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.


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