As I was starting my homework‚ I heard my mom yell "Honey! Come down for dinner!!". As I went down the stairs‚ an aroma of buttery mashed potatoes filled the air. As soon as I sat down at the table‚ my father asked the same question he does everyday‚ "what did you learn at school today sweetheart?" "Well‚ I read a story called "Block Party" and we had to identify the theme of the story‚ which was that you dont necessarily need a mother to grow up well‚ get advice‚ help regarding more personal problems
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My 8th grade trip to New York and Philadelphia on June 2‚ I woke up at 4:30 A.M for my 8th grade trip I got to the school at 5:20 A.M everybody who was going on the trip loaded our bags on the bus. We left around 5:50 off to Philadelphia We go. on the road everyone was looking out the window looking at the scenery as We passed on by we stopped at a little station in Rhode Island there was a statue of a bear and an Indian we were there for about 20 minutes then we were back on the road. About
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Places - Dress like a Tourist. “Name that Book Trivia” - Every hour an excerpt from a book will be read over the intercom and classrooms will have the opportunity to guess the book. Thursday: Reading BRIGHTENS your World – Dress in bright colors. Friday: Wear your shades for SURFF day - Silent‚ Uninterrupted Reading For Fun! Each grade level will determine how they choose to participate in Literacy Week. Here are some suggestions; of course your grade level team can come up with your own ideas:
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GENRE: New Journalism & Creative non-fiction Definitions from The Free Dictionary: New Journalism “Journalism that is characterized by the reporter’s subjective interpretations and often features fictional dramatized elements to emphasize personal involvement.” “A style of journalism originating in the US in the 1960s‚ which uses techniques borrowed from fiction to portray a situation or event as vividly as possible.” Creative non-fiction For a text to be considered creative nonfiction
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Fiction Book Report Peg Kehret Runaway Twin Thirteen year-old Sunny Skyland is a foster child who has been through many foster homes. Life with Rita‚ her new foster mother‚ is perfect‚ except for Rita’s rules of only healthy food. Even so‚ Sunny loves her life with Rita and doesn’t want anything to change. But there is only one problem. Starr‚ Sunny’s long lost twin. Sunny had a picture from when she was a kid‚ and there is another child‚ who she finds out is her twin. Sunny is desperate
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LIFE IN YAKVILLE Life is full of adventure. The most memorable moments in life can be the most sweet or the most bitter‚ depending on how we respond. Memorable moments can energize us or discourage us. I believe that I have more reasons to thank God for giving me colorful experiences and helping me to take difficult situations to encourage myself. Whenever I remember those moments I always like to encourage myself not to lose hope even in the darkest moments of life. One of my darkest moments
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Reading Log: Where Football is King Part I: 9-54 The book Where Football is King by Christopher Walsh is about the history of arguably the greatest collegiate conference in all of sports; the SEC. At the beginning‚ it talks about how the SEC got started‚ the original teams‚ coaches and early memorable games. For instance‚ when Georgia Tech was still in the SEC‚ they beat Cumberland College 220-0. As time went on and football started to spread across the country‚ teams started to branch
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Fiction Books Reading fiction is fun and also necessary. It opens your mind to a new place where everything is different from your daily routine. Fiction books can actually make you feel like you already lived that situation‚ like you felt the good and the bad‚ the sorrow‚ the happiness‚ the people and places. It makes you fly away from your stressing routine and get into a magic world. An example of a series of fiction books is Harry Potter‚ written by J.K Rowling. It is a series of seven fantasy
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April 22nd‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis “It’s become a sad rite of passage in many American communities‚ the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror.” Anna Quindlen wrote the article‚ “Driving to the Funeral‚” in the June 11‚ 2007 issue of Newsweek to make parents think twice before allowing their 16-year-old drive the car. Anna discusses issue on how too often teens are killed in car accidents‚ and why something
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how hard you get hit‚ and keep moving forward". It definitely applies to life and this story.) ________________________________________________________________________ Name another book that has this theme. The Peaceful Warrior How do you know that it has this theme? List some details from the book. The book describes a story about a man who is training to become a professional gymnast. He gets into a motorcycle accident‚ and he trains to become the best after being injured‚ and he eventually
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