Drumbeats and Bullets & The Drummer Boy of Shiloh - Vocabs ♥

intensified - As his singing voice intensified, the whole audience began to stand up and sing along.

vital - The drummer is vital in a band because he's the one who keeps the beat and rhythm of the songs they're playing.

 

immortality - The idea of immortality can bring tons of happiness to people. They can try to have a healthier and happier life in order to live forever.

 

legitimate - It is legitimate for all children to go to school and access education.

 

tremor - Everyone lost their balances because of the tremor in the ground. An earthquake was coming.

Glogster ♥

Academic & Camp Harmony - Vocabs ♥

observation - For an experiment, the scientists usually write down their observations first before drawing any conclusion.

emphasize - If we want to emphasize a sentence in a piece of writing, we can just make it bold, italic, or underline it.

reaction - Her reaction to the breakup was just simply bursting into tears.

define - Dictionaries are the simplest way to define words.

tersely -  As soon as he ran up on stage with a loose tie and a pair of untied shoes, he tersely began his speech.

breach - A breach on the ship sank everything and killed everyone on board.
              

riveted - Taylor Swift always rivets everyone's attention by her amazing voice.

vigil - She always keeps a constant vigil over her boyfriend so that he can't be around with other girls.

Camp Harmony ♥

*SONE DESCRIBES HER MOTHER AS "POETIC AND YET SO PRACTICAL." STATE ONE EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT THAT ILLUSTRATES EACH QUALITY.*

When they get to the camp, the mother seems to be happy and delighted when she sees the dandelions. She even thinks of building a garden there. Sone also says, "After all, she has to have some inspiration to write poems, you know, with all the 'nari keri's'." (517) When Sone is trying to make a poem by herself, her brother also says that his mom can do ten times better. That proves that the mother has this passion for poetry for a long time and her family all knows about it, and that's why she's such a poetic woman. 

However, she can still be really practical. For example, she finds out that the latrine is near the apartment where they live in when she is wandering with her husband to find out what other people are doing. She is really happy about it because "her face lit up in an ecstatic, 'We're in luck. The latrine is right nearby. We won't have to walk blocks'."(517) She says a obvious and true fact but still with some humor. She knows what is convenient for her family to do their daily lives' routines. What a great mom! ♥