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| the crowd commonlit answer key: Gentlemen of Space Ira Sher, 2010-05-11 Magnolia Court is not the most magical place in Florida, but to young Georgie Finch, this outsized housing project in the heart of the suburbs is the center of the universe. In this superbly crafted, imaginative, and intelligent novel, Georgie tells us the story of when his father, Jerry, won a competition in 1976 to become the first civilian man on the moon. He also tells us about his beautiful baby-sitter, who has a crush on Jerry; his Jackie O-like mother, Barbara, the long-suffering wife to an everyday genius; Jerry's high school friend Lyle Barnes, running for local office on his coattails; and the mysterious journalist Bob Nightly, who seems the only person determined to get to the bottom of who Jerry Finch really is. Once Jerry is shot into space, Magnolia Court turns into the worst sort of American media circus, replete with card tables, Winnebagos, cookouts, and telescopes. Georgie tentatively navigates this space, dodging the starstruck commoners who have come to worship at the astronauts' feet. When Jerry goes missing, the camp turns into a vigil, punctuated by potluck suppers and banners. Eventually the astronauts come back without Jerry and likewise descend on Magnolia Court -- in their spacesuits -- to show their respect. All the while Georgie gets phone calls from his father in space, but no one will believe him. Should we? Or is his entire story just that, a story? A feat of literary ventriloquism, Gentlemen of Space is surprising, captivating, and wholly original. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Oration by Frederick Douglass. Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1876, with an Appendix Frederick Douglass, 2024-06-14 Reprint of the original, first published in 1876. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Lottery Shirley Jackson, 2008 A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Stopping for Olympic Gold Angie Kay Dilmore, 2016 John Woodruff ran in the summer Olympics of 1936 with a goal of winning the gold medal. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Radiance of Tomorrow Ishmael Beah, 2014-01-07 A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. Named one of the Christian Science Monitor's best fiction books of the year. When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that everyone in the world should read (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature, has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they're beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town's water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Shooting an Elephant George Orwell, 2022-02-14 George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. Shooting an Elephant, the fifth in the Orwell’s Essays series, tells the story of a police officer in Burma who is called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant. Thought to be loosely based on Orwell’s own experiences in Burma, the tightly written essay weaves together fact and fiction indistinguishably, and leaves the reader contemplating the heavy topic of colonialism, with the words ‘when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys’ echoing from the page. 'A remarkable piece.' (Jeremy Paxman) 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' (Irish Times) |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman Sarah Hopkins Bradford, 1869 Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman: By SARAH H. BRADFORD. [Special Illustrated Edition] |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Soaring "on the Wings of the Wind" Lois Miner Huey, 2018 In the 1780s, 13-year-old Edward Warren Jr. became the first American to fly in a hot-air balloon. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Fly High! Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger, 2004 This book discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Amigo Brothers Piri Thomas, 1978-01-01 |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Stranger Albert Camus, 2012-08-08 With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, Camus's masterpiece gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. Behind the intrigue, Camus explores what he termed the nakedness of man faced with the absurd and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & Other Stories Oscar Wilde, 1891 Lord Arthur Savile'S Crime & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1891, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis, 2004-03-04 Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe, 2024-01-24 The Rue Morgue Murders is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris, revealing a surprising and unusual outcome. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: How It Feels to be Colored Me Zora Neale Hurston, 2024-01-01 The acclaimed author of Their Eyes Were Watching God relates her experiences as an African American woman in early-twentieth-century America. In this autobiographical essay, author Zora Neale Hurston recounts episodes from her childhood in different communities in Florida: Eatonville and Jacksonville. She reflects on what those experiences showed her about race, identity, and feeling different. “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” was originally published in 1928 in the magazine The World Tomorrow. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: THE OCTOBER COUNTRY RAY BRADBURY, 1955 |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: One Last Word Nikki Grimes, 2017-01-03 One Last Word is the work of a master poet. --Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most exciting African-American illustrators. Inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses The Golden Shovel poetic method to create wholly original poems based on the works of master poets like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Jean Toomer, and others who enriched history during this era. Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting African American illustrators--including Pat Cummings, Brian Pinkney, Sean Qualls, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and many more--to create an emotional and thought-provoking book with timely themes for today's readers. A foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, poet biographies, and index makes this not only a book to cherish, but a wonderful resource and reference as well. A 2017 New York Public Library Best Kids Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017, Middle Grade A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017, Nonfiction |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Bradbury Chronicles George Edgar Slusser, 1977 Ray Bradbury is the most anthologized short story writer in the world today. Every year, his New York agent sells between 300-500 stories for use in various popular are literary collections, both here and overseas. Despite the fact that his output has significantly diminished during the last 10 years, Bradbury's popularity remains an all-time high. Fahrenheit 451 and The Illustrated Man, had been made into movies, and many of his stories have reached the screen in other forms. Bradbury was the first of a humanistic science fiction writers to attain widespread recognition. Publication of his most famous collection of stories, The Martian Chronicles, confirmed that position as a leading exponent of gadgetless science fiction. Dr. Slusser provides a complete survey of Bradbury's work, from his first story, Pendulum to his latest collection, Long After Midnight, published by Knopf in 1976. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: I'm Nobody! Who Are You? Emily Dickinson, Edric S. Mesmer, 2002 A collection of the author's greatest poetry--from the wistful to the unsettling, the wonders of nature to the foibles of human nature--is an ideal introduction for first-time readers. Original. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation) , 2008-11-17 One of the earliest great stories of English literature after ?Beowulf?, ?Sir Gawain? is the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts King Arthur's Round Table festivities one Yuletide, challenging the knights to a wager. Simon Armitrage, one of Britain's leading poets, has produced an inventive and groundbreaking translation that helps] liberate ?Gawain ?from academia (?Sunday Telegraph?). |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Gabriel García Márquez, 2014 Strange, wondrous things happen in these two short stories, which are both the perfect introduction to Gabriel García Márquez, and a wonderful read for anyone who loves the magic and marvels of his novels.After days of rain, a couple find an old man with huge wings in their courtyard in 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' - but is he an angel? Accompanying 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' is the short story 'The Sea of Lost Time', in which a seaside town is brought back to life by a curious smell of roses. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston, 1937 |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: It's Complicated Danah Boyd, 2014-02-25 Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about such topics as identity, privacy, danger, and bullying. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Giver Lois Lowry, 2014 The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: An Episode of War Stephen Crane, 2009-04-28 Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories—among them The Monster, The Upturned Face, The Open Boat, and the title story—that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory, and realistic situations alike are brilliantly conveyed through the cold, sometimes brutal irony of Crane's narrative voice. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe, 1994-09-01 “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Lady of Shalott Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, 1881 A narrative poem about the death of Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson, 2012-06-14 In a deeply moving collection of interrelated stories, this 1919 American classic illuminates the loneliness and frustrations — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small town. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Feed M. T. Anderson, 2010-05-11 Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it’s like to live without the feed-and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world - and a hilarious new lingo - sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Wheels of Change Darlene Beck-Jacobson, 2019-08-01 Racial intolerance, social change, and sweeping progress make 1908 Washington, D.C., a turbulent place to grow up in for 12-year-old Emily Soper. For Emily, life in Papa's carriage barn is magic, and she's more at home hearing the symphony of the blacksmith's hammer than trying to conform to the proper expectations of young ladies. When Papa's livelihood is threatened by racist neighbors and horsepower of a different sort, Emily faces changes she'd never imagined. Finding courage and resolve she didn't know she had, Emily strives to save Papa's business, even if it means going all the way to the White House. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe, 2020-08-01 The Masque of the Red Death, originally published as The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy, is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ballwithin seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose costume proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Poe's story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the titular disease. The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazineand has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: We Yevgeny Zamyatin, 2023-03-06 We is a dystopian novel written by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin. Originally drafted in Russian, the book could be published only abroad. It was translated into English in 1924. Even as the book won a wide readership overseas, the author's satiric depiction led to his banishment under Joseph Stalin's regime in the then USSR. The book's depiction of life under a totalitarian state influenced the other novels of the 20th century. Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four, We describes a future socialist society that has turned out to be not perfect but inhuman. Orwell claimed that Brave New World must be partly derived from We, but Huxley denied this. The novel is set in the future. D-503, a spacecraft engineer, lives in the One State which assists mass surveillance. Here life is scientifically managed. There is no way of referring to people except by their given numbers. The society is run strictly by reason as the primary justification for the construct of the society. By way of formulae and equations outlined by the One State, the individual's behaviour is based on logic. