How Lil Wayne helped me survive my first year teaching in New Orleans
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ubiquitous
"The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked."
–adjective existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
Megan O'Connor
block three :)
1)lasciviously
2) “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, GIRL CHASING A OLD MAN
JUSTIN REID
BLOCK 3
9/12/08
jessica young block 3
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lascivioulsy, as far as it’ll go).
lascivioulsy-inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd
Word- euphemism.
Sentence-Our school, a charter school, is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism—they’re trailers) in the lot in back.
Definiton-the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
chelsea block 3
"The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked."
adjective
being, or seeming to be, everywhere at once
Aisha Henry
Block 3
1. ubiquitous
2. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.omnipresent; present everywhere
Treyon B.
Blk 3
the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”
eric d
block 3
......lasciviously...... as far as it’ll go).
1. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
2. arousing sexual desire: lascivious photographs.
3. indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: a lascivious gesture.
Dominic Grieco Block3
guffawing
They had heard these songs before, but were nonetheless gushing and guffawing over nearly every line.
A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter
Logan Peltz
Block 3
Sentence-Our school, a charter school, is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism—they’re trailers) in the lot in back.
Definiton-the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
Eric D
block 4
1.ubiquitous
2.The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent
Bao Nguyen
Block 3
1)ubiquitous
2)Despite his ubiquitous success my students were shocked.
3)seeming to appear everywhere.Or to be everywhere
marteia brinson
block3
1.) euphemism
2.) Our school, a charter school, is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism—they’re trailers) in the lot in back.
3.) the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
Erika Mitchell
Block 3
1.Pretense
2.He is heavy on pretense, and thank God.
3.A false show of something: a pretense of friendship ; a piece of make-believe.
1. bellow
2.Lil Wayne slurs, hollers, sings, sighs, bellows, whines, croons, wheezes, coughs, stutters, shouts
3.to roar deeply
deandra block 3
Ubiquitous
Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
- Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
Catherine Sarmiento block 3
1.Interchangeable
2.Were close to interchangeable.
3.Of two things capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
jessica
block-3
1.Pretense
2.He is heavy on pretense, and thank God.
3.A false show of something: a pretense of friendship ; a piece of make-believe.
Alexia Patterson
Block.3
Chameleon
In a genre that often demands keeping it real via being repetitive, Lil Wayne is a chameleon, rapping in different octaves, paces, and inflections.
-a changeable, fickle, or inconstant person.
Katherine Faustin block 3
Ubiquitous
Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
adjective
being present everywhere at once
Julian Costa
p.3
1.euphemism
2.our school,our charter school,is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism-they're trailer)in the lot in the block.
3.vague term for for a harsh.
jarrod
block-3
1.euphemism
2.our school,our charter school,is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism-they're trailer)in the lot in the block.
3.subsituting a mild indirect or vague term for a harsh , blunt or offensive one .
jarrod
block-3
1. Exultant
2. He sounds a little like the neighborhood drunk at first as he warbles his way up and down the tune, but his singing voice has an organically exultant quality that seems to carry him to emotional delirium
3. –adjective exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant
- Brett Sharp
- Block: 3
*guffawing
-They had heard these songs before, but were nonetheless gushing and [guffawing] over nearly every line.
*A hearty; boisterous burst of laughter.
Solan<3
Blk-4
lasciviously
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
def-arousing sexual desire
block-4
interchangeable
For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable
Defenition-Allows for the interchange or switching of products or components.
Gabby G.
Block 4
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penultimate
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
adjective
next to last:The penultimat scene of play.
(De'Onna Rsh Period4)
lasciviously
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go)
–adjective 1. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
2. arousing sexual desire: lascivious photographs.
3. indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: a lascivious gesture.
Block 4
ubiquitous
I did listen to Lil wayne. Despite his ubiquitous succes mystundents was shocked.
it means existing or being everywhere
1.)penultimate
2.)the penultimate vowel
stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go.
3.)It means
<1.> next to the last: the
<2.> of or pertaining to a penult
ubiquitous
I did listien to LilWayne. Despite his ubiquitous success,my students were shocked.
It means existing or being everywhere
1.interchangeable
2.For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable.
3.
brittany jones
block 4
Penultimate
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
–adjective 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
–noun 3. a penult.
Kimmoye Waugh
Block 4 .
1.) vehemently
2.) One time, a black student vehemently defended his one Arab classmate during a discussion about the Jena 6: “If you call him a terrorist, that’s like what a cop thinks about us.”
3.) –adjective- zealous; ardent; impassioned; strongly emotional; intense or passionate
c h r i s t i n a p. blk 4
1.interchangeable
2.For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable.
3.That can be interchanged
Brittany Jones
Block 4
1.For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable. Their shared currency—as much as neighborhoods or food or slang or trauma—was the stoned musings of Weezy F. Baby.
2.Interchangeable
3. (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols
THE one of above was by Cathy Belony Block4
1.lasciviously
2. “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
3.Lewd.
1.lasciviously
2. “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
3.Lewd.
Roderick L.
interchangeable-that can be interchange
i interchange money for a smaller bill
alvin.walker 4th block
1. Midst
2. Dwayne Carter, aka Lil Wayne, aka Weezy F. Baby, was in the midst of becoming the year’s biggest rapper, and among the black teenagers that made up my student population, fandom had reached a near-Beatlemania pitch.
3. The position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, or occurring in the middle of a period of time, course of action, etc.
M. Weiner
Block #4
1.lasciviously
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
1. ubiquitous
2. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.omnipresent; present everywhere
todd akselrod block 4
1) Oeuvre
2) His oeuvre ended up being a sort of unedited reality show of his wily subconscious.
3) the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
G. Torre
Block #4
1.ubiquitous
2. the answer was "yes i did listen to lil wayne.Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.".
sebastian.A
block 4
1.ubiquitous
2.The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent
stephanie jimenez
block 4( :
alexis jones
"In the past year, he started singing more, and this was his best turn. He sounds a little like the neighborhood drunk at first as he warbles his way up and down the tune, but his singing voice has an organically exultant quality that seems to carry him to emotional delirium."
delirium means- a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc. ean
alexis jones!
sentence-"For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable."
word-interchargable
(adj).That can be interchanged
DRICE-YEARBOOK BLOCK 4
Word:ubiquitous
Sentence:The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
Meaning:existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent
SaraAnne McLean
Block:4
lasciviously
You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
love cherelle barnes
WORD :lasciviously
SENTENCE :You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
MEANING:inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
love cherelle barnes
1.)Subconscious
2.)not wholly concious;partiallyor imperfectlyconcious.
Daundre Heller Block 4
1.)Subconscious
2.)not wholly concious;partiallyor imperfectlyconcious.
1. penultimate
2. “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
3. Next to last.
Kaitlyn M.
Block four
word: penultimate
usage: “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
definition: next to the last
Kasey Bartholomew
block four :]]
penultimate
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
–adjective 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
Block 4
1.Oeuvre
2.His oeuvre ended up being a sort of unedited reality show of his wily subconscious.
3.A work of art,The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer
Desiree Irizarry
Block 4
2) “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
1.lasciviously-arousing sexual desire
1) Oeuvre
2) His oeuvre ended up being a sort of unedited reality show of his wily subconscious.
3) the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
Shawn Zarzycki
3rd block
1.ubiquitous
2.The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent
Jonathan Ocampo
Block 3
1.ubiquitous
2. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
3.omnipresent; present everywhere
Jonathan Ocampo
Block 3
I forgot to include my word in the comment it's ubiquitous
I forgot to include my word in the comment it's ubiquitous
Aisha Henry
block3
1.vehemently
2.One time, a black student vehemently defended his one Arab classmate during a discussion about the Jena 6.
3.Definiton: strongly emotional; intense or passionate
1.persona
2.I don’t even know what that means, but I do think that Wayne’s artistic persona is a testament to damage.
3.the definition is a character assumed by a authorin a written work.
Jessica Robles
Block 3
GUFFAWING THEY HEARD THESE SONGS BEFOR BUT WERS NONETHINLESS GUSHING AND GUFFAWING OVER NEARLY EVERY LINE A BURST OF LAUGHTER
(penultimate) “You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
–adjective 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2. of or pertaining to a penult.
–noun
Mpnique Joseph block 3
1)euphemism
2)my students hate this euphemism-they're trailer
3)harsh,blunt or offensive
sadei ceran blk 2
"penultimate"
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
-Next to last.
Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.
-Yanique.
Block 3
Word-->>ubiquitous
Sentence:The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
Meaning:existing or being everywhere,omnipresent.
Lauren Godwin block 3 yyyayay
1.bureaucracy
2.bureaucracy, lazy teachers, students showing up hungover the day after Mother’s Day
3.is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity, usually in large organizations and government
N.DIAH BLK 4
"ol’ lady?”
“You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
def: girlfriend
block 3
You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
lasciviously:
inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
You got an ol’ lady?” (the penultimate vowel stretched, lasciviously, as far as it’ll go).
lasciviously:
inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
Sentence-Our school, a charter school, is housed in modulars (my students hate this euphemism—they’re trailers) in the lot in back.
Definiton-the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
Eric D
block 3
1.Subconscious
2.His Oeuvre ended up being a sort of uneditedreality show of his wily Subconscious
3.Not wholly conscious; Partially or imperfectly conscious
Xavier Dent
Block 3
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