The supplies that are mentioned are pencils, eraser, ruler, calculator, palm pilot and laptop computer.
Now answer the following questions in your notebook:
What does the girl need?
Which of the school supplies the girl needs does the father not want to buy?
What does the father call the palm pilot and the calculator?
Why do you think he calls them different names?
Where can you buy the calculator?
How much does the calculator cost? How much rebate (= geld terug) can they get?
How does the girl convince her father to buy the calculator?
Does the girl get an ice cream? Why (not)?
Discuss:
What do you think of the price of school supplies?
What do your parents think of it? Do you often argue about the price of school supplies with your parents?
Do you think course books should be free for students?
