Signature:

ENGLISH
Project:

ACTION PLAN ENGLISH

Student:

Meja Lugo Elena

Enrollment:

12011096
Teacher:

Erika Citlali Lugo Prez

Semester: 5
Group: A

Career: TICs

Making an action plan (5)

October 27th to October 31st
SKILL

CHALLENGE

ACTION PLAN

Vocabulary

Read one page of

the dictionary (in
English) to increase
vocabulary.

An impairment that I
have to speak, write
and
understand
properly the English
is
the
lack
of
knowledge
of
vocabulary.
I want to expand
my
vocabulary,
learn more words
that I can apply in
my
learning
in
English language..

[write the words to

reinforce
the
understanding]

Read English texts

(songs,
articles,
blogs) and search
for unknown words.

Read lists of words

(adjectives, verbs,
etc.) to increase
vocabulary.
[write the new or
more
difficult
words to learn]

WHEN AND
HOW LONG

Twice a
week
For one
week

CHECK DATE WHEN DONE

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November 3rd, 2014

Read one page of the dictionary (in English) to increase vocabulary. [Write the
words to reinforce the understanding]

November 4th, 2014

Read one page of the dictionary (in English) to increase vocabulary. [Write the
words to reinforce the understanding]

November 5th, 2014

Read English texts (songs, articles, blogs) and search for unknown words.
An Ace up My Sleeve
Cap 1: Alice in Her Drunken Wonderland
The door creaked open with hesitation, allowing a small stream of light out in the hallway
to illuminate a portion of the floor. A girl, her platinum blond hair stuck to her face, entered
the quiet, dark room. She stumbled to a red antique chair and grabbed a hold of its
armrest tightly to keep her balance. A small giggle escaped her lips before she moved on
to a large wooden desk at the far end of the room. As she grabbed hold of one of its
corners, she couldn't help but drop to her knees, chuckling with amusement.
"This place is huge!" she exclaimed to herself. Occasionally, a snort would follow with her
laughter, as if her nose wanted to join in on the fun. As she stumbled to get back on her
feet, which was an impossible task for her current state of mind, a shiny black antique
telephone started to ring. Not stopping to think where she was or who could be calling, she
picked up the handset and pressed it up against her ear.
"Watari," a calm, smooth, and deep voice echoed through the receiver.
The girl immediately could not hold in her laughs and lowered herself to ground once
again, taking the corded handset with her.
"I suppose this is not Watari, then," the voice spoke.
"You sound like a dragonfly." The girl snorted loudly. She was still holding onto the corner of
the desk to keep her chest up, but it didn't help enough to keep the rest of her stable.
"A dragonfly is an insect and there fore could not possibly have a larynx to converse with. I
could never sound like a dragonfly, unless you are referring to the physical sound it makes
with its wings when it's in motion. Even so, both compression waves would be completely
different."
The girl just chortled more, not taking in any of what the voice from the receiver told her.
Instead,she lifted herself once again onto her wobbly legs. Sounds of rapid
footstep came from outside in the hall, so the girl knew time was limited with this mysterious
man.
"I'm so wasted!" the girl laughed hysterically, her cheeks pink as bubblegum.
"I've already deduced that the moment you spoke," the man responded without any
concern. "Could you please put Watari on the phone?"
"Okay, Mr. Dragonfly, but I don't think he will fit," she giggled, but then contemplated it as
an afterthought. The door behind her suddenly swung open, and an old man with whitegray hair and a matching mustache shuffled into the room, completely winded. Just
seconds before, he was running around the house, looking for the mentally unstable girl.
As soon as he spotted the handset in her hand, he quickly pulled it away and put it to his
ear. "Ah, L, my apologies. Miss Alice left my site for only a second, and somehow she
managed to evade my vision." Watari sighed. He produced a plain, creamed-colored
handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"So, that was Alice then," L pondered to himself.
Alice giggled with more enthusiasm as she stared at her hands. "My hands are huge!" She
then held them up to Watari. "Do you see this? They're almost as big as that caterpillar on
your face!"
Watari sighed once again, frustrated with himself for letting her get this way.
"As much as I would love to ask why Miss Alice is intoxicated, I think it would be best if I just
let Bygones be bygones and get back to business," L spoke up, letting his good friend deal
with the problem himself instead of adding to it. Watari thanked him repeatedly as he
pushed Alice's hands away from his face.
"So, what about the twenty-fourth? I believe by then you should have your work
completed," Watari suggested.

With Alice's hands returned to her, she turned away from Watari and followed the cord
that was hooked from the handset to the rest of the telephone. The push dial rested on the
front of the phone, begging, in Alice's mind, to be messed with. Without any hesitation,
Alice stuck her forefinger into one of the holes and pushed down.
Watari quickly pulled her hand away before she could do anything more. "Miss Alice,
please reframe from that misbehavior," he pleaded.
Alice only responded with a laugh and a snort."You said beaver," she chuckled.
L ignored the girl's presence and continued on with the conversation: "I will be done with
the case sooner than that, so I will most likely depart on the nineteenth."
Watari paused for a second, taking in L's words, but soon found himself smiling with relief.
"All right, the nineteenth, then. I will have everything prepared for your arrival."
L took this as the end of conversation and thanked Watari for his work before he hung up
the phone. As he set his cell phone down, he took a look back at his laptop screen in front
him. A small smile crept on his face as he placed his thumb to his lips.
"Dragonfly, huh?"
A breeze rolled in through the open window, pulling lace curtains along with it. The room lit
up from the sun's rays, warming the room to a cool temperature. Alice groaned as she sat
up in her mangled bed. She was never still when she slept, so sheets scrunched at the end
on the mattress and covers twisted around her torso weren't all too surprising to her. As she
untangled herself from the comforter, a quiet knock came from her door.
"Yeah, uh, who is it?" she asked, her headache throbbing from the sound of her own voice.
The light entering the room also didn't help her hangover. It was bright and
blinding, making her eyes squint with discomfort.
"Breakfast is ready, and it would be nice if you could come join us," Watari said.
Alice groaned in response and held her forehead tightly. "All right, I'm I'm not going to be
happy about it."
"I'm pleased to hear you're back to normal." He then turned away from the door and
proceeded down the hall. After everything that happened last night, Watari could only
smile with joy that the newest member was getting along well with everyone else. At first,
he was concerned, not really knowing how she would favor in the home, but after a
month's time passed by, the results had been more than satisfactory.
Alice pulled herself out of bed slowly, still cradling her forehead. The pain came in different
waves, but it was nothing she couldn't handle.
She knew the only cure for her hangover, or at least a way to make it suck less, was orange
juice. So she grabbed her pair of skinny jeans off the floor and tried to maneuver herself
into them as best as she could. Feeling like throwing up didn't help, but after a small
struggle on her part, she managed to get the pants on. She tore off her pajama shirt next
and then proceeded to try and hook her bra behind her. After failing a couple rounds, she
huffed angrily at the piece of undergarment and tossed it to the side. She could live
without a bra for one day. Instead, she picked up one of her T-shirts and sniffed it to make
sure it was clean. It smelled like oranges, so that meant it was still fresh in her book. As soon
as she was completely dressed, she made her way out of her white-walled room and
walked down the hall toward the kitchen. The entry way sat at the bottom of the stairs, to
the right.
The curtains were open, and sunlight was pouring into the house, making the orphanage
seem alive. It would have been deemed a pleasant day, but, to Alice, it was a morning of
hell. She could hear the laughter of some children in the dining room, the sounds of utensils
hitting their bowls and plates full of food. The smells of bacon and eggs filled the house, but
it all made Alice feel sick. The only thought on her mind was orange juice.
She gradually made her way to the archway that led into the dining room. As soon as she
was inside, two children called out to her.
"Alice!" they both squealed simultaneously. There was only pair of twins in the orphanage:
Lea and Liam.
"You look awful," Mello spoke up from across the room.