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen, 2003-05-13 A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen. The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received. Awards and accolades for Flipped: SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time IRA-CBC Children’s Choice IRA Teacher’s Choice Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA Winner of the California Young Reader Medal “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” — The Chicago Tribune “Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘he-said, she-said’ romance. A fast, funny, egg-cellent winner.” — SLJ, Starred review “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred review |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, 2005 In Its Distrust Of Too Much Civilisation And Its Concern With The Way Language Turns Dreamy And Corrupt When Divorced From The Real Condition Of Life, Huckleberry Finn Echoed Some Of The Central Concerns Of Life Today. Like All Great Works Of Fiction Where No Story Is Told As If It Is The Only One, Huck Finn Is Open-Ended, The 'Unfinished Story' Where The True Meaning Is Left To The Conscience And Imagination Of Each Reader. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Market Square Dog James Herriot, 1991-08-15 The famous veterinarian tries to heal a stray dog and find him a home. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: A Pair of Silk Stockings Cyril Harcourt, 1916 |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Recitatif Toni Morrison, 2022-02-01 A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the relationships that shape us through life, with an introduction by Zadie Smith. Twyla and Roberta have known each other since they were eight years old and spent four months together as roommates in the St. Bonaventure shelter. Inseparable at the time, they lose touch as they grow older, only to find each other later at a diner, then at a grocery store, and again at a protest. Seemingly at opposite ends of every problem, and in disagreement each time they meet, the two women still cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them. Written in 1980 and anthologized in a number of collections, this is the first time Recitatif is being published as a stand-alone hardcover. In the story, Twyla’s and Roberta’s races remain ambiguous. We know that one is white and one is black, but which is which? And who is right about the race of the woman the girls tormented at the orphanage? Morrison herself described this story as “an experiment in the removal of all racial codes from a narrative about two characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial.” Recitatif is a remarkable look into what keeps us together and what keeps us apart, and about how perceptions are made tangible by reality. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner, 2021-04-20 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR). • CELEBRATING OVER ONE YEAR ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: The Awakening Kate Chopin, 2024-01-16 In late 19th-century New Orleans, social constraints are strict, especially for a married woman. Edna Pontellier leads a secure life with her husband and two children, but her restlessness grows within the confined societal norms, and the expectations placed upon her – from her husband and the world around her – create increasing pressure. During a trip to Grand Isle, an island off the coast of Louisiana, her life is turned upside down by an intense love affair, and passion forces her to question the foundations of her – and every woman’s – existence. Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening caused a scandal with its outspokenness when it was published in 1899. The novel’s openly sexual themes and disregard for marital and societal conventions led to it not being reprinted for fifty years. It wasn't until the 1950s that Chopin’s work was rediscovered, and The Awakening received significant acclaim. Today, it is not only seen as an early feminist milestone but also as a classic. KATE CHOPIN [1851–1904] was born in St Louis. She had six children during her marriage, and it wasn't until after her husband's death in 1882 that she emerged as a writer. She published short stories in magazines such as Vogue and The Atlantic, gaining appreciation and recognition for her depictions of the American South. However, she was also criticized for her disregard for social traditions and racial barriers. |
| the crowd commonlit answer key: All American Boys Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, 2015-09-29 A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviewed tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken directly from today’s headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth. |
CommonLit | First They Came… - Ms. Mann
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best describes the tone of this quotation? A. Hopeful B. Frightened C. Regretful D. Reflective 2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. “Then they came” B. “I did not speak ...
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Name: Class: "Boxing Gloves"by Kristin Wall is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Amigo Brothers By Piri Thomas 1978 Piri Thomas (1928-2011) was a writer and poet, best known for his memoir Down These Mean Streets. Thomas was born to a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father.
The Guilty Party Commonlit Answer Key (PDF)
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CommonLit | The Treasure of Lemon Brown - Joliet Public Schools …
“I’m Lemon Brown,” came the answer. “Who’re you?” “Greg Ridley.” “What you doing here?” The figure shuffled forward again, and Greg took a small step backward. “It’s raining,” Greg said. “I can see that,” the figure said. The person who called himself Lemon Brown peered forward, and Greg could see him clearly. He was
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CommonLit | Harrison Bergeron - Joliet Public Schools District 86
Name: Class: "creativbroafing"by Ryan Merritt is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut 1961 Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer, best known for his novelSlaughterhouse-Five.In this
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CommonLit | This World - Central Bucks School District
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: In line 7 of “This World,” what does the phrase “bore into” mean? A. dig a hole in B. intensely stare at C. quickly break apart D. build small nests in 2.
CommonLit | Into the Rapids - Amazon Web Services
crowd while shooting foul shots.8Don’t panic, he told himself. The river quieted momentarily and Wyatt was able to catch his breath. Around the bend, he saw a stretch of riverbank with some tumbled-down rocks that might provide a handhold. Then he saw something even more promising: the raft they’d freed earlier was pulled up alongside the ...
