Friends list, I need your help.

[velvetpage]

I need scenarios where my students might reasonably infer what was happening, in language and theme that is fine for ten-year-olds. For example:

1) A young man arrives at his girlfriend's house, bearing a dozen red roses and a small jewelry box.

2) Sirens go off in the middle of the night; when you look out your window, you see an ambulance parked in front of the house of your elderly neighbours.

Give me more. I'm typing them onto inference cards and making a game of them for my kids.

Comments

[melstra.livejournal.com]

Gee, you have a lot of great ones! Here are mine:

1) You're standing in line at the grocery store on June 30 behind a woman who is buying hot dogs, rolls, soda, chips, a large bag of charcoal briquets, and a box of sparklers.
2) You are in the library and someone checks out "A budget guide to Disney World," "Visiting Disney world with kids" and "Everything you need to know about planning a trip to Disney World." Their two little girls look very excited.
3) It's the day report cards were issued. Next to you on the bus is a boy holding his card and crying.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! Thank you!