So i'm reading an article about the bubonic plague and i need to come up with an extra credit question about the black plague. it doesn't have to be super complex-just something with 5-10 minutes of research.

Write explanatory essay about the effects of earthquakes.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a. something someone else is writing about b. a fact c. something you have written about before

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?