Read the excerpt from "Let Bindi Have the Limelight." As one important being left Bindi's life, another entered it. He certainly wasn't larger than life like her dad had been. In fact, he wasn't very large at all. That's because Candy . . . was a rat. "I got him [Candy] two weeks after my dad died," Bindi wrote on her personal zoo blog, Bindi's Say. "He helps me feel lots better!" . . . A sense of security is critical for any grieving child, and Bindi, naturally, had found it in an animal -- one who'd sit on her shoulder as she'd rollerblade and on her lap during interviews. As she prepared to take on life without Dad, a small friend provided big comfort.

Which kind of reader would likely make a personal connection to this passage?

A. a person who wants to live in Australia
B. a person who dislikes rollerblading
C. a person who has a close bond with a pet
D. a person who is afraid of wild animals

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.