Thursday, 9/1/05
I. Warm Up. Copy into notebook (which you should have by today).
  1. inch : yard :: centimeter : ________
  2. movement : dance :: _________ : music (2 possible answers)
  3. meal : banquet :: _________ : hurricane
  4. colors : spectrum :: facts : _________
  5. peel : peeled :: deal : ________
  6. Show how you would mark answers for each type of exercise. (4 x 1/2)
    7. Correct Answer Wrong Answer
    Quiz a) b)
    Warm Up c) d)
  7. (1) Who is Samuel Clemens?
PERFEKCT PAPERS...(see below)

SHOW not TELL
"Don't tell us that the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream."
   -Samuel Clemens

cool, pretty, fun, scary, weird, ugly
What does each of these things LOOK like?

These are actually opinions, NOT descriptions!
What's "cool" to you could be "gross" to me or your mom!
You need to show us what this looks, sounds, tastes, smells, feels like!

Describe in detail what this might LOOK/SOUND like:
Compare two examples...

"My Room is Such a Mess" due Thursday 9/8.
350+ words, ink, ndp, title, mess(y), gross, disgusting, dirty, stinky, etc.

By Langston Hughes:

Reminder! Due tomorrow:
Can You Be Perfekct?
Write 150 words about fun (in any way related to fun!).  No mechanical mistakes are allowed. Put name, date, and period in the
upper right corner. Give the page a title. Ink. Not ripped. Due Friday. 20 points, -5 for each mechanical mistake I find. Get
"everybody and his mom" to proofread it for you!
Bonus options: a) Go for three hundred words! b) Use a colon and a semi-colon correctly. c) Go for more than "It is fun to see Spot
run." 

Is the "essay" at right perfect?
a) Perfect!  b) 1 mistake. c) 2 mistakes. 
d) 3 mistakes. e) 4 mistakes
Johnny Cash
9/1/05
Period 1
El Queso Grande

     One of the best things about Mr. Coward's class is that it is fun! (As long as I keep telling myself that, things will be just fine.) I don't think I've ever had so much fun in English before. 
     Of course, he paid me to say that, but I would of been glad to do it for free. I started the year with an A+. How fun is that? I get to have my very own spiral notebook, and I just love the color of it: pink. 
     This paper only has to be 150 words long, but I could go on for days about how much fun this class is already. We even got to see a sheep hitting his head! I couldn't believe that one. I mean, who videotapes sheep anyway? I certainly don't. Maybe you do; I don't know.
     Anyways, el queso grande means "the big cheese." I guess that means he's the boss. Maybe he just likes cheese.