1. According to the article, the four-day week benefits teachers in all the following ways, Except? a. It gives teachers more time to attend to their own kids.
b. It gives teachers the off day to spend leisure time with students.
c. It gives teachers ample time to learn and adapt to new technology.
d. It gives teachers time to plan lessons and attend staff development sessions.

2. According to the article, what affect will the new four-day week have on the hours spent by students at
school?
a. Students will spend 10 hours every day at school.
b. Students will spend 2 extra hours than the usual time.
c. Students will spend 14 more hours over a school year.
d. Students will spend 20 more minutes than the usual time.

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?