Read the passage and answer the questions.

Make a sentence using these two adjectives
Valuable and costly

In good literature, characters are forced to make difficult choices. What they choose shows their values, their priorities, and their true characters.

In your opinion, what is the most important and revealing choice that Tom makes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Answer in 4-5 sentences with excellent grammar.

Submit your three or four-paragraph open letter about a current issue in your school or community that expresses your position on the topic and provides two claims and four pleces of supporting evidence (key facts, examples, detalls). Make it clear who you are addressing in the letter and what you hope to accomplish.

Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house. What is the author's purpose?

A)Persuade
B)Inform
C)Entertain

ANSWER DONE IN 5 MINUTES

Directions: Identify the past participle of the verb for each sentence.

1. I have never ____________ such a wonderful car!

(driven, drived)

2. Frank had __________ the whole pizza before we arrived.

(eated, eaten)

3. They’ve _____________ and trusted her for years.

(knowed, known)

4. The candidates have _____________ their opinions on our website.

(written, writed)

5. Sara was ____________ by a dog yesterday.

(bitten, bited)

6. Tommy has ____________ several inches this year.

(grown, growed)

7. I haven’t ____________ a horse in many years.

(rided, ridden)

8. The photo was ___________ during our vacation last year.

(taked, taken)

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Part B
Directions: Create 5 sentences of your own using past participle verbs.

What do you want to learn? Life lessons (taxes, investments, money management), DIY stuff, etc.? Why do you want to know how or about this? Write a 7 sentence response.

According to the article “Breaking Greed’s Grasp,” painful consequences can make people stop being so greedy. In the short story "South of Sideways," what string of painful events make Jordan change his ways?

The electricity is turned off in Jordan’s room, his things are taken, and he is in a car accident.

Jordan’s mother takes most of his belongings away from him, and he can’t afford to replace them.

He is robbed while he’s gone from his room, and he never recovers his belongings.

His dog Buffy runs away from home, and Jordan cannot find her again.

Nothing Constant

“Nothing is constant but change.”

—Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher

1

It was the last day of school; the kids were gone, the books had been collected, and Principal Drake was handing out final paychecks. This was normally a relaxed meeting at which teachers wearing casual clothes smiled and wished each other well for the summer. But no one was smiling today, because a story in the local newspaper had exploded like a crack of thunder.

2

The headline read, “Board of Education Plans New Middle School,” and the staff members of East Orange Elementary were rattled.

3

Principal Tom Drake opined, “I am concerned about a situation in which a newspaper already knows school district information that comes as a surprise to me and my teachers.” He continued, “But of far greater concern is what this means for us, for our colleagues at West Orange, and for students and parents throughout the district.”

4

Coach Melinda Gardner whispered to her friend, Mr. Dale French, “Old Tom is just worried the Board might ask him to retire and make someone else principal of the new campus.”

5

Mr. French whispered back, “Melinda, you be nice now,” but he couldn’t help smiling at his friend’s remark.

6

As the meeting went on, many teachers worried out loud about what might happen if grades 6-8 from East and 6-8 from West consolidated.

7

Ever since the two elementary schools had opened, decades ago, the district had proudly maintained a unique system. While surrounding districts had built new middle schools, Orange kept two elementary buildings—East and West—with K-8 graders in each.

8

Now, according to the paper, the results of the 2010 census were in. They suggested population growth would soon fill both elementary schools with K-5 students only. Apparently, the Board thought the time was ripe to build one new middle school for 6-8 graders.

9

“Will one campus need two middle school science labs?” Dr. Fred Davis, the science department head, asked the group in his usual shy, quiet voice.

10

“Since there is only one middle school library, is the Board going to honor seniority?” Mrs. Betty Green asked brashly. “Or the Board could just keep whichever librarian has the coolest photos on her social media site,” she added sarcastically.

11

“Mrs. Green is worried her lack of computer skills might finally hurt her,” Coach Gardner whispered to Mr. French again.

