Sirius noticed most, probably all, of the texters and note passers. Participation deducted. He also made little notations on who looked like they were enjoying or engrossed in their writing - one of such persons was the one he also marked down as a possible trouble-maker, Conager. He planned to ask the other teachers what they thought of Conager along with make his own deductions. So far, he liked the kid and was looking forward to reading his story with how he was so engrossed in it and burning lead like it was water.<br/><br/>He glanced at his watch for the twentieth time and it was six minutes until the bell. Sirius stood and made his way around to the front of his desk, all of the students goofing off immediately took notice and stared at him in intense fascination. Sirius waited until his watch said it was five minutes until the bell before speaking.<br/><br/>"You all have five minutes until the bell is to ring." He paused so those who were in mid-thought/mid-sentence looked up at him.<br/><br/>"I expect each of you to use the five minutes to make sure your name and the date is on the front. I will pass around the stapler, do<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>shoot staples at each other. First offender is being given detention, no exceptions." He had an unfortunate student who decided to shoot staples at a friend as a joke - the child lost an eye and the other was expelled.<br/><br/>"Also, use this time to finish your story for those of you still writing. If you don't think you can write a quick ending, skip a few lines and write what you intended the ending to be withing some brackets. When the bell rings, I want order as you all hand me your papers. Your homework assignment is on your schedule sheet, check it." Sirius handed out his two staplers to each side of the classroom, then he leaned back against his desk with his hands on either side of him lightly gripping the edge of the desk.<br/><br/>No accidents came before the bell rang. There was more order than he expected when the bell rang, but it still wasn't what he hoped - and it never would be. As he was given papers, those who ended up with the staplers gave them to him when they were next in line.<br/><br/>((I will leave this open ended for you in-case you want something to happen when Conager gives Sirius his sheet. Plus what's Conager's last name? Sirius is one of those who will refer to his students by last name, not first. Hope you like it and sorry it's a little short.))