A great cover of a great James Taylor song...

Scrooge Tweets!

What would Scrooge have to say if he had a Twitter account?

At the end of every Stave, I want you to send me a tweet:

@rslackey

#BahHumbugYMLA

In the tweet, you are to…
·       Speak in the 1^st person as if you ARE Scrooge.
·       Write only what you think Scrooge would be thinking at that point in the book. The tweet should be meaningful for that particular time in his journey. The purpose (objective) of the tweets is to show how he grows/changes.

Also, if I cannot tell who is sending that tweet, include your (name) in the tweet.

So… 5 Staves, 5 tweets. I’ll post the best tweets in the hallway.

Oh, and if you don't have a Twitter account, get one. And if you can't get one, BE A PROBLEM SOLVER and discover a new way to accomplish the objective.

Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs

Frequently Used Interrupting Adverbs

sometimes
never
not
always
usually
often
certainly
evidently
hardly
scarcely
seldom
frequently

These words are NOT verbs.

Linking Verbs

is
am
are
was
were
be
been
being
*appear, appears, appeared, appearing
*become, becomes, became, becoming
*feel, feels, felt, feeling
*grow, grows, grew, growing
*look, looks, looked, looking
*remain, remains, remained, remaining
*seem, seems, seemed, seeming
*smell, smells, smelled, smelling
*sound, sounds, sounded, sounding
*stay, stays, stayed, staying
*taste, tastes, tasting, tasting
*turn, turns, turned, turning

The BE Verbs: is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being - can also be helping verbs. Check to see if there is another verb after it. If there is, the BE verb is a helping verb. If there is not (if it's the last verb), it is linking.

The linking verbs with the * can also be action verbs. Use the Substitution Test to determine which it is.

The Substitution Test - Replace the entire verb phrase (and any interrupting adverbs) and replace it with either WAS or WERE. If one of these words makes sense, the * verb was linking. If it doesn't make sense, the * verb is action.

Common Helping Verbs

is
am
are
was
were
be
been
being
do
does
did
has
have
had
can
may
will
shall
could
would
should
might
must


The BE Verbs: is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being - can be helping OR linking. See if there is another verb after it. If there is, the BE verb is helping. If there is not (if it's the last verb), the BE verb is linking.

Has Have Had can also be action verbs.

Prepositions

Commonly Used Prepositions

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but (meaning except)
by
concerning
despite
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
onto
out
outside
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
unto
up
upon
with
within
without

Compound Prepositions

according to
across from
ahead of
aside from
because of
by means of
by way of
in addition to
in case of
in front of
in place of
in regard to
in spite of
instead of
on account of
out of
prior to