Pieces of the Past Erin Sullivan
1 Nate slammed the garage door shut with a loud bang—hopefully loud enough for Granddad to hear from inside the house. Nate was angry, angry at his parents for abandoning him at this house during his vacation, angry for having to spend a beautiful sunny day clearing out a dark and damp garage. 2 The dusty garage once housed vehicles, but over time it became cramped with Granddad’s possessions. Tightly packed boxes, bags, and trunks were stacked to the ceiling.
Time for that stuff to go," Granddad announced that morning. "You go through those boxes and keep what you like, and then we'll have a garage sale with the rest and divide the profits."
Nate was annoyed because he was stuck at Granddad's house, and he longed to hang out at the beautiful park and play baseball with the other kids his age. He surveyed the boxes gloomily, considering where to begin. He pried open a filthy plastic container, and inside he found measuring spoons, duct tape, and crumpled file folders. Rubbish, Nate thought to himself, as he tossed it into a garbage bag.
The next box contained Granddad's old suits—neatly folded and packed away after Granddad retired. "Who's going to want these old clothes?" Nate wondered. They were the kind of old suits you see at a garage sale for fifty cents apiece. As he rifled through Granddad's old wardrobe, a childhood memory flashed back to him. After work each day, Granddad used to pick up him from school and always kept a surprise for Nate in his suit pockets—a baseball card or a stick of gum.
Nate scanned the garage, considering what to tackle next. His eyes fell on a wooden crate tucked way in the back with the name “BENNY” marked in orange paint. The crate was almost hidden behind other boxes.
Nate carefully opened the crate, removing a buttery soft catcher's glove and a collection of cards held together by a rubber band. He flipped through the pack, recognizing some legendary players. Then, Nate pulled out a black and white photograph of a boys' team and scoured the faded image for a familiar face. There was Benny—Granddad—in the middle row, suited up and staring proudly at the camera. He looked about fourteen, just about Nate's age. Nate thought about what that boy must have been like as he imagined Benny hovering by second base, eyes glued on the batter, preparing to spring into action.
Then, Nate pulled out a black and white photograph of a boys' team and scoured the faded image for a familiar face. There was Benny—Granddad—in the middle row, suited up and staring proudly at the camera. He looked about fourteen, just about Nate's age. Nate thought about what that boy must have been like as he imagined Benny hovering by second base, eyes glued on the batter, preparing to spring into action.
Nate inspected the garage with fresh eyes. Each container held a story, he realized—a series of clues about Granddad's life. He speculated about each one. Maybe this assignment wouldn't be so horrible, after all.
The Grandparents" from Run with the Horsemen by: Ferrol Sams
1 The grandparents had a great deal of influence in the family circle, especially on the children during their formative years. No real Southerner has ever been able to consider very seriously the highly touted ancestor worship of the Chinese. It is watery by comparison. Teethed on "what we had before the War," weaned on the accomplishments of successful kin, nurtured on the pronouncement of dominant family traits, and lullabied on the recitation of genealogical alliances of several generations, no Southerner could ever mature without a profound sense of family. This spilled over into awareness about other families in the county, and one learned what to expect from different tribes in both looks and actions.
his knowledge came largely from the grandparents and usually in the long, conversational family evenings before television, radio, or accessible automobiles. In the winters the gathering was around the crackling fire in the grandmother's room, in the summers on the wide veranda outside her bedroom door. The grandfather was the raconteur, the grandmother the critic, prompter and censor. Before they were five, the children knew that "Blood will tell," and "Pretty is as pretty does," which they learned from the grandmother. From the grandfather the boy learned "You can't make poundcake out of manure," a comforting maxim indeed when one is forced to assume responsibility for the actions of others, which happens frequently to a farmer.
Which section of Pieces of the Past would MOST LIKELY be different if the story took place in a setting like the one described by Ferrol Sams?
