English Vocab Worksheets

TELE

TELE means FAR

This is another word part that is found in a lot of common, concrete words. "Tele" can also simply be short for "telephone" as in the words "telethon" or "telegenic."

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.

word	meaning and example	what to draw	question to answer (you may draw your answer, too)
telephone	an instrument for producing sounds at a distance (or the action of using such an instrument)	two different kinds of telephones	What are two things that are a lot easier because of the telephone?
television	An instrument for receiving electrical waves from a distance and changing them into pictures and sounds	two different kinds of televisions	What are two things you wouldn't know about without television?
telescope	an instrument for looking at very distant objects AND/OR: (optional) to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering the other as the result of a collision; to become compressed or condensed (like a collapsing telescope).	a telescope	Who would want to own a telescope?
telegram	a message sent over distance by coded signals, commonly used for very important messages before telephones were reliable; messages were as short as possible because each word added to the cost. Often someone would be sent to a person's house to deliver the telegram.	Someone delivering a telegram.	What are two messages that would be important enough for someone to send a telegram?
telepathy	communication from one mind to another through "extrasensory" means -- sending thoughts or feelings directly into someone's mind from yours, or knowing what they are thinking. (Usually happens in science fiction stories.)	Someone getting a telepathic message.	What are two things you would do if telepathy were possible?
teleconference	a meeting of several people who are in different, distant places by using telephones or computers	People having a teleconference	What are two reasons to have a teleconference?
telephoto	A lense system that makes far-away things look closer		Where are two places where a telephoto lens would be a good thing to have?
telemetry	sending information over a distance by machines. Satellites use telemetry to take information and then send it to different places; hospital systems use telemetry to send medical information to nurses' stations	Something that uses telemetry	What are two things that telemetry makes easier for people?
telemeter	an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from the observer OR an instrument to send measurements over a distance (such as from Mars to the Earth)	*Both* kinds of telemeters	What are two things you could do with a telemeter?

telephone, television, telescope, teleconference, telemeter, telemetry, telepathy, telegram, teleconference, telephoto
Complete these sentences with the "tele" word. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons.
1.There will be a video _______________________________ and people from all over the world will be joining.
2. The army sent the soldier's wife a _________________________________ when he was killed in action.
3. The reporter took a picture of the actress from half a mile away with a ______________________________ camera.
television, telescope, telemeter, telepathy,
4. Some people think talking on the ________________________ while you are driving should be against the law.
5. The robot on Mars uses ________________________ to send information about the land and atmosphere to scientists on Earth.
6. When people have known each other for a long time, they can sometimes know what the other is thinking or feeling without a word spoken -- it's like __________________________.
7. We used a _______________________________ to figure out how far we were from the ground.
8. There is a huge ________________________ in New Mexico that is used to look at far distant stars.

Answers : 1) teleconference 2) telegram 3) telephoto 4) telephone 5) telemetry 6) telepathy 7) telemeter 8) telescope

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BIO

BIO means LIFE


Bio is the third root to be featured on the Resource Room found often in scientific contexts.
I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.

word	meaning and example	what to draw	question to answer (you may draw your answer, too)
biology	study of life	Three different things a biologist would study	What are 10 different living things a biologist could learn about? Make them as different as you can.
biography	story of someone's life	A biography	What would be a good title for an biography?
autobiography	story of someone's own life	an autobiography	Who are ten people who have had biographies written about them?
antibiotic	medicine to kill bacteria such as penicillin	a bottle of antibiotics	Why did more children die before antibiotics were discovered?
symbiosis	when two different kinds of living things have a close relationship -- such as bacteria living in cows' stomachs and helping digest grass or bees that get food from flowers and help spread their pollen	a symbiotic relationship	What might the "sym" in "symbiosis" mean?
biosphere	layer on the earth that has living things	the whole biosphere	What are three very different places on the biosphere that would have very different kinds of life?
biodegradable	able to be broken down (usually into harmless things) in nature -- tree stumps and paper are biodegradable, plastic is not.	Three things that are biodegradable	What is a problem with things that are *not* biodegradable?
biopsy	taking out and examining living tissue from a living thing (such as taking a piece of a tumor out to see if it is cancerous)		Who would do a biopsy?
biohazard	Something that could harm living things (such as radioactive material or poisonous chemicals)	A label that would be put on a biohazard	What are three things  that could be biohazards?
bioluminescence	Light made by living things like lightning bugs or some fish	a bioluminescent animal

