From the moment he woke up, Tom was thinking about basketball. He went downstairs and ate a healthy breakfast so he would have a lot of energy for practice in the morning. He went up to his room and went over the video of his last game and how he could improve his game. While heading to practice he was very focused and was thinking about how he would be able to show his coach that he improved and studied the tape he gave him.  When he arrived at practice, he was the first one there and he shot around for about a half hour, even before the coach got there. He was working on everything that he messed up the game before, and he was slowly becoming a better shooter. All of his hard work started paying off as he was getting more playing time every game.

Dedicated

John was at the grocery store and he was just picking up some of the groceries that he needed for that week. Everyone he saw, he smiled at them and asked how they were doing. He was well-liked by a lot of people and he always acknowledged people when they were doing something good. He was always nice and brought up conversations with everyone he came across and brighted up their day.

From the moment he got home, Tim started to work on his homework. He started all of his hard homework right away, in hopes he would remember everything that the teachers taught him. Tonight was going to be a long night as he had a lot of homework to do. He worked on his homework for 5 straight hours, only stopping to eat. When he was done with his homework, he did everything that he could to make sure that all of his answers were right by checking them on the internet. Tim worked all the way until 11, where he then decided that he should go to bed. He put all of his homework away and went to bed so he would be ready for school tomorrow.

Hard-working

Joe was one of the best basketball players on the team. During the conference finals, he ended the game scoring the last 10 points for his team and scored the game winning basket to lift his team to a victory. The local newspaper reporter walked up to him after his tremendous performance to ask him how he did it. Joe then replied, “Well, I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.”  He then went on to say, “They were the ones that did everything to help make my shots and get rebounds and defensive stops, we wouldn’t have one if it wasn’t a team effort.”

Jim walked into the kitchen where his mom was sitting there glaring at him. Jim knew that he had taken $20 out of her purse in order to go see a movie with his friends. Before she even said anything, he started to appoligize and he knew that what he did was wrong. He admitted that he took the money out and that he would pay her back and that he would pay her back in full. His mom then decided that he didn’t deserve any punishment since he told her everything that happened.

Forgiving