"An angel got his wings and we'll hold our heads up knowing that he's fine.
We'd all be lucky to have a love like that in a lifetime."
In the face of heartache, yet again I turn to music to aid me in meditating on the sometimes grand and often times grim aspects of daily life in America, in the world. Part of this daily living entails coping with and facing heartwrenching experiences such as death. Whether somewhat prepared for, as the one that I've experienced today pertaining to Cancer was, or completely unforeseen, such as the 3,000+ in September 10 years ago, death is literally a breath-taking, painstaking experience - one in which I toil with trying to accept the inevitability of whenever it comes bearing it's jagged, harmful teeth in my or this society's direction. Listening to relatable music is one of my coping mechanisms when things in my life are outside of my control, what are some of yours?
Vocabulary
aid - to help
grand - impressive, wonderful
grim - unpleasant, depressing
daily - every day
toil - hard and continuous labor
control - to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate
Cloze Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list above.
1. It's important to exercise __________.
Grammar Point
"...the one that I've experienced today..."
Articles - indefinite: a / an, definite: the
Articles are sometimes used before nouns, an adjective, or before a combination of adverb, adjective, noun and come at the beginning of a noun phrase. Use a / an (preceding a vowel) before singular nouns (ex. a pen, an apple) and the before definite singular nouns (ex. the bookcase), plural nouns (the bookcases) and uncountable nouns (the spaghetti).
Grammar Assignment
Write six sentences using one of the three articles explained above in each one. Be sure to use each article in at least one sentence.
Winter, Bayside
In the face of heartache, yet again I turn to music to aid me in meditating on the sometimes grand and often times grim aspects of daily life in America, in the world. Part of this daily living entails coping with and facing heartwrenching experiences such as death. Whether somewhat prepared for, as the one that I've experienced today pertaining to Cancer was, or completely unforeseen, such as the 3,000+ in September 10 years ago, death is literally a breath-taking, painstaking experience - one in which I toil with trying to accept the inevitability of whenever it comes bearing it's jagged, harmful teeth in my or this society's direction. Listening to relatable music is one of my coping mechanisms when things in my life are outside of my control, what are some of yours?
Vocabulary
aid - to help
grand - impressive, wonderful
grim - unpleasant, depressing
daily - every day
toil - hard and continuous labor
control - to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate
Cloze Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list above.
1. It's important to exercise __________.
2. Some days, I __________ with my grammar homework. It can be difficult.
3. If you're having difficulties with your grammar homework, you can always look to your textbook to __________ you.
4. The sight from the Empire State Building was simply __________.
5. The chances of the New York Mets making the playoffs this year are pretty __________.
6. My worst fear when driving in a snow storm is the potential of losing __________ of the car.
3. If you're having difficulties with your grammar homework, you can always look to your textbook to __________ you.
4. The sight from the Empire State Building was simply __________.
5. The chances of the New York Mets making the playoffs this year are pretty __________.
6. My worst fear when driving in a snow storm is the potential of losing __________ of the car.
Grammar Point
"...the one that I've experienced today..."
Articles - indefinite: a / an, definite: the
Articles are sometimes used before nouns, an adjective, or before a combination of adverb, adjective, noun and come at the beginning of a noun phrase. Use a / an (preceding a vowel) before singular nouns (ex. a pen, an apple) and the before definite singular nouns (ex. the bookcase), plural nouns (the bookcases) and uncountable nouns (the spaghetti).
Grammar Assignment
Write six sentences using one of the three articles explained above in each one. Be sure to use each article in at least one sentence.
