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ADVANCED READING & WRITING 2

NAME: DIANA PARRA SALAZAR

 INDEX

UNIT 1 .................................................................................................................................................. 3
VOCABULARY LOG ........................................................................................................................... 3
WRITING .......................................................................................................................................... 3
ASSIGMENT .......................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
UNIT 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 5
VOCABULARY LOG ........................................................................................................................... 5
WRITING ............................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
ASSIGMENT .......................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
UNIT 3 .................................................................................................................................................. 7
VOCABULARY LOG ........................................................................................................................... 7
ASSIGMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 8
OTHERS ..................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
UNIT 1

VOCABULARY LOG
10 Words, write the definition an a well structured sentence

 ACHIEVE: to succeed in doing something difficult

- We finally achieved our goal of finish the university.

 ACQUIRED: to get something.

- He acquired a lot of interesting antiques over the course of his life.

 APPROACH: to deal with something.

- They approached the tourists and asked them for money.

 CATEGORY: a group of people or things of a similar type.

- The category of a hurricane depends on its wind speed.

 COGNITION: the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding

through thought, experience, and the senses.
- The goal of the program is to help students improve their cognition by developing
new practices to help them acquire knowledge easier.
 PERCEPTION: the quality of being aware of things through the physical senses,
especially sight
- Drugs can alter your perception of reality.

 CONTROVERSY: a lot of disagreement and argument about something

- There was a controversy about the location of the new school.

 VIABLE: effective and able to be successful

- Today global communication is viable without a telephone because of the Internet’s
social applications

 SENSORY: connected with the physical senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, and
sight
- Another experiment examined uncertainty about memory rather than sensory
inputs.

 DISCERN: to see or recognize something

- A detective’s job is to discern who is guilty of a particular crime by evaluating the
evidence.
CORRECTED DRAFT 1

In the text “Extreme perception and animal intelligence” the authors Temple Gardin y
Catherine Jhonson talks about how the advanced perceptual abilities let some animals helps
or amazing people, like dogs or horses, animals that shows high intelligence because they
are able to recognize a sign and then choose to do something about that.

First, the text talks about Seizure alert dogs and Seizure responde dogs, the first one can
predict a seizure before starts and the others can help a person once a seizure has begun.
No one knows how the learned to do this. All the trainer can is only reward the dogs so they
continue doing this.

Then the text talk about Clever Hans, a horse that seems to solve math questions, but a
psychologist explain that Clever wasn´t really counting. He was observing accions that the
humans had no idea they were giving off. He´d start tapping his foot, and stop tapping when
he could see it was time to stop tapping. Because his questioners were making tiny
movements only Hals could see. Then, psychologists use these example to show that
animals are intelligent, because no one has ever been able to train a horse to do what
clever hans did, or train dogs to act when a seiure begun.

In conclusion, animals are intelligent, and have different abilities than humans, these
abilities let them help or do other action to imprese and help people.
UNIT 2

VOCABULARY LOG
10 Words, write the definition an a well structured sentence

 VIGOROUS: showing or needing a lot of physical energy

- He looks very vigorous, considering his age.

 PUNCTUALLY: on time
- I conclude that one would like to have a salary, and to be paid it punctually.

 DISPARATE: different in every way

- The two cultures were so utterly disparate that she found it hard to adapt from one
to the otheR.

 AWESOME: very big or special and making you feel respect, admiration, or fear
- The Amazing Race television show takes viewers and contestants on an awesome
adventure around the world.

 IMPETUOUS: likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your

actions
- She tends to act in a rather impetuous manner when things go wrong.

 CHILLY: too colD

- The night air of spring was chilly in the mountains.

 PRESUMPTUOUS: A person who is presumptuous shows little respect for others by

doing things they have no right to do.
- It would be presumptuous of me to comment on the matter.

 TOLERABLE: of a quality that is acceptable, although certainly not good

-It was very warm, but a cool wind coming down the valley kept things just tolerable.

 EMPHATIC: done or said in a strong way and without any doubt

- He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time.

 INEVITABLY: If something is inevitable, you cannot avoid or stop it.

- Natural nutrition doesnt inevitably incorporate only organically foods.
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I’m buying the plane tickets to travel on my vacations, I can already smell the freshness of
the sea and feel the sand. At the same time, I’m thinking about all the times that I traveled
to new places and how my life is n rollercoaster with high and low times. Sometimes mi life
can be really enjoyable, but also can be boring too. However, now I’m in a good time and
I’m chossing a destination to visit, choose a destination to visit in 2175 is a challenge
because every day robots build new places to visit.

My life in 2175 is cool, I can choose where I want to live, could be in different places or
planets. I’m planning to live in Saturn in the next five years. Tecnology is super advanced
and there is a cure for every health problem, that’s why people live more. Now it very
common to have 4 o more careers, I have five, im a doctor, engineer, lawyer, chef and
astronaut too. Having different careers is great because you can work in different places,
save money and travel around the world, visiting friends and family. I have a big family, 5
sisters and 8 brothers, and they liv in different places with their families.

