How I Met My Best Friends
Mrs. Choi, my social ____ teacher, made an important announcement.
"You ____ create a newspaper in groups. Check out your new group members."
Mrs. Choi started ____ out the names of the students in each group.
After a ____ my name was called.
"Group 4, Jisu..." ____ will be in my group?" I wondered.
Mrs. ____ continued, "Lina, Inho, and Min."
I couldn't believe ____ ears.
I ____ know anyone in that group.
I ____ like crying when I sat with my group members.
We didn’t have anything in common.
Lina was ____ drawing something by herself.
Inho never said anything, and his ____ interest seemed to be soccer.
Min ____ smart, but he always had his nose in a book.
I couldn't ____ thinking how unlucky I was.
I decided to convince Mrs. Choi that I should be ____ my friends.
"Maybe she ____ let me change the group," I thought.
But before I could say anything, she gently placed her hand on my ____
"I know what you ____ Jisu," she said,
"but I'm sure you will get to like ____ group members.
Don't you think it's ____ trying?"
I didn't really believe ____ but I said, "Okay," and walked away.
The project wasn’t easy from the start.
We couldn't decide on the topic ____ our newspaper.
I felt like giving ____ on the project, so I asked my friend Ryan for some advice.
"Try to understand your group members first," ____ said.
So I carefully watched my group ____
____ I came across some amazing facts about them.
Lina read a ____ of Japanese comic books, so she was an expert on Japanese culture.
Inho's Korean sounded a bit different, but ____ was because he lived in Argentina when he was young.
He knew a lot about Argentina and ____ soccer.
Min's mom was Vietnamese, ____ Min used to spend some time in Vietnam.
He read a lot of history books and loved to talk ____ Vietnam and its history.
I thought of the perfect topic for our group.
We decided ____ write about world culture. I had Lina introduce Japanese culture.
____ wrote about Argentina and its soccer, and Min covered Vietnamese culture and its history.
I was in charge of editing the ____ newspaper.
____ newspaper project was a great success.
We received an A⁺, ____ my group members became my best friends.
I will end my story with ____ saying.
Don't ____ a book by its cover.
Read it. It ____ turn into your favorite book.