Think about the different jobs discussed on the show Dirty Jobs and write a 5 sentence paragraph. You may write about the reasons that you would never want to do that job, or you may write about the reasons it wouldn't be so bad. Your paragraph needs to include a topic sentence, 3 detailed sentences, and a closing sentence. After you write your paragraph, please reread it to make sure it is free of grammatical errors. This is worth up to 50 extra credit points and you may write multiple paragraphs

Of the poems you have read so far, which did you find most powerful regarding the themes of identity and/or freedom and why? don't forget evidence (quotes, name of poem,

After taking notes carefully and studying freqently, derek not only passed the test, select the word group below that best completes the sentence in parallel structure. and he got 100% but he scores well on classwork but he also scored the highest in the class and he was also scoring the best he ever had

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?