The assignment for this lesson is to read the summaries of two stories and respond to the following questions: What is the theme or motif of these two stories? Which elements of the traditional story has been changed in the modern story? How do these changes to the story make the theme or motif seem new and fresh for modern audiences?

Answer:

The theme of the story is to not brag, because it would make you seem foolish and it could cause  someone to lose respect for you. And what changed was that weaving was popular back then and singing is popular now, and some people can relate to it !

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Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the author of "Tour the Kremlin"?

providing architectural information
giving a brief history lesson
creating a picture of the Kremlin
suggesting a political opinion

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Read the passage. What is a similarity between the narrator and her best friend, Karen?

Karen and I had been best friends since first grade. But I was a little jealous of her. Karen always seemed smarter and prettier than everyone. One day, we both put our names in for a dance contest. I practiced hard for weeks. I wanted to win the dance contest and beat Karen. On the day of the contest, I went on stage. I danced like I’d never danced in my life. The crowd clapped loudly. Then it was Karen’s turn. She missed some steps and even lost her balance at one point. I knew something was wrong—Karen was no klutz. I ended up winning the contest, but that didn’t even matter to me anymore. After the contest, I ran to Karen and asked her what was wrong. Karen told me that she had been dancing with a sprained ankle. I asked her why she did it. Karen looked ashamed. Then she said, “Because I wanted to beat you and prove that I’m just as good as you!” I was shocked. Here I was so jealous of her, and she wanted to beat me so badly that she went on stage with a sprained ankle!



A.
Karen and the narrator both enter the contest for fun.
B.
Karen and the narrator both deal with jealousy.
C.
Karen and the narrator are both trained dancers.
D.
Karen and the narrator both have sprained ankles.
E.
Karen and the narrator are both tennis champions.

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Have you read "Boy of the painted cave?" I'm doing a test and one of the questions is for paragraph 9-10 how long has Tao not seen a wooly mammoth. Help would be much appreciated!! Thanks

Summarize the story about Robert Bruce use the plot outline and write in complete sentences

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describe the effective and ineffective aspects of your current note taking methods as well as your thought processes and behaviors in class

Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems." What is the author's purpose?

A)Persuade
B)Inform
C)Entertain

Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

She was rambling on in this way when she reached the wood: it looked very cool and shady. “Well, at any rate it's a great comfort,” she said as she stepped under the trees, “after being so hot, to get into the—into WHAT?” she went on, rather surprised at not being able to think of the word. “I mean to get under the—under the—under THIS, you know!” putting her hand on the trunk of the tree. “What DOES it call itself, I wonder? I do believe it's got no name—why, to be sure it hasn't!”

She stood silent for a minute, thinking: then she suddenly began again. “Then it really HAS happened, after all! And now, who am I? I WILL remember, if I can! I'm determined to do it!” But being determined didn't help much, and all she could say, after a great deal of puzzling, was, “L, I KNOW it begins with L!”

Which question might a reader ask to gain a better understanding of this excerpt?

Why does Alice choose to step through the looking glass?
Why does Alice forget the name of the woods and her own name?
Why does Alice want to play chess with all the others in the garden?
Why does Alice talk to the gnat about the looking-glass insects?

Mary is writing an argumentative essay about the benefits of a healthy diet. Which of these sources will be the most reliable? (ASAP)

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Read the story below and complete the assignment at the end.
02.02 The Great North American Circus

There was great excitement in Smyrna, especially among the boys. Barlow's Great American Circus in its triumphal progress from state to state was close at hand, and immense yellow posters announcing its arrival were liberally displayed on fences and barns, while smaller bills were put up in the post office, the hotel, and the principal stores, and distributed from house to house.
It was the largest circus that had ever visited Smyrna. At least a dozen elephants marched with ponderous steps in its preliminary procession, while clowns, acrobats, giants, dwarfs, fat women, cannibals, and hairy savages from Tibet and Madagascar were among the strange wonders that were to be seen at each performance for the small sum of fifty cents, children half price.
For weeks the young people had been looking forward to the advent of this marvelous world of curiosities, and the country papers from farther east had given glowing accounts of the great show, which was pronounced greater and more gorgeous than in any previous year. But it may be as well to reproduce, in part, the description given in the posters:
BARLOW'S GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS.
Now in its triumphal march across the continent, will
give two grand performances,
AT SMYRNA
on the afternoon and evening of May 18th.
Never in all its history has this
unparalleled show embraced a greater variety of attractions,
or included a larger number of world-famous
acrobats, clowns, bare back riders, rope walkers, trapeze
artists, and star performers,
in addition to a colossal menagerie, comprising
elephants, tigers, lions, leopards,
and other wild animals in great variety.
All this and far more, including a hundred
DARING ACTS,
can be seen for the trifling sum of fifty cents;
children half price.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Two boys paused to read this notice, pasted with pictures of elephants and circus performers on the high board fence near Stoddard's grocery store. They were Dan Clark and Christopher Watson, called Kit for short.

See assignment below
Characters:

Setting:

Conflict:

Rising action:

Climax:

Resolution action:

Reflection:

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Which transition would work best between these sentences?

Canals and railroads lessened the cost of moving goods. Prices fell on goods from across the country due to lower shipping costs.

A. However
B. Undeniably
C. As a result
D. For example

Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

"You might make a joke on THAT,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you WOULD if you could,’ you know.”

"Don't tease so,” said Alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself?”

The little voice sighed deeply: it was VERY unhappy, evidently, and Alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "If it would only sigh like other people!” she thought. But this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come QUITE close to her ear. The consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature.

What question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story?

Who or what is the voice speaking to Alice?
When will Alice attempt to share a joke?
What secret will Alice share with the new character?
Why do whispers tickle the listener

write an introduction, presentation, and conclusion about animals

On Election Day, U.S. citizens head to the polls. They cast their votes. These are called popular votes.


To cast a vote is to __________.

Press enter to interact with the item, and press tab button or down arrow until reaching the Submit button once the item is selected
A give it
B read it
C imagine it
Dl ose it

Read the excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

We were all now tied; and just as we were to leave for Easton jail, Betsy Freeland, mother of William Freeland, came to the door with her hands full of biscuits, and divided them between Henry and John. She then delivered herself of a speech, to the following effect:—addressing herself to me, she said, "You devil! You yellow devil! it was you that put it into the heads of Henry and John to run away. But for you, you long-legged mulatto devil! Henry nor John would never have thought of such a thing." I made no reply, and was immediately hurried off towards St. Michael's.

Which best describes Betsy Freeland’s attitude toward Frederick Douglass?

grateful
resentful
indifferent
admiring

Explain how "Indian" reveals a contrasting point of view of life in early America
1 Indian
2 by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét
3
4 I don't know who this Indian is,
5 A bow within his hand,
6 But he is hiding by a tree
7 And watching white men land.
8 They may be gods -- they may be fiends --
9 They certainly look rum.
10 He wonders who on earth they are
11 And why on earth they've come.
12
13 He knows his streams are full of fish,
14 His forests full of deer,
15 And his tribe is the mighty tribe
16 That all the others fear.
17 -- And, when the French or English land,
18 The Spanish or the Dutch,
19 They'll tell him they're the mighty tribe
20 And no one else is much.
21
22 They'll kill his deer and net his fish
23 And clear away his wood,
24 And frequently remark to him
25 They do it for his good.
26 Then he will scalp and he will shoot
27 And he will burn and slay
28 And break the treaties he has made
29 -- And, children, so will they.
30
31 We won't go into all of that
32 For it's too long a story,
33 And some is brave and some is sad
34 And nearly all is gory.
35 But, just remember this about
36 Our ancestors so dear:
37 They didn't find an empty land.
38 The Indians were here.

According to the lesson above, verbs are identified by their: _____.

In this task you will write a two paragraph reflection on how faithful you stayed to the original script of a play. Evaluate and analyze the choices that you made with your performance, and then consider whether you would do anything differently if you had to perform the scene again. Describe the challenges and difficulties, if any, you faced while bringing the script to life. Your reflection should be about 300 words.

