What do you need to read in english class(book sugesstion please)

How are key ideas refined with clear and concise language in the selection “what are our demands? ” what purpose does this selection serve?

7. a line of symmetry divides a design so that every point on one side of the line coincides a point on the other side of it determine how many lines of symmetry each figure below has then draw all the lines of symmetry. show your work

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?