It
began in my backyard; my passion for lacrosse. I stood mesmerized
as my older brother and his friends joked and tossed around. Shortly after my
older sister and her friends had joined the fun, and as the baby I was determined
to do the same. I officially began playing lacrosse in forth grade with my
brothers hand-me-down stick in hand; it read "No Fear". I
carried that saying with me throughout my lacrosse career, with no fear,
anything was possible. I played for my middle school team and made varsity as a
freshmen, I was on cloud nine. Along with high school, I played travel
lacrosse for four years, this was a bit of a reality check, the pool of talent
was much bigger then I expected. With hours of practice, much sweat and many
tears, I made my dream come true, I was offered a scholarship to play
college lacrosse. I had the exceptional opportunity to play
Division 1 lacrosse at Manhattan College where I made many friends and memories
to last a life time.
Vocabulary
Mesmerized (verb)-hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all
else
Determined (adjective)- very focused
Hand-me- down (idiom)-
something that is passed down from one person to
another
Cloud Nine (idiom)- to be very happiness
Scholarship (noun)-a sum of money given to a student for school
Exceptional (adjective) - unusual
Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Activity
1.
The boy was ______________________ by the show on television that he didn’t
hear the phone ringing.
2.
Jack was ________________ to finish his homework before dinner, so he could
go outside to play.
4.
All of my hard work and studying paid off because I was given a ____________ at
attend college.
5.
Since I am the youngest in the family, I get a lot of _________ ____ ________
from my brother and sister.
6.
Nicole was given the _________________ opportunity to travel Prague for free!
7.
Ashley got her ______________ reading from her dad.
Grammar
Point
Idioms are phrases in English whose meanings are
different than they appear. You do not take idioms literally. Cloud Nine is an example of an idiom, it
dose not mean you are actually on a cloud; it means you are very happy. Below are
three sentences, the phrases in bold
are idioms. What do you think these phrases mean?
When
the teacher asked the answer to 1+1, the students replied, “that’s a piece of cake”
Jack
was outside for three hours but to him it felt like only 10 minutes, he told
his mother “time flies when your having
fun”
When
Jacks mother wanted him to slow down as he ran toward the ice cream truck she
yelled “Hold your horses”
