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     I have double-spaced the text so that teachers can simply print it out and use it for exercises or for their own analysis.

My Older Sister

      My sister that is older than me is sixteen years old and 

goes to JWHS.  She is the smartest person in our family. She 

is mostly in all level four classes. She plans on going to a local 

college for two years and then to a larger college for four years. 

She is majoring in teaching the handicapped. My cousin is 

handicapped and my sister does a lot of things with her, mostly 

with church and school. When my cousin goes on a field trip, 

my sister always goes and helps.  Next year in the 12th grade 

she is going to be an aide in my cousins class. To be an aide 

she had to give up one class, she gave up French, but she is 

happy to be working with the class. During the summer my 

sister, my cousin, and I go to camp. You really learn a lot 

about a person after being a week in a tent with other people. 

We were late for everything because we had to help my cousin 

get dressed, but we didn't mind. We have always been close, 

but after that we were even closer. During camp my sister 

had a little falling out with a friend, but after we came home 

they cleared it up. Also during the summer we do a lot of things 

together. We love to go swimming and get a suntan, along with 

all of the rest of the family. Our family is very close and we 

love being together, especially my sister and I.