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.




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