tennis balls

Just like last summer, Rachel excitedly signed up for summer classes at a nearby community college. This summer she's taking a public speaking course and beginning Spanish.  In January she learned that she couldn't get into the International Baccalaureate program unless she tested into Spanish II as a junior.  So she's been seeing a tutor weekly since early spring, and to beef up her chances, she also decided to take college Spanish this summer.

And she's doing so well in both classes!  She's been acing her Spanish tests and really investing her energy and time into the speeches she's been assigned.  While we were away on our float trip, we brainstormed the topic for her last speech, which is a tribute speech.  When she threw out the idea of tennis balls I wasn't really sure what she meant, but decided to hear her out. Well then we floated and who talks about homework during a float trip?  

While I was in my office today I heard a lot of chaos going on downstairs, which didn't really sound like speech writing.  But when I went downstairs and saw this I immediately scolded myself for doubting her.

Rachel is writing about Ella's kind of tennis balls, and one aspect is what kind of ball is most appealing.  The tennis balls are lined up according to desirability, and lead to a very tired (and possibly confused) golden retriever.