Prose Fiction: This passage is adapted from Elizabeth Bishop’s short story “ The Housekeeper” (©1984 Akuce Methfessel).   Outside, the rain continued to run down the Screened windows of Mrs. Sennet’s little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background of 5          the bay, where the […]

Day 5 – February 27, 2018 (1)Baseball is unique among American sports by(3) its ability to appeal to a love resembling that of a child (4) of fable and legend. Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Roberto Clemente—names like these will echo through time that are(5) trumpet calls to storied battles fought and won in […]

ACT Question of the Day – Reading So there he stood, that learned professor of mine, lecturing about the ideas that(1  ) have engaged people’s minds for centuries. Then he’d interrupt himself to announce with smiling eyes, that the Sox had taken a two-to-nothing lead. Here was a man who’s(12) was disciplined inside his schoolbook (13) […]

ACT Question of the Day Day 2: February 22, 2018: Math Question A circle with center (-3,4) is tangent to the x-axis in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane. What is the radius of this circle? 3 4 5 9 16 The answer is 4. Thank you to all who attempted today’s question. 87% of those […]

Day 1: February 21, 2018: The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennet was going back with them just to “help settle.” She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling hat of black satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her […]