Read the excerpt below from "diary 33" in the freedom writers diary by erin gruwell and the freedom writers and answer the question that follows. throughout my life i've always heard the same thing: "you can't go against your own people, your own blood." it got so engraved in my head that even as i sat on the witness stand, i kept thinking of those same words. "you can't go against your own . ." yet, my so-called familia, my so-called people, had put me in the worst position of my life. my feelings were starting to change, i began to have second thoughts. i was convinced that i was going to lie before i entered the courtroom, before i saw the woman, before i saw the little girl, but now i wasn't so sure. which of the following describes the tone of this excerpt best? angry confident hesitant sad

Why does the host answer the guest with brief responses during the party?

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. match each word with its synonym irate wasteful unmerciful headstrong extravagant stubborn heartless angry