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The story of a garbage truck who has a hard time making friends

A script for a school play about a girl who is unexpectedly rewarded for her kind deeds

An orange sign advising drivers that the road beyond is under construction

A brochure about how people shouldn’t shop at Walmart because they hurt local businesses

A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

A child’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year

The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs

An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York and Austin

A bookmark with facts about garbage such as the amount of garbage created each year

An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them

A one page printout showing how to put together a coffee table that came in a box

A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner

The script for a TV commercial telling viewers to make environmentally friendly decisions

A five-paragraph essay in which the author convinces readers to recycle more

A map of the world, showing all continents, countries, and oceans

A student’s book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series

A speech in which a student promises daily pizza rations if he is elected class president

A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day

A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly

A Garfieldcomic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna

A sticker on the trash compactor that shows how to operate it

A picture book about a dog that gets lost on a family vacation and has to find his way home

An internet ad banner telling you to click it for a free iPhone

A book about a boy who loses his Mom’s phone and learns that telling the truth is important

A note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict

An ad in which the seller lists a chair in good condition for ten dollars or best offer

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates

A poem about a very comfortable chair in which the speaker could rest for eternity