Lesson Plan
It was just an ordinary day. There was the usual ___1___as the children greeted each other. I looked over my plan book and I never felt better. It would be a good day and we would ___2___a lot. After we settled in for our reading class, I started to check their workbooks.
When I came to Troy, he had his head down as he showed his unfinished ___3___in front of me. He tried to pull himself back out of my sight as he sat on my right-hand side. ___4___I looked at the incomplete work and said, “Troy, this is not finished."
He looked up at me with the most pleading eyes I have seen in a child and said,“I couldn't do it last night because my mother is dying." The sobs that followed ___5___the entire class.
How___6___ I was that he was sitting next to me. I took him in my arms and his head rested against my chest. His sobs echoed through the room and tears flowed. The children sat with tear-filled eyes in dead silence. Only Troy's sobs broke the stillness of that morning class. One child ___7___for the tissue box while I just pressed his little body closer to my heart.
What do I do for a child who is losing his mother? Choking back my tears,I said to the group,"Let's pray for the recovery of his mother." And everyone did so.
After some time,Troy looked up at me and said,"I think I will be okay now."He had exhausted his supply of tears; he released the ___8___in his heart. Later that afternoon, Troy's mother died.
When I went to the funeral(葬礼），Troy rushed to greet me. He fell into my arms and just rested there awhile. He seemed to gain strength and courage, and then he led me to the coffin.
There he was able to look into the face of his mother,to face ___9___ even though he might never be able to understand the mystery of it.
That night I went to bed feeling lucky for the good sense to ____10____ my reading plan and to hold the broken heart of a child in my own heart.
1. A. embarrassment B. excitement C. astonishment D. disappointment
2. A. accomplish B. demand C. miss D. recall
3. A. experiment B. assignment C. document D. argument
4. A. Gradually B. Hopefully C. Accidentally D. Naturally
5. A. frightened B. annoyed C. shocked D. impressed
6. A. glad B. surprised C. proud D. curious
7. A. wished B. raced C. prepared D. waited
8. A. desire B. power C. burden D. guilt
9. A. difficulty B. failure C. death D. sorrow
10. A. carry out B. carry on C. set up D. set aside
