Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper Informational Essay – English 10 – 25 Points Format Requirements: Microsoft Word No less than 500 words No less than 5 paragraphs 1 paragraph = 5-7 sentences at least Times New Roman 12 pt. font Double-spaced 1” margins Include: Your name Date Home School Essay Title Prompt: After reading the novel Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper‚ select and research one issue from the list below; then‚ write an informative essay. Abortion Anorexia
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Day Of Tears This book Day of Tears talks about slavery and how this one girl Emma who takes care of these two other girls named Sarah and Frances. Though one day Pierce Butler the father of Sarah and Frances Butler has too pay a debt for his gambling. Or else he could go too jail he pays off his debt by selling his slaves though he sold Emma to Miss Henfield in Kentucky because he got greedy with his money. This book talks about how Emma survived and escaped to freedom to Philadelphia and later
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The Lesson “Your father’s gone‚” my bald headmaster said. His shiny dome and brown tobacco jar Splintered at once in tears. It wasn’t grief. I cried for knowledge which was bitterer Than any grief. For there and then I knew That grief has uses – that a father dead Could bind the bully’s fist a week or two; And then I cried for shame‚ then for relief. I was a month past ten when I learnt this: I still remember how the noise was stilled in school-assembly when my grief came in. Some goldfish
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Drinking Till Suicide Thousands of people a year die in drinking and driving related accidents. In the book “Tears Of A Tiger” By Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson and three of his teammates and best friends had just won a basketball game. Andy was driving and drinking. Andy hit a retaining wall and the car burst into flames. Andy‚ B.J.‚ and Tyrone all got out of the car‚ but Andy’s best friend‚ Robert Washington was not as lucky. At the time of collision‚ half of Rob’s body had went through the windshield
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throughout our society. It is a topic often addressed in literature. In tears of a tiger by Sharon M. Draper the tree types of prejudice found in the book involve the symbol of the tiger‚ school and the psychologist Dr.Chrrothers. The most important example of prejudice involves the symbol of the tiger. Monty draws tears on a tiger in his class‚ and the teacher objects. Andy tells his brother that‚ “if you want to draw tears on your tiger or draw dragons in the jungle‚ you tell your teacher that
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Trail of Tears (Rough Draft) How do you feel about The Trail of Tears? Do you support the removal of Indians? In 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. Indian tribes were forced to move from their homelands to the Indian Territory. On their journeys to the Indian Territory‚ the Indians faced exposure‚ disease‚ and starvation. Many died on their journeys. The Native Americans began to call this trail "The Trail of Tears." In my opinion‚ the Trail of Tears was a very
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Tears of a Tiger This book I am reading is written by: Sharon M. Draper. She was born August 21‚ 1952 (age 60). Sharon Draper is an author who has won multiple awards for her books‚ including the Coretta Scott King Award for Forged by Fire and Copper Sun. In 1971‚ she married a teacher named Larry Draper. A graduate of Pepperdine University‚ she is best known for her novel‚ Darkness before Dawn‚ as well as The Battle Of Jericho. Other books include Copper Sun‚ Double Dutch‚ Out of My Mind and the
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Tears of a Tiger By Sharon M. Draper A story of Realistic Fiction Teacher Answer Guide Packet Pre-reading Activity Directions: Think about the words below. Free write for at least three minutes about each word. Use extra paper if necessary. Be prepared to share your thoughts with your classmates. 1. suicide 2. DWI 3. friendship 4. family 5. depression 6. discrimination Pages 1-22 Vocabulary & Discussion Guide Vocabulary Fiery (1) Weaving (1) Frantically (2) Raggedy
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Trail of Tears: Before and After In the early 1830’s‚ the Native Americans’ consisted of about 125‚000 people living in Georgia‚ Tennessee‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina and Florida. America‚ their homeland had been invaded by white settlers. Unfortunately the settlers’ greed won the moral battle. The federal government made the executive decision to introduce the “Indian Removal Bill”‚ which led to the extrication of the Native Americans by a long forced journey-by-foot known as the trail of tears. The
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dogs responces to humans. One was about their hearing reations. The other about their reaction to tears. Here are the main diffrences and simalarties. In both essays they talked about how dogs were affected by human emotion. I the first one titled "How Dogs Know What Your Feeling" the author talked about how dogs brains reacted to diffrent sounds. The other talked about dogs reatiction to tears. They both still talked somewhat about how dogs reacted to human emotion. One diffrence between
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