The past progressive is most useful when

when an action happened in the past
when an action was uninterrupted in the past
when an uninterrupted action happens
when an action gets increasingly common

What idea do the two texts have in common? children often travel alone to reunite with their parents. children are fleeing nueva suyapa. many children live in poverty. parents send for their children.

In at least one hundred words discuss how tradition vs change is a theme in things fall apart

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about different systems of government to inform readers about recent governmental reforms to persuade readers of the need for governmental change to persuade readers to petition their local governments