
MAY, 2022: CONVERSATION: One student getting advice from a classmate about why his grades are poor
Quiz by Mary Stormon-Flynn
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
You will read a conversation. Please choose the ____ response(s) for each question.
LUCA: Hi Daniela, how ____ you?
DANIELA: I'm okay. ______ for asking. How are you?
LUCA: Well, to be honest, I ____ feel very well.
DANIELA: I am sorry to hear that. What's _____?
LUCA: Oh, my grades in English aren't _______.
DANIELA: Oh, that can make a student feel ________.
LUCA: Yes, I _______.
DANIELA: Well, exactly how do you ______?
LUCA: I feel ________ myself because I understand the lessons, but I don't do the work.
DANIELA: You don't _____ the work?
LUCA: Yes, that's _______. I want to be honest with you.
DANIELA: Well, I want to be honest with you. If you don't do the work, what grade do you _______ to get?
LUCA: Wow! I didn't think that you would be _____ with me. We're both students. Why are you so irritated?
DANIELA: Well, I am annoyed. Let me ask you some questions. In general, _____ your teacher remind you about your homework?
LUCA: Yes, Mrs. Flynn _________ students.
DANIELA: Does Mrs. Flynn ______ what you have to do?
LUCA: Yes, Mrs. Flynn _________ what we have to do.
DANIELA: Does Mrs. Flynn ______ you some time in class to do your work?
LUCA: Yes, we get a lot of time _________ work in class.
DANIELA: Do you ever _____ after school to ask for help if necessary?
LUCA: No, I _________.
DANIELA: Do you _____ class? In other words, do you sometimes not go to class even when you're at school?
LUCA: Yes, ________ I do skip class.
DANIELA: Do you do your work when you are _____ your class?
LUCA: Sometimes, I don't do __________ in class for a long time.
DANIELA: Oh, boy! If your teacher asks you to put your phone in the cell pocket, _____ you do that?
LUCA: Well, sometimes, but sometimes I _______ that I don't have my phone. I keep it with me!
DANIELA: Yes, that's a problem ... for you and Mrs. Flynn. Do you get ___________ homework and you can't finish it because there's too much?
LUCA: No, we don't get much homework at all. Sometimes we only have to watch _____ video every week.
DANIELA: One video? Are you serious? You are so ______that you only have a little bit of homework.
LUCA: Sometimes I don't even do the video and then get a _____ score.
DANIELA: It's so easy for you to improve your grades. However, you don't really do much to help your education, ______ you?
LUCA: No, I _______. You're right.
DANIELA: So ________are you going to do about your eduation?
LUCA: _______ attention in class, _______ my work and ______my teacher?
DANIELA: Well, you can start there. Also, _______ interrupt your teacher when the teacher is presenting to the class.
LUCA: You're right. Also, I will talk to my teacher and ask ______ missing assignments I need to do.
DANIELA: That is important. Also, you need to ________ your teacher because your behavior is not respectful.
LUCA: Yes, I will _________, too. Maybe my teacher will forgive me.
DANIELA: Or maybe your teacher ________. You are in control of how you behave. You are in control of how you treat people.
LUCA: I have to be consistently _________ to get my teacher's confidence in me, don't I?
DANIELA: Yes, you ______. If a teacher has lost trust in you, that is not a good thing.
LUCA: Thank you. Is there anything else I should _________?
DANIELA: If you don't use particular words in front of your grandmother DO NOT use them in your classroom. DON'T USE _____ words! You know what they are!