Soup+and+Me+Student+Examples

Part One: Text User
__Janice Riker Strikes Again!__ Luther: Geez, its SOOO hot today I could lock myself in a freezer for a million years and still be sweating to death! Robert: Ugh, you're right. //(Wipe sweat from forehead)// //(Luther and Robert walk out of lSB through the OLE, Luther sees the small river and mini// //waterfall.)// Luther: Are you thinking what I'm thinking? //(Evilgrin!)// Robert: //(Look at him in disbelief// You've got to be kidding! //No one// goes swimming in the playground! Luther: Aw, come on! It beats sweating our clothes off! Come on Robert! Just a quick dip! We can go home in ten minutes, okay? PLTH-LEEEEZE???? Robert: //(Looks unconvinced, then finally gives in)// Fine.... but if I don't get home in time for dinner I'm not going to be allowed to have sleepovers for a whole month! Luther: Then what the heck are we waiting for?! //(Both sit down on rocks, leave their clothes and backpacks, and jump into the water)// Luther: AHH! Cold, cold, very cold! //(Hop around and try to warm up)// Robert: //(Glares at Luther)//Great plan, really. This your stupidest plan ever. I'm going home. //(Sarcastically)// Luther: Come on! Let's just stay for a couple more minutes; we can climb up the waterfall. Then we can go back. I swear on my iPod Video! Robert: //(sighs) Fine.// //(The two sit in the climb up the slippery rocks, come up gasping for air and shivering.)// Luther: Th-th-that wasn't su-such a-a g-g-good id-dea. Robert: Th-th-the best we c-can d-do now is r-rest up here and d-d-dry off. Luther: B-b-ut then we'll have to climb back down. //(Act as if even the thought of the water makes// //him cold)// //(Janice enters...)// Luther: Shut up! I think someone's coming! //(Hide behind rocks and poke heads up to see.)// Robert: //(Whispers)// Great...it's Janice Riker. As if this day couldn't get any worse. Janice: //(Looks around at their clothes, look up and see two heads behind a log. Grin evilly and pick// //up a rock.)// Luther: What the heck is she doing? Robert: I think she sees us! Duck! //(Duck down)// Janice: //(Picks up a small stone and throw it.)// //(Stone lands right near Soup)// Luther: HAHAHAHA! Janice, you're the worst thrower ever! How you play football, I'll never know! //(Dodge another incoming rock, bigger this time.)// Janice: //(Gets frustrated and looks for an even bigger rock, Uses great strength and carries it to the side of the water.)// RETARD!!! //(Rock lands witli a big splash right near the edge of the stream)// Luther and Robert: Idiot Janice, idiot Janice, she's the worst thrower in China! //(Both continue teasing.)// Janice: //(Very frustrated now, picks up the biggest rock she can find. The rock is so heavy she can// //barely lift it)// //(Rock misses Luther and Robert by 10 miles)// Luther and Robert: (Continue laughing and teasing.) Janice: //(Extremely angry, looks around for something else to throw, sees their clothes, and picks// //them up.)// Luther and Robert: //(Both stop laughing immediately.)// Janice: //(Puts pebble into one of Luther's socks and throws it as far as she can over the school gates.)// Luther: //(Gasps) Oh// my God! She can't do that! She'll get suspended! Robert: //(Speechless.)// Janice: //Continues putting rocks into their clothes, throws them into the pond.// Who's laughing now you fat jerks? Luther and Robert: //(Watch helplessly, as they have on no clothes.)// Janice: //(Smirks smugly. Holds up their boxers and puts them on!)// Luther and Robert: //(Gasp and mouths drop to the floor.)// Janice: //(Struts off, very content and happy. Leaves Soup and Rob to their doom.) See// you guys in school tomorrow! Robert: Man! How the heck are we supposed to get home in time now? Luther: Oh crud, now what? //Worried look on face.// //-End Scene-//

Part Two: Code Breaker
__Havoc on Halloween:__ "Lugging the wheelbarrow up that hill made my legs and anus feel like Jell-O." - I think that this sentence is essential because the main point of the chapter is Soup and Rob lugging a wheelbarrow up Sudder's Hill to get the gigantic pumpkin they stole to the Baptist Church quicker to impress Norma Jean Bissel. "Now all we have to do is heave this pumpkin into the wheelbarrow," said Soup. I thought that all my limbs would fall oft if I had to push that wheelbarrow any longer. - This sentence has a very important meaning in this chapter. It implies that Rob was so tired from pushing the wheelbarrow and that he seemed like he wanted to give up on the pumpkin and their entire plan. //Pumpkin// is vital to understand this chapter because it is the focus in this chapter. Soup and Rob have stolen a pumpkin and are trying to make Rob look good in front of Norma Jean Bissel. //Wheelbarrow// is important because it is what Soup and Rob use to get the pumpkin down Sudder's Hill and to the Baptist Church where the Halloween Party is. //Norma Jean Bissel// is essential to the understanding of "Havoc on Halloween" because it is all because of Rob's crush on her that he is convinced to steal the pumpkin which gets them into a lot of trouble.

Part Three: Text Participant
__Christmas Bell__ It's Christmas time in Learning, Vermont. As Soup and Rob walked through the new-fallen snow, the two reviewed the day's events. Both were very pleased with their secret Santa gifts and had enjoyed their Christmas party greatly. They looked at a nearby clock and see the time. It's almost five o'clock! They quickly got to the county courthouse and climb in through an open window. Rob double checks that Soup successfully slipped a note under their teacher, Miss Kelly's door. Inside, it had said that when she heard a bell ring a five o'clock, it would be her Christmas present. Unfortunately for them, the rope was too high for them to reach, let alone pull it. Even when they sat on each other's shoulders, it was still out of their reach. Soup and Rob started to climb up a ladder to a landing with the bell in the middle where a whole was. Once they reached the top of it, they discovered the bell rope was still to far away from them. Suddenly, Soup lost his footing and fell down on top of Rob, kicking the ladder down. It hit the floor with a deafening clang; their hope of getting down went with it. A light bulb went on in Soup's brain as he and Rob sat on the platform. He explained his plan and together, they made a rope with their clothes and walked around the platform to bring the bell rope to them. They managed to pull it, but the bell rope was so long that it still didn't make any sound. Just when they were about to give up, they heard the sound of Miss Kelly's voice looking for them. A flashlight searched the room they were in. Soup and Rob waved and screamed like headless chickens, their savior had arrived. As she propped up the ladder, they apologized for not being able to ring the bell and give her their Christmas present. Once they got down, she embraced them and said she had gotten exactly what she wanted, maybe even more.

Part Four: Text Analyst
__Miss Boland's Victrola__ From the minute the author starts describing Miss Boland, he influences the reader to believe that Miss Boland is like some mega-fat lady that is the biggest woman to ever walk the face of the Earth. I think it's unfair that Miss Boland was compared to a gorilla, mammoth, and a hippo. She may have been ungraceful but I find it unfair that Robert Newton Peck stretched the truth so much. I think it was sort of funny, but a bit unreasonable too. If Miss Boland hadn't sat down on the chair, what would've happened? If Rob had been partnered up with Janice Riker and Soup was with Norma Jean Bissel, what would his reaction and feelings be? Would he be mad at Soup or ask to trade? This chapter has a humorous feeling because the sight of a giant woman dancing with a chair and falling is enough to make even the most serious person burst out laughing. Even though the truth has been greatly stretched, Robert Newton Peck did a fantastic job on the vivid description of Miss Boland and her dance lessons.