Choose one selection from the unit and describe the cause and effect of the characters' (or the
narrator's) values contained in each. the selections are listed below for your reference.
"the gift of the magi"
"fabric of their lives"
"to be of use"
"i hear america singing"
"the necklace"

Read this sentence:somebody save the smoke! the nomadic tribes move to a new location each season. which word provides a clue to the meaning of nomadic? new season move location

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

What does the word sequence mean in paragraph 7 of the passage