Well, not everything is great, live in 2175 is stressfull too. There are a lot of people, so the
city is crowded. Also contamination, we cant see plants in the city. Las week a robot stole
my cellphone, so security is a big problem too.

In conclusion, live in 2175 is good and bad in different ways. I hope that in the future my
life and society will be better.
UNIT 3

VOCABULARY LOG
10 Words, write the definition an a well structured sentence

 PROUDLY: in a way that shows you are pleased about something you have done,
something you own, or someone you know
- He was proudly showing off his new bicycle.

 PASSION: a very strong feeling about a subject.

- She always had a passion for cooking..

 CHALLENGE: something difficult that tests your ability

- He challenged his brother to a round of golf.

 THRILLED: very excited and pleased

- he was thrilled with your present.

 SATISFACTION: a good feeling because you have done something well

- They get satisfaction from the simple, everyday pleasures.

 DETERMINED: wanting so much to do something that you keep trying very hard
- Our route has already been determined..

 PROPOSAL: a suggestion for a plan

- The board of directors is going to discuss the proposal next Tuesday.

 DONATE: to give something, mainly money, to a person or organization that needs

help
- Four hundred new computers were donated to the college.

 MANAGED: To do something that you have been trying to do

- I managed to repair my car by myself.

 ADMIRING: showing admiration

- We were too busy admiring the town to let they bother us.
ASSIGMENT

THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE EXAMPLES OF JUSTIN LEBO

ENCORAUGE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR FREE TIME JUSTIN EXPEND HIS FREE TIME IN THE SUMMER MAKING BICYCLES
CONSTRUCTIVELY FOR THE CHILDREN AT THE KILBARCHAN HOME FOR BOYS

THE LEBOS GIVE THE BICYCLES AND MADE HAPPY TO BOYS. JUSTIN
GIVES A SENSE OF SATISFACTION, BUILDS SELF-ESTEEM
SAID "IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD JUST TO SEE THEM HAPPY"

OPENS VOLUNTEERS´EYES TO THE GREAT VARIETY OF

JUSTIN CALLED KILLBARCHAN TO FIND OUT HOW MANY BOYS
PEOPLE IN NEED BY PROVEDING OPPORTUNITIES TO
WERE IN NEED.
MEET NEW AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE

AND EDITOR WROTE A LETTER TO THE NEWSPAPER DESCRIBING

ONE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPIERENCE JUSTINS PROJECT, AND THEY RECIEVED HUNDRED CALLS, TO PICK
LEADS TO PERFORMING OTHER SERVICES UP BYCICLES. ALSO, THEY MADE BYCICLES FOR CHISLDREN WITH
AIDS.

VOLUNTEERS LEARN THEY CAN HELP SOLVE REAL JUSTIN PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT KIND OF
SOCIALPROBLEMS AND NEEDS BYCICLE AND TRYCICLE BY CHILDREN WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS

JUSTIN SAID "ONCE I OVERHEARD A KID WHO GOT ONE OF MY

HELPS PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE, WHAT BIKES SAY 'A BIKE IS LIKE A BOOK, IT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW
THEIR INTEREST ARE, AND WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT WORLD' THATS HOW I FEEL, IT MADE ME HAPPY TO KNOW THAT
KID FELT THAT WAY. THATS WHY I DO IT"
OTHERS

WILLOW THE DOG

Organizer

PETER BORCHELT,
SAID "THIS IS NOT
READING. THIS DOG IS
DISCRIMINATING
BETWEEN THE SHAPES
OF LETTERS.

STARTED OUT AS A
BET, A FRIEND OF
LYSSA HOWELLS
WILLOW WILLOW IS A DOG
OFFERED HER A TRIP
TO MEXICO IF SHE
THE WHO IS CAPABLE OF
READING
COULD TEACH
WILLOW TO READ DOG

WILLOW IS CAPABLE
OF COMPREHENDING
THE CARDS SHE IS
SHOWN BY HER
OWNER

Outline

- thesis: Willow its a dog that can read and comprenhense card, is an intelligent dog that surprise a
lot of people.

-body:

- is a dog capable of reading

- its started as a bet

- can made regular tricks

- peter borchelt said that willow don’t read, the dog is discriminating the shape of the
letters.

- conclusion: willow is an intelligent dog who can act when someone show a card, is an intelligent
dog because a normal dog couldn’t do this.
Draf

Willow is no ordinary dog, Willow is capable of comprehending the cards she

is shown by her owner, Lyssa Howells. It's actually quite simple, if the card says
''wave'' Willow will, wave. That’s why he surprise a lot of people.
This whole thing supposedly started out as a bet, a friend of Lyssa Howells
offered her a trip to Mexico if she could teach Willow to read. After six weeks
of training Willow, Lyssa proved that the dog could follow commands without
the presence of any voice or signals. That’s why everybody thought that this
dog have an superior intellect.
Peter Borchelt, an animal behaviourist said "This is not reading. This dog is
discriminating between the shapes of letters." However, there is a difference
between letters and being able to comprehend the meaning.
In conclusion, Willow is an intelligent dog who can act correctly when someone
show a card, even if willow only is discriminating the shape of the letter, is an
intelligent dog because a normal dog couldn’t do that.