noxious

The word: noxious
Part of Speech: adjective
The source sentence and page number: Funni in Farsi(pg.127) "Without taking a break, I scrubbed intensely, trying my best not to inhale the noxious fumes."
Context Clues: Y: the word "inhale" and "fumes"
Definition:
1.
harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
2.
morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension.
My sentence: Tobacco contains many kinds of noxious chemicals.

lucrative

The word: lucrative
Part of speech: adjective
The Source Sentence and page number: Funny in Farsi(pg.123) "I didn't want to get on her bad side early on in this lucrative job so i smiled as i tried to untangle her arms."
Context Clues: Y: the word job and the tone of the sentence
Definition: profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
My Sentence: Working at my uncle's restaurant during summer was very lucrative.

olfactory

The Word: olfactory
Part of Speech: adjective
The source sentence and page number: Funni in Farsi(pg.97) "Aunt Sedigeh also had a beautiful garden full of nasturtiums,roses, snapdragons, and sweet peas, a veritiable Disneyland for the olfactory sense."
Context clues: Y: The description of flowers " garden full of nasturtiums,roses,snapdrgons, and sweek peas."
Definition:
1.
of or pertaining to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
My original sentence: My brother's olfactory is very sensitive, that he can smell everything even from far distance.

reflection

My family and I moved to California from Korea in 2001. I was in seventh grade and it was very confusing, because I did not know why I had to move to California. I had difficult times with learning English. Learning a new language was very challenging. When I first came to America I did not speak English at all. While I was in school, I did not understand anything at all what my teacher was saying, and had no idea what I was learning. My teacher helped me a lot to complete all the assignments, but it was still hard for me to complete all the required assignments. I attended ESL class, and moved to regular class after two years later. ESL class helped me a lot to learn how to write, read and speak in English. Even though I was in regular class, I felt I was not belonging there. My classmates would make fun of me, because I was only Asian in the class. I was very insulted by other kids, but there was nothing I can do about it, because I was the only Asian kid who did not speak English fluently. I had hard time in my junior high years. There were some of the nice kids who would teach me how to do my homework and be nice to me, but majority of the class ditched me. They treated me as if I am from another planet, and I was hurt deeply inside my heart. The situation got better after I graduate junior high school. My high school had lot of Asians, so I felt I was belonging there. Now I think back, it is because all the kids were immature back in the junior high years.