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HowtoAnnoyaTeacher
Itisquiteeasytoannoyateacher-eventhemostpatient,kind-hearted
teacherintheworld-ifyoufollowthesesimplesteps.
(1) alwayscometoclassjusta littlelate.
(2) makeasmuchnoiseaspossibleasyouenterthe
room.(3) greetallyourfriendswitha cheerfulwave-
orevenbetter,witha shoutedgreeting.(4) slamy?ur
heavybackpackdownonthefloornexttoyourdeskanddoa fewstretching
exercises.(Afterall,youwillbesittingstillforthenext 40 minutesorso!)
(5) makea big,gapinglyawnandtakeyourseat.
(6) raiseyourhandandasktobeexcusedto
gototherestroom.(7) besuretoslamthedoor,
andagain,makeasmuchnoiseaspossiblewhiletakingyourseat.
(8) turnthepagesofyourbooknoisily,searchinyour
backpackfora pencil,askyourneighborif youcanborrowaneraser,andannounce
ina loudvoicethatyoucannotfindyourhomework.(9) _
raiseyourhandandasktobeexcusedtolookforitinyourlocker.
If theteachershouldhappentocalionyouduringtheclass,mumble^2 an
answer.(10) mumbleagain-maybea littlelouderthis
time,butstillnotloudlyenoughtobeheard.If theteacherdarestoaskyou
(11) givea loudandclearanswertotheprevious
question-theoneyourclassmateanswereda minuteago-andsmilesmuglyJ
asyoudoso.
(12) if thesetechniquesdonotachievethedesired
results,youcanalwaysfoldyourarmsacrossyourdesk,putyourheaddown,and
takea nap.Justdonotforgettosnore!Review..
Thesearetheimportantpointscoveredinthischapter.
1.Usingchronologicalordertoorganizeanessaymeansputtingtheideasin
orderorsequencebyoccunenceintime.
2.Usechronologicalorderfornan-ativeessays(stories,history,biography,
andautobiography)andforprocessessays(howtodoormakesomething).
3.Followingarethethreekeystosuccessinwritinga chronologicalorderessay:- Groupthestepsoreventsintoparagraphswherenaturalbreaksoccur.
- Wlitea thesisstatementthatindicateschronologicalorder.
- Usechronologicalordersignalwordsandphrasestoshowthesequence
ofsteps(ina process)orevents(ina nalTation).
Igaping:wideopen
2mumble:speakunclearly
3smugly:witha self-satisfiedlook