Role Play Time! discussion

Elton walks to his next class, which was earth science. It was his favorite class.

Elton steps into the room and sits down at his desk. Mr. Ryan smiles at him. Elton smiles back. He had always liked Mr. Ryan, who he thought was the most understanding teacher. When Elton wanted to talk to somebody, he talked to Mr. Ryan, and he always listened.

Elton watches Kevin suspiciously.

Elton decides to keep an eye on him.

Elton glances at Kevin and notices he is holding something, but he can't quite make it out.

Elton, still trying to see what Kevin is holding, suddenly jumps out of his seat as the volcano rapidly explodes.

Elton wanted to get up and help Mr. Ryan, but he thought it would look weird. He glared at Kevin.

Dennis comes back from the washroom with the hall pass. "Whoa! What did you do this time, Kevin?", he asks.

"Not cool, dude", Dennis says then races out again to the washroom to get some paper towel. "Here Mr. Ryan", Dennis handed the towel to him.

Kelsey wrote: "Kevin rolled his eyes. "What do you mean, not cool? It was totally wicked!" He gave a sideways grin."

"I'm mean, not cool, Kevin. Look, if you want to disturb class, leave. Elton and I want to learn, right?", Dennis looked towards Elton.

((When is the bell going to ring?))

"Yeah, I don't have time for s-stupid jokes," says Elton, stuttering.

Mr. Ryan, still sputtering from the liquid, says,"Kevin, I am writing you a detention slip for after school the next 3 days. Come to my room when school gets out."

" We're the nerds? Do you even know what a nerd is? A nerd is a stupid person who doesn't even know basic things, like you!", Dennis exclaims. Then the bell rings. Dennis leaves the classroom with his books and heads to Math. "Coming Elton? We don't need to hang around a real nerd", Dennis asks Elton.

Dennis pokes his head back in, waiting for Elton. "Look it up in the dictionary, Kevin. It says,'a stupid, irritating, ineffectual, or unattractive person'", Dennis says. Then he turns to Elton,"I'll meet you at Math, okay?".

Emilie, Taylor, and Renée file into the class. "Hi Mr. Elton", they say as they take their seats and open their textbooks up.

The bell rings and Mr. Elton waits for the stragglers to come in.

Emilie whispers,"It's okay, Mr. Elton didn't start yet" and smiles. Renée and Taylor smile too, they both know Emilie has a crush on Brayden. They both want to giggle, but Mr. Elton won't tolerate that, so they hold it.

Mr. Elton begins his lesson. "Today we'll be learning about ecosystems. Does anyone know what an ecosystem is?", he asks.

Taylor's hand shoots up.

"Yes?", asks Mr. Elton. "An ecosystem is the interaction of biotic and abiotic elements", she replied writing it down in her notes 'Ecosystems'

Renée, safe in the knowledge that Taylor will direct the attention away from her, nudges Emilie with her elbow. Immediately, Emilie snaps to attention, but not before blushing and smiling at Brayden.

"I don't know, Brayden", Taylor whispers as Mr. Elton asks another question. "What is abiotic and biotic?", he asked. Again, Taylor's hand goes up.

Emilie says,"She just is. But you should see her during Math! It's like a feast, but a math feast!" Taylor shoots her smile and says,"Be grateful! One day I'll sit back and relax. Renée can do all the work, hm?" and she turns to answer Mr. Elton's question,"Abiotic is non-living and biotic is living"

Renée says,"Oh no. Let's leave Emilie to it!" and she winks at Brayden and Taylor. Taylor suppresses a smile as she writes down her notes. Both Renée and Taylor know Math is where Emilie struggles most. Emilie goes beet red and says,"Be quiet both of you!" and copies the notes on the board.

"I do not!", Taylor says embarrassed.

Emilie said,"Yeah. She should spend her time helping me study!"

"I will, provided you answer all the questions in Math", Taylor said jokingly.

"But I can't do that!", Emilie protested.

Taylor turned and asked Mr. Elton a question,"Mr. Elton, what should we review?"

"Yeah, yeah. If I did all your work, what would you learn?", said Taylor teasingly.

Renée said,"Hey, when's the bell going to ring?"

Emilie said,"In 15 minutes. I can't wait till Gym! I wonder what were doing?"

Renée and Taylor nudged each other and smiled at Emilie. Emilie caught their teasing glances and blushed. "I hope it's hockey", Taylor said. Renée rolled her eyes,"Hey, not everyone is good at hockey!" "Well not everyone can do ballthrow, 100 metre sprint, and 500 metre sprint either!", retorted Taylor and Emilie.

"What sport do you do Brayden?", asked Emilie turning all three girls attention to him.

"Well? What sport do you do?", asked Taylor turning around and packing her stuff along with Renée's. Then she leaned over and began packing Emilie's. Emilie swatted her hand away. "Out! I can pack my own! But yeah, Brayden, what sport do you play?", asked Emilie after scolding Taylor.

"Can't. Got Chinese class. Wait, when is your game?", said Taylor immediately.

"Sorry, I've got ballet and Math class on the weekend. But yeah, when is your game?", asked Renée after Taylor.

Emilie blushed and said,"Well, unlike other people, I can come. When is it?"

"We play hockey. Sure. What team do you play on?", asked Emilie.

Renée said,"No. I can't come"

Taylor said,"I might come if I can squeeze it in"

"Sure. No problem. It's on Friday night", replied Taylor trying unsuccessfully to pack Emilie's things again. "The bell's going to ring in 5 minutes, Emilie!", Taylor said. "Okay! I'll do it myself!", retorted Emilie.

Emilie blushed and muttered,"Thanks" Taylor and Renée giggled as the bell rang. "Hurry, Emilie!", they called as they left for the Gym. "Coming!", Emilie called and with a wave to Brayden, she rushed after her friends.