1) In the beginning of the excerpt the author says, "My cover-up mission was to get my hair braided." What is her actual mission? Use evidence from the text to support your response. 2) the story ends with the author proclaiming her "heart [was] emptying like a tide." Why do you suppose she is sad to be returning to her community? Use evidence from the text to support your response.

The white author goes to a salon in Harlem seeking to have her hair braided in an African American style. Some people might say this is unacceptable because it is cultural appropriation. Other people might say that it is acceptable because she is showing admiration for another culture. Where do you stand on this? Is it okay for the girl to get her hair done in an African American style? Why or why not? *

Explain the way that fay weldon appeals to her reader's logic and emotions in "letters to alice on first reading jane austen." your answer should be at least one hundred words.

Now you will do a special kind of problem. you will use the blue boxes below to put events of the story "the baby-sitter" in correct order. each blue box has seven sentences inside it. click the first blue box until you see the first thing that happened in the story. then go on to the next box and the next thing that happened. the last thing that happened should be in the last box. you may need to look back at the story to you remember. if you change your mind at any time while you are working the problem, you can return to a box and click to find a different sentence. when you are all finished, you will be able to read down the list of sentences and see all seven events from the story in the right order. mary jo began to read the alphabet book. mary jo couldn't move. mother asked mary jo to baby-sit. jimmy was very quiet. he had fallen asleep. jimmy to read the book. mother said, "you are a very good baby-sitter." mother picked up sleeping jimmy.

To the person who said "why are boys always in their lying nature (school project)" lol but nah you jus mess with the wrong dudes