Shirley Temple Turns 80!

My husband and my daughter watched the classic movie, The Little Princess, with Shirley Temple a short while back.
Shirley Temple turns 80 years old on April 23. Her popularity rose to a peak in 1934 during the Depression.
Here she is singing “On The Good Ship Lollipop”,

Interesting trivia: In 1939 Shirley Temple’s career began to slow down and she lost the lead in The Wizard Of Oz to Judy Garland after Fox refused to loan her to MGM.
On The Good Ship Lollipop
From the movie Bright Eyes (1934)
Lyrics/Music S.Clare & R.Whiting

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Grammar Lesson 38~ Adjectives

Many two-syllable adjectives and almost all adjectives with three or more syllables use more or most to form the comparative and superlative forms. Examples: honest, more honest, most honest; careful, more careful, most careful.
Write the comparative and superlative forms for these words.
1. interesting
2. critical
3. splendid
4. delicious
5. outstanding
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Pecan Pralines

I’ve been fixing this recipe alot lately because I got a few bags of Papershell pecans at a low cost. It has a few simple ingredients and I usually just throw it all together.
Pecan Pralines
1 cup of pecans
1 tablespoon of real butter
a few shakes of salt
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Then pour the pecans into the pan. Sprinkle salt over the pecans. Let the pecans cook for about 3 minutes over the low heat. Stirring to make sure the pecans are completely covered in butter. Then pour in the brown sugar. Stirring to break down any lumps. Let cook about 3 minutes, still on low heat. Do not burn the brown sugar. It should be a bit dry and granuled. Add vanilla. This should give the mixture a small amount of moisture. Make sure the pecans are well covered in the brown sugar mixture. Cook for about 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
Makes 1 cup

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Grammar Lesson 37~ Adjectives

In comparison of adjectives, one-syllable adjectives and some two-syllable adjectives (especially those ending in y or le) form the comparative with er and the superlative with est. Examples: new, newer, newest; jolly, jollier, jolliest.
Write the correct comparative and superlative forms for the following adjectives.
1. glad
2. prompt
3. small
4 noble
5. funny
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Grammar Lesson 36~ Adjectives

Lesson 36
Adjectives can be used in comparisons which means we change the form of the adjective when speaking of one, two, or more than two. They change either by adding er or est to the adjective or by using the words more or most before the adjective. Some are irregular in their form and must be memorized or looked up in the dictionary. The dictionary gives the forms for most words using er or est to form comparisons.
The three degrees of comparison are called (1) positive which states a quality of one thing or person, (2) comparative which compares two things or persons, and (3) superlative which compares more than two things or persons.
Examples: positive – new, careless, good; comparative – newer, more careless, better; superlative – newest, most careless, best
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives.
1. jolly
2. honest
3. dim
4. friendly
5. little
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