Teaching & Learning English
The Setting: The Metro People live safely in a bright, prosperous land of green tunnels and clean air. The Dwarves are a strong, isolated group of people who guard vast caverns of precious glowing mushrooms. Mason’s 67 Gang and the 67 Mermaids live in the clan of 67 and the river that connects yoshi and … Read more
Part 1: The Rustbucket King Tank was a man built of spare parts and stubbornness. He was broad-shouldered and thick-chested, with a welding mask permanently pushed up on his forehead like a steel crown. His kingdom was the “Sanctuary,” a scrapyard fortress of stacked cars and corrugated metal that hummed with the quiet industry of … Read more
A Tale of Tank, Steve, and Dylan The stage was set, the screen was clear, A contest where we conquered fear. The video played, a silly sight: A goose was typing in the daylight. His homework waited, page half-done, Beneath the cheerful, morning sun. Then Steve began, with honk and tone, A gander’s mutter, gasp, … Read more
CHARACTER INTRODUCTION Mason, the leader of the 67 gang, is a hollow and terrifying figure who has completely lost his own personality. He is incapable of saying anything except the number “67,” using it as his only means of communication. He doesn’t lead through clever plans, but by being a pure symbol of his gang’s … Read more
Character writing Below is the character I created for our group’s story. Character: Superhero Mordecai 😎 Backstory: Mordecai grew up in the Nantonda Swamp on Yoshi Island. One day, he stepped on a glowing, sparkly magic spider and suddenly got superpowers! By age 18, he left the swamp to go to the Double Chin Castle … Read more
Tank was the tech genius of the sixth grade. He got his nickname not from being big, but from being in the Gator House—the green team for his school. His real name was reserved for the principal’s loudspeaker. The rest of the time, he was just Tank. His English teacher, the notoriously strict Dr. Terrett, … Read more
A preview of Monday’s seminar and questions you might want to think about. For those who didn’t bring the poems home, this is the poem: I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and … Read more
Nothing just joking
MY ELEVATOR ACCIDENT I press the button, Up it goes so slow. Watching numbers light up, From one to eleven they glow. First floor, second floor, Third and then the fourth. Heading to the eleventh, Traveling straight north. Fifth floor, sixth floor, Seventh, eighth, ninth, then ten. Will this elevator Ever reach me then? Finally … Read more
OK FIRST OF ALL I WILL TRY TO POST MEMES NOT SO OFTEN BUT I WILL KEEP POSTING STORIES DONT COMPLAIN PEOPLE
Spring, the grass as green as lime, Colors, flowers, shine in the sun. Children playing in springtime, Season of life, season of fun. Summer, the children leave school, Snacks include ice-cream, fizzy pop, People have fun in the pool. When summer ends, temperature drops. Autumn (or fall as Americans say), Golden leaves let … Read more
Nightingale singing in a tree, Gulls fly over a bright blue sea. Moles and badgers living underground, Apples for the harvest red and round. Eagle flies overhead fast and free, Kitty with a big heart comforts me. Gardens and orchards the plants will grow, In the harsh winter the rough wind blows. Rapids … Read more