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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 18 of 31

Tara Smith

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CLASSROOM SLICE OF LIFE STORY CHALLENGE: DAY 18  OF  31

Welcome to Day 18!

A Slice of Life is a wonderful place to practice writing in a humorous way.  Here for example  is Andrew, who is writing about going for a drive with his sister, who has just collected her first official driver’s license.  Notice the way he exaggerates his reactions in order to make us smile…which we do!

I walked slowly down my front porch to the “new” car we had gotten for my sister. I slowly hopped in the back, made sure to buckle my seat belt,  and asked, “Should I wear a helmet or something?”

“No!” Meghan replied, “don’t be ridiculous, you’re in good hands!”

I wasn’t so sure about that, though. I had heard my parents talking about Meghan’s driving, and I remembered how they looked pale as ghosts every time they’d returned for “practice drives.” So, I tightened  my seat belt, and prepared for the worst.

The car suddenly started to back out of the driveway with a screech! and I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I knew we were only going to the CVS in town, but my knees were shaking and I was breaking out into a cold sweat. I thought I was doomed. We turned and zoomed forwards. I KNEW I was doomed!

When we finally arrived back home, I jumped out of the car and laid on the ground saying, over and over again, “Oh, thank God it’s over!” I  had been so sure I was going to die.

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Published by Tara Smith

I teach Writing Workshop, Language Arts and Social Studies to sixth graders at a middle school in suburban New Jersey. This blog is my attempt to capture all the "stuff" that goes into my teaching life - the planning, the dreaming, the reading, the preparing, the hoping and (above all) the kids. Please note that the content of this blog is my own. It does not reflect the opinions of my employer.

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