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 Aimee Shelton Rachael Pope Garrett Spino Steven Roman Michael Tweedie Section on: __It's All Down Hill From Here__   Vocabulary defined- 1. ** Rododoendron: ** Any of numerous usually evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus //Rhododendron// of the North Temperate Zone, having clusters of variously colored, often bell-shaped flowers. 2. **Pathologically optimistic:** Always happy and looking at the positive side of everything. 3. ** Blazes: ** A notch carved or hacked into the bark of a tree, this method of marking trails is to help hikers find their way through trails. 4. ** Logistical: ** Of or relating to symbolic logic. 5. ** Furtive: **  Expressive of hidden motives or purposes. 6. ** Cascades: ** A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California. 7. ** Pensive: **  Deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness. 8. ** Cadre: ** A nucleus of trained personnel around which **Themes/adventures-    ** one of the themes is having "good cheer," in other words being optimistic. In the story Jim is always in good cheer never really says or think of bad things. another theme is to be "pathologically optimistic," Jim tends to be pathologically optimistic. if something bad happends Jim always looks on the brighter side of life. Personal Connection, Influential people, adventure-
 * Structure-** How the story is told? Did the story follow a sequece of order?-