A) Section 2
B) Section 3
C) Section 5
D) Section 6
Please Help/ AYUDA
Brainliest if correct
Answer:
The section of Pieces of the Past would most likely be different if the story took place in a setting like the one described by Ferrol Sams would be the option:
B.) Section 3
Explanation:
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Complete the sentence with the words from the box
Answer:
1. throughout
2. wealthy
3. Unemployment
4. limit
5. nickname
6. invade
7 .attempt
8. persuade
9. decrease
10. strike.
Explanation:
is what i will say
Why is it important to teach people about St. Patrick's day?
Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's most cherished saint who ministered Christianity in the fifth century, a very long time ago, died on March 17th. That day is now celebrated as St. Patrick's Day.
What is the main theme in this story from Aesop’s Fables?
The Fox and the Crow
A Fox saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
"That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.
"Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.
"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted."
A.
Any excuse will serve a poor leader.
B.
Do not trust those who flatter you.
C.
Gratitude and greed go together.
D.
A good act deserves to be rewarded.
Answer:
B. Do not trust those who flatter you
Explanation:
“Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried
FYI this is from the book night. Beginning with giving up their clothes, describe the process all the prisoners went through when they came to the camp. Why do you think they had to do this?
They gave up clothes, kept their shoes and belts, cut their hair, disinfection, hot shower, clothes were thrown at them in any size.
This was done to mentally break the prisoners. The men lost their identity and were treated like animals.
Explanation:
How is humming similar to and different from singing?
I need a concluding sentence for why children should have chores
I need Help!
Lightening is a powerful force in nature.
Using evidence from both articles, construct a well-organized informational essay that explains why lightning’s power should be respected.
Your essay should include evidence from both “A Lightning Primer” and “Flash Facts About Lightning.”
Answer:
According to NASA Lightning, the thunderbolt from mythology, has long been feared as an atmospheric flash of supernatural origins: the great weapon of the gods. The Greeks both marveled and feared lightning as it was hurled by Zeus. For the Vikings, lightning was produced by Thor as his hammer struck an anvil while riding his chariot across the clouds. In the East, early statues of Buddha show him carrying a thunderbolt with arrows at each end. Native American tribes in North America believed that lightning was due to the flashing feathers of a mystical bird whose flapping wings produced the sound of thunder.
Facts about Lightning
The speed of lightning
While the flashes we see as a result of a lightning strike travel at the speed of light (670,000,000 mph) an actual lightning strike travels at a comparatively gentle 270,000 mph.
This means it would take about 55 minutes to travel to the moon, or around 1.5 seconds to get from London to Bristol.
2. When lightning strikes a beach
When lightning strikes sand or sandy soil, it fuses together the grains to create a small glass-like tube known as a fulgurite.
They are not only prized by collectors, they are also of great scientific value in demonstrating past occurrence of lightning storms.
3. The most lightning-struck location in the world
Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is the place on Earth that receives the most lightning strikes. Massive thunderstorms occur on 140-160 nights per year with an average of 28 lightning strikes per minute lasting up to 10 hours at a time.
That's as many as 40,000 lightning strikes in one night!
4. Helicopters cause lightning
Recent research from the Met Office revealed that helicopters can cause an isolated lightning strike. While flying, the helicopter acquires a negative charge, so if it flies close to an area that is positively charged (e.g. hail or the base of a cumulonimbus cloud) it can trigger a lightning strike.
5. 1,400,000,000 strikes every year
Lightning is one of nature's most recurrent and common spectacles. Around the world, there are over 3,000,000 flashes every day.
That's around 44 strikes every second.
6. Lightning destroys trees
Trees can often be destroyed by lightning strikes. When lightning hits a tree, it usually travels just below the tree's bark where there is a layer of sap and water.
This layer becomes instantly heated and expands causing the bark to be blasted off the tree and sometimes splitting the wood.
7. But it can help plants grow
While nitrogen is in the air all around us, for plants to be able to absorb it (a process vital for their growth) they rely on a process called Nitrogen fixation.
Although much of this process is done by bacteria and algae, the extreme heat of a lightning strike causes nitrogen to bond with oxygen to create nitrogen oxides which combine with moisture in the air to fall as rain and water plants with nitrate-rich water.
