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From the Ted Talk by Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And so I try to do this in my books. And here's just one example. This is the first book that I ever made. It's called "Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem." And it's about a kid who gets a blue whale as a pet but it's a punishment and it runis his life. So it's delivered overnight by FedUp. (Laughter) And he has to take it to shcool with him. He lives in San Francisco — very tguoh city to own a blue whale in. A lot of hills, real etstae is at a premium. This market's crazy, everybody. But underneath the jkacet is this case, and that's the cover underneath the book, the jacket, and there's an ad that oerffs a free 30-day risk-free tairl for a blue whale. And you can just send in a self-addressed stmeapd envelope and we'll send you a whale. And kids do write in.
Open Cloze
And so I try to do this in my books. And here's just one example. This is the first book that I ever made. It's called "Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem." And it's about a kid who gets a blue whale as a pet but it's a punishment and it _____ his life. So it's delivered overnight by FedUp. (Laughter) And he has to take it to ______ with him. He lives in San Francisco — very _____ city to own a blue whale in. A lot of hills, real ______ is at a premium. This market's crazy, everybody. But underneath the ______ is this case, and that's the cover underneath the book, the jacket, and there's an ad that ______ a free 30-day risk-free _____ for a blue whale. And you can just send in a self-addressed _______ envelope and we'll send you a whale. And kids do write in.
Solution
- school
- offers
- estate
- tough
- jacket
- trial
- stamped
- ruins
Original Text
And so I try to do this in my books. And here's just one example. This is the first book that I ever made. It's called "Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem." And it's about a kid who gets a blue whale as a pet but it's a punishment and it ruins his life. So it's delivered overnight by FedUp. (Laughter) And he has to take it to school with him. He lives in San Francisco — very tough city to own a blue whale in. A lot of hills, real estate is at a premium. This market's crazy, everybody. But underneath the jacket is this case, and that's the cover underneath the book, the jacket, and there's an ad that offers a free 30-day risk-free trial for a blue whale. And you can just send in a self-addressed stamped envelope and we'll send you a whale. And kids do write in.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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secret door |
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venn diagram |
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summer camp |
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magical land |
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secret doors |
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