Complete these sentences with the bio- word that fits. Be sure review words learned in previous lessons.
1. My brother had a _______________________________ done on the lump on his elbow.
2. A ___________________________ class is where you learn about living things
3.You would have to write your own ______________________________.
4.Termites could not eat wood without other animals living inside them that digest the wood; this is an example of ________________________.
5.An ________________________ will help cure some diseases like strep throat.
6. Things that might spread an infection at a hospital have a __________________________ label on them.
7. When fish glow in the dark it is called ______________________________
8. I want to read the ________________________ of the first President of the United States.
9. The desert, the swamps and the rain forest are all part of the big _____________________.
10. If you put something _________________________________ in the dump, eventually it will rot away.

Answers: 1) biopsy 2) biology 3) autobiography 4) symbiosis 5) antibiotic 6) biohazard 7) bioluminescence 8) biography 9) biosphere 10) biodegradable

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JECT

JECT means TO THROW

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.

word	meaning and example	what to draw	question to answer (you may draw your answer, too)
eject	to throw out of, like a videotape from a VCR or a player from a baseball game	something being ejected	What are 3 examples of things or people being ejected?
inject	to shoot into something, like a needle injecting insulin	something being injected
reject	to fail to accept, or to throw back (like a fish that is too small)	something rejected or thrown back	What are 2 examples of things or people being rejected?
projectile	something being thrown, like an arrow or a cannon.  Projectile can also be the path taken by something being thrown	a projectile smaller than a football or larger than you	What are three things that could be projectiles?
conjecture	speculation - "throwing forward" a possible idea to think about		What are three things people make conjectures about besides the weather?
abject	total and hopeless (as if thrown down); abject poverty is the state of being hopelessly poor	someone feeling abject fear	What would a man in abject fear say? What might a man say in abject love?

Some other words you might see with "ject" in them:
 

object
subject
objective
subjective
trajectory

Choose one of the "ject" words to complete the sentence.
1.  My VCR will not   _______________________  my tape.
2.  The pen became a__________________________________ when it was thrown across the room.
3.  A diabetic may have to ____________________________ insulin with a needle.
4. Do you really know they will get married, or is that just __________________?
5. The school will automatically ____________________ your application if you don't pay the fee first.


Answers: 1) eject 2) projectile 3) inject 4) conjecture 5) reject
 
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VOL and MORT

VOL means WISH or WILL
MORT means DEATH
 
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone introduces us to many character names and spells with word parts which are related to their meanings. The character Voldemort's name begins with "vol" - meaning to will or to wish, and ends with "mort," which means "death." The name should tell you this is quite a sinister character!

vol and mort are the first of a series of word parts from the Harry Potter series to be featured in the Resource Room. Death being a bit of an emotional subject, you may wish to be sensitive about the 'mort' words.

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.

