Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. "that's strange," mama mumbled as she waved to people who didn't bother waving back. "no matter, maybe they didn't see me." our neighbors had always been so friendly, but now they peered at us without their usual smiles. then i saw kathy and ronda, two of my school friends, standing with their mothers. anxious to catch their attention, i waved out the window with a loud "hi." their disapproving glances matched those of the adults. what idea is emphasized through repetition?

How do you feel about hrothgar so far? in your opinion, is he a strong or weak king? of course, defend this position.

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

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?