GOOD MORNING CLASS, YOUR TEACHER MISS DURKIN IS A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, OH DON’T WORRY,
SHE WILL BE BACK ON MONDAY.
YES JOHNNY, WE WILL ALL MAKE GET WELL CARDS FOR HER THIS AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO THE LESSON PLANS, APPARENTLY EVERY FRIDAY SHE READS TO YOU. I IMAGINE THIS GIANT BOOK RIGHT HERE MUST BE THE ONE.
WHO KNOWS THE NAME OF THE BOOK?
I KNOW IT’S A VERY FAMOUS ONE!
SALLY, DO YOU KNOW THE TITLE?
YES,
THE NAME OF THIS HEAVY LEATHER BOUND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSRATED BOOK IS CALLED, NEVER NEVER BLOG LAND.
AND WHO WROTE THIS FABULOUS BOOK?
YES YOU ARE ALL RIGHT AGAIN!
THE FAMOUS AND PROLIFIC AUTHOR IS… ROSEMARY SNYDER.
I BELIEVE I HAVE READ EVERY SINGLE BOOK
SHE HAS EVER WRITTEN!
EXCEPT THIS ONE! TODAY IS MY LUCKY DAY!
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A CAST OF MAIN CHARACTERS.
EACH AND EVERYONE HAPPENS TO BE A BLOGGER MENTIONED IN THE BOOK.
ACCORDING TO MISS DURKINS NOTES, YOU HAVE ALREADY COVERED THE TOP TEN MOST POPULAR BLOGGERS FOR THE DAY, THE WEEK AND THE MONTH, AND THEN YOU READ ALL ABOUT THE TOP 100 LIST. WOW, I BET THAT TOOK A LONG TIME?
WHAT DID YOU SAY HONEY?
SPEAK UP, I’M SORRY BUT I DON’T REMEMBER YOUR NAME?
OH NATALIE, NOW I REMEMBER YOU. I HAD YOUR SISTER JACKIE, IN CLASS LAST WEEK WHEN I SUBBED FOR MISS ANDERSON, SHE IS A DARLING GIRL
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION DEAR?
YES, YOU MAY GO,
PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE YOU RETURN.
YES, HENRY, YOU MAY ALSO GO. HURRY!
I'M SUPPOSED TO WRITE THREE WORDS ON THE BOARD BEFORE WE BEGIN.
Does anyone know where Miss Durkin keeps the chalk?
I DON’T SEE ANY?
THANK YOU PETER.
PETER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE THESE WORDS ON THE BOARD FOR US? HERE YOU GO, THEY ARE LISTED ON TOP OF PAGE 10.
OH PETER, YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING!
LET'S READ THESE WORDS TOGETHER.
PROTAGONIST
ANTAGONIST
ANTONYM
NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT THESE WORDS MEAN? ANYONE?
MARY, YOU KNOW THE THIRD WORD?
VERY GOOD, YES AN
ANTONYM IS,
NATALIE AND HENRY, GREAT TIMING
TAKE YOUR SEATS YOU HAVE NOT MISSED A THING.
MARY JUST TOLD US THE DEFINITION OF AN ANYONYM
WOULD YOU REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME?
YES, AN ANTONYM IS A WORD, WHICH HAS THE OPPOSITE MEANING TO ANOTHER WORD!
WONDERFUL!
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE OTHER 2 WORDS THAT PETER WROTE ON THE BOARD?
Pro tag o nist
And
an tag o nist
NO ONE KNOWS?
OK
LET ME GIVE YOU A BIG HINT
A PROTAGONSIT IS THE OPPOSITE OF AN ANTAGONIST
WHO WANTS TO TAKE A GUESS …PRICILLA?
NO, good guess though
SAM
DO YOU WANT TO TRY?
RIGHT!
YES, GREAT JOB
THEY ARE THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS IN A STORY
FANTASTIC
I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE ALL SO SMART
ACCORDING TO YOUR DICTIONARY
THE PROTAGONISTS ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS, ADVOCATES OR CHAMPIONS OF A CAUSE OR COURSE OF ACTION
AND ANTAGONISITS ARE
OPPONENTS OR ENEMIES
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ANTAGONIZE OR STIRS THE POT
AND ARE ALWAYS OPPOSING THE PROTAGONIST
AND WHAT ARE THESE WORDS CALLED ONCE AGAIN CLASS?
GOOD LISTENERS
RIGHT
THEY ARE
ANTONOMS
OK
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THE ANTAGONISTS
FIRST, YOUR TEACHER SAID I SHOULD WRITE 10 NAMES ON THE BOARD, I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THIS EARLIER, SORRY.
I WOULD LIKE EVEYONE TO SAY THEM OUTLOUD AS I WRITE THEM
The Looser
The Weeper
The Beeper
The Bleeper
The Keeper
The Deeper
The Creeper
The Leaper
The Peeper
The Reefer
GOLLY JEEPERS!
VERY GOOD
WHAT DO ALL THESE WORDS HAVE IN COMMON, BESIDES BEING THE ANTAGONIST? PAT?
YES INDEED, THEY ALL END IN ER!
INTERESTING?
THIS IS A LIST OF THE TOP TEN LOONS IN NEVER NEVER BLOG LAND
IT SAYS,
ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
HUM?
IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE?
