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You just read a story about Sadie having to do chores. Sadie thinks kids should get paid to do chores. Do you agree or disagree with her point of view? Write a paragraph telling your opinion.

• Kids should get paid to do chores.

• This is why I think kids should get paid to do chores.

• After doing the dishes, Sadie earned one dollar.

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You just read a story about a girl who moves to a new state. Write a paragraph that tells what happens next after her first day at her new school.

• The next day, she walked into the school building and knew exactly where to go.

• I think that she will walk into the school and know where to go.

• This is the story of a girl at a new school.

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You just read a passage about bears. Think about how the mother bear took care of the baby bears. Write a story that tells how the mother takes care of her babies.

• This is how a mother bear takes care of her cubs.

• One morning, a mother bear woke up to her three cubs jumping on top of her ready for food.

• I think that the mother bear will take care of her babies.

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You just read a text about how car safety has changed over the years. Write a paragraph that gives your opinion about what car feature you believe made the biggest impact on car safety.

• I think that seatbelts are the feature that have made the biggest impact on car safety.

• Cars have a lot of features that make them safe.

• I think that cars have changed a lot over the years.

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You have just read a text about Althea Gibson. Write a paragraph that explains how Althea Gibson was considered a trailblazer.

• Althea Gibson was a trailblazer as an African American tennis player and golfer.

• I think Althea Gibson was a trailblazer in sports.

• How Althea Gibson was a trailblazer.

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Think about the story you read, The Tortoise and the Hare. Describe the lesson that is taught and explain how you could apply it to your life.

• The lesson from the Tortoise and the Hare, slow and steady wins the race, can be used in my life.

• I think that I can use the lesson from the Tortoise and the Hare in my life.

• Hare learned an important lesson in the story.

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Using information from the passage, write a paragraph that describes how peaches and nectarines are alike and different.

• I think peaches are better than nectarines.

• How peaches and nectarines are alike and different.

• Peaches and nectarines are alike and different in several ways.

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Using information from the passage, write a paragraph that tells what you learned about penguins and how they are different from the birds in your neighborhood.

• What penguins are and how they are different from the birds in my neighborhood.

• Penguins are birds that are very different from the birds in my neighborhood.

• I think that Penguins are cooler than the birds in my neighborhood.

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Think about how the Scarecrow is lying helpless on the ground when the grasshopper comes along. The grasshopper jumps on the Scarecrow’s nose and sees that the Scarecrow is alive. Write a paragraph that tells what happens next.

• "He's alive!" screamed grasshopper as he kept jumping on Scarecrow’s nose to make sure that it was really true.

• This is what I think would happen after Grasshopper realized that Scarecrow was alive.

• How grasshopper woke scarecrow up.