Carson wrote the following sentences in his research essay for biology, using social english. rewrite the sentence so that it is in academic english.

i can’t even begin to tell you how totally amazing great white sharks are. but, hey, you might already know

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.