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Blue and white checkered tiles sheltered the floor beneath the twenty-six desks in the classroom. Outside, Sun stretched through the clouds to reach the green grass below. Two blue jays circled about each other effortlessly while a cool breeze blew in from the open window to arouse me from this majestic trance. I glanced around the classroom to notice that everybody was reading their textbook, so I began reading mine.
Minutes later Mr. Rodner turned off the lights, put on the projector, and began explaining the materials used to make a house during the medieval times. Big mistake! I scarcely heard the words “wattle and daub” before I fell asleep. Mr. Rodner must have noticed me with my head down because he decided to question me on the materials needed to build a medieval house.
“I don’t know,” I replied nonchalantly.
“Skyler,” Mr. Rodner began, “why don’t you ever pay attention?”
“Who cares about this stuff? It’s not like we’re ever going to use it in real life.

2006-11-13 09:13:48 · 2 answers · asked by holaaloha12345 4 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

2 answers

Just then I was teleported to a medieval construction site. Before I had time to exclaim, "What the...", I was ordered to get the wattle and daub from the slag heap behind the lean-to, before it hardened.

Seemed I was stuck there, as I knew castles to take generations to build. Damn my luck.

2006-11-13 09:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1 0

* I would change "Blue and white" to "Black and white," because you refer to blue jays later. Also "black" is more boring or commonplace, as you are trying to contrast the dull classroom with the colorful outdoors..
* Outside [the] [morning or afternoon] sun
* delete "green" or replace with another word. All grass is green.
* delete "about each other"
* [rouse] me from [my] [gentle, lazy, daily] trance
* [all the other students] were reading their textbook[s]
do not use "their" with everyone or everybody
* replace "put" with more descriptive word. turned? switched?
* explaining [medieval architecture].
* delete [big mistake] or replace with [The excitement was more than I could bear.]
* noticed [my head was down] because he [immediately questioned me] on the ....
* replace "began" with a more descriptive verb, such as scolded? or shook his head?

2006-11-13 17:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0 0

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