ENGAGEMENT: Free Write/Free Response: Choose one.

1) Write your own poem in reply to Gorman's poem "The Miracle of Morning." Choose a line, a vibe or a moment from the

poem to inspire your response. What are you waking up to today? What is the miracle in your morning (or mourning)?

2) Stream of consciousness: Write after reading and just capture your vibe or feeling from the poem or the article

Which lines in this excerpt from act iv of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

Read the excerpt from "death by black hole."albert einstein's general theory of relativity, published in 1916, provides the insight to understand the bizarre structureof space and time in a high-gravity environment. later research by the american physicist john a. wheeler, and others, to formulate a vocabulary as well as the mathematical tools to describe and predict what a black hole will do toits surroundings.read the excerpt from "man listening to disc."and i bow deeply to thelonious monkfor figuring out a wayto motorize or whatever-his huge pianoso he could be with us today.these excerpts are similar because both texts

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful