A Read Tim’s letter to Ask Ava and complete the summary.
Dear Ava,
My name is Tim, and I’m 14 years old. I’m writing to ask for your advice. I often feel tired. My schoolwork is suffering, and I don’t have enough energy to do the things I want to do.
At school, I find it hard to focus. When I get home, all I want to do is rest. Basketball is my favourite sport, and watching basketball videos helps me relax after a long day. However, because of this habit, it takes longer than it should to complete my homework. My mum keeps telling me I should stop doing this and finish my homework as soon as I get home, so I can go to bed earlier. But the problem is that going to bed earlier doesn’t always mean I can fall asleep. When it’s finally time to go to sleep, my mind just won’t shut down. I want to sleep, but I can’t. The next day, I feel even worse. This has been going on for weeks.
I also have basketball practice on Wednesdays. I’m not the best player on the team, but I really enjoy it. The practice finishes late, so I end up going to bed very late. Because of this, I always feel worse than usual on Thursday mornings. I feel so stressed that I have been thinking about giving up playing basketball.
Can you help me, Ava? I’m worried about my schoolwork, and I don’t want to give up basketball, but something has to change. I can’t carry on feeling like this every day.
Yours sincerely,
Tim
Tim often feels tired. He has little (1) to do his schoolwork or enjoy his hobby. He is worried because his schoolwork is (2) . After school, he watches (3) to relax, but his mum thinks he should finish his homework first (4) he can go to bed earlier. He (5) on Wednesdays and really enjoys it, but he feels even more tired on Thursdays. He is worried about falling behind in his schoolwork, but he doesn’t want to (6) basketball. Something has to change.