PLEASE SIT STILL AND KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF, FOLD THEM ON YOUR LAP AND WHEN EVERYONE IS QUIET, WE WILL CONTINUE WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
OK here we go
THE TOP TEN LOONS LIST
ALL MENTALLY UNSTABLE
THE LOOSER
NOT VERY WELL LIKED …ACTUALLY A TOTAL FAILURE AS A HUMAN BEING
THE WEEPER
WAILS ALL THE TIME, A BIG BLUBBERING BLOGGER, CRIES, SOBS AND MOANS CONSTANTLY, A REAL BIG BLOGGING BABY WHO IS ALWAYS BAWLING
THE BEEPER
CONSTANTLY PUSHING HIMSELF ON EVERYONE, ALWAYS IN OTHER MEMBERS FACES
BEEP BEEP
LIKES TO TOOT HIS OWN HORN, BESIDES HORNING IN, HE WANTS TO IM YOU 24/7, SENDS TONS OF E MAILS INSIDE AND OUT OF THOUGHTS, CLOGS UP YOUR INBOX A VERY NEEDY CHARACTER
THE BLEEPER
ALWAYS A BUZZ, LOVES TO TELL DIRTY JOKES, AN ALARMIST, SOUNDING ALERTS ALL THE TIME, WARNING PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL DANGER, A TATTLETAIL AND AN INSTIGATOR WITH A POTTIE MOUTH WHO IS FOREVER GETTING BLEEPED FOR FOUL LANGUAGE.
THE KEEPER
LIKE A GOAL KEEPER KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING WHO IS ON THE TOP TEN LIST AND WHY AND WHO IS STINGY WITH THE STARS AND WHO HAS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AND WHO IS NOT WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE AND WHO IS SECRETLY SEEING WHO AND WHO WROTE SOMEONE AN E MAIL, THE KEEPER ALWAYS KEEPS A COPY OF EVERYTHING…THIS CONTROLLING PERSON IS THE SELF APPOINTED CUSTODAIN OF THOUHTS. THIS PARTICULAR LOON THINKS HE OR SHE IS THE BOSS OF EVERYONE.
THE DEEPER
DEEP DOWN THIS BLOGGING DUDE IS WAY TOO DEEP, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS A WORD HE OR SHE WRITES, A REAL DOWNER, AND A VERY DIFFICULT DUFUSS WHO DEEPLY DISAGREES WITH EVERYONE, IS VERY DARK AND INTENSE, DIGS HOLES IN HIS STORY, DEEPER AND DEEPER DAILY
THE CREEPER
TIPTOES AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SOCIAL CLIMBER, SLINKING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FORUMS AND THE BLOGS, ALWAYS WITH AN AGENDA, ACTING VERY FRIENDLY BUT THIS CREEP HAS A MASTER PLAN, CAN NOT BE TRUSTED, WARNING PEOPLE, BEWARE OF THE CREEP
THE LEAPER
BLOGS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON MULTIPLE SUBJECTS WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AND ON MULTIPLE BLOG SITES, TRIES TO GET THE JUMP ON SOMEONE THEN ABRUPTLY SWITCHES ALLIANACES TO THE OTHER SIDE, HAS TO MAKE A COMMENT ON EVERYTHING, A POST OR A THREAD CAN NOT GET PASSED THE LEAPER WITHOUT THIS LITTLE LUNITIC LEAPING IN TO THE FRAY.
THE PEEPER
SOMEONE WHO PEAKS AT PEOPLES PROFILES, GETS THE SCOOP ON EVERYONE, A DIRTY OLD MAN, OR WOMEN, TRIES TO OBTAIN PHONE NUMBERS AND OFF SITE E MAIL ADDRESSES … VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY …SOMETIMES YOU DON’T HEAR FROM THIS BLOGGER FOR MONTHS BUT THIS CHARACTER IS ALWAYS ON LINE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PEEPER IS PEEPING AT…THE PEEPER IS WATCHING EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE NEWBIES, CONSANTLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO STALK. … BE CAREFUL OF THIS ONE PEEPS
AND NUMBER 10
IS
THE REEFER
PERPETUALLY STONED, NEVER MAKES ANY SENSE...
PEG, YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
IT'S ALMOST TIME TO PUT THE BOOK AWAY,
OK, IF IT’S A SHORT ONE...
WHAT DOES STONED MEAN?
???
WELL, IT MEANS THAT THE REEFER IS NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND?
HIS REMARKS REEK AND WHEN HE SOBERS UP AND REEMERGES, THIS DOPE CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
JOHNNY YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
YOUR FATHER SMOKES MARIJUANA, OH …UM, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE TIME?
OH MY
BOYS AND GIRLS IT'S TIME TO PUT THE BOOK AWAY, YOUR TEACHER WILL READ MORE OF THIS INTRIGING FAIRYTALE NEXT FRIDAY. EVERYONE LINE UP, WE WILL TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK, GET A DRINK OF WATER AND TALK ABOUT FRACTIONS WHEN WE RETURN.
CHILDREN
NO TALKING IN THE HALLWAY!
WE DO NOT WANT TO DISTURB THE OTHER CLASSSES, AND DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR MATH BOOKS OUT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SEAT.
WHAT HONEY?
YOUR NEIGHBOR GETS STONED EVERY NIGHT? OH DEAR
WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT A FRACTION IS? PLEASE WALK EVERYONE , NO PUSHING!
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