We call this student, Eeyore. You can decide why.
"Mrs. ABC... have I told you how much I hate reading Chapter books?"
"No, you haven't."
"Well, they make my nose hurt. In fact, just touching the pages makes my skin crawl!"
He gets A+ for word choice...
and A+ for effort as after this statement, I found him in a corner, lying on his stomach, fully engaged in the novel we are reading as a class.
SMILE!
