Sunday, October 19, 2008

10/17/08 ROAR

"Down These Mean Streets"
By: Piri Thomas


5comments
  • Piri hates school.
  • It was a repetition between Piri and his mother because of the same events that took place in the morning.
  • Piri would sneak out of class while class was still going on.
  • Piri peed on himself because the teacher would not let him go to the bathroom and al the kids were laughing at him.
  • Piri hit his teacher and another woman named Ms. Washington had to defend him.

4questions

  • Why didn't she let him go to the bathroom?
  • Why did he hit her?
  • Why did Ms. Washington defend him?
  • Is the principal afraid of Ms. Washington?

3vocabulary

  • chastised: to punish
  • bodily: in the flesh
  • prevarication: act in collision

2literary terms

  • "the teacher Ms. Shepard looked like a dried up grape." p.65 simile
  • "A stitch in time saves nine." p.67

1overview statement

  • Piri figures out a way to avoid being in class and his teacher did not allow him to use the bathroom so that made him wet his self so he decides to hit his teacher.