Cheryl has written an essay for her English class. Read Cheryl's rough draft then answer the questions that follow.



An Adventure of a Lifetime



(1) More and more people are starting to look in places other than their chosen career paths to find meaning and satisfaction in life, and one of the most popular

ways folks are doing this is through volunteerism. (2) One specific kind of volunteerism, though, is becoming increasingly popular with people of all ages and stages

in life—volunteer vacations. (3) This kind of vacation, one where the traveler pays her own way and volunteers her time and efforts while on the trip, is being

embraced by people all over the world. (4) The best thing about volunteer vacations is that not only does the traveler get to escape her familiar surroundings and

see new sights, but she also comes home knowing that she has done something. (5) That knowledge brings a kind of satisfaction that a regular vacation cannot

deliver.



(6) Volunteer vacations take travelers almost anywhere across the globe to work on a huge selection of causes. (7) Worried about the elephants in Sri Lanka? (8)

Book a trip to its capital, Colombo, and journey to an elephant sanctuary. (9) Concerned about families living in poverty in Costa Rica? (10) Bring your whole family

down to help build new homes and learn a little Spanish while doing so. (11) Volunteer vacations can take willing helpers to the farthest reaches and most exotic

locations—some luxurious resorts are situated in areas that are steeped in poverty, so vacationers willing to spend half their time working can visit such places in

beautiful countries such as Bali, Mexico, and Brazil. (12) There is almost no limit to where adventurers can go.



(13) Perhaps the most compelling reason to consider a volunteer vacation is the feeling of intrinsic happiness and satisfaction of doing important, helpful work. (14)

Even if a volunteer cannot stay in the location long enough to see a project to its completion, just knowing that one’s work has helped people in need, brought vital

resources to folks who needed it, or helped to save endangered plants or animals brings a kind of pride and sense of meaning that simply spending money to lie by a

pool could never deliver. (15) This alone is part of what has caused volunteer vacations to become awesomely popular across the globe.



(16) There may be no better feeling than being able to visit an exotic location, learn something new, and return home knowing that one’s efforts have helped to

change the world. (17) Because the whole goal behind a vacation is to escape one’s usual, familiar surroundings and refuel, volunteer vacations seem like a win-win

situation with a promise of some kind of success for both the volunteer and those helped by the work. (18) For these reasons, a volunteer vacation is an adventure of

a lifetime.

1) Cheryl needs to provide the source material she used for writing her essay. Which is the correct way to write a bibliography entry for the magazine she used?

Miller, Kelsey. “Vacation Volunteers.” Easy Travels Monthly, Aug. 2019, pp. 18–22.

Miller notes that volunteer vacations are “easy as pie” (19).

Kelsey Miller’s “Vacation Volunteers” in Easy Travels Monthly.

“Vacation Volunteers,” by Kelsey Miller, tells about volunteer vacation options (Easy Travels Monthly magazine).

2) What is the best way to rewrite sentence 5?

Old enough to enter the ring and finally qualified enough and with my very own horse, I was finally, here.

And, finally, now, I was old enough to enter the ring and finally qualified enough and with my very own horse.

And now here I was, finally old enough to enter the ring, finally qualified enough, and with my very own horse.

I am finally old enough, and am now here to enter the ring and finally qualified enough and with my very own horse.

3) What change, if any, should be made to sentence 14?

Insert a hyphen after hand

Change immeasurably to imeasurably

Change had to have

No change is needed in sentence 14.

4) What change should be made in sentence 17?

Delete and

Change sat to sit

Insert a comma after anticipation

Change Fritzs to Fritz’s

Fill in the blanks:

Figurative ______ is used to go beyond the ______ meaning of words to create clear, ______ images in your readers' minds

Read the following instructions for an imaginary assignment:

Confucius is an ancient Chinese philosopher. For this project, create a multi-media presentation that teaches Confucius’ main philosophical ideas to an audience of your classmates.
What is your task in this assignment?

to create a multi-media presentation
to entertain classmates like yourself
to pretend to be a Chinese philosopher
to explain Confucius’ philosophy

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David is completing a word list with words from this paragraph.

