Summer Reading * Bronx Masquerade * The Silver Kiss * Canyons Title: The Bronx Masquerade Author: Nikki Grimes Point of view: First Person Setting-Time and Place: Present Day‚ in theBronx‚ NY All Main Characters and Descriptions * Tyrone Bittings: Dad Died‚ doesn’t like white people. * Chankara Troupe: Abused by her boyfriend‚ writes very good poems. * Raul Ramirez: Painter‚ Writes a well-written Zorro Poem. * Diondra Jordan: Painter‚ father wants her to
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Staff writer for The New Yorker Sarah Stillman wrote an invigorating article titled The Throwaways where she argues using civilians for sting operations is hazardous for the informants. Using civilians as confidential informants is a growing practice among law enforcement since informants do not need to be trained‚ paid‚ or even protected; nevertheless‚ using civilians has led to numerous amounts of deaths for victim and pain for the families of the victims. Stillman’s article uncovers the truth
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Whiting was questioned about the disappearance of Payne‚ which had taken place about 8 km (5 miles) from Whiting’s place of residence. Whiting was routinely questioned as he had been placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The officers left Whiting‚ but were suspicious of his lack of concern for Payne‚ something that some of the worst offenders had shown when questioned in connection with Payne’s disappearance.[citation needed] When Whiting re-appeared soon after he attempted to drive away in his van
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Describe how you have spent summer (or long school) vacations during the past two years. Few years ago‚ we took a vacation to my grandmother’s place. It was a long exhausting journey to our destination I remember traveling in that crowded bus and from then on I don’t remember how I got from that bus to my grandmother’s home. I just recall sleeping through out the entire journey. The very next morning we decided to leave for a nearby waterfall. I took the responsibility to pack our snacks
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When Sarah Peralta came to class as a guest lecturer to talk about autism‚ I did not know much about the disorder. The closest I have ever come to encounter the subject of autism was my freshman year when people made fun of a student in my dorm for having it. I had no knowledge of the disorder and the only thing I knew about the student was that he was always playing video games in his room. As a result‚ I negatively judged him as an unfriendly person. However‚ learning about Sarah’s life growing
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Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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I hated poetry. I realize that sometimes people have difficulty verbalizing there feelings. That’s perfectly fine. I realize that certain words can be symbolic. That’s fine as well‚ however I didn’t see the point in any poetry that didn’t sound like it came from a Dr. Seuss book. How people were able to identify with certain poets and comprehend the deeper meanings behind their works was beyond me‚ but who was I to judge? Then one night I discovered a poem about hands‚ not how hands symbolize
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Gut wrenching‚ controversial‚ and unpredictable…it is what Chris Crutcher’s invokes in Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. Teenage life is not supposed to be easy but it should be nowhere close to Eric Calhoune’s‚ the main character of the book‚ life. From physical violence from adults to constantly being torn down as a child‚ to saving his best friend Sarah’s life‚ Eric experiences it all. Conflict is used to evoke emotions and show that the world is not always a peaceful place. Depending on the story
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People may only see her as cosmetologist‚ but she is much more. She is a hero because she is brave‚ strong‚ determined and she sacrifices things for the people she loves. Sarah is brave and a strong person because she doesn’t let things bother her and if she is down she pulls herself back up. Sarah is also determined to do things for the people she loves by sacrificing her time for them. She is a working mother with two jobs and still makes the time to go to everything of her children’s
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The Sarah Bartmaan video today had some very shocking mistreatment of African Americans. I don’t understand how Europeans could justify their actions of treating another human being like that. Also to know that people still went to see her pickled remains for almost a century after her death showed that it was more than one person that contributed to this. People thought that African Americans were a different species and weren’t even human. We can also see this in our society today. I grew up outside
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