word	meaning and example	what to draw	question to answer (you may draw your answer, too)
volunteer	To offer to serve without pay or reward. A student can volunteer to take a note to the office. Tennessee's nickname as the "Volunteer State" came from the large number of people from Tennessee who volunteered to serve in the War of 1812. Volunteer firefighters do not get paid.	Someone volunteering for something.	What are three things a volunteer could do at a school? What would a volunteer be likely to say?
voluntary	Adjective -- done by free choice. A voluntary contribution is one you did not have to make. (also "noun- a piece of music, frequently spontaneous, done as a prelude" - you may have heard a "trumpet voluntary" at a wedding or graduation)	Yourself doing one of your favorite voluntary activities	What are ten things you did today that were voluntary?
involuntary	Not done by choice or by thinking about it. Your heart beats involuntarily because you don't decide to do it; if you hear a loud noise you may make an involuntary jump. You may have to make an involuntary purchase of a uniform if you get a job as a nurse.		What are two examples of "involuntary" actions, besides your heart beating or jumping when you are startled?
volition	The act of choosing to do something. For example, Mary apologized to Kate of her own volition, not because anybody told her to do it.		What are three things you could do of your own volition, even though they would not be the easiest thing to do?
benevolent	Intending good things to happen ("bene" is a word part meaning "good")-- a "benevolent dictator" is someone who is has control over a group, but makes decisions that are good for them. A benevolent person says and does things to help people.	Someone doing something benevolent.	What are three things a benevolent person could do?
malevolent	intending bad things to happen ("mal" is a word part meaning "bad"). If something is done malevolently, that person knew that what was done could be bad, and that's why he or she did it.	Someone doing something malevolent?	What are three malevolent things a person could say?
MORT:
mortal	adjective -- subject to death, or causing death. People are mortal, since they die. A mortal illness or injury is one that makes a person die.		What are three kinds of mortal injuries or illnesses?
immortal	never dying; living forever.		What are two things a person might do if he/she thought he/she was immortal?
mortuary	Funeral home	a mortuary	What are three things you would find at a mortuary?
mortify	To embarrass or humiliate completely; Teenagers are sometimes easily mortified; for some students, school is a place of frequent mortification. . (A less common meaning is to "subjugate by disciplinary austerities")	Someone who has just been mortified	What are three things that someone might say or do if he were feeling mortified?
mortician	Someone who prepares a body for burial		What are two things that you should be good at if you wanted to be a mortician?
post mortem	Examination of a body after death ("post" is a word part meaning "after), often to figure out what caused the death.		Why would a post mortem be done?
rigor mortis	the rigidity of a body that happens after death (and why zombies in movies walk stiffly)	zombies in movies

Complete these sentences with the vol or mort word that fits. Be sure review words learned in previous lessons.
1. Voldemort is a very ________________________________ character who likes to see bad things happen to people.
2. A _________________________________ showed that the man had died of natural causes.
3. Joining the Reading Club is ______________________________ , so only join if you really want to read.
4. Cary was ______________________________ when the entire school learned about his secret crush.
5.Is there a __________________________ who would be willing to go pick up our pizza?
6. Even though Shakespeare died, people consider his plays and poems to be ___________________________.
7. Cassie went to school to learn how to become a ___________________________, and then got a job at a mortuary.
8. He's a _______________________________ man who is always looking for ways to help people.

Answers:  1) malevolent 2) post mortem 3) voluntary 4) mortified 5) volunteer 6) immortal 7) mortician 8) benevolent

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VERT

VERT means TURN or TWIST

"vert" is the next of a set of common, but somewhat abstract, word parts.

I. FOR EACH WORD:

1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.

word	meaning and example	what to draw	question to answer (you may draw your answer, too)
vertical	"perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis," (example: anything standing up, not lying down; a line that goes up and down)	three vertical things	WHat are three things that are usually vertical?
vertigo	dizzy, confused state of mind (the world is spinning or turning) - sometimes caused by looking down from a high place.	a person with vertigo	What are two things that could give someone vertigo?
vertebrate	animal with a backbone (the bone we turn around with)	two of your favorite vertebrates	What are three of the most unusual vertebrates you can think of?
invert	To turn inside out or upside down (a cup, a fraction in math, a shirt a dive)	something being inverted	What is something you shouldn't invert, and why?
convert	to turn from one thing to another (to convert to a different religion, to convert from feet to inches)	something or someone being converted	How is convert different from invert?
revert	to turn back to an earlier state or condition (reverting back to your old religion, or a habit or way of doing things, or reverting money back to what you had when you return to your old country)		Why might someone want revert to their old way of doing things? What is one thing they might say?
controversial	the subject of argument or dispute; turning people (or their words) against each other;	people talking about something controversial	What are three controversial things?
introvert	to turn inward, or someone who is shy and reserved and keeps to him/herself	an introvert	What are three things an introvert might like to do in spare time?
extrovert	to turn outward; a person who is outgoing	an extrovert	what are three things an extrovert might like to do in spare time?
avert	to turn away; to see something coming and avoid it(to avert an accident, failing a test, a conversation with someone)	someone averting something	What are two things you would like to avert?
adverse	turning against what is wanted (especially adverse weather)	adverse weather for a baseball game	What would be adverse conditions for taking a test?
adversity	conditions that make things harder or turn against you; things that make you have to work or fight hard to get what you want or need	an example of adversity	What are two examples of adversity?
subversive	trying to undermine (or overthrow; "turn over from underneath") a government or leadership; planning a school strike would be subversive behavior.	someone doing something subversive	Where are three places where someone might do something subversive?
diverse	different; made up of different kinds of things or people	a diverse collection of rocks or animals or people	What are two good things and one problem with having a diverse group (of anything or people)