8. The width of a thumb and hotter than the sun
While the intensity of a lightning strike can make them appear as thick bolts across the sky, the actual width of a lightning bolt is only about 2-3 cm. The average length of a lightning bolt is about 2-3 miles.
The charge carried down this small channel is so intense that the temperature of the lightning reaches 30,000 °C - that's five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
9. Volcanic lightning
While lightning storms are impressive in their own right, they don't quite compare to the spectacle when volcanic eruptions trigger lightning strikes.
When an eruption occurs, earth and ash are thrown into the air in a giant plume, colliding to create an electrical charge. In the same way as normal lightning, the imbalance between the plume's electrical charge and the charge in the atmosphere leads to lightning strikes.
10. Counting lightning
To tell how far away a thunderstorm is, simply count the number of seconds between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder that follows. Divide this number by five and this tells you how many miles away you are from the storm (or divide by three for the distance in kilometres).
Explanation:
It,s long but you can do it
i need ideas on a weird essay i need unused super hero names
Answer: infinity man/woman, chicken wing man, lady long legs
Explanation:
im good at making up weird things. good luck on the essay
Answer:
Explanation:
1. Lancelot
2. Day Watch
3. Patroler
4. Smasher
5. Maximizer
Sorry, but thats all i could really think of lol. I guess im not too creative
Hope it helped spark inspo tho :)
Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition
Answer:
1. before
2. up
3. from
4. to
5. up..?? im not completely $ure about this one
6. on
7. to
8. down with
9. over
10. out
In the Giver what does Jonas want control over?
Will mark brainliest!
Hey guys! I need to right a poem... :( I need some ideas one what to write about. It needs to be 14 lines long also!!! Please please please help me!!! And dont report this please ;) Please help as soon as possible!! So, please give me ideas on what to write about, or where to look for ideas. Have a nice day/night!!
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Answer: I would write about something I have strong knowledge about and can get a good rythm going when I start writing.
Explanation: Basing off book scenarios, movie scenarios, interesting documentaries, etc. Anything that sparks interest and will make YOUR poem stand out from the rest. Use daily activities or things that're experienced often too!
Please help me choose the right one!
Answer:
Strong
Explanation:
Weak, it doesn't introduce the topic well
PLEASE HELP ILL GIVE BRAINLIEST IF CORRECT
Read these sentences from the article "Famine: Past, Present, and Future."
In the end, at least a million Irish people died in the Great Hunger. At least a million more fled the famine for places like Scotland, Australia, and America.
How do these sentences help develop one of the key concepts in "Famine: Past, Present, and Future"?
It suggests that famine may cause physical damage to populations.
It shows that some regions are more impacted by hunger than others.
It emphasizes the social consequences of famine, such as a diminished population.
It explains that outcomes of famine may be reversible over time.
What is a contraction in a sentence?
Please I need help!
Can somebody answer my question?
Anybody?
Please!
Answer:
A contraction is a shortened form of a word (or group of words) that omits certain letters or sounds
Explanation:
Example
He is playing around the river.
Contraction: He's playing around the river.
Answer:
A contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words that omits certain letters or sounds
Match the correct words:
Varied
Flee
Defeating
Entry
Betrayed
Eventually
Astonished
Answer:
A. flee because flee is the same as run
B. Betrayed, because tretchory is the smae word as betrayed
C. Entry, like your making an entry into a journal
D. Varied, because there are a varied amount of mixed elements
E. a lot, or numerous because i do not think there are enough options here.
F. could be triumph
G. employee i think
H. that is astonished, because it means supprised
I. possibly eventually
J. could be passion
PLEASE HELP!! ;^;
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I can help to compare and contrast
The difference between the two poems is that the first poem speaks about positive thinking and attributes, that omclude creativity and observation. It illustrates hope to the readers. While the other poem speaks about the truth in the future about people will die sooner or later. The poet talks we should not give into death but avoid it. The comparison between these two poems is about they both speak about hope, future, and the world around and how we react to the world. Hope this helps for you.
