Jen anticipates her first days back with the kids after the hurricane:
Ben,
I used Matava’s “The Thirsty Boy” as a basis for my own story “The Cold Boy” that others might want to use and/or help me to tweak a bit. It uses “need/want/have/goes”. I PQA’d the structures today (it is our first day back since the Friday before Sandy hit) and the kids, of course, really engaged in conversation with them. I taught words like “generator,” “flood,” “dignity,” “to help others,” “donate,” etc.
This is my first attempt at doing my own script so, yea, I plagiarized the heck out of it but I’d appreciate suggestions because in a day or so, we will be working with the script:
- the hurricane
- is (not) cold
- has (doesn’t have) electricity
- goes to a shelter
- I’m sorry
Tim is cold. He wants electricity at home. He goes to Pennsylvania and goes to Home Depot. The employee comes and asks, “What do you want?” Tim says, “I’m cold. I don’t have electricity from the hurricane. I need shelter.” The employee tells him, “We are cold, too. We don’t have electricity, either. I’m sorry.”
Tim goes to New York. He goes to Lowe’s Hardware. The employee says, “What do you want?” Tim says, “I’m cold. I don’t have electricity from the hurricane. I need shelter.” The employee tells him, “We are cold, too. We don’t have electricity, either. I’m sorry.”
Tim is sad. Tim goes to a church. The employee says, “What do you want?” Tim says, “I’m cold. I don’t have electricity from the hurricane. I need shelter.” The employee tells him, “We are not cold. We have electricity. Here we have shelter from the hurricane.” Tim is happy.
Thanks in advance,
Jen