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C. Answer the questions about your school. Use complete sentences in your response.
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9. What do you like best about your school?
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10. Do you and your classmates share many of the same interests?
11. Do you think a new student would feel welcome at your school? Why or why not?
D. (12–14) Write at least three sentences that would give a new student a
good idea of what your school is like. Read your sentences aloud. Fix any
fragments you might hear.
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Possible responses:
E. (15–20) Edit the letter. Fix the six fragments. Add a subject or a verb.
Dear Samantha,
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You are on my mind today. I miss seeing you at school. This
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school is different from our school back in Oklahoma. The here
They friends easily.
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are very full and noisy. I to fit in. It not always easy.
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A is helping me. Her is Clarisse. She encourages me to join the
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chorus. I to sing. I guess it is good to try new things!
Your friend,
Marion
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