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4. I love video games. I want to be a pro gamer

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5. I can do taekwondo. I earned a black belt
6. I play baseball with my friends

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1. I have blue eyes. I have long straight hair.

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2. I have a pet turtle at home. I have a pet snake at home.

3. I love to ski in winter. I love to snowboard in winter.

4. I always do my homework. I always get good grades.

5. I can sing well. I can act well. I can dance well.


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A. Discuss your topic with a partner.
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3. What makes you special? What can you do? What talents do you have?
B. Read the model paragraph on page 12 againand write the topic sentence.

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G. Write the topic sentence of your paragraph.

6. Write Your Body Sentences

The body sentence: describe the main idea,

A. Read the model paragraph on page 12 again and complete the chart.

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7. Write Your Closing Sentence

The closing sentence adds one last thought.

A. Read the model paragraph on page 12 again and write the closing sentence.

B. How do you feel about your topic? Write the closing sentence of your paragraph.

8. Complete Your Paragraph
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1. Warm up
A. Talk about the pictures and read the paragraph.

My Favorite Flyer
My favorite thing is my model airplane.

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really fly. It has a propeller and a rubber band. If I turn
the propeller,

it winds up the rubber band. When I let

the rubber band go,

it makes the propeller spin. Then,

my model plane can really fly through the air. I play

with my model plane in the park. I don't want it to fly
too far away. I don't want to ever lose it. It's always fun

playing with my model plane.


4. I don't use my cell phone
5. I got my MP3 player
6. I upload my pictures

B. Combine the sentences using but. Discuss your sentences.

1. lt is just made of Styrofoam. lt can really fly.
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2. The' jigsaw puzzle has 200 pieces. lt only takes me one hour to complete it.

3. I love my game player. I don't play with it all the time.

4. We don't call on the phone. We do text messaging every day.

5. My camera is old. lt takes good pictures.

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. lt took me 3 hours to complete it.

1. My favorite thing is myl cell
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2. I got the jigsaw puzzle on
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3. I like my digital camera very
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4. I got my bike two years ago.

. I take a lot of pictures every day.
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