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From the Ted Talk by Reed J. Williams and Lindsay Morris: How a sanctuary for self-expression can change lives

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

RJW: My mom found me hand-me-down cehtols from friends with older daughters that I was free to wear around the huose. But in public, I was limited to a winter stocking cap that I used to cover my sorht hair. I wore that hat cnsolttnay, even when I slept, to the point where I began to develop a bald spot on the side of my head. tuallhnkfy, my dad made me a baseball cap with a little piece of rope and a wooden bead tied to the end, meant to mmiic the swinging motion of a ponytail when I walked. This both alleviated my frustration with short haircuts and prevented pmrtuaere blensads.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

RJW: My mom found me hand-me-down _______ from friends with older daughters that I was free to wear around the _____. But in public, I was limited to a winter stocking cap that I used to cover my _____ hair. I wore that hat __________, even when I slept, to the point where I began to develop a bald spot on the side of my head. __________, my dad made me a baseball cap with a little piece of rope and a wooden bead tied to the end, meant to _____ the swinging motion of a ponytail when I walked. This both alleviated my frustration with short haircuts and prevented _________ ________.

Solution


  1. clothes
  2. thankfully
  3. premature
  4. constantly
  5. short
  6. baldness
  7. house
  8. mimic

Original Text


(Laughter)

RJW: My mom found me hand-me-down clothes from friends with older daughters that I was free to wear around the house. But in public, I was limited to a winter stocking cap that I used to cover my short hair. I wore that hat constantly, even when I slept, to the point where I began to develop a bald spot on the side of my head. Thankfully, my dad made me a baseball cap with a little piece of rope and a wooden bead tied to the end, meant to mimic the swinging motion of a ponytail when I walked. This both alleviated my frustration with short haircuts and prevented premature baldness.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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south carolina 2
baseball cap 2
ruby slippers 2
american girl 2
girl dolls 2
trans girl 2
high heels 2

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american girl dolls 2

Important Words


  1. alleviated
  2. bald
  3. baldness
  4. baseball
  5. bead
  6. began
  7. cap
  8. clothes
  9. constantly
  10. cover
  11. dad
  12. daughters
  13. develop
  14. free
  15. friends
  16. frustration
  17. hair
  18. haircuts
  19. hat
  20. head
  21. house
  22. laughter
  23. limited
  24. meant
  25. mimic
  26. mom
  27. motion
  28. older
  29. piece
  30. point
  31. ponytail
  32. premature
  33. prevented
  34. public
  35. rope
  36. short
  37. side
  38. slept
  39. spot
  40. stocking
  41. swinging
  42. thankfully
  43. tied
  44. walked
  45. wear
  46. winter
  47. wooden
  48. wore