Now that students have read some of "The House on Mango Street," they will notice some of the repeated themes that run throughout the book. These themes are: language/names, gender/sexuality, and foreignness/society. All humans can relate to and understand these themes. Students need to choose a "chapter" that we have already read and explain how that "chapter" connects to one of the already mentioned themes. This writing is practice for the final summative project which will be on "The House on Mango Street."

What does atticus do that makes mayella ewell think that he's making fun of her? what does this show us about mayella's life?

Discuss the exploration of conflict and the resolution in the story the tempest by william shakespeare in essay form

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes