The speaker fell asleep in class out of boredom, snoring with their head on their desk. When they woke up, they discovered their face was stuck to a piece of paper, their textbooks were covered in drool, and their hair was a mess. Their clothes were wrinkled, eyes red and glassy, and their binder left indentations in their head. They slept through the entire class and would have kept sleeping if not for students waking them as they left through the door.

1. Falling asleep in Class by Kenn Nesbitt

2. I fell asleep in class today, as I was awfully bored. I laid my head upon my desk and closed my eyes and snored. I woke to find a piece of paper sticking to my face. I’d slobbered on my textbooks, and my hair was a disgrace. My clothes were badly rumpled, and my eyes were glazed and red. My binder left a three-ring indentation in my head. I slept through class, and probably I would have slept some more, except my students woke me as they headed out the door.

3. I fell asleep in class today, as I was awfully bored. I laid my head upon my desk and closed my eyes and snored.

4. bored

5. snored

6. I woke to find a piece of paper sticking to my face. I’d slobbered on my textbooks, and my hair was a disgrace.

7. slobbered

8. disgrace

9. My clothes were badly rumpled, and my eyes were glazed and red. My binder left a three-ring indentation in my head.

10. rumpled

11. glazed

12. indentation

13. I slept through class, and probably I would have slept some more, except my students woke me as they headed out the door.

14. bored

15. snored

16. slobbered

17. disgrace

18. rumpled

19. glazed

20. indentation

21. Credits Poem taken from: http://www.poetryteachers.com/schoolpoems/fallingasleep.html Carol Wolff