Homework: Heroes Are Hard

DB had a hard time tonight with his homework assignment from the holiday. It seemed simple enough-- write about "heroes," what they are, and choose one to write about.

Well. "What they are" to him meant literally, not personality-wise. So since he'd decided his hero would be Bolt, he said "heroes are dogs." We had to start with a discussion of what personality traits are and I mentioned some he knows, like funny.

Then we had to think of 4 words that the word "hero" makes you think of. He did come up with "fast," but they're not all fast. He thought of "nice," which I'm happy about. I helped him think of "saves" and "helps" and then let him use "super" even though I think he meant our building superintendent. (Not sure why he's fixed on him as a hero but well, whatever. He's a super super.)

Then, the sentences using those words. Oh, the torture! But we got 2 down.

Then, describe what your hero did. I practically did it for him, but my sentence included the word "because" -- one of his words from last month, by the way -- but that was rejected ouright as "too long." So I split the idea into 3 sentences he managed to do:

Bolt is a hero. Why? He saved Penny.

And I got him to add "He is nise [sic]."

I even wrote.it.out. so he could spell it right. Insisted in spelling "Penny" his way -- "Peeny" and I made him erase "saved" because he tries to cross out misshapen letters instead of erasing them.

Serves me right for waiting until the last minute... Next time? Homework gets done first.

Drat. I hate to be the homework police.