Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Journal 3

 Part 1
William "Count" Basie

 William Basie was an award winning jazz pianist and composer. He won up to four Grammy Hall of Fame Awards and formed the famous band Count Basie Orchestra. He helped bring a few stars into the spotlight and was an actor in a few movies such as Sugar Chile Robinson and Billie Holiday. William Basie was an important jazz band leader of his time.

Part 2
Asian Dialect

Pronunciation:
~er---> ah
~ i ----> y
~the ---> da

Words:
~ incorrect spelling
~present tense use of words
~not specific

Grammar:
~ fragment/choppy sentences
~stuttering
~dropping letters and adding random letters in its place

Part 3
William Basie and Miss Swan...

One day William Basie invited Miss Swan to take a walk on the beach, "why don’t we go to the beach and take a stroll?" With a delighted look in her eyes Miss Swan replies, "AYE we go to beach and walk."
After awhile William suggest that they grab a bite to eat, "How about after we grab a bite to eat?" With a dissatisfied look her eyes Miss Swan says, "Go eat now, I don’t care you hungry or not we go eat ."
Grabbing a quick bite of ice cream and pretzels William and Miss Swan head back on to the beach and start walking together. "You enjoying our time together?" William asks, " I like when we spend da time togethahhh" Miss Swan replies happily.
Seeing the pier up ahead William asks, "How about we go to the pier and ride the roller coaster?" Ecstatic Miss Swan jumps for joy and says, "Go pier now and go on da rollah cohster."
After riding multiple times on the roller coaster William asks if Miss Swan would like to play a carnival game, "Oh look lets play that game and win a stuffed animal." Being all proud Miss Swan says, "I play, you watch, I get you stuff animal."
As the day was ending William decides its time to take Miss Swan home. "Time to take you home now," William says. Exhausted Miss Swan agrees, "We go home now i go take nap."
Being a gentleman William walks Miss Swan to her front door and bids her a farewell, "I hope you enjoyed this wonderful time we had together cause I know I did." Satisfied with her day Miss Swan replies, "When we spend da time together my heart go BOOM BOOM BOOM ... I like you."
THE END

1 comment:

  1. I liked the way you created a realistic description of the dialect, and it showed in the story. Good work.

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