A Fantastic Concert

Last night was such a great time! Last week, I won tickets to a concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom. I called my friends, Emily and Doug, and we got dressed up in hysterical costumes. I dressed up as an ‘Aspiring Actress,’ I wore a plain white tee shirt, a big blonde wig, and a black apron. Doug bought a referee shirt that was little too small, so he ripped up the shirt put on some makeup and became a ‘Zombie Referee.’ Emily was less creative when she bought an adorable red dress that looked like a guitar.

We took the train into the Manhattan and walked to the concert hall. Every one at the venue was dressed up in costume. We saw some one dressed up as Pee Wee Herman, Octo-Mom (Nadia Suleman), the Three Blind Mice, Snookie, and Bob the Builder. They all looked fantastic! Even though the headlining band, Devo, canceled their performance, we still got to see the band Neon Trees. They were phenomenal! The lead singer was dressed in a skeleton outfit, and when they turned on the black lights, all you could see were the glowing bones on his costume. I would definitely see that band again. After the concert we went to a few local bars and danced the night away. 

Vocabulary:

Concert (noun)- a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.

Hysterical (adjective)- causing unrestrained laughter; very funny

Plain (adjective)- ordinary, simple, or unostentatious

Adorable (adjective)- very attractive or delightful; charming

Referee (noun)- a judge having functions fixed by rules of the game or sport; umpire

Guitar (noun)- a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.

Performance (noun)- a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented befor an audience.

Phenomenal (adjective)- highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional.

Glow (verb)- to emit bright light and heat without flame; become incandescent.

Exercise:

Unscramble the Vocabulary words. Then create original sentences using four of the vocabulary words.

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Grammar Point:

Adjectives are words that modifies or describes a noun. For example, if you were writing a sentence about a dog you could use an adjective such as black to further describe the dog.

Ex. the black dog, the blue house, an adorable red dress.

 Find four adjectives in the paragraphs above.  Write down the adjectives and nouns they describe. Then create a sentence using adjectives.

Links:

Watch this little cartoon about adjectives to learn more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJdUXSMi1lo