MISS LINDLEY IS IN THE NAUGHTY ROOM

I was 22 when I started teaching. I looked young. I looked like my twelfth

Oh
graders! One day, I had to go to the office to
come collect some photocopies. It was my free lesson
on! I’m
the and so I had no students in my classroom. I left
teacher!
my name badge on my desk. There was a
substitute security guard on campus that day, so
he did not know me. He stopped me at the
entrance to the corridor that leads to the office
and he asked where I was going. Students are not
allowed to go to the office. I tried to explain that I was a teacher, but
he told me, “Nice try, young lady!” and he said he was taking me to the
Remove Room. The Remove Room is for naughty students who cannot
behave in class. I told him this was ridiculous, but he insisted. I went
along with it as I had no choice – the guy was serious. The Remove Room
supervisor thought it was so funny that she played along and told the
security guard, “This one is always trying to fool us.’’ By Miss Lindley
Say if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE:
1. Miss Lindley started teaching at the age of 22. T/F
2. One day she went to collect her students. T/F
3. There was a different security guard on duty that day. T/F
4. The security guard asked her to show her name badge. T/F
5. He took her to the Principal. T/F
6. The Remove Room supervisor thought it was very funny. T/F
Answer the following questions in full sentences:
a. How old was she when she started teaching? _____________________
b. Why did she go to the office? ________________________________
c. When did she go to the office? _______________________________
d. Where did she leave her name badge? __________________________
e. Who was on campus that day? _________________________________
f. Where did he stop Miss Lindley? _______________________________
g. Who is not allowed to go to the office? _________________________
h. Where did the guard take Miss Lindley? _________________________
i. Why did she go there with him? _______________________________
j. How did the Remove Room supervisor react? ______________________
KEYS

T/F

1t, 2f, 3t, 4f, 5f, 6t.

Q&As
a. She was 22
b. She had to collect some photocopies
c. She went during /when she had a free lesson.
d. She left it on her desk.
e. A substitute security guard was on duty
f. He stopped her at the entrance to the office corridor.
g. Students are not allowed to go there.
h. He took her to the Remove Room
i. She went because she had no choice.
j. She thought it was very funny./ She played along.