Priya

I think there is a boy named Bradley who goes to Red Hall school. He is a bully in his school. He likes to bully girls. But he especially likes to bully these two friends named Milinda and Carla. One day while Bradley was sneaking up on the girls to pull a prank, he follows them into the girls bathroom without noticing! Once he set foot in the bathroom, he thought it was a remodel in the BOYS bathroom, and that the girls had accidently come into the boys bathroom. He did not dare tell them that they came into the boy's bathroom.

__THEME: If you trust yourself, others will trust you. I think this because an example when he was talking to Carla, he told her his beliefs in monsters and aliens. Since Bradley told his beliefs, Carla talked about it too. So they talked about his interests and how they disagreed on some topics. Carla liked his ideas and so did Bradley. Bradley liked his own ideas and trusted himself to explain his thoughts and share his ideas. Carla liked them too.__

__RePrediction: I have read chapters 1-6. My prediction is sort of right. Bradley is a bully, Carla is the counsler, there is a new boy named Jeff, a stuffed rabbit named Ronnie, and a teacher named Mrs.Ebbel. In the book, Bradley and Jeff have to go to the councler once a week. Bradley is going for better behavior, and Jeff is going to get used to his enviorment. While Jeff was lost and trying to find his way to the councler, he ran into a teacher and asked her the way to the councler. He follows the teacher's directions,but ends up in the girls bathroom! I predict with these experiences, the 2 boys will become close friends, Bradley will have a heart for others, and Jeff will be able to learn more people and things in his enviorment.__

SCRIPT

__Narrator: Bradley Chalkers sat at the back of the classroom, back seat, back row. He was the bully. Nobody chose to sit next to-__

__Bradley: GIVE ME A DOLLAR OR I'LL THROW THIS CUPCAKE AT YOUR FACE!!!!!!!__

__Narrator:Like that. One day, the new kid came, and it could of been horror.__

SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS

__CHAPTER 1: Chapter 1 is mainly about Jeff coming to his new school. In his school, he meets Bradley and they start to become friends. Bradley does feel a bit weird that someone wants to be friends with him. Since he was a bully, nobody wanted to be friends with him. Now, he was so amused that someone wanted to be friends with a bully. 'He's brave like me' he thinks.__

__CHAPTER 2: Bradley feels different that he has a friend. He can not stop thinking about what Jeff said to him. " Hey Bradley, wait up. Hi. I don't mind sitting next to you. Really." Thinking about this over and over again made him do something a bully like him would never do. "I'll give you a dollar if you'll be my friend."__

__CHAPTER 3: Bradley is a bully, but not at home. He showers his true feeling on his 20 play animals. He likes resting his mind out and play with these animals. His favorite is Ronnie the Rabbit. Later after playing, he lies and lies at dinner about school.__

__CHAPTER 4-6: Bradley mom goes to student conference at his school. Bradley mom didn't find any of the tests with an A that had Bradley's name. She is upset. Later, at the school, she meets the counselor, Carla. His mother signed a sheet to let Bradley work with Carla, so Carla got very happy.__

__CHAPTER 7-9: Now Jeff is going to meet Carla. He is telling her that he accidentally goes into the girls bathroom and making friends with Bradley. When Jeff comes back in class, Bradley is messing with his map of United States. He is cutting states and taping the states to different places. Now Bradley goes and meets Carla after lunch. He talks with Carla, taught her that elephants are the biggest animals in the world, and he drew scribbles. Later he throws the picture of scribbles away.__

__CHAPTER 10-16 Bradley and Jeff talk like old friends. They decide to beat up girls after school then do their homework together. Bradley gets beat up by the girls at school and gets a black eye, so he runs home. Bradley thought he was going to do his homework, but he didn't.__

__CHAPTER 17-24: At Lunch, Jeff goes to the bathroom, and finds himself coming out of the door, looking at new friends. Now Bradley feels bad, and so he acts it out with his animals when he reaches home. Jeff doesn't want to be his friend anymore. So Bradley returns back to his old self, being bad, scribbling and he hated everyone. He's feeling glad that Jeff isn't his friend. ' I was just pretending to be friends with Jeff, ' he thinks. But then Jeff goes and meets Carla, and tells her he already has 8 friends, he might not have to see Carla anymore, and that HE was the one that gave Bradley the black eye. Now a girl named Collen, from the group of girls tells Carla that her her friend LORI gave Bradley a black eye. Now Bradley goes and meets Carla, and that HE gave himself a black eye. Then Carla asks him to make a list of topics. He does that at home, but rips it up and throws it in the trash can too. But when he goes and meets Carla, Carla is proud of him for actually making the list, even if he throws it away. Now Bradley wants to show everyone he is not like a monster.__

__CHAPTER 25-29: When Bradley reaches school, he wants to show people he is not a monster. He pays attention to Mrs. Ebbel. But before lunch, Jeff threatens Bradley to fight his gang. Bradley gets scared, and doesn't want to do it, so he goes into the girls bathroom. Later he comes out of the bathroom and tells Carla what happened. A little while after they talk, Carla gives him a tip to showing everyone he is not a monster: Homework. Bradley follows, and he tries to do his homework, but stuck on the problems. So he asks his mom for help. Bradley's mom is surprised that Bradley is doing his homework, so she helps him. Then his sister Cluadia tries to help him, because the way his mom was teaching him to do it was not the way kids were learning it in the present. But later, Cluadia has to do her homework, so his dad helps him. He finishes, and goes to bed. But in bed, he gats worried because Mrs. Ebbel said to do page 43, not what subject to do ! He did math, but what if Mrs. Ebbel wanted him to do history or language arts. He gets upset, but goes to bed anyway. At school the next day, he glimpses what subject the other kids did... Math! But instead of feeling much better, he feels worse! So he rips it up and throws it away. Now he feels much better.__

