A Day at the Apple Orchard

FTE #1- A Day at the Apple Orchard

As I sit in the dining area of the Community Apple Orchard, I see a lone woman sitting near the wall. She is staring through the window and inspecting the people who are sitting at the tables outside. She has her phone sitting on the table next to her hand and she checked it every minute or so as if she was waiting for and important message. Her mother was supposed to be on her way, or so she said an hour ago. The woman was worried about her mother and what could have happened. She feared that she had gotten into an accident or something terrible had occurred on the way to their lunch date. The woman quickly looked behind her when she heard the door open and let out a sigh of relief as her mother walked into the orchard restaurant.

On the opposite side of the room, sat a young couple. They had been quietly giggling and talking since the moment they sat down. The two had become the talk of the whole place because of their obvious excitement. Little did we all know, they had gotten engaged just an hour before they had arrived. The entire restaurant knew the news once the couple noticed everyone staring. The young man stood up and joyfully announced their engagement to everyone in the building. Customers yelled their congratulations to the two as the girl quietly sat, blushing and smiling.

I was there with my Grandma who had recently moved to town. She loves places like the apple orchard and I thought it would be fun to take her out to lunch there. She loved every minute of the visit and didn't want to sit down to eat until she was done looking at everything. Once we had ordered our food, we found a table and situated ourselves, she told me that the girl who took our order seemed to be stressed out and rushed. I hadn’t noticed because I was too busy watching the excited couple in the corner. The waitress brought out our food and quickly set in down, walking back to the kitchen in a rush. When she came back, my grandma took the time to thank her and ask her name. The girl said it was Hailey and gave a quick smile. She apologized for rushing and not asking if we needed anything. Of course my grandma replied sweetily and told the girl to take her time. She came to our table once more and explained why she had been so stressed. It was her first day working at the orchard and she had been thrown to the wolves by her co-workers. The poor girl had to teach herself what to do and how to treat the customers all on her own. We told her not to worry and my grandmother left her a very generous, twenty dollar tip.

Standards:

Writing 1- I was able to create a clear picture of my surroundings and the people that I saw. My goal in this fictional story was to create and image for my reader to see the events that occured.

Language 1- I read this story outloud so that I could recognize any mistakes in my grammar, punctuation, or wording. I find it easier to notice mistakes when I read my stories and papers ouloud to myself.

Language 2- As I did for language standard three, I located my errors in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when I read aloud.

Language 3- I used the internet to find words that made mystory more interesting and looked up the meanings of certain words so that I could use them appropriately.