that what drove them off the edge.
Questions:
Why do children get so angry, sad, depressed out of no where?
Why are teenagers so aggressive?
Why did the students shoot everyone?
What made then do this?
Vocabulary:
Aggregate - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined
Subcomponents - A portion of a component, especially an electronic component; a subassembly
Undeniable - incapable of being denied or disputed
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Hormones have gotten a bad rap"
Characterization - "If you have adults with this kind of damage they have already learned the social conventions"
Overview Sentence:
How teenagers feel and why they feel that way.
Children get really angry and sad out of no where.
Teenagers go through big changes.
Girls have a better memory.
Teenagers have trouble controlling their anger.
They must have been picked on and that what drove them off the edge.
Questions:
Why do children get so angry, sad, depressed out of no where?
Why are teenagers so aggressive?
Why did the students shoot everyone?
What made then do this?
Vocabulary:
Aggregate - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined
Subcomponents - A portion of a component, especially an electronic component; a subassembly
Undeniable - incapable of being denied or disputed
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Hormones have gotten a bad rap"
Characterization - "If you have adults with this kind of damage they have already learned the social conventions"
Overview Sentence:
How teenagers feel and why they feel that way.
The Primal Teen pages 88 - 110
Comments:
Some teenagers likes to take risks.
Some teenagers don't like taking risks.
The main problem is drugs.
Teenagers like to try new things.
The environment has an effect on the teenagers.
Questions:
Why do they do test only on rats?
Does every teenager do drugs?
Are teenager rats act the same as teenagers?
Do teenagers regret the things after they are done?
Vocabulary:
Paramecium - any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove
Trajectory - the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight
cognitive - of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "It seems like you have to go to Harvard or you will be a druggie and a dropout"
Simile - "With one setback she felt like a complete failure"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers take risks because of the stress.
Some teenagers likes to take risks.
Some teenagers don't like taking risks.
The main problem is drugs.
Teenagers like to try new things.
The environment has an effect on the teenagers.
Questions:
Why do they do test only on rats?
Does every teenager do drugs?
Are teenager rats act the same as teenagers?
Do teenagers regret the things after they are done?
Vocabulary:
Paramecium - any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove
Trajectory - the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight
cognitive - of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "It seems like you have to go to Harvard or you will be a druggie and a dropout"
Simile - "With one setback she felt like a complete failure"
Overview Sentence:
Teenagers take risks because of the stress.
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Primal Teen - Page 66 - 88
Comments:
Parts of the brain has to do with emotions.
I really don't think there is a normal teenager.
Teenagers do random things for no reason.
They are young they don't know what they are doing.
Questions:
Was he scared to get a brain scan?
Why do they look for normal?
Does depression really develope more in girls?
Are girls more sensitive then boys?
Vocabulary:
Dopamine - Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease
Nuances - a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc
Muddle - to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Another recent study also detected evidence of what might be called the teenage mental muddle"
Personification - "In many brains studies there's been a nagging problem"
Overview Sentence:
Girls take along time to hit puberty.
Parts of the brain has to do with emotions.
I really don't think there is a normal teenager.
Teenagers do random things for no reason.
They are young they don't know what they are doing.
Questions:
Was he scared to get a brain scan?
Why do they look for normal?
Does depression really develope more in girls?
Are girls more sensitive then boys?
Vocabulary:
Dopamine - Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease
Nuances - a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc
Muddle - to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble
Literary Terms:
Metaphor - "Another recent study also detected evidence of what might be called the teenage mental muddle"
Personification - "In many brains studies there's been a nagging problem"
Overview Sentence:
Girls take along time to hit puberty.
The Primal Teen - Page 44 - 66
Comments:
Wow girls are more emotional then boys.
The brain controls the opposites sides.
Teenagers can surprises you sometimes.
Some girls like different things then other girls.
Boys can be stupied sometimes.
Questions:
How come girls get more emotional than boys?
When do boys reach emotional maturity?
Is there a reason for this?
Does the brain altered any of this?
Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia - Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations
Congnitive - of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
Tangible - capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial
Literary Terms:
Simile - "where children who have so many needs, will get an environment early on that is like rats with toys in their cage"
Characterization - " It may be a reason why young girls often seem to attain emotional maturity before boys"
Overview Sentence:
How the brain controls the change that happens when teenagers go through puberty.
Wow girls are more emotional then boys.
The brain controls the opposites sides.
Teenagers can surprises you sometimes.
Some girls like different things then other girls.
Boys can be stupied sometimes.
Questions:
How come girls get more emotional than boys?
When do boys reach emotional maturity?
Is there a reason for this?
Does the brain altered any of this?
Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia - Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations
Congnitive - of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
Tangible - capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial
Literary Terms:
Simile - "where children who have so many needs, will get an environment early on that is like rats with toys in their cage"
Characterization - " It may be a reason why young girls often seem to attain emotional maturity before boys"
Overview Sentence:
How the brain controls the change that happens when teenagers go through puberty.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Primal Teen - Page 22 - 44
Comments:
Teenagers do stuff for no reasons.
Teenagers don't even think about the out come of their actions.
Some kids are considered adults at age 12.
Parents must wonder why teenagers act the way they act.
Scientist still believe it has something to do with the brain.
Questions:
Why do teenagers have the urge to do something crazy?
Does the brain control these feelings?
Do teenagers think there is something wrong with them?
Do any of then go get help?
Vocabulary:
Prefrontal - anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure
Sophisticated - altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive
Exuberance - Also, ex⋅u⋅ber⋅an⋅cy. the state of being exuberant
Literary Terms:
Simile - "I'd like to eat you now"
Personification - "A drawing of a rat brain with its tiny smooth prefrontal cortex"
Overview Sentence:
About brain parts of the teenagers brain.
Teenagers do stuff for no reasons.
Teenagers don't even think about the out come of their actions.
Some kids are considered adults at age 12.
Parents must wonder why teenagers act the way they act.
Scientist still believe it has something to do with the brain.
Questions:
Why do teenagers have the urge to do something crazy?
Does the brain control these feelings?
Do teenagers think there is something wrong with them?
Do any of then go get help?
Vocabulary:
Prefrontal - anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure
Sophisticated - altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive
Exuberance - Also, ex⋅u⋅ber⋅an⋅cy. the state of being exuberant
Literary Terms:
Simile - "I'd like to eat you now"
Personification - "A drawing of a rat brain with its tiny smooth prefrontal cortex"
Overview Sentence:
About brain parts of the teenagers brain.
The Primal Teen - Page 1-22
Comments:
Parents must be scared to see their children grow up.
Children change as they grow older.
The way teenagers act has to do with their brain.
The brain change over time.
Teenagers gets angry at their parents easily as they get older.
Questions:
Why do teenagers change after they hit puberty?
What can parents do to help them?
Does it really have to do with the brain?
Will some teenagers stay the same after puberty?
Vocabulary:
Inexplicably - not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained
Ferocious - savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel
Besmirched - To make dirty; soil
Literary Terms:
Simile - "Whats is a frontal lobe supposed to look like at age 12?"
characterization - "Inside the teenagers brains smart ones, shy ones, silly ones"
Overview Sentence:
Parents are worried about their children's and how they act.
Parents must be scared to see their children grow up.
Children change as they grow older.
The way teenagers act has to do with their brain.
The brain change over time.
Teenagers gets angry at their parents easily as they get older.
Questions:
Why do teenagers change after they hit puberty?
What can parents do to help them?
Does it really have to do with the brain?
Will some teenagers stay the same after puberty?
Vocabulary:
Inexplicably - not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained
Ferocious - savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel
Besmirched - To make dirty; soil
Literary Terms:
Simile - "Whats is a frontal lobe supposed to look like at age 12?"
characterization - "Inside the teenagers brains smart ones, shy ones, silly ones"
Overview Sentence:
Parents are worried about their children's and how they act.
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