Kayden and his little sister Kaycee were having a great time playing outside as their family gathered nearby for a get-together. While Kayden was safely riding his bike on the sidewalk, Kaycee ended up_________into the road. By the time Kayden noticed, a car was_________his 2-year-old sister.

No one else had realized where Kaycee was. Instead of panicking or waiting to get_________, this brave brother _________ran into the road and pushed his sister out of the way.

“By the time everybody else saw Kaycee in the road, Kayden was right there...He ran right into the road to_________her,” their mom Kayla said. “But in the_________, he got hit by the car.”

Although Kayden had to be _________ to the hospital, he only needed to get a few stitches (缝线). Best of all，he’s already made a full_________!

Since the accident took place, Kayden has been getting all the heroic attention he_________“He’s got the heart of a hero,” said Steven Millhouse, a public information officer. “As a 6-year-old young man, Kayden was__________to recognize what was happening and to__________the way he did. He’s definitely great.”

As for the__________, Kayla and the rest of their family aren’t holding any hatred. Kayla said, “It wasn’t her__________. She was trying to stop when she saw Kaycee. We should have kept a close eye on our__________.We’re just__________that both Kaycee and Kayden are still here.”

I sat down at my desk and started writing an emotional letter of _________ But when it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox, I _________ .

The letter was to a teacher whose volunteer efforts had _________ my view on the world and I felt I should let her know how her _________ positively influenced my life.

I could have easily sent her an e-mail, _________ that seemed a bit _________ for such an important thank you. That’s why I ended up _________ the letter. But now I hesitated. We had _________ merely by Facebook comments and occasional private messages. I _________ knew her. Maybe my letter was too heartfelt. “People don’t normally do this,” I __________ to myself.

Thinking a while, I put the envelope in the mailbox __________.

A couple of weeks later I received a Facebook response from her. It turned out she was __________ a tough time and my note meant the __________ to her. She said she had no idea that she was making such a(n) __________ to others.

Not only did this letter make her happier, but her __________ increased my joy as well. I was so __________ that it made such a difference to her that I decided to write a gratitude letter to her each month.

I’ve been doing this for two years now and it’s __________ transformed my life. I’m more likely to seek out the __________ in others and more thankful for the beautiful life I’m __________.

Cultivating (培养) __________ is a great skill to practice. Life is too short not to do it.

Clinton was a great example of the student every teacher loves to have in class. An immigrant from the Philippines at the age of twelve with _______ English skills, he had traveled far to be the only student at school who _______ scholarships from three different school-based groups. All his teachers felt proud when he announced to be a teacher in the future because we knew he would _______ students’ lives

_______ , Clinton never made it to college. Just two days after he graduated from high school, Clinton was diagnosed with stage four colon(结肠) cancer. The doctors held _______ hope that cancer treatments would do more than postpone the eventual_______ . We were heartbroken. Clinton would never _______ college.He would never teach. He would never marry. He would never have children.

We_______ a hand of help and comfort to Clinton and his family. Many an hour was spent by Clinton's side in the hospital; a T-shirt was sold to help raise_______ for Clinton's medical care, and on the front of that T shirt was the following: “Love is a verb ”. For all of us who knew and loved Clinton, we came to ________ that statement and we believed it would make all the ________ in the world.

Clinton passed away on October 16th. We were all deeply ________ by his death. But we also ________ to the fact that the true duty of our school is beyond the factual knowledge and skills we teach to students. It is helping ________ to grow and mature into ________ people.