"She had enough to drink last night to knock out an elephant," Matt added.
Alice couldn't defend herself due to the twins' voices currently echoing in her brain;
though, if she could, the both of them wouldn't hear the end of it.
"Come sit next to me," Lea sang, taking her small hand and grabbing ahold of Alice's. Alice
followed willing and sat down in a padded,wooden chair that was placed between the
twins.
"Here you go, Alice!" Liam grinned, putting a cool glass of orange juice in front of her.
Alice looked at it with a sparkle in her eye. "Oh, Lea! Liam! Thank you!"
"We know you like orange juice, so it's no big deal."
"I'm surprised you haven't thrown up yet."
"I could come over there right now and throw up on you, if you like, Mello." Mello only
glared back at Alice as she took a sip of her orange juice. She sighed inwardly with
relief as the cold liquid ran down her dry throat.
"Do you remember anything from last night?" Near asked. He was using two fingers to hold
on to a fork as he poked at his eggs.
"I don't really remember muchugh, my head."
"Would you like something to eat?" Lea asked.
"I can't think of food right now."
"Maybe next time, you'll think before you go get wasted."
"I swear to God, Mello, I'm going to come over there and shove this cup down your throat."
"I liked to see you try, alcoholic!"
"Alice isn't addicted to alcohol, Mello," Near stated, shifting Mello's anger from Alice to
himself.
"Nobody asked you!"
"Well, I'm surprised you're not puking, seeing as how you ate three boxes of cereal last
night," Matt chuckled with the sounds of his handheld game ringing in the background. The
light from the screen reflected off his goggles that he wore over his eyes, making his face
impossible to decipher.
Roger walked into the room. "Matt, please put your game away when you're at the table."
Watari walked in right behind him, taking in the table full of children. "Well, I'm glad to see
you've joined us all this morning, Miss Alice."
Alice only groaned back, taking in another sip of her drink.
"Well now, everyone, I'm glad to see that all of you get along great with Miss Alice, and I
would like to toast in the success of our newest member," Roger announced, smiling. He
grabbed ahold of a glass of water and held it up in the air. Most of the children giggled
and grabbed their glasses as well, save Mello, Near, and Matt, who grabbed their glasses
unenthusiastically. There were also a few other children who didn't look to want to
participate in the honor of celebrating Alice's arrival, but they certainly didn't want to go
against Watari or Roger. Alice would have grabbed her glass too, if she wasn't already
chugging her juice.
"To Alice!" Roger cheered.
"To Alice!" the rest repeated with joy. They all started to take a sip of their drinks.
Watari took this opportunity to give more good news: "And just so everyone knows, L will be
returning in just one week to meet our newest member."
Everybody sprayed their drinks at the same time in surprise. Alice dropped her empty cup
on the table and ran out the room into the kitchen, where she proceeded to puke in the
sink.
"Dear Lord!" Miss Jane, the housekeeper, gasped from inside of the kitchen. The children in
the dining room didn't seem to notice as they all choked on liquid that they had inhaled in
their lungs.
"Well,Watari, what will L think when he comes back home?" Roger remarked, sighing as he
watched the children around the table gag and cough. Watari only responded with the
same sigh.
To be continued

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6618490/1/An-Ace-up-My-Sleeve

Unknown words
An Ace up My Sleeve
Drunken
creaked
hesitation
allowing
stream
hallway
stumbled
antique
a hold
armrest
tightly
giggle
armrest
wooden
corners
amusement
snort
laughter
stumbled
lowered
ground
corded
handset
loudly
holding
fore
larynx
chortled
wobbly
footstep
bubblegum
winded
mentally unstable
handset
apologies
handkerchief
cord
hooked
dial
messed
hesitation
misbehavior
beaver
sooner
thanked
breeze
groaned
mangled
scrunch
twisted

Un as en la manga
borracho
cruji
vacilacin
permitiendo
corriente
vestbulo
tropezado
antiguo
una bodega
brazo
hermticamente
risilla
brazo
de madera
esquinas
diversin
bufido
risa
tropezado
bajada
suelo
con cable
auricular
en voz alta
tenencia
de proa
laringe
ri
tambaleante
paso
bubblegum
falto de aliento
mentalmente inestable
auricular
disculpas
pauelo
cable
enganchado
marcar
en mal estado
vacilacin
mal comportamiento
castor
antes
agradeci
brisa
gimi
mutilado
crujido
retorcido

untangled
hangover
cradling
forehead
skinny
maneuver
undergarment
tossed
toward
bottom
orphanage

desenredado
resaca
acunando
frente
flaco
maniobra
prenda interior
sacudido
hacia
fondo
orfanato

November 6th, 2014

Read lists of words (adjectives, verbs, etc.) to increase vocabulary. [Write the new
or more difficult words to learn]
Adjective

