Sunday, May 2, 2010
whip it good
Very familiar lyrics to one of the great songs of my youth.
Probably, not all would agree. But when I am fortunate enough to be in a car and it comes on the radio, I blast it. My kids give each other an eye-roll, but after a minute or two, start moving and grooving to the beat. I always consider this a psych song. A song that revs you up for something. The band Devo sure did wear funny hats but they got their message across..."just whip it, whip it good." Oh, by the way the song makes no sense.
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Here are the lyrics:
Crack that whip
Give the past a slip
Step on a crack
Break your momma's back
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sets out too long
You must whip it
When something's goin' wrong
You must whip it
Chorus:
Now whip it
into shape
shape it up
get straight
go forward
move ahead
try to detect it
it's not too late
to whip it
whip it good.
When a good time turns around
You must whip it
You will never live it down
Unless you whip it
No one gets away
Until they whip it
I say whip it
Whip it good
I say whip it
Whip it good.
Repeat from beginning.
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Grammar Point:
The entire song can be seen as an exclamatory statement. What are exclamations?
List ten words, or statements.
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Definitions:
Familiar: commonly known
Youth: younger years
Blast: to turn up loud (to explode)
Psych(ed): to get pumped up, or excited about something
Message: to communicate information
Sense: an understanding
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Fill in the following sentences, using the words above:
1. Are you ________ with the band Devo?
2. Does the homework make ______ to you?
3. What is your favorite book from your _________?
4. I love the song _________ in a Bottle by the Police.
5. We heard it yesterday on the radio and I had to _______ it.
6. I am always _______ to hear a great tune.
1.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
by heart
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
I'm stuck
Monday, April 26, 2010
There is a great song by John Fogarty that I love to listen to, and it is always played on the radio as opening day arrives. It is called Centerfield.
Well, beat the drum and hold the phone-the sun came out today!
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A'roundin' third and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man.
Anyone can understand the way I feel.
Chorus:
Oh, put me in coach- I'm ready to play today;
Put me in coach- I'm ready to play today;
Look at me I can be Centerfield.
Well I spent some time in the Mudville Nine, watchin it from the bench;
You know I took some lumps when Mighty Casey struck out.
So Say Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio;
Don't say "it ain't so", you know the time is now
Repeat Chorus
Yeah! I got it, I got it!
Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and a brand -new pair of shoes;
You know I think it's time I give this game a ride.
Just hit the ball, and touch them all- a moment in the sun;
(pop) It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye!
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Grammar Point
Choose your favorite sport. Use 10 adverbs to descibe the action in the sport.
Think of 10 nouns that can be used within the sport.
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Definitions:
Elevator: machine that goes up and down between floors of a buliding
Little League: baseball teams for young children
Opening day: the first day of the new baseball season
Coach: the "teacher" of a team. plyers have to listen to their coach to play their best
Mudville-Nine: a minor league team. Players who are very good, just not professional yet
Say Hey Wiilie: a nick name for Wiilie Mays, a great player
Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio: other great baseball players
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Fill in the blanks with the above definitions.
1.The _______ ________ players must listen to their ____________ for advice.
2. Players and fans hope for sunshine on _________ _________ .
3. Children dream of playing as well as _______ _________ , _________ ________, and
__________ _________ one day.
4. I wonder if kids dream of playing for the Yankees, Mets or the ________ _________ .
5. The _____________ is a great place to meet baseball players!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
long beautiful...hair
Odd topic perhaps, but a topic that all can discuss.
It comes in colors, lengths, styles, textures, softness, sheen, or one can simply be bald.
My husband has a saying, "Better grey than neigh."
My husband had gorgeous thick hair that is greying around his temples, but has kept his color from behind. Unfortunately when he sees a picture of himself he only sees the grey in the front!
My son also has thick silky hair that grows soooo fast. It actually does grow like a weed.
One of my daughters had her head shaved as a baby, and her hair took ages to grow in. She needs to keep it a certain length for it to look her best. I love when she blows it out. She always looks great. And then there is the blonde. We really don't know where it came from, but the youngest of the bunch has long curly blond hair. People used to ask me if she was mine!
There is a play on Broadway that is a revival, and believe it or not it has the same name as our topic: HAIR.
She asks me why...I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and night; Hair that's a fright.
I'm hairy high and low,
Don't ask me why; don't know!
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead; darling
Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair!
Shoulder length, longer (hair!0
Here baby, there mama, everywhere daddy daddy
Chorus:
Hair!(hair, hair, hair, hair,hair,hair)
Flow it, Show it;
Long as God can grow it, My hair!
Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas, a hive for bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my
CHORUS
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy , ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy, shining
Gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted; Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghetied!
O-oh, Say can you see; my eyes if you can,
Then my hair's too short!
Down to here, down to there,
Down to where, down to there;
It stops by itself!
doo doo doo doo doot-doot doo doo doot
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
when they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond , brillianted, Biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah I adore it
Hallelujah Mary loved her son
Why don't my Mother loves me?
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GRAMMAR POINT:
What is a homophone? Can you spot an example in the sentences above? Give ten more examples.
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DEFINITIONS:
Odd: strange
Sheen: a brilliant shine
Neigh: to not have
Temples: area beyond your eyes, but above your cheeks
Weed: and unwanted growth in a garden
Blows it out: to use a blow dryer for hair
Blonde: a person who has yellow hair
Blond: yellow hair
Revival: something that has come back, like a play, or a fashion
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Fill in the blanks with the above words.
My town puts on a play every year. This year it was decided that a_______________ was a great idea, I found it _______ that they wanted a _____________ to play the part of an old man. I always pictured an older person to have grey hair around their _____________.
They couldn't find a blonde to fit the part so they ordered a _________ wig. The actor playing the part had a beautiful _____________ to his hair. It was a shame to cover it up. I bet he takes hours to _____ ___ _______ every day. When I asked him about it he said, "________, I never let the heat touch my hair." To stuffy for me! But I am off for a haircut. My brown hair grows like a_________!!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Where is the sun????
Nora: Wow, it is raining cats and dogs.
All kidding aside, I have empathy and sympathy for the many people who have flooded homes. I have to be careful not to do laundry, and to remind my family to take quick showers, but I thankfully have none of the real worries of so many that have water rushing into their homes.
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Definitions:
FILL IN THE BLANKS:
Grammar Point:
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Mr Roger's
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What programs do you watch? Did you have a favorite show as a child?
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Grammar point:
Write out the theme song from a favorite program. Highlight all plural nouns in green, all adverbs in blue, and all adjective in yellow. Make a collection of all the rhyming words, if any.
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WOOD: lumber
WOULD: verb form of will
CHILDHOOD: the period in life when one is a child
NEIGHBORHOOD: the area or vicinity around a place
COMMUNITY: a social group of any size whose members live in a specific area
INFLUENCE: the capacity to have force on a person
PLEASURE: enjoyment or satisfaction
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What is the difference between a neighborhood, and a community? Where would you rather live, and why?
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Fill in the blanks.
Mary moved the other out of her ___________________ home. All of the memories of growing up there have flooded her mind. She remembers with ________________ taking long bike rides with friends, going to the movies on a Saturday night, and the ______________ a warm summer breeze could have on a stroll to the park. _________________ she miss her __________________. You bet! Now she is off to a new ___________, and her own apartment. She will have to paint the ______________ of her doorway, and walls. but she is looking forward to the challenge, and making new memories.