What prediction can the reader make about Katy? A. She will get in trouble for copying Gina's speech.
B. She will decide to give a new, original speech.
C. She will prove to Mr. Tucker that Gina copied her.
D. She will ask Gina her opinion of Katy's speech.

Create an explanatory essay outlining a technological advancement during the industrial revolution in england, and how this advancement impacted the workers. compare this information with information you have researched about a twenty-first century hardware invention, how this has changed lives, and how the workers who create the hardware are impacted. construct a strong conclusion, making a connection between technology of the past and present.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Write approximately 100 words reflecting on your 7-question reading strategy activity. how correct were your first two predictions? what questions worked for you within that activity? what questions didn't? were these reading strategies something you do unconsciously when you read anyway, or were they very foreign ideas? the more you know about how you read, the better you become as a reader. what did you learn about yourself as a reader?