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Advanced Reading and Writing 1

Student’s Name:
Dayanna Gamarra

Teacher’s Name:
Angie Garvich
1. RESEARCH

- MICHAEL PHELPS: (https://swimswam.com/bio/michael-phelps/)

 2. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

He started swim
when he was 7
years old because
he was diagnosed
with ADHD

His abilities was He practised a lot,

developed whe he he could swim for
was a child, it only 3-4 hours without
took 3 years. rest.

Michael
Phelps
When he had 10
years old, won a
national record He was born in
and also obtained Towson, Maryland
the clasification for on June 30, 1985
the Olympic games
in Sidney.
He won 23 gold
medals during his
participation in 4
olympic games.
3. VOCABULARY LOG

a. Interaction (Noun)
- DEFINITION:
He activity of being with and talking to other people, and the way that people
react to each other

- RELATED WORDS:
Interact (Verb), Interactive (Adjective), Interactivity (Adverb)

- EXAMPLES:
I enjoy the constant interaction with people from other departments.
The interaction with my coworkers is very fluency and friendly every time.

b. Flexible (Adjective)
- DEFINITION:
Able to make changes or deal with a situation that is changing.

- RELATED WORDS:
Flexibility (Noun), Flex (Verb), Flexibly (Adverb)

- EXAMPLE:
A more flexible approach to childcare arrangements is needed.
I want to be more flexible with stubborn people.

c. Compensate (Verb)
- DEFINITION:
To change or remove the bad result of something.

- RELATED WORDS:
Compensation (Noun)

- EXAMPLE:
This payment more than compensates for what we’ve lost.
Some extra money might compensate for several overtime work.

d. Disabled (Adjective)
- DEFINITION:
Person is unable to use part of their body or brain properly because of injury or
disease.

- RELATED WORDS:
Disability (Noun), Disable (Verb)

- EXAMPLE:
Motorcycling accident had left her severely disabled.
My credit card is disabled because someone tried to extract money from my
current account.
e. Estimate (Verb)
- DEFINITION:
To form a judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of;
calculate approximately.

- RELATED WORD:
Estimate (Verb), Estimated (Adjective)

- EXAMPLE:
It’s difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe.
The Antarctic ice cap is estimated to contain 90% of the world’s fresh water.

4. GRAMMAR LOG

A. MODALS

- Meaning:
A modal is a type of auxiliary (helping) verb that is used to express: ability,
possibility, permission or obligation. Modal phrases (or semi-modals) are used to
express the same things as modals, but are a combination of auxiliary verbs and
the preposition to.

- Form:

SUBJECT + MODAL + VERB + COMPLEMENT

- Use:
Modals are used to talk about advice (should, should not, ought, ought not, had
better, had better not), likelihood (should, should not, ought, ought not), necessity
(must, must not, have to, have got to), speculation(may, may not, might, might
not, could), conclusions(must, have to, have got to, can not, could not),
expectation (be supposed to, be to), and suggestions (could, might).

- Example

1) We will have to postpone our trip if your passports don’t come.

2) You should have taken your credit card along on the trip.