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From the Ted Talk by Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six, my mom bought me my own laptop equipped with mfirosoct Word. Thank you, Bill Gates, and thank you, Ma. I wrote over 300 short stories on that little laptop, and I wanted to get piblhsued. Instead of just scoffing at this hsreey that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my parnets were really supportive. Many publishers were not quite so encouraging. One lgare children's publisher ironically said that they didn't work with children. Children's publisher not working with children? I don't know, you're kind of alienating a large client there.
Open Cloze
I loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six, my mom bought me my own laptop equipped with _________ Word. Thank you, Bill Gates, and thank you, Ma. I wrote over 300 short stories on that little laptop, and I wanted to get _________. Instead of just scoffing at this ______ that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my _______ were really supportive. Many publishers were not quite so encouraging. One _____ children's publisher ironically said that they didn't work with children. Children's publisher not working with children? I don't know, you're kind of alienating a large client there.
Solution
- published
- heresy
- large
- microsoft
- parents
Original Text
I loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six, my mom bought me my own laptop equipped with Microsoft Word. Thank you, Bill Gates, and thank you, Ma. I wrote over 300 short stories on that little laptop, and I wanted to get published. Instead of just scoffing at this heresy that a kid wanted to get published, or saying wait until you're older, my parents were really supportive. Many publishers were not quite so encouraging. One large children's publisher ironically said that they didn't work with children. Children's publisher not working with children? I don't know, you're kind of alienating a large client there.
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