We enjoyed all types of travel during our family vacation to Italy. First we took a train to get into the city. Later we rented bikes to explore the mountain trails. Finally, we enjoyed floating along the water in a real Italian gondola!

A 4-column table with 3 rows. Column 1 is labeled Word with entries train, bike, gondola. Column 2 is labeled Part of speech with entries noun, noun, noun. Column 2 is labeled Example sentence with entries "First we took a train to get into the city," "Later we rented bikes to explore the mountain trails," "Finally, we enjoyed floating along the water in a real Italian gondola!" Column 4 is labeled Meaning with entries a rolling group of cars, a two-wheeled vehicle, blank.

What is the meaning of the word gondola?

a three-wheeled vehicle
a long, narrow boat
an extra-long bus
an underground train

Read the book Monster:
Which of the following statements best describes why Steve refers to himself as a “Monster”?

Answer choices for the above question

A. It is James King’s nickname on the streets.

B. It relates to the feeling that permanently goes along with being in jail.

C. It is what the district attorney called Steve.

D. It represents the actual killer that Steve is terrified of.

What is most closely the meaning of acknowledge as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 36)?

When you’re in court, you sit there and you pay attention. You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do. You don’t turn and wave to any of your friends. It’s all right to acknowledge your mother.
Answer choices for the above question

A. verb | to recognize or accept

B. verb | to greet or salute

C. verb | to show gratitude or appreciation

D. None of the above
What do the following lines (paragraphs 41-42) mainly reveal about the people involved in Steve’s trial?

STENOGRAPHER

I hope this case lasts two weeks. I can sure use the money.



GUARD 1

Six days—maybe seven. It’s a motion case. They go through the motions; then they lock them up.
Answer choices for the above question

A. While the case means life-or-death for Steve, it is business-as-usual for others.

B. The guard and the stenographer believe James King’s version of what happened.

C. There is a conspiracy against Steve.

D. Steve is hoping to strike a plea deal with the prosecutors.

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 49-50)?

CUT TO: STEVE is made to sit down at one table. At another table we see KING and two attorneys. STEVE sits alone. A guard stands behind him. There are one or two spectators in the court. Then four more enter.

CLOSE-UP (CU) OF STEVE HARMON. The fear is evident on his face.
Answer choices for the above question

A. James King appears to be just as afraid as Steve is.

B. Steve feels more comfortable painting a picture of his emotions than directly confessing them.

C. Steve does not want to be the main character in the movie he is making.

D. Steve has no idea of how to actually make a movie.

Which of the following inferences about Kathy O’Brien is best supported by the text?

Answer choices for the above question

A. O’Brien sees her role in Steve’s case as one of formal duty.

B. O’Brien believes that writing a screenplay will hurt Steve’s chances at winning his case.

C. O’Brien believes that Steve is innocent.

D. O’Brien believes that Steve is guilty.

Which statement from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “Ain’t no use putting the blanket over your head, man. You can’t cut this out; this is reality. This is the real deal.”

B. “My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you, and to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury.”

C. “I’m writing this whole thing down as a movie.”

D. “It’s all right to acknowledge your mother.”

Which of the following statements about Steve is best supported by the excerpt?

Answer choices for the above question

A. There is a strong sense of camaraderie between the inmates in Steve’s jail.

B. Steve tells his story as a screenplay because he feels so detached from what is happening.

C. Steve believes that he can make some money by making a movie of what has happened to him.

D. Steve is writing about his experiences in jail because he feels completely at ease while he is locked up.
Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “We sleep with strangers, wake up with strangers, and go to the bathroom in front of strangers.”

B. “They say you get used to being in jail, but I don’t see how.”

C. “CUT TO: STEVE pulling blanket over his head as screen goes dark.”

D. “The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience.”

MARKING BRAINLIEST! LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS

Go through the text “What the Brain says about Maturity” and “Better Training for New Drivers” and write a RACE paragraph answer the following questions for each text.
What is the Claim?
What are the reasons?

Explain the difference between being on the pro side and con side. How can you recognize which side an argument is on?