ACTIVITY 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the
text and answer the questions:
THIS CAN’T
BE TRUE
My first day in high school was great, as
I sat in my homeroom in order to begin the day, I thought to myself this can’t
be true, I finally made it to the big leagues, well when you are in Junior
high the next big leagues are the halls and classrooms of high school. I must
be in a dream, I was in the same homeroom as Chelsea Smith, the hottest
chick in Junior High and now I am sure she will become one of the hottest and
most popular girls in this school.
I have always had a crush on Chelsea and I
thought that this year might turn into my opportunity to
try something with her; you see I never thought of myself as an ugly person, I
am quite the handsome dude or so my mother says. I am also described as a funny
and courteous person, easy going and definitely a smooth talker; however when
the topic is Chelsea I turn into a mouse, when I should really be a lion.
This year will be my year; it will be a
lonely year since my best friend Jose Hernandez moved to another school
district and well, not many people I get along with really well. For that
reason, I have also made it a mission that I must make some
friends by the end of the first week or it might turn into a long
semester all by my lonesome.
It seemed to be going good, first day and
I had already made a friend, Charles, but he preferred Charlie. He seemed like
a real nice dude to hang with; we shared the same interests and ideas, even
same weird food choices, French fries with bbq sauce and mayonnaise. We both
came to the decision that we should be friends.
The first week has gone by and all things
have gone well, it will be a great semester, I love my French class since I sit
right behind Chelsea, a part of me tells me I should talk to her, the other
part tells me I should wait. The French teacher makes me read in front of
everyone and thankfully, I took some classes before getting to this level, I
should not have a problem, I thought to myself and sure enough, it was a
success.
Chelsea is very impressed with my
pronunciation that she asked me for help, and because I am no idiot, I accepted
right away. We started studying at her house, in her room. I thought to myself,
“This may be the chance I was looking for, to get closer to her and get
her to like me. I can’t let this chance escape from me.
We were spending every other day together,
I would make her laugh, and she told me she liked laughing. I have to take
advantage of this opportunity to make her my girlfriend. A few weeks have
passed by, and by this time we spend more and more time together, we talk on
the phone and message all day. It seems that her heart will finally belong to
me.
Months have gone passed now, and I feel
like the time is now. I am ready to make my move and tell her how I feel; I set
up a little date and tell her I have something to tell her, she also says she
has something to tell me, she must feel the same. I am nervous but I get
the courage to tell her how long I have been crushing on her, I tell her but
her face changed from happy to astonished, she stops me and tells me she wanted
to tell me something different. This has to be the most embarrassing moment of
my life, next she tells me she is actually in love with my new friend Charlie
and that they have been dating for a month now.
I shouldn’t be upset because they are both
my friends and I love them both; however, I love Chelsea more than Charlie and
I feel betrayed, played for a fool. To think that all this time I have felt
something very strong for her and now it has gone to someone else, this can’t
be true, It must be a joke and I am everyone’s jester.
By Lina, D. (2016)

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