She skipped the worksheets. Instead, students wrote five sentences about where different people were and what they were doing at 7 p.m. yesterday. Leo wrote: Mrs. Clark was talking to Mr. Davis. I was sitting on the bench. My mom was driving. The USB drive was disappearing. When class ended, Mrs. Clark found the USB drive—inside her Prime Time 3 teacher’s book, page 42. She laughed.
“You were grading our quizzes,” another student added.
Leo hesitated. “I was… waiting for my mom. She was late. Again.”
Mrs. Clark smiled. “Past continuous, Leo. ‘I to Mr. Davis.’ Good. What was I doing just before that?”
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