12

“Coach Gardner, please!” Principal Drake scolded his gym teacher for whispering. “You would not tolerate it if your students were rude. This turn of events has caused real alarm so let’s be sensitive to each other’s concerns.

13

“I apologize for both of us, Tom,” Mr. French offered. “But let’s not get carried away and spoil our summers over this. We don’t know if this proposed new campus will actually be built. The census projections could be wrong. Even if they are right, the cost of raising taxes to pay for a new school might not go over well with voters.”

14

Mr. French continued, “I plan to enjoy my summer and expect another great year. Chances are we’ll all have jobs because several teachers retire every year and the Board moves us around to fill the vacancies. Some of us may have new assignments, but we’ll all land somewhere.”

15

All around the room there were nods of agreement. The atmosphere of gloom gave way to the usual feelings of accomplishment and relief at the end of school.

16

Mr. French offered one more uplifting thought. “Each spring we graduate our eighth graders and send them on to Central High. If they can adjust to a new building, I think we can too.”

17

With that, the teachers adjourned and summer vacation began.

Read this line of dialogue from the text.



Old Tom is just worried the Board might ask him to retire and make someone else principal of the new campus.

A.
Coach Gardner likes to joke about her colleagues.

B.
Coach Gardner dislikes almost all of her colleagues.

C.
Coach Gardner is worried about the proposed change.

D.
Coach Gardner always assumes the worst will happen.

PLEASE BE SERIOUS I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS I'll mark as brainlyiest if you help with a good answer just please, please, pleaseee help me here The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe Claim: The storyteller believes that he is not crazy although he is. From the beginning, the narrator was attempting to convince the reader that he was not crazy although he was bothered over his neighbor's eye. The pace of the story-line began from the narrator admitting how he had a bad feeling whenever the old man's vulture eye looked at the narrator but didn't think that the narrator was crazy over it. Soon enough throughout the story, the narrator was driven crazy over the vulture looking eye from the old man and decided to kill the old man. Although from the reader's perspective it seems to look like the narrator was crazy, the narrator did not think so. The narrator had planned very meticulously over the thought of killing the old man and acted out on it. Once the deed was done, the police came by to check because a neighbor reported suspicious activity by the old man's home. The narrator let the police in the house search it and the narrator had explained how the old man was gone to visit a friend out in the country and the police believed him. But the narrator's guilt got to him and put him on edge. He behaved more and more suspicious and finally let a cry out of admitting to killing the man because the narrator thought the policemen were on to him. The way that the mood affected me was that the narrator had begun to admit that he was a normal person, perfectly fine. But once the narrator put out the exposition it started to give out the expression that he was crazy and him denying that he wasn't crazy made the narrator even more suspicious. To conclude my claim, I see that narrator is genuinely crazy and that even though he convinced his self and attempted to prove the reader he wasn't crazy, in the end, he was.

ommision : 2. A bicycle gets punctured when thorn a) ________ ________ ______ or nail runs into its tube. Puncture b) ________ ________ ______ needs to repaired. First of all, c) ________ ________ ______ the tube taken out of the tyre and inflated. d) ________ ________ ______

Read the dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows: 1.Aswin: What are you doing? Shyam: I am studying. Aswin: Can you lend your science book? Shyam: I will Aswin asked his friend (a) ___________________________________________ .Shyam replied that (b) ____________________________________________.Aswin wanted to know (c) __________________________________ ___________________ .Shyam said that he would.

PLEASE ANSWER FAST!!

We’re Going to Mars!

Human exploration of Mars is no longer the stuff of science fiction. The United States could very likely send its first delegation to the red planet in 2033. If SpaceX, a private company dedicated to space travel and exploration, has any say in it, humans will reach Mars as early as 2022. As amazing as this seems, studying Mars is expensive, difficult, and dangerous. The most important three questions are as follows: Why should we do it? How are we going to get there? How much will it cost?

