Read the passage below (from Gertrude Stein's Three Lives) with accuracy and fluency. Discuss any unfamiliar words from the passage and what strategies you used to understand them.
Lena?s German voice when she knocked and called the family in the morning was as awakening, as soothing, and as
appealing, as a delicate soft breeze in midday, summer. She stood in the hallway every morning a long time in her
unexpectant and unsuffering German patience calling to the young ones to get up. She would call and wait a long time
and then call again, always even, gentle, patient, while the young ones fell back often into that precious, tense, last bit of
sleeping that gives a strength of joyous vigor in the young, over them that have come to the readiness of middle age, in
their awakening.

laughter and happiness are an essential part of life. laughing releases the body's "feel good" chemicals. thus, it provides long or short term relief from stress and or anxiety. more or less, laughing strengthens social connections and provides an easy approach in social related situations.

moreover, there are many benefits of laughter and humor. it's as if they play the role of superhero to combat anxiety and depression, according to researchers. happiness and laughter is the best medicine for teen mental health.

what happens in the body also affects the mind. the positive changes in physical health also have profound an impact on mental health. we have a lot to gain from laughing! medical effects of laughter have continued to validate the pain-relieving effect and benefits of laughter.

scientists tell us that laughter and humor actually, believe it or not, lower blood pressure, reduce stress hormones and increase muscle flexion. there are many benefits to happiness and laughter, and they so happen to increase the circulation of antibodies in the blood stream and make us resistant to infections.

as stated before, laughing releases your body's "feel good" chemicals, and on a related note, negative stress can cause your body to release chemicals that weaken your immune system which makes you more likely to contract a disease. luckily, laughter reduces negative stress and prevents those chemicals from being released.

all in all, you may want to consider laughing as much as you can!

he was looking for nothing because this question had no complete sentence.

well, there are online sites that can make it look like a texting screenshot, so u can make it like hamilton texting jefferson through that, and he can start with him being like, i know it's out of the blue, but blah blah blah