Idiom: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Id io m : Th e a p p le d o e s n 't fa ll fa r fro m th e tre e .

Kids grow up to be a lot like their parents

Due November 3!

Not only do George Bush, Senior and his son look a lot alike, they were both presidents!

H ow a r e you a n d you r pa r en t s sim ila r ? Do you t h in k you will becom e m or e or less

sim ila r a s you gr ow u p?

Idiom: To whitewash something.

To cover up mistake or errors. To make faults seem less important.

In Mark Twain's story, Tom Sawyer has to

Due

whitewash the fence. He covered the old,

November 10!

ugly fence with new paint to make it look bet-

ter. But underneath, it is still the same old,

ugly fence. Sometimes people use words to cover

over their mistakes or faults by making them seem not so bad. If you use

words to make something you did seem not as bad as it really is, you are

whitewashing.

Have you ever done or said something you

regretted, and then tried to make what you did seem not so bad? Have you ever

fibbed to cover up a mistake you have made?

Then you have whitewashed, too.

Id io m : To p la y t h e d e v il's a d v o c a t e . To put forward arguments against or

objections to an idea--an idea you actually agree with--in

Order to see how strong the other side's argument is.

Due November 17!

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Mary offered to play devil's advocate and argue against our case so that we would find out any flaws in it.

3 Reasons to Play Devil's Advocate

1. To determine if you REALLY believe what you just said;

2. To introduce another line of thinking that ultimately will shape your thinking;

3. To determine if I REALLY believe what you just said. From

Idiom : Th e ch icken s h a ve com e h om e t o r oost . Some-

thing bad you have done in the past comes back to haunt you.

Due November 24!

"Some of the chickens came home to roost for Olympic athlete and swimmer Michael Phelps after a recent photo surfaced of him smoking marijuana at a party. Kellogg & Co. decided not to renew the athlete's advertising contract. Company spokeswoman Susanne Norwitz said: 'Michael's most recent behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg...His contract expires at the end of February, and we have made a decision not to extend his contract.' Kellogg's, the first company to drop Phelps as an advertising spokesman in the wake of the pot picture, had featured Phelps on its Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes cereal boxes. The value of the Kellogg's endorsement is not known, although it's believed that Phelps's lifetime earnings from endorsements could reach $100 million.

How do these pictures show the chickens coming home

to roost?

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