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Step 3: Rewrite the story from Step 2, but combine some of the sentences using "Subordination". (See p 7 & p 9 in the BASICs Handout.)
 * Writing Task 1: The Basics**

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Title: My name is Alice. I am from Japan. I want to speak English very well, because I like to go to trip. When I was in high school student, I decided on my plan to go to the U.S. I came to the United States in September 18 by myself. I landed in Seattle airport ( Tacoma ), and then I stayed in Seattle for a night. As soon as I met a guy in the airport, I had good time with him. His name is Ryan, and he was also going to Portland. Ryan and I came to Portland by car. It is about 200 miles from Seattle, so we talked a lot to each other. Ryan is from Saudi Arabia. Ryan wants to speak English too. I do not know about his culture, and he also do not know about my curture. We are really interested about each other's culture.In the future, I want to be flight attendant, and he wants to be a tour guide.We both think English is very important for a good job,because now many countries constitute English to become their second language. Learning English very well is not only you can go everywhere easy but also get better chances in your job.So we studies English very hard to realize our goal.Two years later,we both finished our school,and then we came back our countries.We have a successful start in our careers. we all adore our work passionately and have determination and willpower to persist in the things we are doing. ---

Title: About me My name is Ahmad. I am 19 years old. I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. After I graduated from high school in 2008, I came to Portland, but I couldn't speak English good. So I started to take English classes. by the time I was living alone, I used to go to college by walking. Both my brothers came to Portland in winter 2008, so we moved to a house in Beaverton. While we were living there, I started to make friends, so I can improve my skills in English. It helps when I talk to people in English to get it better. Since traveling is one of my hobbies, I've been to a lot of places. I went to Canada and UK, which was good experince to me. And I went to San Fransisco and Las Vegas, I enjoyed my time in these beautiful cities. In the future, I want to go to Amesterdam, but I dont have time until summer 2011. In sum, after living a year and a half in the states, I have improved my English by talking to people, reading books, and listening carefully to people.