1.When Scout describes their neighborhood she says that the unanimous neighborhood opinion of Mrs. Dubose is that she is “the meanest old woman who ever lived.” Because she is so mean, it is often difficult to understand the part when Atticus makes Jem read to her every day. Why does Atticus make Jem read to her? What is it that Jem is supposed to learn from the experience? Explain in a paragraph.

On what evidence did you base your predictions? check the four boxes that apply. there is a rope around his neck. he is in alabama. his hands are tied behind his back. he is standing high above a river. the bridge is for railroads. some crimes are punished by hanging.

Which two statements about first-person narration are generally true? the narrator can be a witness or a reteller of events. the narrator always provides reliable information. o the narrator accurately knows past and future events. the narrator is a character in the story. the narrator knows everything about all characters.

In this project you will get practice writing sentences of more complexity. here is your goal for this assignment: write sentences containing present and past participles. write sentences containing gerunds. write ten sentences using the following terms as participles: feel, ride, smoke, pray, kneel, sacrifice, steal, talk, hit, and freeze. five of the terms must be used as present participles, while the other five must be used as past participles. then choose five of these verbs to write five sentences containing gerunds or gerund phrases. for these, identify the noun function of each gerund. your project will be graded based on the following: your attention to the instructions given above use of proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence construction (commonly called "conventions") requirements.