1my name is maddox smith. 2i am the treasurer of the san marcos high school charity club. 3we're having a canned food drive. 4this event is going to be off the hook and raise lots of dough for the homeless peeps. 5it's just two weeks away and i am writing to ask for your . 6the charity club is planning to place collection boxes for canned food items at various local stores. 7we'd love it if you would allow us to place a bin at shop mart. 8all of the collections from the food drive will go to the local food bank to be sent out to local families who are really, super poor.

the excerpt from maddox's letter is inappropriate simply because it contains contractions.

true or false?

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.