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Darlene is upset because her school has dropped holding dances. She tries to take her remarks to Mr. Harrison, the school principal, but she gets carried away describing types of...

As part of their social studies report, Joyce and Scott decide to scour the library for everything they can find about Mexico. It bogs them down that they haven't decided what are...

How can you gather information on something that has no written record? Sally Ann is trying to interview Mrs. Dockstedder for a report on working mothers' provlems. What follows...

What's going on at the school newspaper, The Weekly Bull Dog? Nothing, it seems. The staff can't decide what story should go where. One reporter favors putting a boa constrictor...

Ricky has written a script for a play, but no one can understand it. No standard form is adhered to. In order to make his script presentable, Ricky must first look at examples of...

Mrs. Dockstedder criticizes Jeff on the sources he used for his report on San Francisco. His report is basically a travel brochure description, but Jeff has not used quotation mar...

STUDENT BODY FUND BANKRUPT is the headline Rita wants to use for her story in the school paper. When she takes the story for approval, Mr. Harrison rejects it, saying that while t...

Darlene has a tough science project assigned her? How can she get people's interest in comets if no one knows exactly what comets are? It's a road block that drives the interest...

Mrs. Dockstedder wants Joyce to give a message to Mr. Harrison that a sporting event will be cancelled due to potential inclement weather. Joyce gives the message to Sally, who do...

Mrs. Dockstedder wants directions to a locale. Rita gives a vastly-complicated set of directions, spelling out unimportant street names, distances, and nitpicks. It confuses Mrs....

Sally Ann feels she has enough material in her boa constrictor story for the school newspaper. Scott's suggestion for a second draft sounds like a rejection. But by the show's en...

Rita submits a story for the school paper. Sally Ann, the editor, gives Rita a totally irrelevant commentary. It is clear that Sally Ann should be more positive and tactful in cr...