Part one:

first, demonstrate your understanding of the prologue and themes of romeo and juliet by completing a quiz.

part two:

second, research and report how our language has evolved within the last 30 years or longer.

1. select an adult who is 30 years or older to interview. this person can be a parent, grandparent, neighbor, teacher, etc.

2. ask your interviewee to identify three words or phrases used when he or she was your age and tell what those words or phrases meant.

3. based on the meanings of the three examples you collected, identify current words or phrases used today that have the same meaning as those from 30+ years ago.

4. write a brief explanation, detailing what you learned from this interview on our evolving language and what factors you feel might influence language to continually change.

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

Grammar: sequence of verp tenses quiz active the is used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?