Excerpt from Urban Agriculture
Terri Roberts
During WWII, officials from the U. S. War Department encouraged urban dwellers to use any available space to plant victory
gardens. As the war continued, the price of fruits and vegetables skyrocketed. Small vegetable and fruit gardens helped reduce
the pressure on the public food supply. By eating the vegetables grown in their gardens, citizens were able to decrease the cost
of produce needed to help feed the troops. The city gardens grown on apartment building rooftops and in vacant lots produced
forty percent of the vegetables consumed each year. Once the war ended, many people abandoned their gardens and returned to
grocery stores to purchase their produce.
2Today, a resurgence in urban agriculture is sweeping across the nation. Many modern concerns have contributed to the recent
popularity of city farms. One of the most pressing issues is the high cost of oil and gas. The ingredients used to prepare most
meals travel an average of forty-five miles each before reaching the local supermarket. In times when gas costs upwards of four
dollars per gallon, buying locally helps offset the expense of transportation. This helps reduce the overall cost of produce for
everyone. City farms also address growing concern over carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. Purchasing
locally grown foods can help reduce a city's carbon footprint
If you were to print this selection and jot down notes in the margins, this would be an example of what kind of strategy?
A)
brainstorming
B)
citing sources
C)
evaluating bias
D)
annotating

Shakespeare’s language is considered english. old middle modern current

Which type of formatting technique would you use to group information to make it easier for th audiance to understand

Frequently the subject of blues songs has to do with some challenge or problem faced by the writer. everyone faces personal challenges. sometimes music us deal with these problems. do you know of times when music has you or people that you know cope with difficult situations? think about your life experiences and challenges or the experiences of someone you know. then write your own twelve-bar blues song that describes one such experience that you or another person has had. your blues song should have three verses. you may write a fourth verse for extra credit. each verse you write should have three phases and should be written in call-and-response form. the first two phases of each verse should describe the experience, challenge, or problem and should act as your “call” phrases. the third phrase should describe the solution to your challenge or problem, or the next step in your story, and should act as your “response” phrase. review “sneaker blues” to see an example of a call-and-response song with three verses. “sneaker blues” my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; i’m gonna get my sneakers fixed just you wait and see. the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; twenty dollars is what he said, i might have to let them be. the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; twenty dollars is what he said, that’s what i’ll have to pay. write your song title and verses as the answers to the questions. after you have written your song, try putting it to music using one of the online music samples. original twelve-bar blues song (2 points) score 1. title(6 points) score 2. verse 1line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 3. verse 2 line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 4. verse 3 line 1: line 2: line 3: