The following is a student draft. It may contain errors. (1) Tent, tarp, sleeping bags, backpacks, warm clothes (for those cool mountain nights), two coolers (one with sodas for the drive), a shopping bag full of marshmallows, hotdog and hamburger buns, chips—yup, it looked like we had everything.
(2) We said goodbye to my mom and sister and headed out. (3) This was going to be great—just my dad and I hiking, canoeing, and roasting marshmallows for three whole days. (4) The sun was just coming up as we pulled onto the road.
(5) The drive across the valley to Yosemite takes about three hours, and there's not much to see. (6) It's mostly just straight flat highway through mile after mile of tomato fields. (7) I told my dad that someone must like ketchup more than I do. (8) He laughed. (9) But then he reminded me that I was rather fond of spaghetti and pizza sauce. (10) I couldn't argue with that.
(11) When we got to our campground, it was already crowded. (12) Nonetheless, by some miracle, there were one open right across from the showers. (13) Someone must have just left the campgrounds. (14) We grabbed the spot, jumped out of the car and breathed in the mountain air. (15) After piling the food on the picnic table, we got to work setting up the tent. (16) That done, we built a fire in the grate and roasted hot dogs for an early lunch.
(17) That afternoon, the whole next day, and the morning of the day after that, we hiked and swam and canoed during the day and roasted hot dogs and hamburgers and marshmallows in the evenings. (18) And we talked. (19) My dad told me stories of things he did when he was my age and what it was like growing up back then. (20) I told him the things I wanted to do with my life.
(21) On the drive home, we were both pretty quiet. (22) We were tired. (23) But it was a good kind of tired. (24) We were tired from an adventure that neither of us would ever forget.

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Select the correct answer.
What is the best way to introduce the passage?
A.
I was so tired. I couldn't believe that my dad was serious when he said we would have to leave on our camping trip before dawn. But I did as I was told. I got out of bed, got washed and dressed and helped my dad put all of our camping stuff into our car. There sure was a lot of stuff. I didn't think we would get it all in.
B.
Today was the big day! My dad and I were going camping. I really hated getting up early, but my dad said it was necessary. So I got out of bed, got washed and dressed, and helped him get our camping gear into the car. There were a lot of things we had to take with us.
C.
Going on a camping trip requires a lot of stuff. But my dad and I were going camping today, and we couldn't get started until the car was packed. So I dragged myself out of bed, got washed and dressed, and helped him finish getting everything we would need into the car.
D.
I didn't understand why we had to get up so early. It was still dark. And it was July. But my dad said we needed to get an early start so we could get to the campground in time to claim a good campsite. So I dragged myself out of bed, got wㄸ