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Way to go, Kitty and Ashley!  I challenged you this week to go further in depth thinking about our discussions and you rose to the challenge with great success.

 

In preparation for next class, here is your homework:

Please read chapters 13-19 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

 
After completing the reading, please answer the following on the forum. What is an example in your life or in history of something bad that happened because of greed? Because of selfish desires? Explain.
 
Please also translate the first two paragraphs of Ch. 13 on p. 53.   
 
Keep a physical or mental list of words that are unfamiliar to you.  Either look them up in the dictionary or ask me and we will discuss them.
 
If you have any questions, just write them in reply to this post.  Otherwise, see you next Saturday!
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Of course, I have done something really evil because of greed. When I was 3 or 4 years old, I like barbies very much. One day, when i went shopping with my mother, i saw a beautiful dolls in the barbie shop. I really wanted to buy it, however my mother refused to do it, since i had two boxes of barbies. After that, i felt really angry and frustrated, so i lied and wallowed on the floor. i kept hold the dolls in right hand and stretched my mother's leg with my left hand.

This is a hilarious story!  I love it!  I'm wondering what happened at the end of the story?  Can you imagine doing something like that in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?  Here are a few grammar corrections you can be aware of: 

  • In the second sentence, "like" will turn into "liked" since this was in the past.
  • "i saw a beautiful dolls" has to be "a beautiful doll" or "beautiful dolls," but an "a" and plural can't go together most of the time.
  • "i kept hold the dolls" can change to either "I kept a hold of the dolls" OR "I kept holding the dolls."

Last time, my family went to have a buffet. Because the restaurant was full of people so we had to wait the seats. When we began to have dinner, it was late and I could hear the sounds from my stomach. I went to get the food but I was lazy, I wanted to get more food at a time. So I put many food into the plate. But a plate can't afford too much food. On my way to my seat, unfortunately, some food fell from the plate and I made a mess on the groud.

Good example, Kitty!  I can imagine something like this happening in the story sometime in the future!  Here are some grammar thoughts I have for you:

  • What do you mean by the introduction, "last time?"  Last night, last month, last year, last winter?  We'll talk about this in class.
  • In the second sentence, you can choose between using "because" and "so."  They have similar meanings, so you don't need both.
  • "So I put many food..." has to change to I put more food/a lot of food/tons of food/a pile of food.  The word "food" in this case is uncountable, so "many" can't work to describe it.

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