Yesterday, Ms. Meisner wasn’t feeling very well. She woke up feeling like her BODY PART was just too ADJECTIVE to function. Her head was VERB ENDING IN ING and her whole body felt like it weighed NUMBER pounds. So she stayed home. Meanwhile, her ESL 3 class had a substitute, Ms. LAST NAME, a retired PROFESSION whose catchphrase is QUESTION. She’s been a sub for NUMBER years, so she doesn’t tolerate shenanigans and tomfoolery. At some point, NAME OF SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS asked her, “Is it OK if we just VERB instead of doing the work today?” The sub laughed like a ANIMAL and then became quiet. “If you ask me such a ADJECTIVE question again, I will send you to the PLACE. No one will come for you. No one will hear you VERB. But perhaps someone will be kind enough to bring you FOOD if you ask nicely.” NAME OF SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS CLASS was so shocked by this answer that s/he stood on the NOUN and began to yell, “We can’t tolerate this!” The students all started to throw NOUN at the sub, yelling like ADJECTIVE PLURAL ANIMAL until the sub backed off and ran from the class. When Ms. Meisner returned the next day, she asked the students what kind of class they had with the sub. “It was ADJECTIVE” they all replied. And Ms. Meisner believed them.
