Each of the following scenarios describes a relationship. Read each scenario and rank them from the scenario that describes the best love relationship (1) to the scenario that describes the worst love relationship (3). Make sure you can support your opinions. Write two sentences for
each explaining why you gave it the
ranking you did.
_____A
Joseph always felt uneasy at parties, especially parties that
included people from Forest View. Forest View was Elk Grove’s chief rival in
every sport, and Joseph and his friends had been competing against kids from
Forest View for as long as he could remember. And sometimes those competitions
got pretty heated. So who could blame Joseph for saying his good-byes early? As
he headed out the door, however, Joseph caught a glimpse of Sara. Even all
decked out in Forest View’s colors, she was, Joseph thought, the most beautiful
girl he had ever seen. Bolstering up his courage, Joseph went over to say
hello. And it wasn’t long before he was involved in a friendly conversation
with Sara and several of her friends. An hour flew by, and Joseph really did
have to go home. But he felt changed. Monday at school he confided to his best
friend that he was in love, and with someone from Forest View on top of it. The
kidding he got was intense; he and his best friend almost got into a fight over
it. But Joseph was sure. He couldn’t wait to see her again. He spent all week
searching to find a party that she might attend.
___ B
Mary and Martin have been next-door neighbors since the fifth
grade, and for seven years they’ve walked to school together. Since high school
started, though, once they got to school, they went their separate ways—Mary
was an athlete and Martin a musician. But on that mile walk they shared a lot
of talk about everyday events, hopes, and heartbreaks. The senior prom was
approaching and neither Mary nor Martin had a date. They decided to go
together. It was funny: they broached the subject on the same day, and in fact,
they couldn’t figure out who asked whom. The prom was great; they laughed and
danced and kidded with their friends. They didn’t go on an after-prom trip,
though. They had decided that it would make them seem too much like a couple,
and they didn’t want any awkwardness to interfere with their friendship. That
night both of them thought that the prom was one of the best dates they had
ever had. It was too bad that their “real” dates never went so well.
___ C
What a whirlwind of a romance, thought Amy. Ever since she had
met Tom, things had been, well, fantastic. Nightly phone calls. Dinners at
expensive restaurants. Gifts. She didn’t mind that Tom insisted she spend all
of her time with him. After all, her friends should understand, and if her
grades slipped a bit, who cares? She’d always be able to get into some college.
She had a bit of a twinge when he asked her not to go out for the musical, but
the dozen long-stem roses made that twinge fade. What a romance!
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