My Most Embarrassing Moment
My most embarrassing moment happened when I was in high school. After visiting my grandparents in Louisiana in January and feeling expert on the Mardi Gras celebration that was observed there in the ensuing month, my best friend, Krystina, and I had the means and motivation to go all out for Fat Tuesday. So, we decked ourselves out with beads, t-shirts, and headwear one fateful Tuesday that February.
We boarded the school bus confident in our outfits and eager to add some zest to our day's. The younger students on the bus praised us for our originality and we soaked up every moment of attention. Following the bus ride, heads turned as we walked the high school hallways that we felt complete ownership of and we gleamed. We strutted into first period where an older peer asked us about our attire. As we explained our appreciation for Fat Tuesday, yet another peer said, “That’s neat, but isn’t Fat Tuesday next Tuesday?” Krystina and I looked at each other with utterly humiliated expressions as we both sank low in our seats.
We became the laughing stock of the school that Tuesday morning and for the rest of that day and the following weeks. The next Tuesday came, the legitimate Fat Tuesday, and we did not dress ourselves eagerly that morning. Instead we walked the high school hallways as typical every morning that February – with snickers and index fingers aimed in our direction.
Vocabulary
expert - skilled, proficient
celebration - party, festival
confident - self-assured, secure
attire - clothes, apparel
legitimate - rightful, valid
direction - path, route
Cloze Exercise: Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list above.
1. My boyfriend really enjoyed the birthday _____________ we had for him.
2. I tried avoiding hitting the bird with my car, but it was flying in my _____________.
3. After losing 10 pounds, I was _____________ in my red dress again.
4. After work, I have to change my _____________ before hitting the gym.
5. The teacher questioned whether the student's excuse for not having his homework was _____________.
6. My stepfather is really skilled and experienced at fixing computers. He may as well be labeled an _____________.
Grammar Point
Louisiana January Krystina Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
Proper Nouns - words that are not at the beginning of a sentence, but begin with capital letters: names of people, places, events or institutions; days, months; names of nationalities, ethnic groups and languages
Grammar Assignment
Form five sentences that utilize proper nouns. (ex. My grammar professor is fluent in Russian.)
