If you starred in a television show about your life, what would the show be called? What genre would it be? (Examples: comedy, drama, thriller, romance, action-adventure, fantasy, superhero, soap opera, reality, game show, space adventure, Western, tragedy, etc.) Summarize the plot of an episode in 1-3 paragraphs.
Mrs. Robins's Sample Post:
The Balancing Act
A Very Cheesy Family Comedy
Cue Music (Morning Mood for 20 seconds)
5:07am shows on a clock on the nightstand and Mrs. Robins abruptly sits up in bed. She goes to put one leg out of her bed and falls out, abruptly smacking her head on her sliding glass door near her bed. Grumbling to herself she stumbles down the stairs, banging herself along the way until she reaches the laundry room door.
"Dang MS" she mutters (her disease makes it hard to balance in the dark). Her beloved dog Sally waits for her with a leash in her mouth, sitting in a pile of poop.
"Not again Sally!" she snarls muttering to herself as she scoops up the poop and takes it outside.
The camera pans to Mrs. Robins walking under the stars, occasionally tripping and walking into a pole on a street sign reading "Serenity Drive."
Cue audience laughter
She arrives home and wakes up her teenage daughter.
"Hey sweetie, time to wake up," she softly croons.
"I know! Leave me alone!" snaps her daughter.
She walks across the hall where her son sleeps, breathing heavily, wrapped in a giant, brown blanket, making him appear to be a burrito.
"Wake up burrito boy," she whispers as she turns the light on.
Silence...
This scene repeats 7 times.
The burrito doesn't move but the heavy breathing continues.
Mrs. Robins is now in a car with her teenage daughter driving.
Observing the cars speeding by them, she notes a turtle walking in tandem with them on the sidewalk. One driver honks while passing, shaking his fist out the window.
"So...do you want to speed up a little? We do need to get to school today." Mrs. Robins smiles.
Her daughter roars, "It's not my fault they are speeding! I will NOT break the speed limit."
Mrs. Robins quips "I'm glad you have principles."
"Oh mom" replies her daughter, rolling her eyes.
Mother, daughter and audience laugh
Scene: Lava Ridge Intermediate
The school bell rings
Mrs. Robins brightly smiles at the door offering to give knuckles to students. They don't respond and she ends up slugging them all in the arm.
"It's going to be that kind of day!" and the camera fades to the first commercial
"Ok guys," Mrs. Robins starts talking, "today we are going to learn about writing essays: super fun!"
As she begins to explain the importance of a solid thesis, the students start dropping their heads, one by one. The soft sounds of snoring fills the room.
Mrs. Robins thinks...Oh no, essays really are boring, I've got to make this fun or they won't learn. This generation needs entertainment!
She tilts her head, snaps her fingers, and a Fortnite character waltzes in the room. Together they perfectly execute Orange Justice. The student's heads snap up and they all start dancing too. Mrs. Robins begins shouting out the steps to write a good thesis.
The school principal, Mrs. Gubler, walks by and opens the door....
"Mrs. Robins, dancing again? What about the teaching?" she inquires.
"I'm doing both Mrs. G." she says with a wink, "It's a balancing act!"
Mrs. Robins!! This is such a great Blog Post!! I think it was really funny! I hope that I will be such a wide minded writer and thinker like you some day!! You are SUCH a good teacher!!!
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