If you didn't get a few horrible presents, it Weren't (not be) Christmas​

We give gifts to let people know we appreciate them and the part they play in our lives. Here's a common misconception, though: the bigger and more expensive the gift, the more it demonstrates our gratitude.

Giving gifts to others makes us feel good inside while receiving gifts makes us happy and makes us feel obliged to the person who gave it to us. In fact, giving gifts strengthens relationships with family and friends and is a significant part of human interaction.

In terms of property law, a gift is the willing and unrequited transfer of property from one person (the donor or grantor) to another.

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In the selection from Dust Tracks on a Road, why are the school-
children threatened when visitors come to observe them?

Who or what is the protagonist of Lovecraft's story?
The Terrible Old Man
Ricci and Silva
The townspeople
The house

Why might an author write an adaptation of a literary text? Select four options.

Read the speech and answer the question.

Voluntourism: An Opportunity Too Good to be True

A Speech to the Student Body of Evergreen High

[1] Picture this: It's Spring Break, and you fly off to some country where there's lush rainforests and beautiful, blue coastlines to explore. There's also people in need, so you decide to blend your vacation with volunteering. Volunteering as a tourist, or voluntourism, seems like a great way to explore new regions and help people at the same time. However, this "volunteer plus travel" experience can actually harm local communities. While many teens might view traveling and volunteering abroad as a worthwhile adventure, there are more genuine and effective ways to make a difference.

[2] Most would agree that volunteering in general is a worthy use of time. However, what if you found out the children you are "helping" are actually being kept in poor conditions so voluntourists will spend money to come to the local area? Dale Rolfe, a supporter of ethical voluntourism, explains the shocking reality that "Animal sanctuaries and orphanages are often manufactured for the voluntourist...encouraging a cycle of exploiting the very animals and children the volunteers are trying to help."

[3] Proponents of the "volunteer plus travel" experience also argue that traveling to new places builds character and is a valuable way to learn about different cultures. With voluntourism, however, participants often pursue experiences that are all about them. For example, they sign up to build a school for a gold star on their resume, but they have no real building skills and take jobs away from local construction workers (Schulten). Or, they arrive to teach English but instead take selfies with the locals. One world traveler and ethical voluntourist believes voluntourism "can perpetuate small minded views of the world by taking insulated, fake, and structured experiences and selling them as unabridged and eye opening" (Carlos). The voluntour experience is a mirage. The voluntourist's eyes are not opened to real life at the destination, and lasting change is not achieved.

[4] If you want a genuine experience where you can see a lasting impact, there are better options than voluntourism. You can volunteer in your local community. Give an hour every week to your town's animal rescue. Serve monthly dinners to the homeless. Be a reliable, positive influence on a child who needs a mentor. Studies show that volunteering and forming lasting relationships with those you help has a positive impact on your physical and emotional health. In fact, blood pressure is reduced, memory is improved, and rates of depression are reduced (Michaels).

[5] There is another reason to look into alternatives to voluntourism. Did you know the average "voluntour" travel package costs $3,400 (Rolfe)? Could that travel money be better spent? If the world's citizens are your passion, it could go to an international organization. If you care about education, your funds can be used to buy books for students in faraway lands. If you want villagers to have clean water, contribute funds to local efforts to dig wells. If you want to experience a different culture, travel to the country as a guest, and learn from the locals how you can best help them after you've returned home. But do not voluntour.

[6] In reality, there are better ways to make a difference. Voluntourism might appear to be an adventure that blends travel and helping others, but it does little except provide a costly, superficial experience that might actually do more harm than good. So, volunteer where you are most needed-at home, where you can stay to see the job through and form genuine, lasting relationships. Choose a beautiful coastline closer to home and send the travel money you saved to an international organization that will put it to good use. Whatever you do, don't turn someone else's hardship into your vacation.

How does the speaker's rhetorical question in paragraph 2 support the purpose of the speech?

It emphasizes the need for willing and wealthy volunteers to bring help to those less fortunate.
It highlights how unfair life can be for certain groups of people throughout the world.
It reinforces the idea that voluntourism can harm the people and communities it is meant to help.
It reminds the audience that there are some who fight the injustice associated with voluntourism.

What structural element of the paragraph is the underlined sentence, and how does it connect ideas in the text?
The underlined sentence is
It connects ideas in the text by

Stranded on a traffic island, speeding buses and trucks held the two pedestrians hostage.

The previous sentence has an error in:
a. Apostrophe usage
b) Modifier usage
c. Parallelism
d. None of the above

Why does Robin describing parts of the conversation as "babble"?

He thinks Colonel Roberts is lying.
He no longer believes that all the words matter.
He is too excited about their success to pay close attention.
He only wants to remember the important details.

what can be said to the teacher about the discussion?
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Which of the following is a sentence fragment always beats her brother at basketball

to explain why many Elizabethans tried poaching
to explain why poaching was dangerous
to explain why landowners punished poachers
to explain why poaching often was forgiven

As a critical thinker how do you assess the expression "what the hell do you think yodoing'doing"?​

A few students do not ____ attention when teachers teach?
What word do I have to enter in the blank space?

What does Claudius mean by the last line in Act III, Scene 3? Explain your answer using textual evidence.

The author expects the reader to believe that woodworking

The word choice in the passage a mood of

as used in this excerpt from bradfords plymouth plantation the undeerlined desperate most likley means

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
[LC]
An implied meaning of a word is a(n)
Allusion
Metaphor
Denotation
Connotation
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
[LC]

The dark side of web fame article’s main idea

Original Source Material
The philosophical position known as
constructivism views knowledge as a
human construction. The various
perspectives within constructivism are
based on the premise that knowledge is
not part of an objective, external reality
that is separate from the individual.
Instead, human knowledge, whether
the bodies of content in public
disciplines (such as mathematics or
sociology) or knowledge of the
individual learner, is a human
construction.
References:
Gredler, M. E. (2001). Learning and
instruction: Theory into practice (4th
Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-
Hall.
Student Version
Does knowledge exist outside of, or
separate from, the individual who
knows? Constructivists argue that "...
human knowledge, whether the bodies
of content in public disciplines (such as
mathematics or sociology) or
knowledge of the individual learner, is a
human construction."
References:
Gredler, M. E. (2001). Learning and
instruction: Theory into practice (4th
Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-
Hall.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism

Imagine that you can become any animal you want. Would you choose
to be a land animal, a soaring bird, or an ocean creature? Would you rather
roam wild or be cared for as a pet? Write a diary entry about a typical day as
the animal of your choosing.

Which option is not an independent clause?
OA. So she can be a biologist
OB. She loves science
OC. We study biology together
OD. Biology is her favorite class

Conduct an Internet search to answer the following question: How did Presidential addresses and Supreme Court rulings begin to change the lives of the American people beginning in the mid-20th century?

Read the passage from "The Beginnings of the Maasai.”

Neiterkob was confused at first. It was one thing for an eruption to send cows flying up into the sky, but it was another problem entirely to get them down to earth again. The wise god knew how to solve the problem. Enkai grew a giant fig tree out on the plains. The tree grew rapidly, and its branches grew so high that they reached up into the heavens. One by one, Enkai sent the cattle walking down branches of the fig tree, all the way down to the roots at the ground. My father and our people accepted the cattle and began to herd them with the sticks that Enkai had given us. Now, the rest of the tribe calls my father the "Beginner of the Earth” because he mediates between Enkai and our tribe, just as he did when the cattle returned from the sky.

What does the passage explain?

a natural phenomenon
a people’s culture
the origin of a people
the reason for the weather

Choose and copy the best answer to complete the text. [10*0.5=5] A poet and a poetess was/were/is) returning home from a poetry recitation competition....(as soon as/when/after) their car broke down They had it ...(tow/to tow/towed) to the local garage and faced the fact that they'd have to wait...(since/in/for) more than three hours. The poet said to the poetess," Let's go to a cafe for a cup of tea, shall we will you/shan't we)?" The poetess replied that....(I have/she has/she had) no habit of taking...(a/the/none) tea and coffee. The poetess said," If you are interested. I...(will recite would recite/would have recited) my best poem to you that I.... (write/had written/wrote) two weeks ago." The poet said, "That's a good idea. I love people.... ( being recited/reciting/ having recited) a poem for me."​

Analyze the dramatic devices in the play The Road by Wole Soyinka?(20marks)​

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Read the excerpt from "Voluntourism: An Opportunity Too Good to be True" and answer the question.



[1] Picture this: It’s Spring Break, and you fly off to some country where there’s lush rainforests and beautiful, blue coastlines to explore. There’s also people in need, so you decide to blend your vacation with volunteering. Volunteering as a tourist, or voluntourism, seems like a great way to explore new regions and help people at the same time. However, this "volunteer plus travel" experience can actually harm local communities. While many teens might view traveling and volunteering abroad as a worthwhile adventure, there are more genuine and effective ways to make a difference.



[2] Most would agree that volunteering in general is a worthy use of time. However, what if you found out the children you are "helping" are actually being kept in poor conditions so voluntourists will spend money to come to the local area? Dale Rolfe, a supporter of ethical voluntourism, explains the shocking reality that "Animal sanctuaries and orphanages are often manufactured for the voluntourist…encouraging a cycle of exploiting the very animals and children the volunteers are trying to help."



