"the cat and the coffee drinkers" by max steele
about max steele
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•Born in Greenville, South Carolina on March 30, 1922 and died on August 1, 2005 in Chapel Hall, North Carolina
•He was an educator and an author
•Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in WWll
•Taught at the University of North Carolina
•Wrote novels and short stories
•He was an educator and an author
•Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in WWll
•Taught at the University of North Carolina
•Wrote novels and short stories
pre-reading reFlection
What are the most important things a child should learn in kindergarten?
•The most important things a child should learn in kindergarten are partially how to read and write, how to count, their ABC's, and hand-eye coordination.
When someone treats you like an adult, how does it make you feel?
•When someone treats me like an adult, it makes me feel more responsible and it makes me feel like they actually know I'm growing up and I don't need to be treated like a little kid anymore.
•The most important things a child should learn in kindergarten are partially how to read and write, how to count, their ABC's, and hand-eye coordination.
When someone treats you like an adult, how does it make you feel?
•When someone treats me like an adult, it makes me feel more responsible and it makes me feel like they actually know I'm growing up and I don't need to be treated like a little kid anymore.
vocabulary
Endear - to get to know
"Miss Effie never seemed to watch a child on such visits, or offer him anything like cookies or lemonade, or say anything to endear herself to a youngster" (Page 66).
Supplementing - replacing
"Apparently satisfied, or at least reconciled to another year of supplementing her income (for no Southern lady of her generation "worked"), she opened the door wide and said in a different tone 'Children inside'" (Page 66).
Defect - problem
"She spoke as though using milk were a defect of character" (Page 71).
Admirably - respectfully
"When the young ladies had finished giving their names, she said they did admirably well; they chose to sit at tat same table" (Page 73).
Conviction - convince
"The boys would be, when asked, "William Johnson" (a name I can still give with much more conviction than my own" (Page 74).
Poise - mature
"If we smiled or twisted, we had to stand by the fireplace until we can exercise more poise" (Page 74).
Enriched - enhanced
"It is not a food to be enriched with milk and sugar" (Page 75).
"Miss Effie never seemed to watch a child on such visits, or offer him anything like cookies or lemonade, or say anything to endear herself to a youngster" (Page 66).
Supplementing - replacing
"Apparently satisfied, or at least reconciled to another year of supplementing her income (for no Southern lady of her generation "worked"), she opened the door wide and said in a different tone 'Children inside'" (Page 66).
Defect - problem
"She spoke as though using milk were a defect of character" (Page 71).
Admirably - respectfully
"When the young ladies had finished giving their names, she said they did admirably well; they chose to sit at tat same table" (Page 73).
Conviction - convince
"The boys would be, when asked, "William Johnson" (a name I can still give with much more conviction than my own" (Page 74).
Poise - mature
"If we smiled or twisted, we had to stand by the fireplace until we can exercise more poise" (Page 74).
Enriched - enhanced
"It is not a food to be enriched with milk and sugar" (Page 75).
contrasting ideas
Appropriate•Miss Effie's lesson is appropriate for her students when she teaches them how to read.
•Miss Effie's lesson is appropriate for her students when she teaches them how to pronounce. •Miss Effie's lesson is appropriate for her students when she teaches them how to have good manners. •Miss Effie's lesson is appropriate for her students when she teaches them discipline. •Miss Effie's lesson is appropriate for her students when she teaches them to be confident. |
Inappropriate•Miss Effie's lesson is inappropriate for her students when she teaches them how to sweep and dust.
•Miss Effie's lesson is inappropriate for her students when she teaches them how to lie about who they are. •Miss Effie's lesson is inappropriate for her students when she teaches them how to drink coffee. •Miss Effie's lesson is inappropriate for her students when she teaches them how to clean windows. •Miss Effie's lesson is inappropriate for her students when she teaches them how to kill a cat. |