In recent years, most college campuses around the nation have moved to restrict or prohibit cigarette smoking on school grounds. Even in the open air, critics claim that smoking harms the natural environment in many ways. Assume that you are a student on a campus that has only slight restrictions where people can smoke but is considering moving toward banning smoking across campus. You have just been selected to be part of a panel on this debate, and to prepare for it, you must write a five-paragraph persuasive essay taking a stand either way.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.