Monday, June 15, 2009

we beat the streets #3

Comments
*it was funny when Sampson lied to his friend that he flunked math and sci when he really got an A
*i know a lot of parents who expect more of their children b.c they never got a chance.
*the kid that was speeding through the test might not have been smart he could have just guessed.
*i would have never guessed that the boy Sampson talked 2 was Dr. George J. What a coincidence.
*i think its stupid too just to fail on purpose.
Question
*when did Sampson mum drop out of school?
*when did they decide to make a book?
*back then why couldn't people be smart and cool?
*what every happen to the teacher thought called Sampson lazy and a failure?
Vocabulary
*deterrent-serving or tending to deter
*BLUSTERY-to be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud, empty menaces or protests
*blaze- a bright flame or fire
Literary terms
*ironic-that they thought that losers were smart but at the same time he thought losers were failers.
*imagery-i could picture George and Sampson talking and then later their best friends.
Overall statement
*this was about when George and Sampson both went to take a test and met each other, and they didn't even know they would later be best friends,

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