Missing Punctuation Challenge “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass it is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions but it becomes somhow a lot worse when the child in question is extra-ordinary, and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant matilda was both of these things, but above all she was brilliant Matildas parents are the opposite of most ordinary parents, and that makes them all the more aweinspiring. Their awful. In fact, they're just as extraordinary as Matilda herself is just in a bad way. Matilda stands out because she's brilliant, and that means her parents stand out because when they look at their genius of a daughter they see a scab and a bunion

Missing Punctuation Challenge “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass It is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions, but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra-ordinary, and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant. Matilda was both of these things, but above all she was brilliant. Matilda's parents are the opposite of most ordinary parents, and that makes them all the more awe-inspiring. They're awful. In fact, they're just as extraordinary as Matilda herself is, just in a bad way. Matilda stands out because she's brilliant, and that means her parents stand out because when they look at their genius of a daughter they see a scab and a bunion.

Which/Witch Word Challenge “There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.” ― Frank Serafini (your/you’re) never going to make it to school on time if (your/you’re) alarm clock doesn’t go off. If (your/you’re) the sort of person who wants to do well at school, (your/you’re) going to have to put a lot more effort into (your/you’re). This means organising (your/you’re) homework and making sure you get (your/you’re) coursework in on time. (your/you’re) work reflects how much effort (your/you’re) putting in!

Missing Punctuation Challenge “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass Sixty seconds That's how long were required to stand on our metal circls before the sound of a gong releases us. step off before the minute is up, and land mines blow your legs off. Sixty seconds to take in the ring of tributes all equidistant from the Cornucopia a giant golden horn shaped like a cone with a curved tail, the mouth of which is at least twenty feet high, spilling over with the things that will give us life here in the arena. Food containers of water weapons medicine garments fire starters. Strewn around the Cornucopia are other supplies, their value decraesing the farther they are from the horn.

Missing Punctuation Challenge “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass Sixty seconds. That's how long we're required to stand on our metal circles before the sound of a gong releases us. Step off before the minute is up, and land mines blow your legs off. Sixty seconds to take in the ring of tributes all equidistant from the Cornucopia, a giant golden horn shaped like a cone with a curved tail, the mouth of which is at least twenty feet high, spilling over with the things that will give us life here in the arena. Food, containers of water, weapons, medicine, garments, fire starters. Strewn around the Cornucopia are other supplies, their value decreasing the farther they are from the horn.

Which/Witch Word Challenge “People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.” ― Malcolm X Everyone (was/were) clapping. There (was/were) people everywhere. What (was/were) going on? (was/were) there something attracting attention down on the beach? (was/were) people running for a reason? There (was/were) noises coming from further down the promenade and people (was/were) gathering around a man who seemed to be attracting more people by the minute. As I got close, I could see that all the fuss (was/were) for a magician who (was/were) performing the most amazing magic ticks. The crowd (was/were) amazed at the magician’s skill.

Missing Punctuation Challenge “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” ― Kofi Annan tuesday First of all let me get something straight This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. i know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIEFICALY told her to get one that didn't say "diary" on it. Great. All I need is for some jerk to catch me carying this book around and get the wrong idea The other thing I want to clear up right away is that this was MOM's idea not mine. But if she thinks Im going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. So just don't expect me to be all Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that.

Missing Punctuation Challenge “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” ― Kofi Annan Tuesday First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say "diary" on it. Great. All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book around and get the wrong idea. The other thing I want to clear up right away is that this was MOM's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I’m going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. So just don't expect me to be all "Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that.

Which/Witch Word Challenge “When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.” ― Rumer Godden (there/their/they’re) was always one excuse or another in (there/their/they’re) planner. (there/their/they’re) was the classic one about the dog eating (there/their/they’re) work, the one about (there/their/they’re) computer breaking and the one about (there/their/they’re) printer running out of ink. Students are all the same! (there/their/they’re) useless at coming up with excuses.

Missing Punctuation Challenge “To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.” ― George Washington Their he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils and wisps of smoke but his fires were low in slummber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious things gold wrouht and unwrought, gems and jewels, and silver read-stained in the ruddy light.

Missing Punctuation Challenge “To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.” ― George Washington There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious things, gold wrought and unwrought, gems and jewels, and silver red-stained in the ruddy light.