Excerpt 1 The taunts and teasing are vivid memories for Assata Washington, 12, of Atlanta, Georgia. When
she was in third grade, some of the girls in her class called her names because she wore glasses.
The situation was so bad, Assata didn't want to go to school. "I used to ask, 'Mommy, why do I
have to go?'" Assata says.
Assata was being bullied. Bullying is a constant problem in U. S. schools. At least one third of
children in the fourth to eighth grades say they have been bullied, according to recent studies.
Sometimes kids miss school to avoid bullies. There are ways to stop bullies. But kids don't always
do the most important thing--talk about it. Getting a teacher, parent, or other responsible adult
involved is very important. Assata told her mom and her teachers about her bullies. And her
teachers kept an eye out for her.
If you see bullying, you can also step up to help tell someone to stop. If you feel safe to do so.
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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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