Kris lives in Baton Rouge. She went to visit her cousin who lives in Denver, Colorado, and she cooked a beef stew for dinner. Kris cooked the stew by boiling the meat, potatoes, and vegetables.
She was surprised when the stew took longer to cook than it did when she was at home. Why did
this happen? (Hint: The atmospheric pressure in Denver is lower than in Baton Rouge.]

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing