Bill and Ted's First Week on the Job, Part 2

Bill and Ted's First Week on the Job, Part 2

Bill and Ted's First Week on the Job, Part 2
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	high interest, readability grades 3 to 5
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	2.19

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		benefits, insurance, punched, alphabetical, section, sure, listed, alarm, yeah, emergency, working, smith, anytime, index, health, order
	content words:		Human Resources

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Bill and Ted's First Week on the Job, Part 2
By Patti Hutchison

¹     Ted made sure he set his alarm. "I don't want to be late again," he told himself.

²     This time he met Bill on the bus. Bill was carrying his employee manual with him. Ted made fun of him. "Did you memorize the whole thing?" he asked.

³     "There's some important information in here, Ted," Bill said. "You should really look it over."

⁴     "Like what?" Ted asked.

⁵     Bill told him there was a section on employee benefits. He said they could buy health insurance at a low cost. He also said they got five sick days per year. After one year they could take a vacation and get paid for it. "I think this is going to be a good company to work for," he told Ted.

⁶     "Sounds sweet," Ted said. "And the work doesn't seem too hard. If I can keep Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones from getting mad at me."

⁷     "Just follow the company policies that are in the employee handbook, and you'll do fine," Bill told him.

⁸     "So tell me more about all these rules and regulations in that big book," Ted said.

⁹     Bill told him that they had to be at work at 8:00 on the dot. They had to punch in and get right to work. Every morning and afternoon they got a ten-minute break. Lunch hour was from 12:00 to 1:00 everyday. And quitting time was 5:00 sharp. They had to punch their timecards every time they started or stopped working.

¹⁰     Bill also said that they couldn't receive personal calls unless it was an emergency. They had to wear a clean uniform everyday. If they were sick, they had to call Mr. Smith no later than 7:00 AM.

¹¹     "That's a lot to remember," Ted said. "Good thing I have you to keep me straight."

¹²     "You have a handbook, too," Bill reminded him. "You can look these things up anytime you need to."

¹³     "Yeah, but it's so big and confusing," Ted said. "I have better things to do than read that thing."

¹⁴     "It's not so hard if you use the index," Bill said. "When you think of an important topic, just look it up in the back. They are listed in alphabetical order."

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