Read the excerpt from the story Be the Best you Can Be: The next morning at practice, Danny was still in pain. He was limping and kept complaining of fatigue. The coach had suggested that Danny sit out of the practice games, which was making him meaner than ever. The other boys were trying to keep their distance from Danny, but I had an idea. My dad had taught me to be kind no matter what. He said kindness wasn't always in style but assured me that it was one of the most important things in life.

I walked over to Danny and the coach and said, "Coach? Maybe Danny can play goalie today. That way, he doesn't have to run, but he can still play with us. He's one of our strongest defenders, so I bet he'd make a great goalie!"

Surprise spread across Danny's face, followed quickly by a big smile.

"That's a great idea!" Danny exclaimed, looking at me with appreciation. "Please let me play, coach!"

The coach agreed, and Danny pushed himself off the bench gingerly. He shuffled over to me and extended his hand.

"Thanks so much, Finn," Danny said.

It was my turn to be surprised.

"You're a great teammate," Danny said. "I really need to try to be more like you. I just really want our team to be the best!"

"Me, too," I said. "If we look out for one other, I think we can be!"

Compare and contrast how Finn feels about Danny before and after Danny says he wants to be more like him in the excerpt.

A. Finn feels bad for him at first, and starts a friendship with him after.
B. Danny is glad he got what he deserved at first, but feels bad for him after.
C. Danny is his friend at first, but he is unsure if he still is after.
D. Danny thinks he can be captain at first, but he changes his mind after.

the characters in string all have major secrets that they strive to avoid revealing throughout the play.

what i did was pick the character i liked best (i picked buck) and i looked up quotes from the book. i chose three characteristics that made buck himself. i chose to use loyalty, that he is strong and intelligent, and that he is competitive. i used quotes to show that they were true about buck. hope i

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i need on one to here         write a well-developed introductory paragraph of four or more sentences.

use an anecdote or quotation hook.

write your thesis statement. this is your three-part idea that answers the question: what problems does my everyday monster cause, who does it affect, and how can it be solved?

states idea about the topic in one sentence

can be supported with valid evidence such as facts, expert testimony, and research

does not include feelings or emotions

is written in the third person point of view

it is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves, when inquired of as to their condition and the character of their masters, almost universally say they are contented, and that their masters are kind. the slaveholders have been known to send in spies among their slaves, to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition. the frequency of this has had the effect to establish among the slaves the maxim, that a still tongue makes a wise head. they suppress the truth rather than take the consequences of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family. if they have any thing to say of their masters, it is generally in their masters' favor, especially when speaking to an untried man. i have been frequently asked, when a slave, if i had a kind master, and do not remember ever to have given a negative answer; nor did i, in pursuing this course, consider myself as uttering what was absolutely false; for i always measured the kindness of my master by the standard of kindness set up among slaveholders around us. moreover, slaves are like other people, and imbibe prejudices quite common to others. they think their own better than that of others. many, under the influence of this prejudice, think their own masters are better than the masters of other slaves; and this, too, in some cases, when the very reverse is true. indeed, it is not uncommon for slaves even to fall out and quarrel among themselves about the relative goodness of their masters, each contending for the superior goodness of his own over that of the others."