5. Identify examples of how Miss Johnson helps her students to “dream impossible dreams” in the excerpt from We Beat the Street. (Skills Focus Question #5)

(I might have got some things wrong because I kinda rushed to read the PDF)

Explanation:

1. Miss Johnson talked about Shakespeare to her students, telling them about the things Shakespeare done and Shakespeare dream and stuff.

2. Miss Johnson says, "In order to seek his fortune as an actor and writer, Shakespeare ran away from home shortly after he got married, leaving his wife and three children to make it without him." Not that Miss Johnson was telling her students to get married and then run away to achieve their dreams-- but something like make a few sacrifices (give up a subject) to achieve what you really want to do and your dream.

3. She tells George about college and how George could probably learn to write symphonies or plays. George thinks about this and thinks college like something foreign and vague-- "like going to China or the moon.", because Miss Johnson told George this, George is more interested and curious about college and thinks about dreams and stuff.

4. Miss Johnson tells George that he's the smartest kid in her class and that being smart isn't "uncool" . She says that it doesn't matter what others think and that being smart can get George fit for college.

Sorry I couldn't find a 5!!

I didn't understand the "We beat the street" too much but I tried to answer your question as good as I could!

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel