Emily Fontenot AP English III Summer Reading I. Journal: After playing the game Spent‚ I learned that low-wage workers have to sacrifice many things in life and make difficult decisions. For example‚ if two bills are due at the same time‚ they may have to choose which one to pay. Also‚ they are not able to provide their children with many things most kids take for granted. Children of low-income families may have to miss out on birthday parties‚ field trips‚ and even meals because their
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1. Howard Zinn‚ author of A Peoples History of the United States believes that American history is influenced the most by the following concepts: class‚ racism‚ and a bias against the government elitists. Zinn is able to showcase these ideas by featuring the viewpoint of those who are commonly swept under the rug; the conquered‚ enslaved‚ worked and dominated. Zinn brings to light that America has been run by rich white males for most of this nations existence‚ and the assumption that the upper
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MEDIEVAL EUROPE: FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE RENAISSANCE A BACKGROUND READING LINKING CLASSICAL TO MODERN TIMES (Reprinted with permission from George Roswell‚ Rancho Buena Vista High School‚ Vista‚ CA. May 2010) From approximately 200 B.C. to 476 A.D.‚ the "civilized" areas of Europe and the Near East were dominated‚ ruled‚ and imprinted with a lasting influence from the Roman Empire. At its greatest extent‚ the Roman Empire stretched east to include Greece‚ Turkey‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia and
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Taylor Corey Mr. David Hatcher Honors English III 4 August 2014 Chapter One Reflection Chapter one introduces Ishmael‚ who seems to me like a very sad person. He loves to go out to sea to get his mind off of everything. He says “whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp‚ drizzly November in my soul…” which indicates that he is sad and not happy with himself. He almost seems like he has a suicidal side to him. He is a very simple minded person who does not care about
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Summer 2014‚ AP Lit & Comp Summer Reading Assignment: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Summer reading serves as an opportunity to restart your academic critical thinking skills before school starts and to think about works of literature as carefully constructed pieces of art with something to say. This summer‚ you are required to read two books: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster and Purple Hibiscus
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Mr. O’Sullivan APUSH 410 August 11‚ 2013 The Namesake Life in a new country is extremely difficult. New customs‚ foods‚ and an unfamilliar language can make foreign occupancy even harder. Some families are quick to learn and adapt. For others‚ it may take much longer. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ the Ganguli family has a tough time adopting the American lifestyle so many of us are used to. For us it seems unimportant. Many of us work 9 to 5 and come home to eat dinner and watch the big
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Summer Reading Response AP Literature For my summer reading poet‚ I chose Mary Oliver. I find I relate better to the works of female authors and she was one of the only two on the list of options. After hearing phrases like “America’s best-selling poet” and “one of the best writers of the century” to describe her‚ I was not sure of what to expect. However‚ after reading one of her works for the first time‚ a poem called “The Journey”‚ I knew that I‚ a not so avid reader and an inexperienced
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9/16/12 Period 1 Summer Reading Essay: The Lovely Bones There is always a time in a person’s life when they feel threatened by the fact that sometimes imminent death comes sooner to some than others. Alice Sebold talked about the results of that situation in The Lovely Bones. That person was‚ Susie Salmon‚ who was raped and killed on her way home from school‚ at the age of 14. The remaining four members of her family all deal differently with their grief throughout the book. Her father begins
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Gilchrist: AP World History Summer Reading: Comparative Essay of two places of Worship: Do different types of church have different features from other and how similar are they? Yes different churches have different features which make them unique to their name which can be their different practices‚ their setting or place of worship and the person they worship. Over the summer‚ I visited two different places of worship which were a Baptist church and a Catholic church. Both have very different
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Summer Reading Book AP Essay Prompts 2012: “And‚ after all‚ our surroundings influence our lives and characters as much as fate‚ destiny or any supernatural agency.” Pauline Hopkins‚ Contending Forces Choose a novel or play in which cultural‚ physical‚ or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. 2011: In a novel
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