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The Mayor says
Before you write your own, let us sharpen your eye. A guide who can spot the missing stop, and tell a real source from a bare guess, can build a tour a reader can actually follow and trust.
Three ways to sharpen your eye before you write your own. No grades here, just practice.
Follow or lost?
Send each one to where it belongs.
Match the part of the tour
Tap a part of the Tour on the left, then the sentence that does its job on the right.
The part
The sentence
Finish the tour
Here is the Mayor's tour for why pets get returned, with one line missing. Which note belongs in the blank?
- Where we are going Why adopted pets get returned, and rarely because the family stopped caring.
- Stop 1 Behavior the family was not prepared for, like chewing or barking.
- What to notice at stop 1
- Leave them knowing Now you can explain why a shelter asks so many questions first.