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By CommonLit Staff 2014 ... emotion rather than reason to “join the crowd”; greed drives mass buying frenzies, and fear drives crashes. [1] ... Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of the text?
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Answer Key Pre-Test - Narrative Teacher: kristio The Beadwork by Zitkala-Sa Soon after breakfast, mother sometimes began her beadwork. On a bright clear day, she pulled out the wooden pegs that pinned the skirt of our wigwam to the ground, and she rolled the canvas partway up on its frame of slender poles.
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CommonLit | Simone Biles - Olathe School District
The crowd stirs as 16-year-old gymnast Simone Biles mounts the balance beam at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Belgium. The beam is 4 feet high, 16 feet 5 inches long, and only 4 inches wide. Walking across its surface would be a challenge for most people, but Simone must do far more than that to earn a gold medal.
CommonLit | The Dancing Plague of 1518 - Mr. Feldkamp
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following statements best describes a central idea of the text? A. In the early 1500s, a strange illness caused many townspeople to experience muscle spasms that made them look like they were dancing. B.
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pocket and withdrew a small sealed envelope. “Inside here is a key to the bell-unit dome,” he said. He set the envelope on the chair-side table. “The bell is connected to our office.” “What’s it for?” asked Arthur. “If you push the button,” Mr. Steward told him, “somewhere in the world someone you don’t know will die.
Emancipation Proclamation Primary Source Questions - Teacher Answer Key
Teacher Answer Key 1. According to Lincoln, slaves in which states will gain freedom on January 1, 1863? - Slaves in the rebellious states - those that had seceded from the United States. But not including the Confederate states that were then under Northern control. 2. Which founding document does Lincoln say gives him the power to
ANSWER KEY | From the Cabby’s Seat - American English
ANSWER KEY | From the Cabby’s Seat Pre-reading Activity 1: Word Squares Answers will vary based on the words you choose. Pre-reading Activity 2: Anticipation Guide Before You Read After You Read Statement T The seat for a cabby is relatively high. T A cabby expects his fare (passenger) will pay him generously.
CommonLit | The Scottsboro Boys - MS. RUSS CIVICS WEBSITE
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? A. The Scottsboro Boys’ trials showed the enormous degree of racial inequality that existed in the United States' criminal justice system. B.
CommonLit | Emergency on the Mountain - Amazon Web Services
No answer. The donkey swished its tail. “Get Leta,” someone said. Ana shook her head. “Leta’s gone to the city.” The other kids seemed frozen in place. Ana ran to where Rafi was lying. She dropped to her knees on the dusty road. “Rafi! Can you hear me?” Rafi moaned and flopped his head back and forth in pain.
CommonLit | The Wretched and the Beautiful - Butterfield, …
The lurid glow of marquees7and brothels revealed to us a shivering, shambling crowd, some slumped like apes, some clutching their young. Some had five limbs, some four, and some three. Their joints were crablike, and their movement both resembled ours and differed to such a degree that it sickened us to watch.
CommonLit | Conformity - Ms. Hubbard's Class
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. Which of the following best describes the central idea of the text? A. Societies can maintain order without any forms of conformity. B. People who conform lack individual independence. C. People conform in order to fit in based on societal pressure.
CommonLit | City of Specters - SOAR INDEPENDENT STUDY …
thoughts began to crowd back in. Only when she arrived at Kim Il-sung Square, where an army drill was taking place, did a new realization come to her, one that trumped all her previous worries. Over the sea of heads and fists raised in salute, the window of her apartment was clearly visible, on the fifth floor of their building.
CommonLit | Gladiators, Chariot Races, and the Roman Games
the crowd. The gladiators jab swords and swing maces.2They sweat in the hot sun. Sand and dirt fly. Suddenly, one gladiator traps the other with a net and poises to kill him with a three-pronged trident. The victor waits for a sign from the crowd. If the losing gladiator has put up a good fight, the crowd might choose
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Commonlit i have a dream answer key Martin Luther King JR On August 28, 1963, about 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves, a young man named Martin Luther King climbed the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to describe his vision of America.
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When the group gave the right answer, Tony agreed. And when everyone gave the wrong answer — Tony still agreed. Without realizing it, Tony had demonstrated erns’ point precisely. The group’s influence on Tony profoundly altered the results: He went from 90 percent on his written test to 10 percent when he heard the others’ answers.
