Read the excerpt from "Nothing but Net.” She should be feeling nervous about being accepted. And yet, she wasn’t. She was feeling something else completely. She felt her anger grow as she rose from the shadows on the court.

Dimitri wants to visualize the setting. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best for him to connect with?

should be feeling nervous
something else completely
felt her anger grow as
shadows on the court

He shoots a basketball with either hand. identify the adverb phrase and the word it modifies

The basketball crashed against the backboard, and point guard sheena lunged for it. as she snatched the ball out of mid-air, the crowd cheered, chanting encouragement for her team, the monarchs. so far, the game had been a disaster. with 15 seconds left to go in the final quarter, the monarchs were 2 points shy of victory. what main idea do the details in the passage suggest? the point guard sheena was not a very good player. the monarchs had never lost a basketball game. the monarchs were worried about losing. the crowd was not supporting the monarchs.

View a film and read a text-based representation of your hero, such as a modern graphic representation of your hero (comic book, graphic novel). compare how your character is represented in text and how your character is visually represented. next, you will compare how this information informs the idea of what it means to be a hero.