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My subject is my dads car. Im going to try to do the car raid this weekend on the way to volleyball practice.  Why do you like trucks more than regular cars? Do you have any organizational system for your car? What is your idea of a clean car?  What do you like about having a big car? I want to write a lot of imagery and be able to describe what i'm seeing. 

News story: Ready Set Teach Aid Rescues Student. Summary: Senior Cyn'torreya Smith was working as a teachers aid, and during lunch one of the students began choking. Smith rose to action and instead of telling someone else what was going on and saved the girl.   Cyn'torreya Smith, Kelly Langdon, Moxie Maxwell, Jaime Maxwell, and Kris Higgins.  I think that the first quote was really significant because it talks about how Smith was feeling during that moment. When most people who saw a chocking child would freak out Smith was confident and unafraid.  The lead sentence made me want to keep reading because it gives me an idea of what the story is about without giving away what happens.  Quote.  Commentary/ review story: Colleges snoop through student socials. Summary:  A commentary on the the fact that colleges looking at social media is wrong. In the story its mainly talks about how concerning it is that social media could be the one thing ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/sports/soccer/uswnt-women-soccer-olympics.html Sports current events Title: U.S. Women’s Team Qualifies for Olympic Soccer Tournament Summary: The women’s american world cup champions are now qualified for the women's olympic soccer tournaments. They are going to claim their 5th olympic crown in japan during the summer.  Header:  to hit the ball with the head.  Women's soccer players: brave, strong.  Recap - An article that describes the outcome of a recent game/event. Because they won the world cup, they now get to go to the olympic soccer tournaments. In this article they show game scores by linking social media posts.

Sport: volleyball Athlete: April Ross Team/ club: Orange county Volleyball Club April Ross recent rankings: FIVB rank: 4 Olympic rank: 2   Top 5 volleyball teams: Stanford , Wisconsin , Baylor , Minnesota , Nebraska . Stanford performance stats: Overall (pct): 34-1 Streak: 32 won Home: 17-0 Away: 13-1 Summary: Female Beach Volleyball player April Ross has won 1st place overall 67 times with one olympic silver and one bronze. She has competed in the olympics twice. In volleyball there are 3 main rules that make volleyball what it is today. The first rule is that you cannot touch the ball more than once. This rule is here because when the ball is passed to your side you have only 3 shots to get it back on the other side. If one person is just hitting the ball back and forth with someone else then it's not a game of volleyball, its catch. Another rule is that you are not allowed to catch the ball. If you catch the ball the team on the o...

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