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Step 2: Rewrite the story from Step 1, but combine some of the sentences using "Coordination". (See p 7 & p 8 in the BASICs Handout.) You may only use "simple sentences" & "compound sentences" on this page.
 * Writing Task 1: The Basics**

Title: My name is Alice. I am from Japan. I want to speak English very well, so 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. I met a guy in the airport. 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 also wants to learn English. I don't know about his culture, and he also don't 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 finding a good job.So we studied English very hard to realize our goal.Two years later,we finished our school,and then we came back our countries.We both have a successful start in our career. 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. I graduated from high school in 2008. I came to Portlland in summer 2008, but I couldnt speak english. So I started to take English classes. I lived in an apartment for 6 months by myself. I used to go college by walking. In winter 2008 my brothers came to Portland, so we moved to a house in Beaverton. 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. One of my hobbies is traveling, so I've been to a lot of places. I went to Canada and UK, which was good ecpericnces 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 a free 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.