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Writing Developing the First Draft
Beginning 🟪 In the first paragraph, do two things:
Name the title of the story or poem.
Share your main idea—your opinion or explanation.
“Dog Park Dance” tells what happens when a girl and her old beagle show up at a dog park in a new town. The girl is nervous about being a stranger. She fears rejection. Her dog, Pepper, doesn’t have any such fears. The poem shows the messy and goofy way that dogs and their people make friends.