Read these excerpts from News Articles about Bullying. Text 1:

"It's crazy in a good way," Jaylen, a sixth-grader at Victory Christian Academy, said. "Kids are coming up to me and telling me they aren't getting bullied as much. I'm glad that it's gotten so big."

Text 2:

"It actually changed (my) life,” said classmate McKenna Inglett, in an interview with WFTS reporter Laura Harris. "I have tried to change some people that were bullying me.”

"He has taught me about Tourette syndrome and how not to bully and things like that,” said another classmate, Ethan Whittaker.

What detail in the first text is made clearer by details in the second text?

Jaylen’s anti-bullying campaign has been ineffective in helping others.
Students are feeling the effects of Jaylen’s anti-bullying campaign.
Jaylen has an inflated idea of how helpful his campaign has been.
The students interviewed are concerned they will be singled out.

What is a casting director, and what do you think might be some of the possible benefits of a director using a casting director? what do you think might be some of the possible drawbacks of a director using a casting director? your response should be at least five sentences. use complete sentences and offer evidence to back up your opinion.

The book the sweet hereafter: in three or four paragraphs, compare and contrast the irony of nichole's reasons for lying to the court about the accident to another well-known character who lies that you have encountered in literature. which of these characters had a better reason to lie: your character or nichole? which of these characters got the outcome they hoped for when they told the lie? what does the irony in each story say about the nature of truth and lies? (note: some famous literary liars you might consider writing about are: elizabeth proctor or abigail williams from the crucible; odysseus from the odyssey; romeo from romeo and juliet; tom or daisy buchanan from the great gatsby; arthur dimmesdale from the scarlet letter; the narrator or marla singer from fight club; cyrano or christian from cyrano de bergerac; sheherazhad from arabian nights; huck finn from the adventures of huckleberry finn; pip from great expectations, or a liar of your choice from a book or play you have read/seen)

Using the library or the internet as a resource, locate and watch two different live production interpretations of act iii of our town. then, compare and contrast how the two interpretations represented the original play. did either of the interpretations make any changes to the original material? if so, how did it affect your experience as a viewer? did you interpret the characters any differently after watching the live productions? why or why not?