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 Telling your dad that “you don’t know what to write” and have him type out a

paper that looks like it might have come from you while you spend most of your

mental energy checking out your friend’s Facebook posts.

If you want your coach to help you play a better baseball game, you can’t have your

buddy hit the ball and run the bases for you. You have to swing at the ball. You have to

run the bases. You have to try to catch the fly ball.

Yes, you may strike out. Yes, you may drop the ball. But in order for your coach to help

you, he has to see exactly what you’re doing—especially the mistakes--in order to help

you.

It’s the same in English class. Your teacher must see your work, even if you don’t think

it’s good. Give it a shot – it works! Turn in what you wrote, follow your teacher’s

guidance, and watch your writing get better!

In the space below, write what you “took away” from this activity. What are the big

ideas your teacher wants to make sure you remember?

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