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Paper Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document Unit 1 Items 1‐‐‐7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: “Departure” by Sherwood Anderson Item Number Answer(s) Standards Alignment 1 VH259613 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D RL1, RL4 2 VH176343 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: C, D
Lamb To The Slaughter Commonlit Answer Key (Download Only)
Lamb To The Slaughter Commonlit Answer Key A Grammar of Kambaata (Ethiopia): Phonology, nominal morphology, and non-verbal predication Yvonne Treis, 2008 Lamb to the Slaughter (A Roald Dahl Short Story) Roald Dahl, 2012-09-13 Lamb to the Slaughter is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. ...
CommonLit | Jabari Unmasked - Weebly
3. In the context of the poem, why do people follow the crowd? Why does the speaker feel compelled to hide their identity or present it in a certain way? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer. 4. In the context of the poem, what are the effects of prejudice? Cite evidence from ...
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CommonLit | The Madness Of Humanity Part 3: Tribalism
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. “History is filled with similar examples of apocalyptic sects whose members chose death over life, some peaceful and others extremely aggressive to anyone who doesn’t ‘belong.’” (Paragraph 4) B. “’Belonging’ is …
Safety Of Numbers Commonlit Answer Key (Download Only)
Safety Of Numbers Commonlit Answer Key: Enrique's Journey Sonia Nazario,2007-01-02 An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword photos of Enrique and his family an
An Overview Of The Great Depression Commonlit Answer Key
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CommonLit | Learning How To Code-Switch: Humbling, But …
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following claims does Eric Deggans develop in the text? A. Code-switching keeps people from expressing themselves by promoting one correct style of communication. B.
ELA/Literacy: Grade 6 Online Practice Test Answer and Alignment …
Online Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document Unit 1 Items 1‐7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon Item Number Answer Standards Alignment 1 VH045294 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: A RL1; RL4; 2 VH045365 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D RL1; RL5
Answer Key How To Get Commonlit Answers [PDF]
Answer Key How To Get Commonlit Answers You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Sarra Manning,2011 Sweet bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules And the number one rule is that good natured fat girls like her don t get guys like gorgeous handsome William heir to Neve s heart since university But William
Vocabulary ANSWER KEY for Grade 6 Set A: Failure and Success
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How to Use the Answer Key and Literature Guide The first section of this book has notes on each of the literature titles we suggest to accompany America the Beautiful. Please read these notes before your children read our suggested literature. An answer key follows the literature guide. The answer key contains answers for the Timeline
T h e Or b - MS. R. WEBER
1 Which answer BEST explains how the setting affects Margie? (A) The setting instills doubt about the Orb’s judgment. (B) The setting introduces tension about what Margie’s future will be. (C) The setting creates stress in Margie’s relationship with her mother. (D) The setting causes sadness regarding Margie’s memories of her father.
CommonLit | Keeping Up with the Joneses
By CommonLit Staff 2014 ... Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. How does the creation of the “Four-Hundred List” contribute to the idea of “Keeping Up ... Why do people follow the crowd? Use evidence from this text, your own experience, and
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CommonLit | President Kennedy's Inaugural Address
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: In his speech, how does Kennedy build his claim that the United States will defend "freedom in its hour of maximum emergency" (Paragraph 25)? A. by arguing that the U.S. must enforce international law across the world since
Following the Crowd 9th Grade Unit 1 - CommonLit
Following the Crowd. Lesson. Time. Description. Lesson 1: Unit. Introduction. 25 MIN. The Unit Introduction lesson hooks students’ attention and introduces them to the unit's. topics and texts. Lesson 3: Reading: Cheboygan Day. 100. MIN. In the first short story of the unit, students analyze how an author develops a theme through. the use of ...
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Answer key for commonlit assignment on tragedy - Brainly.com Jan 9, 2023 · Explanation: When analyzing a tragedy, it's important to consider the following key elements: 1. Protagonist: Identify the main character in the story and analyze their traits, motivations, and
CommonLit | Herd Behavior - Ms. Audino's Website for Students
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best summarizes the central idea of the text? A. Even when acting alone, humans are not as advanced as we would like to think. B. Herd behavior suggests that there are limits to human beings’ free will. C.
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for the lost brilliance of theblack menwho crowd these cells. Knock knock with diligence1for the sake of your children. Knock knock for me for as long as you are free, these prison gates cannot contain my spirit. The best of me still lives in you. Knock knock with the knowledge that you are my son, but you are not my choices.
