Post by StarSwirl05 on Feb 1, 2009 11:11:14 GMT -5
Too Smart Bright Eyes
At school…
“Good morning, class,” said Hackney. Excuse my rather raspy voice as I’m just getting over a cold. For today’s lesson, we start with sentences and fragments. Of course, you all know about sentences because you speak them all the time. However, did you know that there are one-word sentences like Stop!?
“How is that a sentence?” asked Bright Eyes. Where’s the subject?
“Good question, Bright Eyes,” said Hackney. The subject is you, actually. Even though it’s not actually part of the sentence it is still the subject. A fragment on the other hand lacks one of the three necessary components to form a sentence. They don’t tell all the needed information about something. For example if I said “the ball”, is that a sentence?
“No because there isn’t any information about the ball,” said Bright Eyes.
“My, my, Bright Eyes, you are certainly quick to respond,” said Hackney.
“Thank you, Mrs. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes.
“You’re welcome, Bright Eyes,” said Hackney. Back to our lesson. You always end a sentence with the correct form of punctuation, be that a period, question mark or exclamation point. The type of punctuation you add depends on the type of sentence. For instance, you don’t use an exclamation point in a sentence that asks a question, nor do you add a period if the sentence is “yelling” shall we say. I’m now going to pass out a worksheet and what you do is you rewrite the sentences with the correct punctuation. If you think the sentence is correct, just write “correct as is”. Now everyone get busy while I finish some business. She walks to her desk while everyone works on the paper. Bright Eyes finishes first. Done already, Bright Eyes? Well I must say, I’m impressed.
“Who does she think she is?” whispered Melody.
“She thinks she’s some kind of super genius,” whispered Patch.
“She’s certainly not giving anyone else a chance to answer questions, she just wants to take all the credit for herself,” whispered Clover.
“We need to do something so we can earn some credit,” whispered Starlight.
“Yeah, but what?” whispered Melody.
“I know just the thing,” whispered Patch. She sneaks over and replaces Bright Eyes’ paper with a blank one.
“Bright Eyes, would you like to put the answers on the board?” asked Hackney.
“Yes, Mrs. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes. She grabs the paper and walks to the board.
“Yes, she took the bait,” whispered Melody.
“I can’t wait until she sees it’s blank,” whispered Bon-Bon.
“Neither can I,” whispered Starlight. Bright Eyes sees the blank paper.
“Hey, where’d my answers go?” asked Bright Eyes.
“Bright Eyes, you told me you were finished,” said Hackney, partially disappointed. Now you go finish that paper while I choose someone else to write the answers on the board. Is anyone else finished with the sentences that would be willing to write the answers for everyone else? Ace raises his hand. Alright, Ace, go ahead.
“Yes, Mrs. Hackney,” said Ace. He runs to the board and writes the answers on it. Very good, Ace. The school clock sounds. Have a good day, everyone, see you tomorrow. Everyone leaves. Outside…
“None of you would happen to have known where my answers on that paper went, would you?” asked Bright Eyes.
“We figured you would know, Mrs. know-it-all,” said Melody.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”asked Bright Eyes.
“We switched your paper for a blank one as payback for not letting us get the chance to get answers right,” said Starlight.
“What!?” said Bright Eyes. So the reason why I got in trouble with Mrs. Hackney was because of all of you!?
“That’s right,” said Patch.
“You know what,” said Bright Eyes. I deserved the prank. I should have let others had a chance to give the correct answer but instead I acted like a complete snob and stole all the answers. I’m sorry.
“We won’t accept the apology unless you stop acting like a super genius,” said Melody.
“It’s a deal,” said Bright Eyes.
“Good, so where to now?” asked Bon-Bon.
“How about the ice cream shop?” asked Bright Eyes. I’ll let you all choose what to order.
“That’s our Bright Eyes,” said Patch. Everyone laughs.
At school…
“Good morning, class,” said Hackney. Excuse my rather raspy voice as I’m just getting over a cold. For today’s lesson, we start with sentences and fragments. Of course, you all know about sentences because you speak them all the time. However, did you know that there are one-word sentences like Stop!?
“How is that a sentence?” asked Bright Eyes. Where’s the subject?
“Good question, Bright Eyes,” said Hackney. The subject is you, actually. Even though it’s not actually part of the sentence it is still the subject. A fragment on the other hand lacks one of the three necessary components to form a sentence. They don’t tell all the needed information about something. For example if I said “the ball”, is that a sentence?
“No because there isn’t any information about the ball,” said Bright Eyes.
“My, my, Bright Eyes, you are certainly quick to respond,” said Hackney.
“Thank you, Mrs. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes.
“You’re welcome, Bright Eyes,” said Hackney. Back to our lesson. You always end a sentence with the correct form of punctuation, be that a period, question mark or exclamation point. The type of punctuation you add depends on the type of sentence. For instance, you don’t use an exclamation point in a sentence that asks a question, nor do you add a period if the sentence is “yelling” shall we say. I’m now going to pass out a worksheet and what you do is you rewrite the sentences with the correct punctuation. If you think the sentence is correct, just write “correct as is”. Now everyone get busy while I finish some business. She walks to her desk while everyone works on the paper. Bright Eyes finishes first. Done already, Bright Eyes? Well I must say, I’m impressed.
“Who does she think she is?” whispered Melody.
“She thinks she’s some kind of super genius,” whispered Patch.
“She’s certainly not giving anyone else a chance to answer questions, she just wants to take all the credit for herself,” whispered Clover.
“We need to do something so we can earn some credit,” whispered Starlight.
“Yeah, but what?” whispered Melody.
“I know just the thing,” whispered Patch. She sneaks over and replaces Bright Eyes’ paper with a blank one.
“Bright Eyes, would you like to put the answers on the board?” asked Hackney.
“Yes, Mrs. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes. She grabs the paper and walks to the board.
“Yes, she took the bait,” whispered Melody.
“I can’t wait until she sees it’s blank,” whispered Bon-Bon.
“Neither can I,” whispered Starlight. Bright Eyes sees the blank paper.
“Hey, where’d my answers go?” asked Bright Eyes.
“Bright Eyes, you told me you were finished,” said Hackney, partially disappointed. Now you go finish that paper while I choose someone else to write the answers on the board. Is anyone else finished with the sentences that would be willing to write the answers for everyone else? Ace raises his hand. Alright, Ace, go ahead.
“Yes, Mrs. Hackney,” said Ace. He runs to the board and writes the answers on it. Very good, Ace. The school clock sounds. Have a good day, everyone, see you tomorrow. Everyone leaves. Outside…
“None of you would happen to have known where my answers on that paper went, would you?” asked Bright Eyes.
“We figured you would know, Mrs. know-it-all,” said Melody.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”asked Bright Eyes.
“We switched your paper for a blank one as payback for not letting us get the chance to get answers right,” said Starlight.
“What!?” said Bright Eyes. So the reason why I got in trouble with Mrs. Hackney was because of all of you!?
“That’s right,” said Patch.
“You know what,” said Bright Eyes. I deserved the prank. I should have let others had a chance to give the correct answer but instead I acted like a complete snob and stole all the answers. I’m sorry.
“We won’t accept the apology unless you stop acting like a super genius,” said Melody.
“It’s a deal,” said Bright Eyes.
“Good, so where to now?” asked Bon-Bon.
“How about the ice cream shop?” asked Bright Eyes. I’ll let you all choose what to order.
“That’s our Bright Eyes,” said Patch. Everyone laughs.
