D: (At Victor's home) Mom: Victor, I sewed up those jeans of yours today! Victor: Thanks, mom! Dad? What do you think about school uniforms? Dad: I think they're a fine idea for everyone but you! Victor: Huh? Why not me? Dad: You keep your mother bus...
C: (At the cafeteria) John: Hey, Victor! Heard your terribly tacky wardrobe made you late! Victor: Too bad you didn't take longer choosing your clothes! John: (Trying to show off) Get real! This shirt is pure silk. And these boots are straight from I...
B: (In the classroom) Miss Mood: Victor! I see you crawling in late as usual! Get up off the floor! Victor: Sorry, Miss Mood! Helen: What was it this morning? Victor: Couldn't find anything to wear! Everything was torn, dirty or out of style! Helen:...
Long Conversations 1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) A: Victor: Mom! Where are my new jeans? Mom: In the wash. You spilled motor oil all over them, remember? Victor: (Holding a pair of pants) Rats! These jeans are torn,...
D: (Later) Reggie: It's finished! I'll rush our first two pages to Mr. Bumper. (In the office) Reggie: Here it is, Mr. Bumper! Right off the drawing board! Bumper: Oh! I can hardly wait to see them! (Looking at the pages angrily and shouting) Stop th...
C: (Miss Mood rushes into the office.) Miss Mood: What happened? Little Reggie's taken over the whole art room! Bumper: That's right, Miss Mood! We're going to do an educational comic book! Our school is about to go down in history! Miss Mood: If lit...
B: (Miss Mood walks out of the office.) Bumper: Why do you waste your time doing these silly cartoons? Reggie: I like to draw! Besides, all the kids are paying me to draw pictures of them. Bumper: Paying you? To do these? If everyone looked like this...
Long Conversations 1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) A: Teacher: (Saying to the principle of the school) Look at little Reggie's history homework, Mr. Bumper. Bumper: Cartoons? Drawings? (Saying to Reggie) Just what has...
D: (In the store where Victor bought the newspaper awhile ago) Cashier: I don't see a dollar like that in here. I must have given it to someone else. Helen: Oh, no! Victor: Who's been in here since me? Cashier: Let's see...old lady Sedgewick and Regg...
C: (Helen and Victor walk out.) Helen: Victor, it seems that dollar was the first one dad ever made. It's a 1965 dollar and my dad signed and dated it on the back. We have to get it back for him! Victor: Sure!...
