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①A Teacher's Diary
April 14
I put Sharla, Tony, and Lee together to make a volcano(火出). I knew they weren't good friends, and I encouraged all my students to learn to work together.
Something blew up! One looked mad, one looked sad, and one was nearly in tears. They didn't agree with each other. Oh, dear!
I calmed them down. But they couldn't agree on even the base for the volcano, and Tony didn't want to touch the paste(浆糊).
I wondered if I had made a big mistake. Maybe this was one group who couldn't work together.
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③The Show Time
The last workday for the project came，
"Is there a problem?"Mrs. Holt knew well there was a problem. She wanted them to put it in their own words, though.
"Well, I think the volcano should be smooth. " Sharla began.
"And," jumped in Lee, "it should look rocky, like a real mountain. "
"I see. What do you think, Tony?" Mrs. Holt waited.
"Well, I think it would have lava(岩浆) running down. "
"Hey, a great idea!" cut in Sharla, "The lava would be smooth. Right Mrs. Holt?"
Sharla continued. "The other side without lava would look rocky. Right?"
Tony caught on. "So one side can be smooth, and the other rocky. Come on, you guys, let's go finish!"
It was the show time. ____
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②A Student's Diary
April 16
Yesterday, Mrs. Holt made us stay behind so we could finish planning our volcano. Anyway, we finally moved ahead with our project.
I was making my side smooth. Tony just watched (unfair). It old Lee to smooth out her side, too. "No, Sharla, it should look like a real mountain," she said just as if she were the boss. The whole thing went downhill. The day ended with no progress.
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