Shawn is a middle school student. These days, he has been feeling 1 and nervous. Why?Because Shawn was chosen to 2 his class to take part in the English writing competition. However, he hasn't prepared for it yet. And he 3 much time worrying about it. With the competition coming, he had to ask Mr. Matthews for help.
Mr. Matthews suggested that Shawn choose a(n) 4 at the beginning. And the topic should be important to him. Shawn wanted to be on the basketball team, so he 5 to write an article about it. Next, Mr. Matthews asked Shawn to think about his own 6 . When Shawn listed the best reasons, he was ready to start writing.
Shawn began with his main view—he should be allowed to join the 7 team. Then, he showed the reasons and finished his article as soon as possible. Then the basketball coach promised (承诺) to let Shawn join the team 8 he could get a good grade in the competition. Shawn felt excited about that. To make sure he spelled everything 9 , Shawn read his article many times. He also checked(检查) it for mistakes 10 grammar again.
His article was the best so that he won the writing competition finally. Everyone in his class took pride of him. The coach also agreed to let Shawn work with the team!