Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta. When Dolores Huerta became an activist, she had already been married and divorced, had children, and had begun a new career as a schoolteacher.

Her students were the children of farm workers. They came to school barefoot and hungry. She wanted to do more to help them. So she quit her teaching job to help their parents fight for better working conditions.

How does this excerpt help seventh graders make a personal connection to Huerta’s story?

by connecting readers to her family
by connecting readers to her students
by connecting readers to her teaching career
by connecting readers to her farm work

Article one: the new york tribune from december 5, 1859on leaving the jail, john brown had on his face an expression of calmness andserenity characteristic of the patriot who is about to die with a living consciousnessthat he is laying his life down for the good of his fellow as he stepped outof the door a black woman, with her little child in her arms, stood near his way. thetwain were of the despised race for whose emancipation and elevation to the dignityof children of god he was about to lay down his he stopped for a moment in hiscourse, stooped over, and with the tenderness of one whose love is as broad as thebrotherhood of man, kissed [the child) affectionately.article two: the cincinnati enquirer from december 3, 1859we rejoice that old brown has been hung. he was not only a murderer of innocentpersons, but he attempted one of the greatest crimes against society-the stirring upof a servile and civil war. he has paid the penalty for his crimes, and we hope his fatemay be a warning to all who might have felt inclined to imitate his aggressive conduct.now it is your turn. you need to synthesize the two articles mentioned above into one or two paragraphs. you may lookat the synthesized paragraphs above for an example, but your paragraph should be different. remember to follow theprocess hints mentioned earlier in this lesson.iuflad

Cooper used examples from classical literature and history in her essay because she wanted to show that she was educated she wanted to show that women could do great things she wanted to prove that the classics were still important she wanted to prove that education should include the study of the classics

Which group of words is an independant clause a. she came late b.so how was the c. there was an old d. nearly running down