How does the point of view from which The Giver is told focus on Jonas’s thoughts and feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve? How is Jonas’s point of view revealed? How does it differ from his parents’ point of view about the ceremony? How do the differences contribute to the tension in the story? State a strong topic sentence for your writing. Use transitions to clarify connections between (or among) your ideas. Organize your essay in a logical way and cite specific evidence from the text to support your writing. Maintain a formal writing style and end with a strong conclusion

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

Aprimary source: a- may be biased b- is never biased c- cannot possibly have bias d- none of the above

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?