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Six prompts to surface stories only you can tell. Answers save on this device. Students write every word; this only helps find the idea.

A time you changed your mind about somethingSomething you do when no one asks you toA problem you solved for someone elseA place, object or routine that says something about youSomething hard you kept doing anywayWhat friends come to you for

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