Writing Focus: Think as a Reader/ Writer

She was playing basketball with the boys in the schoolyard when her mom arrives to pick her up.  She ran to the fifth floor as fast as she could and came back in two minutes with her schoolbag and a bunch of heavy-looking books. Her mom gave her the helmet but she denied it with a tired, sleepy expression on her face. She was almost falling as sleep on their way home, but she was managed to over come and stay awake. And she fell asleep before she could finish all of her homework.