Other vert words: diversion, inversion, aversion, diversity, diversify, subvert, versus, version, covert, overt, persevere, versatile, converse, advertise
Complete these sentences with the vert word.. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons.
1.After the spinning ride at Disneyworld, Pat had _______________________ and had to sit down until he was steady again.
2. We will try to see problems before they arrive and ___________________________ them.
3. I think I will ______________________________ back to the way I used to drive to work because there is less traffic.
4. We have to ________________________ our dollars and cents into pounds and pence before we go to England.
5. When students got together and refused to take standardized tests, they were suspended for the ________________________ activity .
6. We might go camping if the weather is not too _______________________.
7. The rule for the dance marathon was that you had to be _____________________________ and moving. If you stopped or sat down you were out.
8.A good salesperson is often an ________________________ who really likes to get out and talk to people.
9. You have to sign this form to show you give your ___________________ for them to take you on this dangerous rafting trip.
10. Carl had a lot of ________________________ growing up, but he didn't let it keep him from being a good student and going to college.
11. A slug is not a _________________________ because it has no backbone.
12. If you ______________________ the number 9, it looks like a 6.
13. Beth has a ________________________ rock collection from many different places in the world.

Answers: 1) vertigo 2) avert 3) revert 4) convert 5) subversive 6) adverse 7) vertical 8) extrovert 9) avert 10)adverse 11) vertebrate 12) invert 13) diverse

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Flowers for Algernon

Question:


With close reference to the short story 'Flowers for Algernon', do you think that the gift of intelligence is a blessing or a curse?


Answer:

To a large extent, intelligence is a curse because Charlie did not have many friends and was lonely when he became intelligent. However, to a certain extent, intelligence is a blessing because Charlie could find out the flaws of the experiment done on him, and learn a lot of interesting things very quickly.

Firstly, when Charlie realises that he became smart, he begin to learn many things. For instance, Charlie learnt foreign languages and many subjects and also, he stated that ‘mine (IQ) is going to be over 200 soon’. This can be shown as Charlie could accomplish things in days and weeks in what normal people have to do in a lifetime.

However, Charlie soon realises that there were communication breakdowns between average people and him. For example, Charlie’s co-workers signed a petition to strip him of his job as they felt that Charlie was getting too smart for them and felt inferior. Also, Miss Kinnian said that Charlie was already smarter than her as he was able to read a whole page at a glance and remember every single thing he read. This was one disadvantage of being intelligent.

Furthermore, Charlie found himself looking down at others who were mentally retarded like him (before). One incident could be when Charlie saw a dishwasher accidentally dropping dishes and breaking them. When the people in the room laughed at the boy for being mentally retarded, Charlie found himself joining in. Luckily, he remembered in time that he used to be like the mentally retarded boy who doesn’t understand anything at all.

When Charlie found that Algernon was not behaving normally and died eventually, he figured that he would face the same fate. However, he did not sit and wait for the same fate to befall him. Instead, he researched and finally, after a few weeks, he found the flaw in the doctor’s experiment and also found out the surgical stimulus to which he was subjected, which he called the ‘Algernon-Gordon Effect’. And, after a few more weeks, the ‘Algernon-Gordon Effect’ took effect on Charlie and his IQ decreases.

Thus, from the above evidence, I can conclude that, to a large extent, the gift of intelligence is a curse because Charlie could not communicate with his co-workers and he was lonely. However, to a certain extent, the gift of intelligence is a blessing because Charlie could contribute a lot to mankind.

Flowers For Algernon

The Herald - Just yesterday, Charlie Gordon, age 37, passed away after tripling his IQ in an operation a few months ago. After interviewing many people and asking them what they think of it, I have come to a conclusion that most people strongly disagree that this experiment should never even exist. Mr Lim, one of the interviewees, said, "From a religious point of view, altering your brain and tripling your IQ is going against God. God has reasons for everything - from being mentally retarded to being disabled." This is a meaningful sentence to me.

Although this experiment could be considered as the scientific breakthrough of the century, many scientists are against this idea as they find it cruel. Take Charlie Gordon, the poor man who had suffered terribly from this experiment, for instance. In his journal, he wrote that as he begin to deteriorate, he was very frustrated and mad for getting stupid. Thus, this experiment only caused Charlie to be happy for a few months and after that, his life was like a nightmare.

