Read the excerpt from a speech by us secretary of education arne duncan. what is the speech’s purpose? i believe we can work together—republicans and democrats—to move beyond the out-of-date, and tired, and prescriptive no child left behind law. i believe we can replace it with a law that recognizes that schools need more support—and more money, more resources—than they receive today. a law that recognizes that no family should be denied preschool for their children, and reflects the real scientific understanding that learning begins at birth, not somehow at age 5. a law that recognizes the critically hard, important work educators across america are doing to support and raise expectations for our children, and lifts up the profession of teaching by recognizing that teachers need better preparation, better support, and more resources to do their hugely important job. a law that says that educational opportunity isn’t an option, it’s a civil right, a moral imperative, and the best way we can strengthen our nation and attract and retain great jobs that expand the middle class. like so many of you in this room, my wife and i are parents, with two children in local public schools. what we, as parents, want for our kids is an education that isn’t just about knowledge—it’s about those moments of excitement that we hear about at dinner at the end of the day, about creativity and wonder and curiosity. fundamentally, we want our kids to have wonderful choices in their lives. and let’s work together to pass a law that says that every single child in america deserves this kind of education that we’d want for our own children. the days in which lawmakers support schools that are somehow good enough for someone else’s children, but not for their own—those days must be over. and take a minute and think about both the magnitude of the opportunity, and the urgency of the work ahead of us. a. to inform the country what students are learning in their local schools b. to gain support for a law that would improve student achievement c. to explain the roles of teachers in creating a better learning environment d. to support a law that requires children to begin learning at a very young age

B.to gain support for a law that would improve student achievement

Explanation:

In this speech, the speaker is saying that No Child Left Behind is not the ideal law to improve public school and student learning. Then the speaker begins to speak what would be necessary to implement a quality education that leaves the students prepared and with the necessary knowledge for life. He says this because he wants everyone's support for the creation and implementation of a law that would improve student performance and replace the No Child Left Behind.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.