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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Honors English Tuesday

1. You received an assignment to memorize a poem. You have 10 days. Pick a poem from this list (or choose a classic at least 14 lines long that could be used on the AP test).

2. We went over the calendar.

3. We did a sentence combining exercise using the idea that "George is sad."

George wept.
1. Describe George. Use either an adjective or an appositive.
Young George wept.
George, a first grader, wept.
Curious George wept.
George, leader of the Revolutionary Army, wept.

2. Describe how George wept using an adverb.
Young George wept noisily.
George, a first grader, wept wetly.
Curious George wept pathetically.
George, leader of the Revolutionary Army, wept silently.

3. Why did George weep? Use a prepositional phrase.
George, a first grader, wept wetly after breaking his arm.
Young George wept noisily after being told “no!”
George, leader of the Revolutionary Army, wept silently because of the suffering of his men.
Curious George wept pathetically after the Man in the Yellow Hat dragged him home.

4.When did he weep? A prepositional phrase.
Standing on the banks of the Potomac River , George, leader of the Revolutionary Army, wept silent because of the suffer of his men.
George, a first grader, wept wetly after breaking his arm at lunch.
Young George wept noisily after being told “No!” when trying to steal cookies after lunch.
Curious George wept pathetically after the Man in the Yellow Hat dragged him home after a walk.

5. Where did he weep?
Curious George wept pathetically after the Man in the Yellow Hat dragged him home from the park after a walk.
Standing on the banks of the Potomac River during a bitterly cold winter, George, leader of the Revolutionary Army, wept silent because of the suffer of his men.
Sitting in the principal’s office waiting for his mom, George, a first grader, wept wetly after breaking his arm at lunch.

SAMPLE SENTENCES:
Georgia, a girl who usually retained admirably flawless composure, wept bitterly into the crook of her arm as she watched her home and every possession therin reduced to a smoldering wreckage of ashes and smoke.
While at Abbey Road Studios, George, the overshadowed songwriter in The Beatles, wept musically, because Lennon and McCartney found their songs stronger than his, and disregarded his material.
George, an old man, wept violently when he lost his glasses in the park. After losing his wife King George wept bitterly inside of his locked office for fear of his ever pending death.