Page - 23 - in Tina and Amir & Ella - English

5 10 15 20 25 30 23 ELLA Episode 1 Today I was excited to go to school. Do you know why? Be- cause yesterday our teacher Mrs. Huber announced that we would have a new classmate. She said: “When you have a new classmate be friendly and offer your help. The best thing to do is to welcome him or her!” It was a hot summer’s day and Mrs. Huber walked into our classroom followed by a boy. She said: “Good morning!” and we answered “Good morn- ing!” Then she showed him a seat next to Isabell. I thought to my- self: “Imagine if that were you Ella, new in class.” The boy wanted to introduce himself. He stepped out in front of the class and said “Hallo! My name is Isaac and I come from South Africa, I have two sisters and soon I will have a lit- tle brother too. I am good in reading, writing and maths….” he bubbled – but then he suddenly stopped. It seemed that he had practiced these sentences for a long time. But then he might have noticed that when he would go on, no one really was able to understand him. He looked some- how worried.