Thursday, 8/31/06 - Finally, a regular schedule!
Warm Up.
  1. inch : yard :: centimeter : ________
  2. movement : dance :: _________ : music (Two possible answers; give both for +1.)
  3. meal : banquet :: _________ : hurricane
  4. letters : alphabet :: words : ________
  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) Sam Clemens b) Tom Sawyer
    Warm Up c) 15 d) 10%

 
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.

 

 
 
 
 

Delinquent  --Langston Hughes
Little Julie
Has grown quite tall.
Folks say she don't like
To stay home at all.

Little Julie
Has grown quite stout.
Folks say it's not just
Stomach sticking out.

Little Julie
Has grown quite wise-
A tiger, a lion, and an owl
In her Eyes.

Little Julie
Says she don't care!
What she means is:
Nobody cares
Anywhere.
  1. Explain the first four lines.
  2. Explain what he means by "stout."
  3. What kind of "wise" does he mean?
  4. What qualities do we usually associate with lions, tigers and owls? What is he trying to say about Julie?
  5. What is the message of this poem? (In other words, what does Julie need?)

"Thank You, M'am" p31
"It takes two parents to produce a child, but it takes an entire village to raise the child."
-African Proverb
What do you think?