"It Was Horrifying!"

Yesterday Mark received a score of 3+ out of 4 on his animal report. His teacher called the students one by one up to his desk to chat with them about their reports. Mr. M. told Mark that now that he knows he can "write this well," he expects the same standard of writing on all of his assignments. "It was horrifying!" Mark exclaimed.

Some of the teacher's comments were:
*Very informative w/ a lot of facts!
*When you elaborate, don't go off on a tangent!
*Great word choice
*Humor=good
*Awesome sentence fluency
*Very good attention getter
*Good word choice--can describe words
*Really interesting
*Lots of information

Here are a few excerpts from Mark's cougar report:
*If you have heard the phrase "life is tough" then you will know that is the phrase for the mountain lion.
*Because of all the rocks surrounding the puma, they probably have a type of music named "rock and stone" (hee, hee; WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE).
*Have you ever heard someone tell you that "the world would be better off without you"? Well that might be true for some people (like the Nazi's) . . .
*Have you ever heard the phrase, "You wouldn't last ten minutes"? Well if you made that same bet with a cougar then you will receive more than you bargained for.
*The mountain lion is something that should not be trifled with, and if you made that bet with it, well let's just say its best you have good life insurance."
*Have you ever heard the phrase "pushing up daisies"? Well, if you were to suddenly die and you were left alone then the term "pushing up daisies" would be appropriate.
*If you were to get killed and left alone, then . . . the florists would have a few more flowers in their collections.
*You know those protesters outside fur stores shouting things; well they have a good cause because over-hunting does hurt the environment and the cougar.
*"Going green" isn't such a bad thing after all and I would like you to consider "going green" just make sure it's not the kind of green when you're about to throw-up.
*I hope that the importance of cougars may have reached you now.
*The cougar is a wonderful animal that needs to be protected, for it is important. If you cross paths with one, then do not harm it and just back away.