Reading, Cooper / Summary
For reading, My reading group chose a particular reading text out of three. We chose to read about to young muslim girls and the terror shooting that occured last week on the 15th of Match. It hit the christchurch Muslim Youth Community really hard, that the two young girls had to go through a disaster. They lost some really close friends durig the shooting. If you would Like to read more about this particular article visit - Muslim youth: 'We're stronger than we ever were before'.
So, After reading this horrific article, We had to unpack a few vobaculary / words that we struggled to understang. Here is a Muslim youth: 'We're stronger than we ever were before "Vocabulary Sheet" I created to show what words I struggled to understand.
Vocabulary
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How it is used in the text
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What I think it means
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Dictionary meaning
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Immensely
|
“He failed immensely”
|
He failed on purpose
|
To a great extent:
extremely |
Perpetrator
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“The perpetrator of the terror attacks
failed to divide and spread hatred in New Zealand.” |
Person who started
the terror attack |
A person who carries
out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act. |
Nutrition
|
“Sports and nutrition student
at the University of Canterbury.” |
Something that
provides energy |
He process of
providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. |
Mourning
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“Two young Muslim women mourning
their friends who died in the terror attacks want to make it loud and clear that they are not going to let one gunman ruin their lives.” |
Felling the empathy
of others. |
The expression
of sorrow for someone's death. It’s also simmilar to Empathy. |
Diverse
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“We're such a diverse country.”
|
Being Kind to others
|
Showing a great
deal of variety
|
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