Jessie returned from the locker room after football practice and found that his new shoes were missing from his locker. One of his teammates,
Steve, had been checking the shoes out before practice. Jessie approached Steve to ask him about the shoes. Steve got really angry and tried
to push past Jessie and leave the locker room. Jessie grabbed him to stop him from leaving. Steve pushed him away again and they started
shoving each other. The coach separated them and sent them to the office for peer mediation. How would you lead Jessie and Steve through
this difficult situation using the 4Ds of a Difficult Conversation (Define, Defuse, Discuss, and Decide)? Write a three-to-five-sentence summary
of the discussion

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.