You all (supporters of Drink Up] reached out to some of the brightest minds in advertising and research, and some of the biggest media and
Internet companies as well as celebrities and elected officials from
across the country who helped out on this campaign. And together,
they launched a nationwide marketing campaign for water, a campaign
featuring public service announcements, branded re-useable water
bottles, social media and so much more.
And as a result of this effort, today, I am thrilled to announce that less
than one year after Drink Up was launched, bottled water sales went up
three percent among folks who saw these ads.
- Michelle Obama, "Remarks
the First Lady at a 'Drink Up' Event"
(speech)
Which option best describes the type of argument used by First Lady Michelle
Obama in this excerpt from a speech promoting Drink Up, a program that
encourages kids to drink more water?

Constructed response paragraph: in the short story, the author describes her life during her “day away” but provides few details about her “normal” life. using information from the text, write a short story that describes events that precede the story above. as you detail the author’s daily routine before her “day away,” be sure your narrative establishes the story’s setting, first-person point of view, and primary conflict.

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.