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From the Ted Talk by Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So I get sehppid off to private school, K through eight, public schools, but for some reason my grandfather was upset that somebody at the local high school had been sbetabd and killed, so he didn't want me to go there. He wanted me to go to a private scoohl, and he gave me an option. You can go to Holy Name, which is coed, or St. John's, which is all boys. Very wise man, because he knew I would, I felt like I was mnkaig the decision on my own, and he knew I wouldn't choose St. John's, so I went to Holy Name High School, which was a toguh transition because, like I said, I didn't play sports, and it was very fecusod on sports, but I took solace in Mr. Shilale's art room. And I just flourished here. I just couldn't wait to get to that csaoroslm every day.

Open Cloze

So I get _______ off to private school, K through eight, public schools, but for some reason my grandfather was upset that somebody at the local high school had been _______ and killed, so he didn't want me to go there. He wanted me to go to a private ______, and he gave me an option. You can go to Holy Name, which is coed, or St. John's, which is all boys. Very wise man, because he knew I would, I felt like I was ______ the decision on my own, and he knew I wouldn't choose St. John's, so I went to Holy Name High School, which was a _____ transition because, like I said, I didn't play sports, and it was very _______ on sports, but I took solace in Mr. Shilale's art room. And I just flourished here. I just couldn't wait to get to that _________ every day.

Solution

  1. shipped
  2. stabbed
  3. tough
  4. school
  5. classroom
  6. focused
  7. making

Original Text

So I get shipped off to private school, K through eight, public schools, but for some reason my grandfather was upset that somebody at the local high school had been stabbed and killed, so he didn't want me to go there. He wanted me to go to a private school, and he gave me an option. You can go to Holy Name, which is coed, or St. John's, which is all boys. Very wise man, because he knew I would, I felt like I was making the decision on my own, and he knew I wouldn't choose St. John's, so I went to Holy Name High School, which was a tough transition because, like I said, I didn't play sports, and it was very focused on sports, but I took solace in Mr. Shilale's art room. And I just flourished here. I just couldn't wait to get to that classroom every day.

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Important Words

  1. art
  2. boys
  3. choose
  4. classroom
  5. coed
  6. day
  7. decision
  8. felt
  9. flourished
  10. focused
  11. gave
  12. grandfather
  13. high
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  15. killed
  16. knew
  17. local
  18. making
  19. man
  20. option
  21. play
  22. private
  23. public
  24. reason
  25. room
  26. school
  27. schools
  28. shipped
  29. solace
  30. sports
  31. st
  32. stabbed
  33. tough
  34. transition
  35. upset
  36. wait
  37. wanted
  38. wise