Read the excerpt from “seventh grade.” victor hurried to the bag lunch area, where he sat down and opened his math book. . he lowered his eyes, pretending to study, then looked slowly to the left. victor pretends to study because he

Victor pretends to study because he wants to act like Theresa in order to impress her

Explanation:

"Seventh grade" by Gary Soto is the story of Victor who has just started the 7th grade, and as he takes his classes of the first day he gets to know Theresa and he wants to impress her in French class pretending that he already knows it, then because of that he gets Theresa to ask him to study French together so she can improve it.

don't enter the room

explanation:

or you can just ask him to move away from his house

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.