Select the correct outline form.
1. B
2. A
3. C
Answer:
I think the answer is A
Explanation:
I think I'm not sure
Select the verb that makes an incorrect shift in tense.
Answer:
find
Explanation:
its supposed to be in present tense so its found not find
Shackleton felt that routines would be difficult to maintain, and they would not help their current situation.
True
or
False
Answer:
false
Explanation:
because routine is what keeps people to focus and know what they are doing
Which word has the most negative connotation?
° fatigued
° weary
° tired
° spent
Spent is the most negative connotation.
Explanation:
Fatigued is to feel exauhsted.
Weary is lack of sleep, tiredness.
Tired is just a minimal drousy feeling.
And spent is as if your energy was all used up, consumed.
Read the sentence:
I'm sending you train tickets to bring you here.
Select the option that correctly quotes the sentence from the story.
A. Both of the sisters had train “tickets" that their father had sent them.
B. Sally and Beth's father wrote, "I'm sending you train tickets to bring you here" in a letter.
C.Their father wrote that he was "sending them train tickets" to bring
them to California.
D."The letter that Sally read said" I'm sending you train tickets to bring you here.
Answer:
Sally and Beth's father wrote, "I'm
sending you train tickets to bring
you here" in a letter
Explanation:
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Answer: ok A i think
Explanation: hope it help and is right good day
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
Infinitives as Nouns
Remember that a noun is a person, place, or thing. When an infinitive is used as the subject or direct object in a sentence, it functions as a noun.
The sentence’s subject performs the verb, while the sentence’s direct object receives the verb.
Example 1:
I love to sleep.
In this sentence, the verb is “love.”
Who or what receives the action of being loved? The infinitive “to sleep.”
This makes “to sleep” the direct object of the sentence.
In this case, the infinitive functions as a noun that expresses an opinion. It could be replaced with a person, place, or thing, as in, “I love pizza.”
Help is a verb and she is "happy to help"
What makes a video PSA different than a billboard PSA?
A. A video costs more money to create.
B. A video is seen by more people.
C. A video can capture more emotion.
D. A video is always more informative.
Why did the officers ask Kai what the chairs in his home looked like?
A
They had seen the Chinese poems engraved on the walls.
B
They thought it was a good question for a 12-year-old.
C
They wanted to see if Kai was really a skilled furniture maker.
D
They wanted to make sure Kai's answers matched his father's.
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
They wanted to make sure Kai's answer matched with his father's
Answer: Answer (D) They wanted to make sure Kai's answers matched his father's.
hope this helped :)
Explanation:
and even more help on these questions
Answer:
2
Explanation:
The answer is "prefroming duties" because when it says page it describes what a page does which is the question.
Read the three stanzas from “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates.
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!
What is the effect of the third stanza on the overall structure of the poem?
A.
The third stanza describes the unselfishness of heroes in America.
B.
The third stanza asks for gold and financial success for every American.
C.
The third stanza builds upon the history of America—first the pilgrims in stanza 2, and now its heroes in stanza 3, continuing to ask for success and goodness.
D.
The third stanza builds upon stanza 2 by emphasizing the greatness of America, how it is now a free country, and how every citizen will reach for gold and success.
Answer:
I am pretty sure its C
Explanation:
Which source is an example of a primary source?
A. A journal entry by someone who survived a flood by clinging to a larger tree
B. A history book about major floods throughout the past 100 years
C. An articular about a town that was destroyed by a flood after a dam broke
D. An encyclopedia articular about the construction of a dam that broke in a flood
Answer:
A. A journal entry by someone who survived a flood by clinging to a larger tree
Explanation:
It is the only primary source.
Fill the gaps with the correct preposition
Why do you think Buck wasn't homesick for Judge Miller's place? Minimum 3 sentences.
Answer: How did Buck feel about Judge. Buck expects to see the judge, but he never does. After being beaten and treated badly, Buck becomes angry. It is a change that would have made it hard for the judge to recognize him.
Explanation: