Vocabulary

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The writing and vocabulary usage throughout the novel is rather elementary. Our group felt that teaching vocabulary using this particular text would be redundant. Instead, we decided to choose vocabulary from the text that students would struggle with because of the outdated terms from the 90's that students are presently unaware of today.

__**Beeper (chapter 18)-**__ a personal communication device used to receive short messages; typically messages can be received only one way and are used to send phone numbers that the person on the receiving end are supposed to call (also known as a pager)

__**Half-pipe (chapter 21)-**__ originally half sections of large diameter pipes then transformed into large U-shaped structures used in extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, freestyle BMX and inline skating. Each side of the "U" has a flat surface where athletes stand and begin rolling down the ramp, and there is a long flat surface in between.

__**Muesli (chapter 30)-**__ popular breakfast cereal consisting of uncooked rolled oats, fruit, and nuts (Swiss/German)

(**The reading is pretty simple and not many complicated words exist. These were words that I felt may relate to only a handful of students. I would think a beeper may be obsolete to teens in the present day. Half-pipe will be understandable to those who participate in extreme sports, and muesli may be familiar to those who eat healthily and who eat a variety. I chose these words to broaden students' vocabulary to include those items that may be everyday to some but then practically nonexistent to others)

= **__Discman (chapter 34)-__** a small portable CD player with light headphones. = = **__CD (chapter 36)-__** compact disk = = __**AOL (chapter 40)-**__ dominant online service of the late 1990s, acronym of America Online, company name from late 1989. =

__**Repercussions (chapter 51)- **__ An unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action.

Made, distributed, or sold illegally.
 * __Bootleg (chapter 53)- __**

__**Endorphins (chapter 58)- **__ Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions.

A great quantity of something piled high.
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