The Swim Challenge
Chapter 1

"You know dogs and even cats can learn how to swim," Mac started, hoping Rashmi would take inspiration from the animals she helped care for at the animal shelter. "If they can do it, you should know that you certainly can learn."

"Oh thank you," Rashmi replied, clearly not happy that she wasn't as capable as a dog. "I'm so glad to know it's not just my own species that is better at this than I am."

"Well, clinging to the side like that is not going to get you any further," Mac replied. "You asked me to help you, remember. This isn't exactly fun for me."

"I'm sorry; I just don't know what comes over me. I don't think I can do this," Rashmi said.

"Look, why do you want to? What is the reason you decided now to learn how to swim?" Mac hung on the pool ledge too, gently splashing water up into the drain with her hand. Mac knew Rashmi was good at many things: soccer, mathematics, science, and anything to do with insects. Mac also knew that Rashmi hated being wrong, hated looking uncertain, and above all, hated losing any kind of contest.

"If I tell you, do you promise not to laugh?"

"Of course, no laughing. I promise."

"I have this recurring dream that I'm stuck on a raft. I've had it since I was little. I know it's just a dream, but I can see and feel the waves. And I'm just a few yards from the shore, but too terrified to reach it. I just bob there on my raft, reaching out for something safe. Never reaching it. "

"I'm no expert," Mac said softly, "but I'm thinking that dream is about a lot more than just swimming."

"I know," said Rashmi, "but I think if I can learn to swim, I can learn to be confident. And not have this fear and need for safety." Rashmi paused and pushed her wet hair behind her ear. It clumped up, looking like a bird's nest. "I could do just about anything if I could learn to do this."

Mac felt as if she had taken on much more than just teaching someone to swim. Could she do all that Rashmi needed her to?

Chapter 2

Mac let the pressure of Rashmi's nightmare wash over her. Mac wasn't sure if she could actually break through Rashmi's fears, but she knew she had to try.

"Maybe if you think about what all you have to gain by learning to swim, that will help. You want to try again?"

"Okay," said Rashmi, still uncertain.

"Do you trust me?" Mac asked.

"Of course, at least most of the time."

"Well, then give me your hand and let go of the ledge. I will hold on for both of us," Mac said.

Mac watched the fear in Rashmi's face. She could see the battle in her eyes. It was as if two people were fighting a war: one trying to hold on to what she knew as safe; the other wanting to reach across some unknown peril to a lasting, more real, kind of safe. Rashmi reached her hand out and clamped down on Mac's arm. Mac thought she might have to yell from the painful squeeze, but Rashmi relaxed her grip just before letting go of the side.

"Great," said Mac, "now move your other hand in the water like this." Mac made a back and forth motion with her palm down in the water, as if she were waving at the bottom. "Imagine you are queen waving at your subjects who happen to be fish."

Laughing, Rashmi began waving to her watery subjects. She quickly found her head a bit higher above the water than before.

"You see," said Mac, "when we add the other hand, you'll be treading water. But before we do that, let's add your feet too. Do you think you can wave with your toes and feet?"

Rashmi wiggled her feet, forgetting about her hand and sunk a little. Panicked, she grasped Mac with both hands.

"Nope," said Mac, "don't wiggle those feet, wave them. First one and then the other, like you are pedaling a bicycle only with your toes pointed down. They both watched Rashmi move her feet back and forth.

"That's it; now add your free hand." Mac felt Rashmi let go of her arm, and begin waving her hand. Again, Rashmi's head cleared the water and lifted higher.

"Oh my goodness," Rashmi said. "I'm not sinking. I'm kind of floating."

"I know, and in a minute you'll be doing it all by yourself. Then you'll learn to float and then kick and then before you know it, you'll be my best competition on the swim team."

Rashmi laughed, "Oh you don't want to challenge me. I may swim like a walrus walks on land, but I have the dedication of a human who hates losing."

Mac knew then they had reached the beginning of the end of Rashmi's nightmares.

Review chapters 1 and 2 of The Swim Challenge to answer the question below:

Which line of dialogue most clearly develops Rashmi's character? (1 point)

Answer:

"I know," said Rashmi, "but I think if I can learn to swim, I can learn to be confident. And not have this fear and need for safety."

Explanation:

This shows that she has an uncertain and fearful side. :)

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Which statement best describes the purpose of the video “Larry and Vince”?

A. to persuade drivers and passengers to engage in safe behavior

B. to target a high-risk group to scare them into better behavior

C. to inform viewers that wearing a seat belt will not always prevent injury or death

D. to make people feel guilty and ashamed for not wearing seat belts

What economic effects did the Columbian Exchange have on Europe? Choose three correct answers.

Investors became less wealthy.
Merchants made fewer trade voyages.
Spain gained wealth by trading silver with Asia.
Europe became the center of the first global economy.
Many European nations became wealthy through increased trade.

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Metal armor has __________________
a.
largely influenced the power possessed by nations.
b.
provided a form of currency for warring nations.
c.
been created in the past using only two metalworking processes: cutting and welding.
d.
served as a form of defense and a spiritual connection to the gods.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Don't have to answer

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(say the name of the character and anime they belong to)
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50 POINTS

Please write a poem with the requirements below. Please do not copy from any other brainly question.