Studying the evolution of other planets furthers our knowledge of our universe as well as our planet.

Today, Mars is too cold and the atmosphere is too thin for life to exist on the surface. However, evidence suggests that life may have existed in bacterial form billions of years ago. The planet must have been warm enough at one point to support life. Discovering what caused the change could help scientists better understand Earth’s climate. Also, studying sediments, rocks, and soils, as well as volcanoes and meteoroid impact sites, can help scientists study details of Earth’s evolution.

Exploring Mars could lead to colonization.

Settling other planets is the most attractive aspect of space exploration. It brings to mind entire galaxies filled with human outposts, discovering amazing landscapes and species, and possibly finding intelligent life similar to our own. Studying Mars is one of the first steps along the way. The benefits go well beyond the “wow” factor. Colonies would be able to reap raw materials—including electricity—on their planets and send them back to Earth. That’s right! Colonists could harvest the sun’s energy and send it to Earth in the form of electricity. Being able to farm renewable power will release humans from being too reliant on gas, coal, and nuclear energy.

Colonizing Mars goes beyond the practical rewards. It would be an important moment in the history of humanity, ranking up there with the discovery of “The New World” and the moon landing. It would require a lot of resources, money, and collaboration. Multiple countries could learn how to better our species. Some of the products we use every day were invented by NASA, including baby formula, water filtration, and cell phone cameras. The amount of technological innovation required for such an effort could benefit the world as well.

How will we do it?

NASA currently has plans to send a human mission to Mars by 2033. There are five phases, or steps.

Phase 0: has been going on since the main building of the International Space Station began in 1998. The experiments and collaboration with private space companies (such as SpaceX) are a major component of this phase.

Phase 1: requires that we build bigger and better spacecraft. This will transport the crew with all of the supplies it needs to survive.

Phase 2: Build a Deep Space Transport ​(DST)​ system. The ​DST​ system calls for creating vehicles that astronauts can live in during the two-year trip to Mars, as well as supply lines. This is a practice step of sorts. The system will be tested using missions to the moon.

Phase 3: Expand the ​DST​ system to Mars

Phase 4: Take a manned trip to the red planet.

If this sounds expensive, that’s because it is. Mars One, a private space exploration company whose mission is to establish a permanent human colony on Mars, estimates that it will cost $6 billion. SpaceX estimates that it will cost $10 billion per person. NASA’s costs are much higher. It thinks that such a mission would ultimately cost $1 trillion. Currently, NASA receives 0.5% of the national budget, or $22.629 billion, for all of its operations.

But don’t worry! Although the cost seems extremely high, Elon Musk, who owns SpaceX, thinks that the cost of moving to the moon will eventually be much less. Once everything is in place, the colonies are established, and deep space travel is normalized, someone could move to Mars for as little as $100,000.

“It gets to the point where almost anyone, if they saved up and this was their goal, could buy a ticket and move to Mars — and given that Mars would have a labor shortage for a long time, jobs would not be in short supply,” he said.

Question
In “We’re Going to Mars!” the author’s viewpoint is that travel to Mars is likely in the near future.

How is this viewpoint best conveyed in the text?

Responses

He lists the benefits of NASA exploring and colonizing Mars and other planets.

He emphasizes the impact colonizing Mars will have on humanity.

He describes the detailed plans and timelines for a NASA mission to Mars.

He argues that the cost of a human mission to Mars is expensive.

Which statement best expresses the author’s claim about flu shots?

a
It's in your best interest to get a flu shot this year.

b
The flu can cause symptoms such as a sore throat.

c
Someone with the flu should stay home from school or work.

d
The flu shot can be delivered by injection or through a nasal spray.

I need help writing my story. I just need the first sentence. Its about lovers who try to get back together after a rough patch in their last relationship.

What is success? (This is a riddle a close answer to this was {Not giving up} it isn't not being a quitter and its not keep trying what is it?