1. Why does Ms. Gruwell Bring Gerda to class? 2. How does seeing the video effect the students?

3. How does the map add to your understanding of the selection?

4.. What inspires the students to name themselves the Freedom Writers?

5. How many miles did the Freedom Riders travel and how long did it take?

6. What words would you use to describe Jim Zwerg? why?

7. Why does the student feel Jim Zwerg was impressive?

8. How did the students prove what they had learned from Ms. Gruwell's project?

Where does writer's block come from? briefly describe each of the four possible reasons that writer's block occurs. asap!

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

How do sotomayor's descriptions of her family most likelyaffect readers?