“DRIIIINGGGG!” the bell hollered. Jake pushed open the car door and ran with all his might to the principal’s office where he would get his schedule to his new classes. “I can’t be late on the first day!!!” he muttered running through the halls of his new school. As Jake reached the office, he heard a voice bellow out of a tiny room with a plaque on it...the principal’s office. “Well hello there!” the principal said arising from his chair. “I’m Mr. Johnson, the principal of Poinsettia Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin. Take a seat. How may I help you?” “Well… I am new to this school and I was just wondering if I could have my schedule.” “Oh! You must be our new student!!! Jake Harrison…is that correct?” the principal said enthusiastically. “Yup…that’s me.” “Well then… here is your new schedule. I’m sure that you will love all your teachers. Do you need any help finding the classrooms?” “No thanks. I’ll be fine,” Jake said shifting around in his chair. “Well of you go then.” Jake looked down at his schedule…first period science…great. He hated science! Oh well…can’t avoid it forever can you? The first two periods were so boring that he almost fell asleep. Lunch was up next. The first thing Jake thought was…WOW! The cafeteria was huge!!! Bigger than his cafeteria back home. With his lunch in one hand and his schedule in the other, he surveyed the room. Tables for all the popular boys, tables for popular girls…WOW! Just then, someone tapped him on the shoulder. Jake whizzed around almost knocking the boy’s lunch out of his hand. “Hey! I’m Johnny. I recognized you from science. Are you new here?” the boy politely asked. “Yeah…that’s... ... middle of paper ... ... “What? The last part was sort of jumbled together.” Jake teased. “Fine… I said that I’m impressed. I would never be able to pull that off.” Johnny sighed. “No worries pal. It all comes with practice. We can hang out and I can help you. Would you want that?” Johnny grinned. “I would love that. 5 o’clock tomorrow?” “Sure!” “BRIIINNNNNG!” the bell roared. “See you later!” Johnny hollered running towards his classroom. “Yup…see you later.” Jake yelled back. Jake ran to his classroom with a grin as long as the Pacific Ocean. He got a friend, and he could help someone with their soccer skills. That is exactly what someone would want if they were new to the school…right? At least they would like the friend part. Anyways…the important thing was that he had a friend and that was all that mattered.
When I walked in Ms. Shannon’s class I introduced myself and told the kids to pretend I wasn’t in the class. I sat in the back an...
It wasn’t so much a cafeteria as it was a “great dining-hall.” People got in, got to eating, and got out. Food and drink were passed around, but there was no time for “lighting a good cigarette.” The women weren’t allowed the privilege of sinking into “the cushions in the window-seat” that the men were. There was a set schedule for this meal. As soon as everyone had finished up, they “scraped their chairs back” as the large doors swung “to and fro.” It wouldn’t be long before the entire cafeteria had been “emptied of every sign of food and made ready… for breakfast next morning.” There was no luxury at this dining-hall, just a modest
Threats made him great because they made him think about what he was going to do with his life if he did not behave, and his future didn't look so bright. Also, others not reacting when he misbehaved made Jake a greater person because he just wanted attention and when he didn't get it he stopped. Finally, discovering his passion made Jake great because it gave him joy and he started to relate to others and want to also give them happiness. To summarize, Jake went through a lot, his parents were in jail, he moved in with a new family, and was threatened to be locked up. Jake's life was an emotional roller coaster, and he could have sat around feeling sorry for himself. But instead, he helped the Applewhites, worked hard and tried to please others. He realized that he could change his future. He stepped up to the challenge and made a difference in his life. Jake became
• In English, a guy came in and told Miss. Cooper that Principal Peattie wanted to see Doug After school.
In the book Jake Reinvented the theme seems to be not to stress over the unimportant things but to focus on the little things and as times go by. In times in the book Jake focuses on having fun and living life to the fullest. In this book the main character is Jake Garrett who is a smart kid who is the long snapper on the football time and likes to throw lots of wild parties. He tends to some times in the story veer away and party too much and get in trouble.
In this first unit of The First Days of School, Harry Wong presents three characteristics of an effective teacher. The three characteristics are: has good classroom management skills, teaches for mastery, and has positive expectations for student success.
“Now that you have read and it’s almost time for the last part of the day to begin I thought that I would tell you that we’re going on a field trip to see a play sometime this next week. How’s that sound?” Pretty much everyone wanted to go to the play. She said, “Good, so I’m going to have someone pass the permission slips out so that you all can get it signed and can go on the field trip.” Pretty much everyone was very excited for this field trip, it was going to be fun.
The first stop was Monica’s class room. We walked through the never ending hallway, searching for Monica’s classroom like detectives on a mission to find a key to the unknown door. We found the Monica’s classroom and dropped her off. The next stop was mine. I found myself getting more nervous each step, I toke. Suddenly my mom and my dad stopped walking and told me that this was my classroom.
Food has been a great part of how he has grown up. He was always interested in how food was prepared. He wanted to learn, even if his mother didn’t want him to be there. “I would enter the kitchen quietly and stand behind her, my chin lodging upon the point of the hip. Peering through...
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"Wake up call," I could hear Coach on the other end of the line. "Wake everyone else up in the room and the bus will leave at seven."
“Well, I’m more sad than anything,” she replied. “I’m going to miss all of the freshman that we taught how to play.”
Bonnie the secretary introduced me to my new teacher. As Mrs. Bonnie was leaving the room, my new teacher Mrs. Evaheart introduced me to the class. As I stared at the class I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed. I wanted to go back to my old school where I had friends, knew almost everyone, a place where I didn’t feel lonesome, a place anywhere but here. As I saw each and every one of my new classmates faces the utter dread that I felt slowly began to fade as I saw a familiar face. Seeing one of my former friends give me a renewed hope that maybe being in this school won’t be so bad after
“Oh, why didn’t you say that? It’s over there,” said sheen, pointing down to the class at the end of the hallway. Sheen led them to their class and sat a seat behind from Jimmy. Jimmy sat down and put his ball under his chair. The class was very spacious with 4 rows of 4 individual desks. The desks were all facing a chalkboard that was located in the front of the class. In the back of the class were four computers on individual tables. The chairs near those desks were very low. There was a little space that was dark between the tables.
“You know we are suppose to be in English class right now”, said the guy with the blond hair name Sunil.