Special Lesson
The Best Compliment Ever
Scene 1
It is the last week of school.
Each student has just picked a piece of paper with a name on it.
Ms. Kemp: “Compliments for Classmates” will be our last activity of the school year.
Did everyone pick a name?
Class: Yes, Ms. Kemp.
Students are talking to each other.
Beth: So, whose name did you pick?
Lucy: (smiling) I got Boyd.
I have a lot to say about him.
What about you, Beth?
Beth: (looking worried) Uh, I picked Peter’s name.
Lucy: Peter? Oh, no!
It won’t be easy to find something to compliment him on.
Steve: Yeah. He doesn’t talk much and just sits at his desk all day long.
Beth: (scratching her head) Well, I’ll have to find something.
Scene 2
Beth is at home talking with her parents about the activity.
Beth: Everyone has long lists of compliments for other classmates, except for me.
I don’t know what to compliment Peter on.
Mom: Think carefully.
There should be something.
Beth: Well, he’s clean.
He washes his face every day.
Mom: That’s not a compliment.
Everybody does that.
Dad: Try again.
I’m sure you can find something good to say about him.
Scene 3
The next day, there is an accident at school.
Boyd’s foot is stuck in a bicycle stand.
Boyd: (with arms in the air) Help! I need help!
Beth: Stay still. I’m trying to pull your foot out.
Boyd: (screaming) Ouch! That hurts!
Peter: Let me help. Just a minute.
Peter runs to the school’s kitchen and comes back with butter.
Peter: I’m going to put this butter on your foot.
Boyd: What? Butter?
Peter: Just stay calm.
Beth: (pointing to Boyd’s foot) Wow! It’s working!
Boyd’s foot is coming out of the stand.
Scene 4
Beth is eating dinner with her parents.
She tells them about what happened to Boyd.
Beth: There was a little accident at school today.
Boyd’s foot got stuck in a bicycle stand.
Mom: Oh, no! So how did he get his foot out?
Beth: Peter put butter on his foot and then pulled it out.
Dad: That was really creative.
Messy but creative.
Beth: Hmm. Creative? Can that be a compliment, Dad?
Dad: Sure.
Scene 5
It is the last day of school,
and the students are complimenting each other.
Ms. Kemp: Joanne, what compliment do you have for Beth?
Joanne: Beth, you’re always cheerful.
You’re also kind and fair to everybody.
Beth: Thanks, Joanne.
It’s so nice of you to say so.
Ms. Kemp: Beth, let’s hear from you now.
You picked Peter’s name.
Beth: (hesitating) Well, I think Peter is creative.
Peter, you’re ... uh ... creative.
Peter: (shyly) Really?
Ms. Kemp: What made you think Peter is creative?
Beth: (after a long pause) When Boyd’s foot got stuck in the bicycle stand the other day,
Peter got it out by using butter.
That was creative.
Boyd: Yeah! Nobody else thought of doing that.
Steve: I didn’t know that.
Well, then, I also think he’s creative.
Beth: (confidently) Yeah, Peter, you ARE creative!
Peter: Thanks, Beth! It’s the best compliment ever!
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