Adverb

Noun

Verb

Meaning

A
accurate

accurately

accurateness

--

agreeable

agreeably

agreement

agree

amazing,
amazed

amazingly

amazement

amaze

annoying,
annoyed

annoyingly

annoyance

annoy

artistic

artistically

art

--

associate

--

association

associate

attractive

attractively

attractiveness

attract

adj. - free from error. (antonym - inaccurate)

adj.- giving pleasure to someone (antonym disagreeable)
n. - a promise or contract made with someone
v. - to say that one is willing
adj. - great surprise and wonder (antonym unamazing)
adj. - annoying - causing slight anger or irritation
adj. - annoyed - rather angry
n. - the things that annoys
adj. - having natural skills at drawing, painting,
acting, etc. (antonym - unartistic)
adj. - joined / part of (antonym - disassociate)
n. - group, organization
v. - to join together / to act together with or
deal with somebody
adj.- pretty /pleasing / interesting (antonym unattractive)

behaved

--

behaviour

behave

believable

believably

belief

believe

beneficial

beneficially

beneficiary

benefit

bold

boldly

boldness

--

casual

casually

casualness

--

clear

clearly

comfortable

comfortably

comfort

comfort

convenient

conveniently

convenience

--

commercial

commercially

commerce

--

adj. - acting in a specific way. used to form

compound adjectives e.g. well-behaved
(antonym - misbehaved)
n. - way of acting / way of treating others
v. - to act in a specified way
adj. - that can be believed(antonym unbelievable)
n. - the feeling that something is real or true
v. - to feel sure of the truth of something
adj. - having a helpful or useful effect (antonym
n. - being kind, friendly and helpful
v. - profit / gain / future good
adj. - confident and brave (antonym cowardly)

clear

adj. - happening by chance / not serious

(antonym - formal)
adj. - free from cloud / without , error, defect or
drawback (antonym -unclear)
adj. - enjoyable / free from pain (antonymadj. uncomfortable /
antonym
noun discomfort)
v. - to make someone (or yourself) happy
adj. - easy / handy / useful (antonym inconvenient)
adj. - to make money / related to business
practices
and
activities
(antonym
noncommercial)

creative

creatively

creation

create

critical

critically

criticism

criticize

adj. - able to make or produce things(antonym

- uncreative)
adj. - looking for faults or problems (antonym uncritical)

d
adj. - old fashion, not modern (antonym modern)
v. - to write the date / to meet a person of the
opposite sex
adj. - clear, definite (antonym - undecided)
n. - the conclusion reached / outcome / result /
judgment
v. - to settle an argument or dispute / to choose
/ to make up one's mind
adj. - showing the ability to decide quickly
(antonym - indecisive)
adj. - done on purpose (antonym undeliberate)
adj. - something that can be questioned or
argued about (antonym -indisputable)
n. - argument
v. - to argue / to debate
adj. - unable to concentrate properly (antonym
- undistracted )
n. - a noise, sound, sight, etc. which prevents
concentration

dated

dateless

datedness

date

decided

decidedly

decision

decide

decisive

decisively

decisiveness

--

deliberate

deliberately

--

--

disputable

disputably

dispute

dispute

distracted

distractedly

distraction

distract

ethical

ethically

ethic

--

exact

exactly

exactness

exact

extraordinary

extraordinarily

--

--

fashionable

fashionably

fashion

fashion

fascinated /
fascinating

--

fascination

fascinate

flexible

flexibly

flexibility

flex

forgivable

--

forgiveness

forgive

fortunate

fortunately

fortune

--

adj. - trendy / stylish (antonym- unfashionable)

v - to make
adj. - attracted and delighted by creating
interest and curiosity (antonym - uncritical)
adj. - the ability to bend (antonym - inflexible)
v. - to tighten, usually muscles in the human
body
adj. - can be forgiven (antonym - unforgivable)
v. - to stop blaming or stop resenting someone
for something he or she has done
adj. - lucky (antonym - unfortunate)

friendly

friendlily

friendliness

--

adj. - kind, affectionate (antonym - unfriendly)

happy

happily

happiness

--

harmonious

harmoniously

harmony

harmonize

height

heighten

honesty

--

e
adj. - morally correct (plural ethics) antonym unethical
adj. - strictly correct (antonym - inexact)
adj. - above the usual (antonym - normal, usual,
common

heightened
honest

honestly

http://www.englishw.com/AdjectivesMain.php

adj. - content, glad (adj. - unhappy)

n. - joy
adj. - agreeable, friendly (antonym disharmonious)
adj. - make higher / intensify (antonym -lowered
)
adj - frank, open, truthful (antonym - dishonest)