Per. 3 "Broken Chain" Topic Sentences by Michelle Gunderson https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-09-20 17:24:13 UTC 2018-09-26 17:44:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. 24afernandez https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284065453 2018-09-20 17:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284065453 Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284065718 2018-09-20 17:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284065718 His mother clipped coupons from magazines and newspapers, kept a vegetable garden in the summer, and shopped at Penney’s and K-Mart. 24jnguyen15 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066273 2018-09-20 17:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066273 He hated the way he looked. Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066682 2018-09-20 17:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066682 He hated the way he looked. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066940 2018-09-20 17:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284066940 Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. He hated the way he looked. 24jnguyen15 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067313 2018-09-20 17:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067313 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067362 He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms. (Even she had cuts he could see beneath her thin dress.)

]]> 2018-09-20 17:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067362 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067850 He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms. (Even she had cuts he could see beneath her thin dress.) ]]> 2018-09-20 17:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284067850 . He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068481 2018-09-20 17:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068481 Alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. He liked the way Prince looked – and the bass player from Los Lobos. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068554 2018-09-20 17:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068554 He spent hours in front of the mirror trying to herd his teeth into place with his thumb. He asked his mother if he could have braces, like Frankie Molina, her godson, but he asked at the wrong time. She was at the kitchen table licking the envelope to the house payment. She glared up at him. “Do you think money grows on trees?” https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068580 2018-09-20 17:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068580 shopped at Penney’s and K-Mart https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068596 2018-09-20 17:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284068596 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069160 He hated the way he looked. ]]> 2018-09-20 17:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069160 He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked, like a pile of wrecked cars. He grew depressed and turned away from the mirror. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069282 2018-09-20 17:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069282 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069458 After Alfonso judging him self a lot from his heads to his toes,he has to go pass from is self-consciousness, he would rather change him self the seeing how perfect he was. For example he said that one day he had it butched on the top, like in the magazines,also He spent hours in front of the mirror trying to herd his teeth into place with his thumb.]]> 2018-09-20 17:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284069458 He hated the way he looked. Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples, 24zperez https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070680 2018-09-20 17:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070680 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070700 He wanted "cuts" like those he had seen on an calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms.

]]> 2018-09-20 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070700 He liked the way Prince looked – and the bass player from Los Lobos. Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070907 2018-09-20 17:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284070907 Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071243 2018-09-20 17:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071243 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071335 He pushed for ten minutes, rested for five, and every half hour, during a radio commercial, checked to see if his smile had improved. It hadn’t. ]]> 2018-09-20 18:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071335 Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples, dark ones, so when he went swimming at the canal next summer, girls in cut-offs would notice. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071401 2018-09-20 18:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071401 He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked, like a pile of wrecked cars. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071443 2018-09-20 18:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071443 He hated the way he looked https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071575 2018-09-20 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071575 he studied his hair from all angles in the mirror. He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked, like a pile of wrecked cars. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071627 2018-09-20 18:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071627 AnimeManBrian https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071828 . He liked the way Prince looked – and the bass player from Los Lobos. Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple.]]> 2018-09-20 18:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071828 Alfonso hated the way he looked from his teeth so he tried to straighten them by pushing his teeth and trying to make his teeth perfect. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071916 2018-09-20 18:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284071916 He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072152 2018-09-20 18:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072152 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072197 he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples]]> 2018-09-20 18:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072197 Their family ate a lot offrijoles, which was OK because nothing else tasted so good, https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072372 2018-09-20 18:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072372 He spent hours in front of the mirror trying to herd his teeth into place with his thumb. He asked his mother if he could have braces, https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072400 2018-09-20 18:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072400 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072410 Alfonso skidded to a stop and helped the kid untangle his pants from the barbed wire. The kid was grateful. ]]> 2018-09-20 18:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072410 He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072504 2018-09-20 18:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072504 Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better-looking than average. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072662 2018-09-20 18:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284072662 When he was finished, he pressed a knuckle to his teeth until they tingled. Ernie groaned and said, “Ah, man.” https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073663 2018-09-20 18:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073663 But Alfonso knew Raul, a paper boy with dollar signs in his eyes, would charge him, and he had less than sixty cents, counting the soda bottles he could cash. 24jnguyen15 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073804 2018-09-20 18:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073804 His mother clipped coupons from magazines and newspapers, kept a vegetable garden in the summer, and shopped at Penney’s and K-Mart https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073860 2018-09-20 18:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073860 AnimeManBrian https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073868  He’d swaggered into the living room, but had stopped cold when he saw Alfonso and asked, not joking but with real concern, “Did you hurt your head at school?]]> 2018-09-20 18:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284073868 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074047 Alfonso looked over her shoulder for a long time, trying to muster enough nerve to ask her if she’d like to go bike riding tomorrow. 

