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(1) there are several reasons why middle-aged adults are returning to school. (2) some want to learn to do their jobs better. (3) college courses can them improve their job skills and keep up in their fields. (4) others return to school because more credits may mean a raise or promotion. (5) teachers, for instance, get raises for reaching certain levels of education. (6) also, some adults return to the classroom because of interest in a new field, such as telecommunications or computer programming. (7) finally, others want to study subjects such as foreign languages, history, or literature for the sake of learning. (8) such classes adults spend their time in more productive and interesting ways and deepen their understanding of themselves and their world.

q. which of these is the last major supporting detail?

a. to learn a new field

b. to spend their time in more productive ways

c. to learn for the sake of learning

d. to improve their job skills and keep up in their fields

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, my mistress when she walks treads on the ground. and yet by heaven i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?