Isara Argent Lesson Plan Period 3 10-10-13 Title of Lesson Character Traits of Three Main Characters in Beowulf Grade Level SH Class 9-12 Measurable Objectives and Standards Student will be able to match character traits to the three main characters in Beowulf with 80% or more correct. CAPA Level V Standard 3.4 (ELA): Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration and dialogue. Resources and Materials A retelling of Beowulf in understandable
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to deal with a culture clash between two of the main characters‚ Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In this essay‚ I will analyze the characteristics of four main characters of the play‚ Blanche DuBois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ Mitch‚ and Stella Kowalski. Blanche Dubois is a symbolic character in the play. She appears as a pretentious‚ fading relic of the Old South. When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in the society’s eyes. She has lost all of her family fortune and estate‚ and her
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“Early one morning words were missing.” When I first read Short Talks‚ I had difficulty understanding why Anne Carson wrote about what she did‚ and thought that some words must have been missing. I was confused as to how they all fit together and it was only after further consideration that I came to see how the sections unite into one cohesive piece. Anne Carson’s Short Talks is a series of short reflections on different subjects that at first do not seem to be related‚ but through her use of cyclical
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Sojourner Truth: A Fantastic Story Isabella Baumfree‚ but also known as Sojourner Truth‚ was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. She was born into slavery with her family of fourteen people. Truth was one of the few people who escaped slavery and did not die in the process. Truth spoke up for slavery and for women’s rights throughout her long life and this is the story of how she did it. Truth was born in the year 1797‚ in Swartekill‚ New York. She was one of twelve children
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Isabella Baumfree or now known as Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 in Ulster County‚ New York. Her parents were James and Betsey. All were property of Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh. Like other slaves‚ she experienced the sorrow of being sold and was cruelly beaten and mistreated. As a child she spoke only little Dutch and never learned to read or write. In 1826 she walked to freedom carrying her infant child Sophia with her. She stayed in New York City until 1843. She traveled the
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keeps me coming back for more‚ time and time again. My first experience with a carnival ride was a Ferris wheel at a local fair down the street from my neighborhood. Standing at a distance and looking at that looming monstrosity spinning the life out of its sardine-caged occupants‚ I was morbidly frightened and tentatively excited. It was a huge‚ colorful‚ noisy and not just your average carnival Ferris wheel. It was the kind that was about 20 stories high just like a New York skyscraper. Well that’s
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Psychogenic Fugue Definition Psychogenic fugue is a psychological condition in which a person loses their memory and become confused about who they are. Individuals that suffer from this disorder do not have any recollection of memories past and may create new identities entirely. Persons with this disorder show no outward symptoms of this disease other than having no memory of who they are‚ where they work‚ or where they live. Causes Severe stress Traumatic life events Substance abuse Risk Factors
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Timeline of Carson McCullers life 1917 Lula Carson Smith was born in Columbus‚ Georgia McCullers was sick most of her childhood and was bedridden frequently. In these hard times she began to develop a passion of reading and writing. 1934 Carson McCuller went to New York city where she was pressured to studied piano at Julliard school of the arts by her mother. Once she arrived in New York however‚ she abandoned music to pursue her passion of literature. She started to take classes at Columbia University
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Ain’t I a woman speech” Sojourner Truth was a known activist who helped with women’s rights and was born into slavery. She eventually escaped in 1826. Born into slavery Sojourner Truth was born in the town of Swartekill in Ulster County Country‚New York 1797. Sojourner was born with 12 other siblings. She was born to james and Elizabeth Baumfree. James Baumfree (Her father) who was captured in modern day Ghana‚ Elizabeth (Her mom) was the daughter of slaves from Guinea. Sojourner and her family were
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Today I’d like to talk about the issue of belonging and how it is represented in the two separate texts‚ Harper Lee’s 1960 novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Sojourner Truth’s famous speech‚ ‘Ain’t I a Woman’. In particular I want to argue that gender and ethnicity are relevant in both text and although they were written a while ago these text are still relevant for now because they are still issues that we face. To start off‚ what is Belonging? Belonging may be defined as being part or a group
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