Juan Acosta Writing Samples–April 2012
Sample 1:
Owning your own home is a good idea for three reasons.
Money pay out in rent is last. However, monthly house payments add up in equity, or how much of a house you own. This affects selling the house.
If you’re renting a house you can’t paint it or decorate it anyway you want. If own your own home, you can.
A landlord will be too slow to fix things, but you can repair your things or hire somebody.
So owning your own home has many advantages.
Sample 2:
I am doing many good things for my health. I don’t drink much soda. I try to eat fruits and vegetables, and others things that are good for me. I get exercise through physical labor at work.
There are things I need to improve. I need to drink more water each day. I need to get to bed earlier to get more sleep.
Even thought I’m doin several things to keep healthy, there are a few things I still need to work on.
Sample 3:
When I was in 6th grade, a kid hit me in the back of my head with a popsicle.
I hit the boy that I thought was guilty, but he said he didn’t do it. Hitting him broke some bones in my hand.
And then everybody thought my hand was ok, but I couldn’t use it. So it healed wrong.
Today however my hand works ok.
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Thanks for printing up Juan’s writing. Because I was familiar with the originals, I noticed a few “errors” in the transcription that weren’t in the original.
I assume that either you had his permission to put the writing in the newsletter or else all students know that any of the writing that is submitted each month to the office can be printed in the newsletter.
Hector was a bit uptight about his writing being made public, but I think Juan will be pleased to see his writing as “acceptable.”
Roger