]]> 2018-09-20 18:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074047 Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged 24kserrano https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074361 2018-09-20 18:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074361 He punched himself in the stomach, and growled, “Cuts.” Then he patted his butch and whispered, “Fresh.” https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074438 2018-09-20 18:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284074438 On an impulse, he removed the chain to wipe off the gritty oil. But while he was unhooking it from the back sprocket it snapped. The chain lay in his hand like a dead snake. 24jnguyen15 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075193 2018-09-20 18:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075193 24zperez https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075225 He spent hours in front of the mirror trying to herd his teeth into place with his thumb.]]> 2018-09-20 18:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075225 AnimeManBrian https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075268  he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples, dark ones]]> 2018-09-20 18:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075268 Alfonso walked with the girl and the boy as they started for home. They didn’t talk much. Every few steps, the girl, whose name was Sandra, would look at him out of the corner of her eye, and Alfonso would look away. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075319 2018-09-20 18:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075319 24ejuarez1 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075359 He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms.]]> 2018-09-20 18:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075359 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075389 Alfonso couldn’t believe his luck. Now, not only did he not have an extra bike for Sandra, he had no bike for himself. 

]]> 2018-09-20 18:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075389 Shyly, he asked, “You wanna go bike riding?” “Maybe.” She played with a ponytail a crossed one leg in front of the other. “But my bike has a flat.” https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075513 2018-09-20 18:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075513 Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better-looking than average dayanaaa https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075558 2018-09-20 18:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075558 Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075577 2018-09-20 18:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075577 she placed her hand over his, and it felt like love. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075823 2018-09-20 18:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075823 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075995 When Alfonso asked his mom if he can get braces, Alfonso's mother yelled at him and asked him if he thinks money grows on trees. Even though he is poor, he found love at the end.]]> 2018-09-20 18:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284075995 His mouth was closed, butAlfonso was sure his teeth weren’t crooked. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076335 2018-09-20 18:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076335 he removed the chain to wipe off the gritty oil. But while he was unhooking it from the back sprocket it snapped. The chain lay in his hand like a dead snake. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076516 2018-09-20 18:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076516 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076602 Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better-looking than average.]]> 2018-09-20 18:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076602 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076626 How could he disappoint his first date? She would probably laugh.]]> 2018-09-20 18:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284076626 Shyly, he asked, “You wanna go bike riding?” “Maybe.” She played with a ponytail a crossed one leg in front of the other. “But my bike has a flat.” https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077003 2018-09-20 18:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077003 He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked, like a pile of wrecked cars. 24kserrano https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077143 2018-09-20 18:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077143 He spent hours in front of the mirror trying to herd his teeth into place with his thumb. dayanaaa https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077147 2018-09-20 18:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077147 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077313 “She’s not the one who messed with Frostie and me,” he said finally. “You still wanna borrow my bike?” 

]]> 2018-09-20 18:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077313 Why did he have to take the chain off? he scolded himself https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077435 2018-09-20 18:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077435 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077480 Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back streaked purple]]> 2018-09-20 18:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077480 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077622 She looked cheerful. Alfonso told her his bike was broken and asked if she wanted to ride with him. 

]]> 2018-09-20 18:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077622 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077832 Alfonso wanted to be more then hansom he wanted to be a perfectionist, but when he wanted tried to be one will cleaning his bike ]]> 2018-09-20 18:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077832 Alfonso waited a few minutes before asking, “What’s the matter?” He pretended not to be too interested. He picked up a wad of steel wool and continued cleaning the spokes. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077897 2018-09-20 18:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077897 “You got a girlfriend?” Asked Ernie. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077923 2018-09-20 18:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077923 Ernie looked through the hedge, with one eye closed, at the girl. “She’s not the one who messed with Frostie and me,” he said finally. “You still wanna borrow my bike?” 24jnguyen15 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077925 2018-09-20 18:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284077925 https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078051 Whenever he ran over a pothole, which was often, she screamed with delight, and once, when it looked like they were going to crash, she placed her hand over his, and it felt like love. ]]> 2018-09-20 18:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078051 You still wanna borrow my bike?” Alfonso couldn’t believe his luck. What a brother! What a pal! https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078275 2018-09-20 18:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078275 24equezada_gonzalez https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078357 "Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better-looking than average. ]]> 2018-09-20 18:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078357 Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better-looking than average. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078508 2018-09-20 18:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078508 He wanted “cuts” like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms. (Even she had cuts he could see beneath her thin .) https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078707 2018-09-20 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078707 He’d swaggered into the living room, but had stopped cold when he saw Alfonso and asked, not joking but with real concern, “Did you hurt your head at school? Que paso? https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078708 2018-09-20 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284078708 she placed her hand over his, and it felt like love. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284079883 2018-09-20 18:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284079883 On an impulse, he removed the chain to wipe off the gritty oil. But while he was unhooking it from the back sprocket it snapped. The chain lay in his hand like a dead snake. https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284080029 2018-09-20 18:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mgunderson5/pe2wf7m86910/wish/284080029