_______________________________ Class Period: ____________ New York City Middle School Pilot Project Performance Based Assessment (PBA) on Informational Text Grade 6‚ Task #3 Task: Write an essay in which you explain how Linden develops his point of view on the question‚ “Can animals think?”. Begin by introducing and explaining Linden’s point of view. Then‚ explain how Linden develops that point of view from the beginning through the middle and to the end of article. Cite relevant textual evidence to support your analysis
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think about it too deeply and that is because it is just numbers and the fact that you weren’t there. But think‚ if you had been there‚ seeing one person die would affect you deeply‚ and you would have a strong feeling and a visual picture that you can never forget. Many of those people that died did not want to die. They were the victims of war. They had no place to hide or run away from‚ just waiting for the enemy to come and attack. For example‚ in World War 2‚ the total people that died during
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scientists conclude that any behavioral change in humans is a direct result of the imbalance in their neurobiology. Humans have the capacity to change‚ and it can be either positive or negative depending on the experience that caused the behavioral alternation. The literature brings variety of examples on different types of human change. Some of them can be taken consciously when others are the result of trauma‚ eye-opening events‚ or the strong influence of the environment. Humans constantly change. The
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Homelessness: Can it be solved? What’s the best solution to solve homelessness? This is the question municipalities and communities are asking when it comes to solving the homeless problem. The homeless have complex mental health‚ addiction‚ and social problems. Because of this‚ there are a lot of creative ways being implemented to combat homelessness and they all take different approaches and vary in effectiveness. One solution that appears to be working in Calgary is an unorthodox model that
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Jacoby Davis March 25‚ 2009 Avid2A Easter‚ Mitchell “Can Criminals Be Rehabilitated?” The USA has a higher percentage of its citizens behind bars than any other nation. Our crime rate is higher than that of any other advanced nation. Among the leading industrialized nations our murder rate is 3-1/2 times higher than the second place nation‚ Italy. The majority of persons released from prison in the US- estimates run as high as 70%- are convicted of new crimes within five years. These are statistics
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There have been many times in my life when I have heard people use idiomatic expressions such as "some things are better left unsaid" and "what you don’t know can’t hurt you." I had never thought too much about these statements before‚ merely assuming them to be random expressions with no debatable meaning. However‚ several days ago I was talking with one of my friends about dating and she said "the knowledge that he’s going out with her is painful enough." This got me thinking. Is it knowledge itself
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If knowledge is fact based‚ then a machine can know. Because machines have the power to reproduce material stored in their memory‚ it could be said that they know the facts and are capable of using them. All existing facts could be converted into digital form and imputed into a machine in any language. Since knowledge can change based on acquisition of new facts‚ more facts could be continuously entered so the claim that knowledge may be factual can be satisfied. Humans use information from different
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of the projects that it had undertaken have been low value added and price sensitive business. 3) Ariba requires an end-to-end solution. If it could win it and deliver a high quality solution‚ they can gain a greater share of more profitable‚ high value-added business. 4) They need to show that they can handle something beyond maintenance project. Question 2. What quantifiable cost savings not specified in project contracts has Infosys delivered to PFS during the past five years? Answer 2 Infosys
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Obedience Can Kill Obedience Can Kill As is common in our modern society‚ the government has laws and regulations in place for our safety. Many of these laws are well thought out and effective. But what happens when these same laws hamper our own ability to protect ourselves? Our obedience to the law can kill us. I firmly believe that my fellow students and the faculty of my college should have the ability to protect themselves from those who would do them harm. Students and faculty with a
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Below are essay prompts from the most recent SAT administration in January 2012. Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Most people tend to trust others too readily. To avoid being taken advantage of‚ however‚ it is generally wise to be doubtful and suspicious of others’ motives or honesty. Many people would agree that if you find yourself doubting other people’s sincerity or questioning their intentions‚ your instincts are probably
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