Write a letter of advice to a student who is about to enter the grade you are about to leave. PROMPT: Think about what you have learned and experienced this year. Think about how you have grown and changed as a student in school- both inside and outside the classroom. What good choices did you make that others should also make and why? What bad choices did you make that others should avoid making and why? How can new students improve their learning in these classes? How can new students improve their English skills? How can new students improve their friendships and interactions with others?
remember that its supposed to be a letter of adivce to an incoming student. ​

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.