Nora and the cheat sheet

Nora Robin was in her history class room, taking the end of the term test. Underneath her test was an answer key. She knew this was wrong, but her mother was already upset about something Nora never knew about.

“How did I get myself into this?” She whispered to herself.

                She remembered the exact night when she thought of the idea. She was in her messy room, trying to study. Nora could never get anything memorized, so every test she took, she always failed. This time she was determined to get higher than a 90%! No matter how hard she tried, she would get everything mixed up.  Leo and Clarke went across Europe in 1984.

“NO NO NO!” her head screamed.

The only other way was to cheat. How could she? She wasn’t a straight A student in work, but she was very helpful around the classroom. But that still, there was never peace to the Robin house when they read the report cards. Her teacher told her if she does well on this test, she might get a better grade! Nora had to do it, she knew she did.

                Nora was on her last question, who discover America? Of course it was Christopher Columbus, and the answer key said it too. As she was writing Christopher in her neatest hand writing, her pencil tip broke! Luckily she had many spares.

                As she was opening her pencil box, to her dismay the answer key swiftly dropped to the floor in near someone’s foot.

“Creeeeek” went the paper as it fell.

                And to add on to the horrible event, her teacher came rushing over and picked up the paper!

“Hmmm… and who does this belong to? Nora? Grace? Anyone?

                Nora was panicking inside! She had to act normal. Calm down she told herself.

                “It wasn’t me!!!!” screamed Grace. Grace is one of those goody- goody girls. So she gets everything her way, and at the same time is the teacher’s pet! Nora’s teacher didn’t buy Ms.goody-goody’s pleads.

“GRACE GO TO THE OFFICE NOW”

“Oh no” thought Nora, what she had gotten herself into. And poor Grace, what has she done. Nora needs to fix this situation before it becomes even worse, and that means FAST!

Chapter 2

                Nora was sitting on a picnic table. She was thinking of a plan to end this terrible situation. What if I say that it was to help me study, and when I was getting my pencil it slipped out? But, she wouldn’t buy it.

“Thanks for giving me a two week detention!” screamed Grace.

“Dude, I’m sorry I don’t know whose it is. “

“Sorry is not acceptable; I think you better turn yourself in!”

                Grace stormed off. When did she get all mean to Nora? Usually, in the hallways, she would smile at Nora, or even talk to her. And two week detention isn't as bad as summer school.

                As Nora walked home she thought of a plan. It was called “top mission: cheat sheet.” She had to do many things do to this, and she may even get expelled. But all she wanted to do is get a higher grade. Nora had to go and figure out who sat in her desk the period before. Then she would see if this student was a slacker or a goody good student. With that information she could say that as she was getting her pencil case from her desk, the other student’s cheat sheet fell out and Nora was scared to admit it that she didn’t plan it there.

                That evening Nora’s mother bombarded her with questions. All she wanted to do was go inside her room put on her speakers and play music on her iPod. Alas, this couldn't happen because her mother didn’t allow iPods being used after dark.

“So, how was the test?”Her mother asked.

“It was fine, someone was cheating so we had to stop taking the test. I was almost done.” Replied Nora as she was placing her plate in the dishwasher.

“It wasn’t you right? You can tell me now, I won’t be disappointed. But if you lie then I will be very mad!”

“I need to go to the bathroom sorry” she hastily replied.

                As soon as she left, she went to straight to bed.

CHAPTER 3:

                The next morning Nora went to school early. She snuck into her history classroom and opened her teacher’s files. She saw her name and a red circle. Curious, she opened it and saw her report card.

NORA ROBIN		GRADE 6
MATH	B+ : please study better
ENGLISH	B+: Spelling!
HISTORY
SCIENCE	A: Facts, and notes are wonderful
WRITING	B-: Spelling and grammar are okay, need improvement.
Average: 50.78	Comments: Nora is a wonderful student, except she needs to work on her studies.
Sign:

She sighed and put it back, then she opened the class before Nora’s class files opened. She took out the seating arraignment.

