Directions: Use your mouse to scroll over the words as you read the paragraph below. Click on the bold
verbs and choose the appropriate verb tense from the drop-down menu to complete the
sentence. If you choose the correct answer, review the explanation that appears. If you choose
the incorrect answer, try again. When you have completed the activity, select the "Done"
button with your mouse. Take a moment to review the activity summary.
Norman Rockwell born in New York City on February 3, 1894. As a young boy, he sing in the church choir
and spent many summers in the country with his family. Rockwell attend the New York School of Art when
he dropped out and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. Both learning experiences prepare him for
a lifelong artistic career. Rockwell's first professional job, while still a teenager, was as the art director of
The Boy Scouts of America's publication Boys' Life. As his career developed, Rockwell share a studio with
Clyde Forsythe (a famous cartoonist). The Saturday Evening Post publish Rockwell's first cover in 1916,
and his art stole the hearts of Americans. In 1976, the year after his death, Rockwell receive the prestigious
Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rockwell's art capture American life for several decades and become an
iconic symbol to many Americans.

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points