Read this excerpt from the outsiders. i about decided i didn't like it so much, though, when i spotted that red corvair trailing me. i was almost two blocks from home then, so i started walking a little faster. i had never been jumped, but i had seen johnny after four socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty. johnny was scared of his own shadow after that. johnny was sixteen then. what is the universal theme of this excerpt? hard work pays off. love conquers all. dramatic life events cause change. things are seldom what they seem.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.