In conclusion, I think that this experiment is redundant and only adds to the suffering of mentally retarded people. If I had a chance to undergo this operation or stay mentally retarded, I would immediately choose to stay mentally retarded. I prefer to be naive and innocent rather than be a genius for a few months and pass away after that.

Should the experiment on Charlie Gorden have taken place?

This was an experiment which will mark the new beginning of Charlie Gordon's life and probably the start of new science technology, which will enable people to triple their IQ.

This will open up a new level for technology and probably be the invention of the decade or century. For Dr Strauss and Professor Nemur, the ability to make this experiment a successful one will help not only the world, but also help themselves become famous overnight. Charlie's parents, Mr and Mrs Gordon, will also agree that the experiment should be done. That is because no parents want their children to be mentally retarded. They want the best for their children. They do not want them to go out into the world and be ostracised for their intellectual level. They want their children to be respected as smart kids that will excel in everything they do. Mr Steven Ng, a representative of the Welberg Foundation which founded the project, will also want the experiment to be carried out. Why? For his and the company benefit. The company will then be acknowledged as the foundation which founded the project and be recognised all over the world.

However, despite all this, there are still some who do not believe in the experiment. Fanny feels that it is not appropriate for Charlie to become intelligent suddenly. She gave an example of how Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge. It was evil and going against the creation of God, she thought. And how Charlie gained his knowledge is considered by her as religiously unacceptable. She believes that this is going against nature. Joe Carp and Frank Reilly cannot accept the fact that Charlie Gordon has become the present clever self. They wanted the ignorance and dullness of Charlie, but since he had become knowledgeable and understanding, they could not bear it. They wanted the old Charlie Gordon, innocent and naive.

And what I think is, the experiment should not have been carried out.

Charlie Gordon was once a man with an IQ of 68. But the change has been so sudden, his IQ had tripled. But he had a trade-off. He gained something less important than what he had lost. Friendship. Nobody wanted to friend him anymore after he turned smart. Never mind if he always got laughed at for his stupidity. Ignorance is a blessing. Probably it is better to don't know the truth than to know it. For Charlie, it might be. He once laughed with his friends over his little mistakes, but now, he cannot even laugh because he has no friends. I would rather choose to be mentally retarded with friends than intellectually capable with no one to love. Though I might be constantly teased at, but I don't know. But I know I at least still have friends who will mingle with me. IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

Thematic Apperception Test

The Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, is a projective psychological test. Historically, it has been among the most widely used, researched, and taught of such tests. Its adherents claim that it taps a subject's unconscious to reveal repressed aspects of personality, motives and needs for achievement, power and intimacy, and problem-solving abilities.

The TAT is popularly known as the picture interpretation technique because it uses a standard series of provocative yet ambiguous pictures about which the subject must tell a story. The subject is asked to tell as dramatic a story as they can for each picture presented, including:

• what has led up to the event shown
• what is happening at the moment
• what the characters are feeling and thinking, and
• what the outcome of the story was.

If these elements are omitted, particularly for children or individuals of low cognitive abilities, the evaluator may ask the subject about them directly.

There are 31 picture cards in the standard form of the TAT. Some of the cards show male figures, some female, some both male and female figures, some of ambiguous gender, some adults, some children, and some show no human figures at all. One is completely blank. Although the cards were originally designed to be matched to the subject in terms of age and gender, any card may be used with any subject. Most practitioners choose a set of approximately ten cards, either using cards that they feel are generally useful, or that they believe will encourage the subject's expression of emotional conflicts relevant to their specific history and situation.

About the scoring system of the TAT, The TAT is a projective test in that, like the Rorschach test, its assessment of the subject is based on what he or she projects onto the ambiguous images. Therefore, to complete the assessment each story created by a subject must be carefully analyzed to uncover underlying needs, attitudes, and patterns of reaction. Although most clinical practitioners do not use formal scoring systems, several formal scoring systems have been developed for analyzing TAT stories systematically and consistently. Two common methods that are currently used in research are the:

• Defense Mechanisms Manual DMM. This assesses three defense mechanisms: denial (least mature), projection (intermediate), andidentification (most mature). A person's thoughts/feelings are projected in stories involved.