Assignment
Narrative Poem
It's time to write your narrative poem! What story will it tell? How will the action rise to a climax and then fall to a resolution?
Your poem must include the following:
• A clear narrative sequence
• Sensory language
• Figurative language
• One verb in the conditional mood
• Two module vocabulary words

Read the excerpt from A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano.

However, in day-to-day experience, the strangeness of Einstein's ideas doesn't help us, and Newton's notions do just fine. In everyday life, when gravity isn't especially intense, Newton's and Einstein's ways of thinking lead to similar results. The two explanations work like different languages that express the same thing. Is an apple red (English) or rojo (Spanish)? It's okay to use either description.

So we still use Newton's laws—even scientists do, much of the time. Sure, it's more exact to be Einsteinian and think of gravity as matter's effect on space. But it's all right to take a Newtonian shortcut and imagine gravity as a pull.

The details in the excerpt best support which conclusion?

Sometimes scientific questions are left unanswered.
Some things can have more than one explanation.
Knowing two languages helps to understand science.
Choosing between two different ideas can be difficult.

What crops were grown in the different regions? Why were they different? Look at climate, land size, soil, and natural resources etc

can someone help me on how to be happy

what is a propaganda

Please help me I will give you extra points and the brain thing
I will plough the land,

Turning up the black soil.

I will ride upon this heaving surface

As a boat rides upon the water.

Even as a boat

Cleaving the water with an eager keel,

I have run a furrow

Straight across the ridges.



The author uses SIMILES to

Question 8 options:

explain how a boat would look out of the water.


compare a farmer walking to a plow moving soil.


show how the plow going through dirt is like a boat going through water.


explain how hard it is to plow a field.

Can someone plz help me with this one problem I’m being timed!!!!

write a short story using what you’ve learned from reading Jack London’s "How to Build a Fire" about wilderness survival.Focus on the falling action of your story. Now is the time to wind down your story and describe how you headed back to safety.

Tip! Begin to end your story. Stay consistent with your verb tense. If the story is written in the past tense, keep using that same verb tense.

abc order put these in abc order TYPED

Recycling paper is the best way to protect trees. Recycling prevents trees from being cut down and used for paper and other products. According to the Green Center, recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees. If everyone in the United States recycled just a small portion of their newspapers, we could save 25 million trees. People should recycle paper and use recycled products whenever they can to save our forests.

Which statement expresses the reasons in this argument?

More people should recycle in general.
Trees are important to the overall environment.
Recycling one ton of paper helps save 17 trees.
Recycling helps stop trees from being cut down.

How might people’s perceptions of one another be different if they had more opportunities to know and understand the people in other parts of Panem? How does this divisiveness benefit the Capitol?

This is part of the Hunger Games (book 1), it is almost due soon and I need some help.

How is Pat Summitt’s presence still a part of the team?
PLEASE READ THE TEXT BELOW

The petals of flowers often are brightly colored. Which statement best describes an advantage of having brightly colored petals?



The bright colors will prevent insects from taking pollen to other flowers.


The bright colors will hide the plant from predators that would eat its flowers.


The bright colors will protect the leaves from injury by birds and insects.


The bright colors will attract insects that can carry the pollen needed for plant reproduction.

Why do you think it’s important to have mentors in your life? Write a response to this question that represents your own point of view. Use examples from the essay “The Voice in My Head” to support your response.

(Download it below)

In the space provided, type the spelling words that have a silent letter.

Word Bank:

below
biology
careless
crumb
dominant
every
upon
write

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare.

But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now -

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

—“Mother to Son,”
Langston Hughes

Which metaphor from the poem compares life to something enjoyable? Answer by completing the sentence.

The metaphor __________ compares life to something enjoyable.

o."goin' in the dark"
o. "crystal stairs"
o. reaching landin's"
o. "climbin' on"

colorful
thoughtful
breathless
cheerful
wonderful
spotless
hopeless
creative
memorable
active
honorable
likable
miserable
reasonable
remarkable
massive
adaptable
impressive
careless

read the passage, pick the best tone and pick the best evidence.

Find the error with subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb and type it correctly.
In Chile's arid Atacama Desert there is areas where any rainfall has yet to be recorded.

What have Jesse Owens overcome?

Hani needs to see a timeline that shows the order of the presidents. He does not have a computer at his house, but his family keeps many different kinds of books. What is the best source for Hani to use to find this information?

A.
dictionary
B.
library catalogue
C.
atlas
D.
encyclopedia

In “Bud, Not Buddy,” Steady Eddie asks if Bud's suitcase is more important than the items in the suitcase.

What can you predict Steady Eddie might be about to do?

A.
Steady Eddie is going to invite Bud to join the band.

B.
Steady Eddie is going to teach Bud alto-saxophone.

C.
Steady Eddie is going to teach Bud the recorder.

D.
Steady Eddie will give Bud a suitcase he got from the basement.

Using the book you are currently reading, write a paragraph that describes one of the characters. Use a quote from the book to support your answer and make sure to use proper formatting when writing the title of your book.(it can be any book)

Write a summary for the poem "The Bagpipes Who Didn't Say No." Include the Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution, and Denouement.
Thank you help is appreciated.
For 100 POINTS PEOPLE!!!!!!!

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