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From the Ted Talk by Aracelis Girmay: "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card"

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I'm Aracelis grmiay, and this is, "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me a Card." elpheant on an orange line, underneath a yolelw circle, meaning sun. Six geern, vtecairl liens, with color all from the top, meaning flowers. The first time I peel back the five sqeaurs of Scotch tape, unfold the crooked-crease fold of art class paper. I am in my liinvg room. It is June. Inside of the card, there is one long word, and then Estefani’s name: Loisfoeribari Estefani Loisfoeribari? Loisfoeribari: The scientific, lanaitte way of saying hibiscus. Loisforeribari: A dticreion, as in: are you going North? South? East? West? Loisfoeribari? I try, over and over, to read the word out loud. Loisfoeribari. LoISFOeribari. LoiSFOEribari. LoisFOERibARI. What is this word? I imagine using it in sceennets like, “Man, I have to go back to the house, I fogort my Loisfoeribari.” or “There’s nothing better than rain, hot rain, open windows with music, and a tall glass of lbsiafoireori.” or “How are we getting to Pittsburgh? Should we dirve or take the Loisfoeribari?” I have lived four muients with this word not knowing what it means. It is the end of the year. I consider writing my student, Estefani, a letter that goes: To The BRILLIANT Estefani! Hola, querida, I hope that you are well. I’ve just opeend the card that you made me, and it is beautiful. I really love the way you filled the sky with birds. I believe that you are chula, chulita, and sepur fly! Yes, the card is beautiful. I only have one qutseion for you. What does the word ‘Loisfoeribari’ mean? I try the word again. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. I try the word in ssnipah. Loisfoeribari Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee and then, slowly, Lo is fo e ri bari Lo is fo erirbai love is for everybody love is for every every body love love love everybody love everybody love love is love everybody everybody is love love love for love for everybody for love is everybody love is for every love is for every body love love love for body love body body is love love is body every body is love is every love for every love is love for love everybody love love love love for everybody Love is for everybody.

Open Cloze


I'm Aracelis ______, and this is, "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me a Card." ________ on an orange line, underneath a ______ circle, meaning sun. Six _____, ________ _____, with color all from the top, meaning flowers. The first time I peel back the five _______ of Scotch tape, unfold the crooked-crease fold of art class paper. I am in my ______ room. It is June. Inside of the card, there is one long word, and then Estefani’s name: Loisfoeribari Estefani Loisfoeribari? Loisfoeribari: The scientific, ________ way of saying hibiscus. Loisforeribari: A _________, as in: are you going North? South? East? West? Loisfoeribari? I try, over and over, to read the word out loud. Loisfoeribari. LoISFOeribari. LoiSFOEribari. LoisFOERibARI. What is this word? I imagine using it in _________ like, “Man, I have to go back to the house, I ______ my Loisfoeribari.” or “There’s nothing better than rain, hot rain, open windows with music, and a tall glass of _____________.” or “How are we getting to Pittsburgh? Should we _____ or take the Loisfoeribari?” I have lived four _______ with this word not knowing what it means. It is the end of the year. I consider writing my student, Estefani, a letter that goes: To The BRILLIANT Estefani! Hola, querida, I hope that you are well. I’ve just ______ the card that you made me, and it is beautiful. I really love the way you filled the sky with birds. I believe that you are chula, chulita, and _____ fly! Yes, the card is beautiful. I only have one ________ for you. What does the word ‘Loisfoeribari’ mean? I try the word again. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. I try the word in _______. Loisfoeribari Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee and then, slowly, Lo is fo e ri bari Lo is fo _______ love is for everybody love is for every every body love love love everybody love everybody love love is love everybody everybody is love love love for love for everybody for love is everybody love is for every love is for every body love love love for body love body body is love love is body every body is love is every love for every love is love for love everybody love love love love for everybody Love is for everybody.

Solution


  1. squares
  2. drive
  3. yellow
  4. lines
  5. eribari
  6. living
  7. sentences
  8. vertical
  9. forgot
  10. loisfoeribari
  11. spanish
  12. direction
  13. green
  14. opened
  15. girmay
  16. latinate
  17. minutes
  18. elephant
  19. question
  20. super

Original Text


I'm Aracelis Girmay, and this is, "For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me a Card." Elephant on an orange line, underneath a yellow circle, meaning sun. Six green, vertical lines, with color all from the top, meaning flowers. The first time I peel back the five squares of Scotch tape, unfold the crooked-crease fold of art class paper. I am in my living room. It is June. Inside of the card, there is one long word, and then Estefani’s name: Loisfoeribari Estefani Loisfoeribari? Loisfoeribari: The scientific, Latinate way of saying hibiscus. Loisforeribari: A direction, as in: are you going North? South? East? West? Loisfoeribari? I try, over and over, to read the word out loud. Loisfoeribari. LoISFOeribari. LoiSFOEribari. LoisFOERibARI. What is this word? I imagine using it in sentences like, “Man, I have to go back to the house, I forgot my Loisfoeribari.” or “There’s nothing better than rain, hot rain, open windows with music, and a tall glass of Loisfoeribari.” or “How are we getting to Pittsburgh? Should we drive or take the Loisfoeribari?” I have lived four minutes with this word not knowing what it means. It is the end of the year. I consider writing my student, Estefani, a letter that goes: To The BRILLIANT Estefani! Hola, querida, I hope that you are well. I’ve just opened the card that you made me, and it is beautiful. I really love the way you filled the sky with birds. I believe that you are chula, chulita, and super fly! Yes, the card is beautiful. I only have one question for you. What does the word ‘Loisfoeribari’ mean? I try the word again. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. Loisfoeribari. I try the word in Spanish. Loisfoeribari Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee Lo-ees-fo-eh-dee-bah-dee and then, slowly, Lo is fo e ri bari Lo is fo eribari love is for everybody love is for every every body love love love everybody love everybody love love is love everybody everybody is love love love for love for everybody for love is everybody love is for every love is for every body love love love for body love body body is love love is body every body is love is every love for every love is love for love everybody love love love love for everybody Love is for everybody.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
body love 3


Important Words


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  2. art
  3. bari
  4. beautiful
  5. birds
  6. body
  7. brilliant
  8. card
  9. chula
  10. chulita
  11. circle
  12. class
  13. color
  14. direction
  15. drive
  16. east
  17. elephant
  18. eribari
  19. estefani
  20. filled
  21. flowers
  22. fo
  23. fold
  24. forgot
  25. girmay
  26. glass
  27. grade
  28. green
  29. hibiscus
  30. hola
  31. hope
  32. hot
  33. house
  34. imagine
  35. june
  36. knowing
  37. latinate
  38. letter
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  41. lived
  42. living
  43. lo
  44. loisfoeribari
  45. long
  46. loud
  47. love
  48. meaning
  49. means
  50. minutes
  51. music
  52. north
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  55. orange
  56. paper
  57. peel
  58. pittsburgh
  59. querida
  60. question
  61. rain
  62. read
  63. ri
  64. room
  65. scientific
  66. scotch
  67. sentences
  68. sky
  69. slowly
  70. south
  71. spanish
  72. squares
  73. student
  74. sun
  75. super
  76. tall
  77. tape
  78. time
  79. top
  80. unfold
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  82. west
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  84. word
  85. writing
  86. year
  87. yellow