Read this excerpt from “Road to Valley Forge.” General George Washington was given command of the newly formed Continental Army in June 1775. He inherited a diverse group of liberty-loving and independent-minded colonists. He faced the difficult task of transforming them into an army that would fight for a “common defense.” The American army also had to match up with the British army, which consisted of professional soldiers. What does this excerpt suggest about the American army? It was too new to be ready for battle. The British army had far more training and preparation than it. The Americans were less skilled but more passionate. George Washington was a great military leader.

In the story “seventh grade” how do victor’s hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day?

What is the purpose of freewriting during the research process? to develop ideas for poems to create a journal to submit with a research paper to brainstorm initial ideas for a topic to extend the research process time line o

In 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms’ texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815. –“how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,” jack zipes what structural technique does the writer use in this passage? the writer describes events in chronological order. the writer describes events in their order of importance. the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples. the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.