“Hmmm… Hannah B.” she muttered. Hannah Beather was the victim. Nora fingered through the files and came upon Hannah B.

Hannah was also like Nora, expect worse. Nora felt as if she was the top student and Hannah was the worst. Nora sighed, and something caught her attention. Grace’s ungraded test was sitting on her teacher’s desk. Another plan came into her mind. She would make it look like Grace committed the crime. She carefully put Hannah’s file back. She grabbed Grace’s test and the cheat sheet on her desk too. She ran outside and into the hallway. Down the hall, she ran into the girls’ locker room, where she hid in a stall. She looked at Grace’s test:

Who were Lewis and Clark?

Lewis and Clark were explores sent by the king of England to sail across America. They were looking for the Pacific Ocean. They started in Pennsylvania and ended in Oregon. When they were in the middle of the country, they thought that they were very close because they heard some water, but to their surprise it was a vast Mountain Range, called the Rocky Mountains. They had to climb over the mountains, and then they finally reached the Pacific Ocean.

What year did the sail?

They gathered crew in 1803, set sail from St. Louis in 1804 and ended at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1806.

How did they record their trip?

They recorded their trip with a journal, that is missing pages, but still available to read!

What was the boat called that the pilgrims came to America called?

That boat was called the Mayflower. It

Who discovered America?

Nora realized that if she rewrote all the answers word by word from the study guide then her teacher will believed that it was Grace. She grabbed the test and put it in her backpack.

CHAPTER 4

When Nora ran inside her house, her mother was sitting at their dinning room table looking stern.
" Oh no, what did I do wrong." Nora thought to herself, did she forget to turn off a light, do a chore?
" Nora, come sit here." she said as her mother patted the seat next to her. Nora sat down.
" I got a call from the school principal, someones test was missing today and the school believes it was a student who committed the crime. I got an email too saying you were spotted around school before school started. Is this true Nora?"
 " Yes mom." Nora said.
" Nora why were you there?"
" I lost my glue stick there, and I needed to grab it before school." Nora lied.
" Okay Nora, I believe you." Her mother smiled and dismissed her. That was close. This was getting out of hand, Nora needed this to be over soon.She ran to her room and shut the door. Nora pulled out the test from her bag and placed it on her desk. She pulled out the answer key and started the process of filling it out word by word. It wasn't hard at all, her hand-writing was like Grace's and nobody memorizes exactly what they wrote, so Grace wouldn't figure it out. When she finished she placed the test and the key back in her bag, opened her door and started doing homework. The next morning, Nora woke up early and left for school early. Her mother leaves the house at 6 on the dot and Nora left at 7:30, giving her a whole hour before school. She entered the building and headed for her classroom. She walked in and noticed her teacher there.
" Hello Nora, how can I help you?" She smiled at her.
Nora manged to say " Oh, I just left my coat here yesterday and I wanted to get it." She walked to the coat room and hit herself. She needed to plant the test in Grace's desk, but how could she do it if her teacher was right there. She looked up at the ceiling and noticed she was under Grace's cubby. She stashed the test underneath Grace's math notebook and smiled. When her teacher comes in here today to collect notebooks before class, she will notice the test. She hung up her coat and her backpack and back to the classroom.
" Any luck Nora?" Her teacher questioned.
" Nope, but I think I know where it is." Nora responded.
" Well I'm going to pick up the math notebooks, did you do your homework, it could help your grade."
" Yes I did" Nora said smiling, she did do the homework and she knows her teacher thought she wouldn't.
" You can go now Nora, go play in the playground" Her teacher said as she headed for the coat room.
CHAPTER 5
  Nora sat in her seat watching all the other kids talk to their friends. Nora really never had friends, but she didn't care.
" Students, calm down now. I have graded all your tests, and figured out who committed the crime. They will have a green circle around there grade. They must go to detention for a month because they stole the test too."  Nora sat in her seat, scared. Did her teacher find out? Did she get Grace? What was going on!