Book+Swap+Game

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Winter break was right around the corner, and the only thing left for Mrs. C’s class to do was to shop for gifts. __Carol__ thought the right thing to do would be to take a field trip to the mall and everyone agreed, but right when they were about to go outside to the bus, __Cam B__ realized he had left his jacket right inside the classroom door. I’ll be right back!” he said as he left the line. “I was right,” said __Luke__. I knew someone would forget something. “All right,” said Mrs. C, “everyone calm down”. “__Cooper__., why don’t you go make sure the bus hasn’t left yet?” __Cooper__ left the line to go check. When he returned, he said “the bus is still right where it should be. It hasn’t left yet.” __Cam B__ was right behind him, jacket in his left hand. Finally, the class headed to the bus and left for the mall. The bus made a left turn, then a right, then another right, and a third right. “Wait a minute,” said __Charleigh__, “I don’t think this is right. Weren’t we supposed to make a left turn back there?” “You’re right!” exclaimed the bus driver. He turned around and before they knew it they were going the right way again. When the bus stopped, the class left the bus and went right into the mall. “We meet back at the bus at 1:00, right? Asked __Maya__. That’s right, answered Mrs. C. “Don’t be late or you might be left at the mall.” Everyone separated to begin their shopping. __Estelle__ and __Brandon__ went right to the toy store to find something for their little sisters. Taylor took out her list to see who was left to buy gifts for. __Christian__ and __Maggie__ headed right to the food court for a snack. __Bret__ checked his wallet to see how much money he had left. __Matt__ and __Anteriel__ began looking for just the right gift for their dads. “Why don’t we look in this store right here?” Chris said to __Anteriel__. “All right,” __Anteriel__ replied, and they went right in. As the day went on, many people found just the right gifts for the people left on their lists. At 1:00, __Cam H__ had just one person left. He still needed a gift for his mom. Jewel suggested that he get her a nice warm sweater for all the cold days that were left of winter, but Cam H didn’t think that would be the right gift. Amarie suggested a CD with some of her favorite songs, but Cam H didn’t think that was the right idea either. __Regan__ thought maybe Cam H should offer to wash her car for a month, but Cam H knew right away he didn’t want to do that. Luis, of course thought he should get her a football, but he knew that definitely wasn’t the right gift for his mom. Finally, Angel suggested that Cam H get his mom some Christmas earrings. “That’s just the right thing!” Cam H exclaimed. “She’ll love those, all right!” As the class boarded the bus to go back to school, Maggie ran out of the mall screaming “I don’t want to be left at the mall! Wait for me!” “All right, all right, calm down.” Said Maya. “We haven’t left yet.” Everyone got safely on the bus and they started off toward school. On the bus, Estelle and Jewel went right to sleep in their seats. They were worn out from a hard day of shopping. When the bus arrived at school, everyone exited the bus and went back to the classroom. Luke stayed behind to make sure no one had left any items on the bus. After he had checked the bus and said it was all clear, the bus left the school to go to its next destination. Back in the classroom, everyone chattered about their day full of shopping. Suddenly, __Charleigh__ noticed something wasn’t right. “Oh no!” she cried. We left Mrs. Constantine at the mall!!