One of the biggest criticisms of Nic Stone’s novel is how smoothly everything goes for Jus. He makes it out of the hood, goes to a prep school, and, as we just found out in chapter 6, gets accepted into Yale. Critics argue that it’s an unrealistic portrayal of how life would likely go for a young, black kid like Justyce in real life. Write an essay response (at least three paragraphs) to those critics and take a stance. Is this a valid argument or not? Consider real life examples and the novel when thinking of support for your argument.

Form two real words by combining a prefix and/or suffix with the root listed below. if you need to, use your dictionary. then illustrate that the word has the meaning of that root by using one of those words in a sentence. example: dic, dict=to say 1. addiction 2. edict the judge's edict was the final say in that matter. mit, mis=send

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

How did the different childhood homes of doris lessing could have impacted her storytelling?