Tu, Shih Hua (Alice)

ESL 33B
LDP 5
12 December 2016
Entry 5
Option 1 - vocabulary log
Item #1:
Word
Source

Unambiguous
The Pearl Harbor Attack and the
Origins of the Pacific War: Contested
Memories in the United States and

Sentence

Japan by Robert J. McMahon

Pearl Harbor stands as an unambiguous
symbol of Japanese treachery and
betrayal, and as the singular reason for
U.S. entry in to the Pacific War against

General meaning
Specific meaning

Japanese. (McMahon 21)

Easier to understand
It was clear that the United States
participated in the Pacific War due to the

Grammatical info
Sample sentence

Japanese betray on Pearl Harbor.

Adjective
Owing to the unambiguous explanation
from the professor, I totally understood
this math question.

Item #2:
Word

Treacherous

Source

Theres no Yellow in the Red, White

and Blue: The Creation of AntiJapanese Music during World war II by

Sentence

Krystyn R. Moon
A poll of Americans conducted by
Hadley Cantril in July 1942 found that
73 percent believed that the Japanese
people were treacherous, 63 percent
thought they were sly, 56 percent said
cruel, 46 percent said warlike, and on the
positive side, 39 percent said hard-

General meaning
Specific meaning

working. (Moon 335)

Someone was tricky and dishonest.
Due to the attack, it deepened the
misleading against Japanese, who was

Grammatical info
Sample sentence

disloyal and crafty.

Adjective
The treacherous thief followed the little
girl until she was alone. Then the thief
robbed her wallet and disappeared.

Item #3
Word
Source

Genocidal
The Pearl Harbor Attack and the
Origins of the Pacific War: Contested
Memories in the United States and

Sentence

Japan by Robert J. McMahon

The attack, furthermore, inspired a

thirst for revenge on the part of

Americans that bordered on genocidal
General meaning

bloodlust. (McMahon 22)

The bloody destruction of a particular

Specific meaning

ethnic groups
The attack sparked a desire for some

Grammatical info
Sample sentence

Americans to murder particular races

Adjective
The leader abruptly launched a
genocidal war that led a large number of
innocent people to be killed.

Option 2: Error Log

Topic Verb Form
Activity 1: Analysis
Error and Source

Explanation of the

Solution/Correction/Strate

1.

Until December

Problem
In this sentence, it has

gy
Thus, the revised sentence

7,1941, Japan

the problem about

should be: In December 7,

launched an attack

sentence structure and

1941, Japan launched an

in Pearl Harbor

verb forms.

attack on Pearl Harbor

without any sign

I could not have two

without any notice, which

that caused 2,400

verbs caused and

killed 2,400 Americans and

Americans were

killed in my sentence.

wounded 1,200 people

killed and 1,200

Also, I cannot have

(McMahon 21).

people were injured

another subject in your

(McMahon 21).

relative clause.

The U.S.

According to Oxford

Due to isolated and distorted

government

dictionaries, the usage of

are adjective, so I should use

propaganda

cause should connect

be verb to connect with

successfully caused

with infinitive.

cause".

the Japanese

It should be like: Cause

Thus, the revised sentence

Americans being

something to do

should be: The U.S.

isolated and

something

government propaganda

distorted. (Project

successfully caused the

3)

Japanese-Americans to be
isolated and distorted.

Activity 2: Verb forms exercise

http://a4esl.org/q/j/jb/mc-things.html
1.

Roger would have offered to pay the tuition if I had decided to return to school.

2.

After I had eaten my lunch I was talking to her while she was eating her's.

3.

The thief robbed them while they slept.

4.

I am taking a pair of sunglasses with me and I am wearing them to the beach every
day.

5.

She cooks dinner every night and she eats it while she watches TV.

6.

He arrived home just as I left for work.

7.

She was late and he had been standing on the corner long before she came.

8.

His mother ironed his shirt after he changed his clothes

9.

He had returned to work long before I came home.

10. Are you able to drink a glass of water while you whistle?
11. I would have told you if I had known the answer.
12. He told me that the sun rose with a beautiful display of colors.
13. He has a party every weekend and his friends come to it without fail.
14. Are you able to drink a glass of water while you smoke a cigar?
15. I bring a radio with me and I listen to it on my way to work.