Brainstorm and prewrite three scenes about a fictional talent show in which two contestants swap bodies. your first two scenes will focus on the contestants, each of which must try to learn the other person's act before the show begins. the third scene will focus on an audience member who's watching the talent show. each scene must make its main character distinct from the other two. each scene must also use rich description so that the problem each character faces seems real, even though the story itself is fantastical. in the next lesson you'll expand these scenes into a short story

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

What does the narrator do in this passage to increase suspense and encourage the reader to continue reading