__CHAPTERS 30-35: Bradley goes to Carla and tells her he did his homework, but that he ripped it up. Carla talked to him for a while explaining that" It doesn't matter what happened to the work. What only matters if you remembered what you learned and that won't rip up." He understands, then moves on to a different subject. He tells her that there his a book report due, but he doesn't have a book. Carla gives him a book, and he starts reading it. He thinks it's a funny book, and reads it at home, and the next day at lunch. But outside the auditorium, Jeff and his gang make fun of him because he is reading a book, and they want Bradley to fight with Jeff. Bradley starts to fight, but has a idea. He says hello to Jeff, and shakes hands. Jeff feels good, and he and Jeff's gang become friends...Bradley made Jeff good! Later at home, his dad teaches Bradley how to play basketball, because when Jeff and his gang asked Bradley to play, Bradley couldn't play well.__

__CHAPTERS 36- 40: Bradley thinks this is a magic book that shows everyone he's good. Like when he was supposed to be in bed and he was reading Carla's book, his dad told him to go to sleep, but noticed he was reading, so he let Bradley stay up and read! Later he tells everything that happened, to Carla the next day. He tells her that her book is magic, how he made friends with Jeff and his gang, and that Collen( From the group of girls) asked Bradley to come to her birthday party. But he had never been to a birthday party, except for the one in third grade. So Carla helped him understand what to do at a birthday party. Later, CARLA has to meet with parents that had complaints about their children visiting Carla. Meanwhile Bradley is doing the book report on the book Carla gave to him. After he finishes it, he goes to Carla and shows her the report. She really likes it, and gives Bradley her book(My Parents Didn't Steal an Elephant) as a present. As she tells him, her eyes get watery, and her lips are trembling. Bradley notices and asks her " Why are you crying?" " Bradley, today is my last day at Red Hills School. I have been transfered, and will be teaching kindergarten at Willow Bend School. I've enjoyed this time with you, even if it was short." Carla responds. Bradley gets so upset, and mad at the same time, so he yells at Carla, rips up his book report, throws her book at her, and runs into the boys bathroom and cries. Carla comes in and tries to comfort him, and tells him he can help her move out her things on Saturday and have lunch together. Still upset, Carla leaves the bathroom without another word. After school, Bradley walks home WITHOUT saying bye to Carla. The next day, Mrs. Ebbel mentions Bradley to her desk. His book report was lying on her desk! She tells him that Miss Davis(Carla) accidently ripped it, and that she taped it up! Finally he had a gold star next to his name!__

__CHAPTER 41-46: This chapter starts off when Bradley's mom tells him to go to the barber shop to get his hair cut for Collen's party. While his mom is driving, he suddenly commands her to go to his school. Since they already reached the barber shop, he went after he got his hair cut. When he reaches school, he finds that it is locked, and pounds his fists on the door. The janitor, Mrs. Kemp, opens the door ,and Bradley tells her that he needs to see Carla. But she tells him that Carla already left. It didn't matter to him, cause he made a quick dive under Mrs. Kemp's arm, ran to Carla's room, and opened the door. The room was empty, but there was an envelope with his name addressed on it sitting on the round table. He grabbed the package and ran out of the room when Mrs. Kemp came in. At home, he opens the package, and finds the book My Parents Didn't Steal an Elephant, and a letter from Carla. He opened the letter and read it. The letter Carla wrote to him told Bradley that Carla was sorry for hurting him, the book she gave him was a gift from the heart that cannot be returned, that she would miss him, and that she thought Bradley was really like able, and that he should continue doing his work. Later, Bradley's dad gives Bradley an idea to write back to her. He tries, but can't figure out what to write. A bit later, he starts to get ready for Collen's party. While he is getting ready, Collen is waiting for her nine other friends. While friends start to arrive at Collen's house, Bradley and Jeff set off to Collen's house. On the way, Bradley and Jeff decide that Bradley should follow what Jeff does, so Bradley knows what to do. When they reach her house, they play games, eat, and watch Collen open her presents. Then Bradley and Jeff walk home, together.__

__CHAPTER 47: Bradley writes a letter to Carla, Asking her how it is it teaching kindergarten, some things about him missing her, and a gift from his heart which couldn't be retuned. The gift from his heart he put in the envelope is Ronnie. He then frowns, and unusual frown, more like a smile.__

NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW__

Me: So Bradley Chalkers, how does it feel to be a bully? Do you always get your way?

Bradley: It feels so great to be a bully. Everyone gets so scared and act like little babies, it makes me feel so proud and it's like I'm a king. Of course the other kids get scared right?

Me: Yes.

Bradley: So I get my way.

Me: Okay, and how do you feel playing with your animals?

Bradley: How do you know about those?

Me: Read it somewhere.

Bradley: These are my only frie- wait, why am I telling you this, I am a bully!

Me: Bradley, you are becoming famous and about to be in a newspaper.

Bradley: Oh. Well, these are my only friends and I really like them.

Me: School.

Bradley: Hunh?

Me: Okay! Just noting that in my pad...... Do you have a pen? Oh. Found one. Did you say Hunh? How do you spell that?

Bradley: I said what about school, meaning what, meaning hunh.

Me: Let me note tha- Oh.

Bradley: I used to hate school, but now I sort of like it. I learn a lot, do my homework, and pay attention to Mrs. Ebbel, and-

Me: Who?

Bradley: My teacher is Mrs. Ebbel, and well I really do want to talk to Carla s-

Me: May I ask you a question? Do like Carla?

Bradley: Yes, I really do like her!

Me: Okay, while you meet Carla, I'll go talk to your mom, then your, dad, then Jeff and his gang, then Collen and her friends, your stuffed animals, then finally Carla

Bradley: Why Carla last!