How does the speaker structure this part of the argument? Match each sentence to its purpose.

Match Term Definition
While many teens might view traveling and volunteering abroad as a worthwhile adventure… A) Establish the claim of the argument
...there are more genuine and effective ways to make a difference. B) Provide evidence to disprove the counterclaim's first point
Most would agree that volunteering in general is a worthy use of time. C) Acknowledge the opposition's position
However, what if you found out the children you are D) Acknowledge the counterclaim's first point
Dale Rolfe, a supporter of ethical voluntourism, explains the shocking reality that E) Refute the counterclaim's first point

1) Explain the twist at the end of the story. How does it change the reader's
perception of the story they just read?

change you are very fortune to exclamatory sentence​

Lines 16-30 below complete the story of Bertie and Aunt Agatha.Read the conclusion of the excerpt and answer the question.


from "EXTRICATING YOUNG GUSSIE"
by P.G. Wodehouse

She sprang it on me before breakfast. There in seven words you have a complete character sketch of my Aunt Agatha. I could go on indefinitely about brutality and lack of consideration. I merely say that she routed me out of bed to listen to her painful story somewhere in the small hours. It can't have been half past eleven when Jeeves, my man, woke me out of the dreamless and broke the news: 'Mrs Gregson to see you, sir.'
I thought she must be walking in her sleep, but I crawled out of bed and got into a dressing-gown. I knew Aunt Agatha well enough to know that, if she had come to see me, she was going to see me. That's the sort of woman she is.
She was sitting bolt upright in a chair, staring into space. When I came in she looked at me in that darn critical way that always makes me feel as if I had gelatin where my spine ought to be. Aunt Agatha is one of those strong-minded women. I should think Queen Elizabeth must have been something like her. She bosses her husband, Spencer Gregson, a battered little chappie on the Stock Exchange. She bosses my cousin, Gussie Mannering-Phipps. She bosses her sister-in-law, Gussie's mother. And, worst of all, she bosses me. She has an eye like a man-eating fish, and she has got moral suasion down to a fine point.
I dare say there are fellows in the world—men of blood and iron, don't you know, and all that sort of thing—whom she couldn't intimidate; but if you're a chappie like me, fond of a quiet life, you simply curl into a ball when you see her coming, and hope for the best. My experience is that when Aunt Agatha wants you to do a thing you do it, or else you find yourself wondering why those fellows in the olden days made such a fuss when they had trouble with the Spanish Inquisition.
'Halloa, Aunt Agatha!' I said
'Bertie,' she said, 'you look a sight. You look perfectly dissipated.'
I was feeling like a badly wrapped brown-paper parcel. I'm never at my best in the early morning. I said so.
'Early morning! I had breakfast three hours ago, and have been walking in the park ever since, trying to compose my thoughts.'
If I ever breakfasted at half past eight I should walk on the Embankment, trying to end it all in a watery grave.
'I am extremely worried, Bertie. That is why I have come to you.'
And then I saw she was going to start something, and I bleated weakly to Jeeves to bring me tea. But she had begun before I could get it.
'What are your immediate plans, Bertie?'
'Well, I rather thought of tottering out for a bite of lunch later on, and then possibly staggering round to the club, and after that, if I felt strong enough, I might trickle off to Walton Heath for a round of golf.'
'I am not interested in your totterings and tricklings. I mean, have you any important engagements in the next week or so?'
I scented danger.
'Rather,' I said. 'Heaps! Millions! Booked solid!'
'What are they?'
'I—er—well, I don't quite know.'
'I thought as much. You have no engagements. Very well, then, I want you to start immediately for America.'
'America!'
Do not lose sight of the fact that all this was taking place on an empty stomach, shortly after the rising of the lark.
'Yes, America. I suppose even you have heard of America?'
'But why America?'
'Because that is where your Cousin Gussie is. He is in New York, and I can't get at him.'
'What's Gussie been doing?'
Gussie is making a perfect idiot of himself.'
To one who knew young Gussie as well as I did, the words opened up a wide field for speculation.
'In what way?'
'He has lost his head over a creature.'
On past performances this rang true.


What is the central idea of lines 16-30?
Bertie believes Aunt Agatha is good at minding her own business.
Bertie believes Aunt Agatha is wrong about Gussie.
Aunt Agatha can’t contact Gussie to get him to change his embarrassing behavior.
Aunt Agatha takes Bertie by surprise so he agrees to go to America.

Which sentence suggests that a person is extremely passionate about achieving a goal?