1. *star : telescope :: cell : ________
2. *athlete : injury :: ________ : career
3. *rich : destitute :: enormous : ___________
4. *help : impede :: perfect : _________
5. *extinguish : ignite :: dip : ________
6. Which doesn't fit, and why? precise, microscopic, explosion, circuitous, destitute

"Delinquent"

Editors collect final drafts from writers, and follow these directions.
Writers:  Work on 600 words.

1. Imagine that Roger and Mrs. Jones meet ten years after the events of the story. Write a dialogue that they might have.
2. How I feel about my alarm clock.
3. Show the ideal job.
4. "Kids today..."
5. What are the top ten scariest things? Why?
6. Top ten most boring things (with comments).
7. What are the essentials of life?
8. What items would you place in a time-capsule, which would be buried here at Laguna, and unearthed in the year 2065? Why would you choose those items?
9. Who or what makes you what you are?
10. How would the world be different if school were not compulsary until age 18? Show both "good" and bad effects.
11. Sometimes I hate being able to read minds...
12. You awaken to find that you've been turned into a giant insect. You can't talk. Show...
13. Life is like ___________, because__________ (Go for as many as you can think of!)

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