• Social Cognition and Object Relations SCOR scale. This assesses four different dimensions of object relations: Complexity of Representations of People, Affect-Tone of Relationship Paradigms, Capacity for Emotional Investment in Relationships and Moral Standards, and Understanding of Social Causality.

Finally, about the history of the TAT: TAT was developed by the American psychologists Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan at Harvard during the 1930s to explore the underlying dynamics of personality, such as internal conflicts, dominant drives, interests, and motives. According to Melville scholar Howard P Vincent, the TAT “came into being when Dr. Henry A. Murray, psychologist and Melvillist , adapted the implicit lesson of Melville’s [Moby Dick] “Doubloon” chapter to a new and larger creative, therapeutic purpose.”

After World War II, the TAT was adopted more broadly by psychoanalysts and clinicians to evaluate emotionally disturbed patients.

Later, in the 1970s, the Human Potential Movement encouraged psychologists to use the TAT to help their clients understand themselves better and stimulate personal growth.

With that, I hope that you've learnt more about the Thematic Apperception Test.

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief

The 10 differences on Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief ( movie and book) are:

1) Book: Percy did not have any electronic gadgets with him. Movie:  Percy had an iPod Touch.

2) Book: Percy can breathe underwater. Movie: Percy can only hold his breath for roughly 7 minutes.

3) Book: Percy, Grover, and Annabeth were allured to stay at the Lotus Hotel and Casino by taking the green credit. Movie: Percy, Grover, and Annabeth were allured to stay at the Lotus Hotel and Casino by eating Lotus Flowers.

4) Book: Luke captured the flag in the game of 'capture the flag'. Movie: Percy captured the flag in the game of 'capture the flag'.

5) Book:  Percy consulted the oracle before he went out of Camp Half-Blood. Movie: Percy snucked out of Camp Half-Blood.

6) Book: Percy fought with Ares in a sword fight at the beach. Movie: Ares was never shown.

7) Book: Percy did not fight with the Hydra. Movie: Percy fought with the Hydra when he was trying to get one of the pearls.

8) Book: Percy was given the pearls to get out of the underworld. Movie: Percy had to find the pearls to get out of the underworld.

9) Book: Poseidon left before Percy was born. Movie: Poseidon left Percy when he was 7 months old.

10) Book: The shoes 'activate' when you say 'Maia'. Movie: Percy had to run like a plane on a runway.

If I had to choose between the book and the movie, I would choose the book. My favourite scene was when Clarisse tried to bully Percy in the toilet, but ended up being soaked in toilet water. Annabeth, too, was not spared and the whole toilet was flooded with toilet water. However, the strange thing was that Percy was not wet at all. There was even a circle of dry floor around him. This incident would let the readers wondering why this has happened, thus creating suspense. I find this scene very interesting as it also depicts the characters' feelings, like Percy's and Annabeth's surprise why Percy was not wet.

Avatar

On the movie 'Avatar', I have these ten questions:

1) Why haven't the technology of the wheelchair improve?

2) Why can't they treat a wounded soldier during a battle?

3) Why are the soldiers still using guns and planes?

4) Why does Jake prefer to side the Na'vi and not getting his legs back?

5) Why does the animals suddenly helps the Na'vi fight the humans?

6) Why does Jake still uses a video diary? Shouldn't the technology be improved by then?

7) Why does Neytiri rescues Jake instead of killing him as Jake was a 'dreamwalker'?

8) When Neytiri's father dies, he gave Neytiri the bow. Does it make Neytiri the new leader or Tsu'tey?

9) Why doesn't the humans float on Pandora? Is the gravity pull on Pandora the same as on Earth?

10) Why are Pandora's trees green and everything else are weirdly coloured?

Comments:

I think that 'Avatar' is a wonderful movie and I'll give it a rating of nine out of ten. The plot is well thought out and well developed. The details are so carefully thought out and used as though they are a part of the environment. It was as though I've been transported into Pandora while watching the film - it was so realistic from the thin legs of Jake to the emotions of the Avatars. However, there are ten questions I would want to ask about the movie ( as mentioned above ) as I did not really quite understand them.Overall, I feel that 'Avatar' is worthwhile watching it and of course, I would recommend the movie to all my friends.