developing_writing

VII. !ontrolled !omposition
Incomplete dialog
Below are the answers to some questions. Write a good question before
each answer. When you finish you will have a dialog that you can
act out with a partner.
“A Newspaper Reporter Talks with Oscar Lindstrom”
Reporter: ________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, I’m Oscar Lindstrom.
Reporter: ___________________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, I’m a farmer in the Tanana Valley.
Reporter: _____________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, my farm is near Fairbanks.
Reporter: __________________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, this is my sixty­pound cabbage.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: No, I don’t always grow cabbages so big, but I always try.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: No, I don’t have any secrets for growing big cabbages.
They always grow big. The weather is good here.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, we have enough warm weather here. We have 89
growing days every summer.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: No, I don’t grow any other vegetables. Cabbages are strong,
but other vegetables aren’t.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: No, I don’t grow tomatoes. Tomatoes need a longer growing
season.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, some people do. They grow hot­house tomatoes inside
special buildings, but most of our tomatoes come from out
side Alaska.
Reporter: _______________________________________________?
Lindstrom: Yes, they’re very expensive, so I save my money. I eat
green, leafy vegetables, like cabbage.
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