Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her 5th grade class on the first day of school. She found a boy sleeping in his seat. He was Teddy. Also Thompson noticed the boy didn't play well with the other children. It got to the point "F" at the top of his papers. Mrs. Thompson reviewed each child's past records. However, when she reviewed Teddy's file , she was in a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child. He does his work neatly and has good manners..." His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, but he is troubled because his mother has an illness and life at home is difficult." His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death had been hard on him. He tries his best, but his father doesn't show much interest in his study..." Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is _ and doesn't talk with other's. Also he doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class." By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents wrapped in beautiful and bright paper, except for Teddy's. He sent a rhinestone bracelet with some stones missing. But Mrs. Thompson told him with a smile, "I like it very much." After school Teddy said, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mother used to be." Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class. Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets." ,. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What grade did Mrs. Thompson teach?
2. Which student is she having problems with?
3. What does he do in class?
4. Does he get good grades?
5. Does he interact with the other kids?
6. Did all of his previous teachers have the same concerns?
7. Did his first grade instructor have problems?
8. How about second?
9. When did his troubles start?
10. Do you know why he was having trouble?
11. What did his third grade teacher say?
12. Did his father help him?
13. How did Mrs. Thompson find all of this out?
14. Did she try to help him after that?
15. What did she do?
16. Did it help?
17. How?
18. Did he give her any gifts?
19. what did he give her?
20. When did he give her the gift?
21. Would you consider him a "teacher's pet?"
Answer: 1. 5th
2. Teddy
3. he sleeps
4. no
5. no
6. no
7. no
8. no
9. in second grade
10. His mother was ill.
11. That his mother's death was hard and his dad didn't pay attention to him
12. no
13. She reviewed Teddy's file.
14. yes
15. She paid particular attention to him.
16. yes
17. He became one of the smartest children in the class.
18. yes
19. a rhinestone with some stones missing
20. at Christmas time
21. yes

question: Coincidences happen all the time to ordinary people, but the following events are perhaps some of the strangest of them all.

1. In the 19thcentury, the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe, wrote a book called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before three of them decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the boat Mignonette sank, and only four survivors were left in an open boat for many days. Finally the three older members killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

2. In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner. When the owner took King Umberto I's order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the resemblance between each other and found many more similarities. Both men were born in the same place, on the same day, of the same year (March 14, 1844, Turin, Italy). On the day that the King married Queen Margherita, the restaurant owner had married a lady named Margherita. The restaurant owner opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto I was crowned King of Italy. On July 29, 1900, King Umberto I was informed that the restaurant owner had died that day in a shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, someone in the crowd killed him!

3. Mark Twain was a popular American author who wrote famous books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: "I came in with Halley's Comet in1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it."
1. When did Mark die?
2. What were his death and birth significant with?
3. what signified his birth and death?
4. Where was the King born?
5. What was his wife's name?
6. Who was he like?
7. who was he like?
8. What was the name of the boat that sunk?
9. Did anyone survive?
10. how many?
11. who wrote this book?
12. name of book?
13. when was it written?
14. when did the king die?
15. how?
16. did the restaurant owner die as well?
17. name a book written by Mark.
18. who was eaten by his mates?
19. Was Mark expecting to die?
20. when was the king born?
21. what did he go to the restaurant for?
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answer:
1. 1910
2. yes
3. Halley's Comet
4. Turin
5. Margherita
6. King
7. restaurant owner
8. Mignonette
9. yes
10. four
11. Edgar Allan Poe
12. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
13. 19th century
14. 1900
15. someone in the crowd killed him
16. yes
17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
18. Richard Parker
19. yes
20. 1844
21. for dinner