June 2009 ACT Reading Discussion

<p>Who was the man on the cover of the magazine? I put the author at age 18 but I had no clue</p>

<p>i found the eel passage.</p>

<p>wat was the guy in the philosophy thing</p>

<p>found the philosophy guy</p>

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<p>these answers make sense
gloomy tension, fascination
schools need to search for ways to connect
drums? (up for debate)
passion to be constructive or something
cover of magazine at 18 yrs old
chemistry teacher impacted his life greatly
things in writing NOT fleeting/permanent</p>

<p>was there a question that had computer taking over as a choice… like about writing stuff</p>

<p>other choices for the last one precious and something, invisible/visible, private/public</p>

<p>Now we just need the train one!</p>

<p>no fleeting/permanent was absolutely correct…precious and commonplace was wrong, making it the right answer</p>

<p>what is this about the cover of a magazine?</p>

<p>Rtgrove123, i think he is agreeing with you.</p>

<p>no, on the test i put precious and commonplace as WRONG (like i filled in that bubble)
then on hte forum i corrected myself. but i actually was right. it was everything except precious and commonplace</p>

<p>the cover question, it was like what does the magazine cover illustrate or something random. the answer was like he was on the cover at 18 yrs old</p>

<p>wait so was that an except question?</p>

<p>yeah it was except</p>

<p>wat were some distinct things about the train passage that i could search for</p>

<p>there was nothing about park benches (was that an answer) or am i thinking of the las vegas question</p>

<p>Ohhh ok sry bout tht but what about these</p>

<p>"russian cosmonaut was like political changes right</p>

<p>certified wood = non traditional woods"</p>

<p>For the russian guy, the question asked what the magazines attributed his inability to walk to and doesnt the author say that they attributed it to the fact he hadnt excersized.</p>

<p>Certified wood I thought was like real wood that would survive in the climate</p>

<p>cosmonaut was he comes back to a country and the place is all different politically, other choices were like there is no country, he is not a citizen or something</p>

<p>certified wood that is environmentally okay
“All the guitars are made from certified wood.Gomes explains that
traditionally, Brazilian rosewood and ebony were used in the
construction of guitars.But because of intense harvesting, these
trees are close to extinction. “I’ve beenworking for years, trying
to findAmazonwoods that are unknown on themarket, that are
in plentiful supply and that can be used in instrumentmaking,”
Gomes says.He experimentedwith dozens before he found types
that have the right strength and sound. (Like othermaster luthiers,
he can tell by touching the wood whether it will reverberate
well.)Once he identified thewoods as possible substitutes,he sent
themto a laboratory to be tested for the right grain and density.
Today,Brosimumrubescens is substituted for rosewood,”</p>

<p>cant walk because of exercise</p>

<p>not from chicago
father welcome off train
las vegas gambling
the town has not genuinely progessed
football field fenced
not photographs
tanning salon
reflecting on past and pondering the present
russian cosmonaut = political changes</p>

<h2>exercise</h2>

<p>size
bermuda triangle
pressure for deeper water
river cycle
observe
strong currents
adapt to less light
there are gaping holes</p>

<h2>commonly known as</h2>

<p>gloomy tension, fascination
schools need to search for ways to connect
drums? (up for debate)
passion to be constructive or something
cover of magazine at 18 yrs old
chemistry teacher impacted his life greatly</p>

<h2>things in writing NOT A precious and something</h2>

<p>balesemi azame
the forest stuff could be worked on else where in the amazon
tuition
spread message to other villagers (hope that the students do this)
use woods that are ok for environment
hard to get customers to buy the guitars
you can make other things using science (might be a repeat answer)
2/3 wasted</p>

<p>so what was the one about eels where what was the most important discovery?</p>

<p>what was the full answer to russian cosmonaut = political changes?</p>

<p>i forget but i think it was choice C</p>

<p>ooo ya I think we put the same thing for both again sry bout tht = &lt;/p>

<p>what was the most important discovery about the eels. did we already mention this</p>

<p>finding eel lavae</p>

<p>I have 2 questions.</p>

<p>Eel passage:
Explain how the answer is size and not shape. I thought the question was something like “What piece of evidence…”</p>

<p>Interest in education passage:
Wasnt his first passion butterflies? I put down drumming first because I had only read about half the passage. But I had extra time so I read it completely. One line of the story reads, “The passion I had for drumming was similar to the passion I had for ____ (something childish) and butterflies even before that.”</p>

<p>tb-</p>

<p>for the certified wood question wat were the other answer choices</p>