開學兩個月
阿貝參加了兩個比賽
其實這兩個比賽都是想說讓阿貝累積一點經驗
結果竟然蠻意外的都上了
最有趣的是那個奧林匹亞數學
本來也猶豫要不要幫阿貝報名
因為他們是四,五,六共三個年級參加
四年級通常都是砲灰
所以今年去就是去墊底
他們只收120個人
最後經由考試篩選挑選出前70名代表學校去比賽
結果那天阿貝去考試了
我跟阿貝說: 寧可寫一題, 答對一題, 也不要寫十題, 最後全錯!
他們平時作業真的超難
至少是國中以上的數學
像是解代數X,Y,Z
那最難的是排列組合
這個連我都忘了
我還要去網路查一下公式
所以我根本沒想到阿貝會考進前70名
因為平時作業對她來說就很難了
想說這一年來練習一下題型
等到做到六年級時
實力就夠堅強了
結果那天篩選考試結束
當天晚上就公布前70名
竟然有阿貝
我都快要笑死了
是真的還假的啊?
平常作業都只會寫一題的人
還有考進喔?
那我看榜單, 發現大部分都還是男生
男生真的數學都比較強
阿貝班上還有一個印度男生有進前70強
但是那個印度男生的姊姊在六年級竟然還沒考進前70強
也就是說阿貝還打敗了一些五年級和六年級的人
像阿貝平時作業都真的大概只能自己寫出一題
而她有一個同學竟然屁說: 我每次都自己寫, 而且能寫出十題全對!
她甚至還屁說: 我有時根本也不用算, 用猜的答案也對!
本來聽她那樣說: 我心裡還蠻受傷的, 想說阿貝怎麼和人家差那麼多!
而且那個女生每次作業都拿滿分10分
結果
那天篩選考試
當然沒進前70強
因為都是吹牛的
其實幾次我來寫作業
我也都只有拿到7分, 也就是十題只寫對七題
那另一個阿貝得獎的是她補習班辦的作文比賽
她拿到四年級組第一名
當初鼓勵她去比賽
是希望阿貝能把最近學到的寫作技巧應用出來
他們四年級在教Figurative Writing
像是我們常聽到的就是: 擬人化, 比喻, 比擬, 誇張法...
這種Figurative Writing真的能讓寫作看起來生動很多
他們這次比賽的主題是: Back To School
那內容不拘
重點是Setting一定要有學校就好
所以這樣學生就很好發揮
不用寫實
就是可以編故事
所以這是一種Creative Narrative Writing(創意敘述文)
An Adventurous Back to School Trip
After a long dreary summer, my school was finally started in mid August. On my first day of school, I was told to wait at the doorway of my house at seven o'clock as usual. However, it's been ten minutes past seven but the bus was still out of my sight. I was murmuring to myself uneasily, “Did I remember the wrong first day of school? Or the bus is just late? If today is really the first day, I don't want to be late either!” At that moment, I heard my heart thumping as loud as elephant stomping. After about another ten minutes tedious wait, the bus finally arrived and I sighed with relief. In a hurry, I dashed up the bus and I noticed the bus driver was replaced. He was a short bald old gentleman with gray hair and beard. Then, the students on the bus yelled that this was a new driver and he was still trying to get familiar with the route, even with a GPS. So, this was why the bus appeared late on the first day.
I picked an empty spot by the window to sit as before. I enjoyed sitting next to the window because I liked to feel the breeze in the air and to spot what was happening outside. As I was admiring the pleasant street view, there was a very screechy sound coming from this bus' wheel. That sound was going over and over again as if there was something that kept on hitting each other. Unexpectedly, the whole bus was like a ballet dancer losing her balance. At that moment, I had some goosebumps on my arms and I shuddered like I was in a frozen piece of ice. After the bus came to a full stop, the bus driver announced on the microphone that there was a flat tire. All at once, there were moaning and angry shouting from different locations on the bus. Luckily, the driver knew how to fix the tire but all of us needed to get off the bus and waited outside in a humid hot sun. After about thirty minute's wait, we finally returned back to the bus and headed to school.
To ease my bore, I was still looking outside the window and viewing scenery. After ten minutes or so, I observed that same street view repeated in my sight. I screamed to myself, “Oh! No! The bus is making U-Turns again and again.” At that second, I also heard the impatient shouting around like “Are we there yet?” or “Why are you keep making U-Turn?” Not long, The bus driver finally embarrassingly answered, “My GPS is broken and I am not aware where I am?” After we heard that response, most of the students were so panic and asked, “What are we going to do now?” When the students on the bus were busy chit-chatting how to find a way out, suddenly, a young student from the very back of the bus exclaimed, “ Wait a second! I know where this is because my grandma lives close by and I know the way to get to school!” With the direction help from that student, we finally safely arrived school without another unexpected accident. However, the school already started two hours ago.
When I reached school, there was still another uncertainty for me because I was anxious to know who my teacher was for this new school year. I was wondering, “If I have a tough teacher, how should I do?” As I trudged to see the classroom assignment, my steps were extremely heavy like a dinosaur foot step. After I stared carefully at the post, I spotted my teacher was the fantastic one in this school. All of a sudden, my steps were like birds dancing in the sky. Swiftly, I trotted into my classroom and recognized that many of my classmates were from my last year's class. Furthermore, my happiness floated up even higher when I noticed that my best friend were in the same class too. Finally, all the unpleasant feelings from the morning incidents were all washed away from my heart.
