Spring 2013 Modeling: Numeration and Operations Guide for Final Exam Students should expect about 35 to 40 multiple-choice items and approximately 10 modeling and open-ended questions. [Bring Scantron to Exam] Modeling on Final Exam: Base Ten Blocks Multi-Base Blocks Attribute Blocks Miniature Cubes Recommended Study Resources: Pre and Early Number Assignment and associated note sections‚ Midterm Review Activity‚ Take-Home Quiz #2‚ Compact Notes covering Addition [Pages 112-116]/
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drives humans to make themselves feel privileged. In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Portia is a character that seems to struggle to free herself from the power of her husband‚ Brutus. In addition‚ to being a woman‚ she is viewed at differently and treated differently than men. Women are the weak figures of the world and hold different responsibilities than of men. Portia‚ Brutus’s wife‚ is a great example of a character who merely struggles to free herself. She is literally
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Regan Batson Portia and Calpurnia Essay In the play Julius Caesar‚ gender roles play a predominant part in the lives of all characters. The women and men in the play are treated differently in various ways. Calpurnia and Portia are two women who share many of similarities in their marriages‚ but also possess differences in how each one of their husbands treats the relationship. Throughout the play‚ the women are overpowered by their husbands‚ while the wives have no “voice” and significance in
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Vatsal Gandhi Professor Baker Survey of English Literature December 16‚ 2014 Class Structure in Disguise Several characters in Shakespeare ’s King Lear undergo transformations for both driving the play ’s momentum and allowing for a social layer to preside within the work. King Lear displays characters whose disguises make significant class differentiations‚ favorably casting a light on the lower class. Realizing that he is without a home and loving daughters‚ King Lear learns to sympathize
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Vandals or Artists in disguise Los Angeles 2013‚ sirens begin to flash‚ a loud shriek from a cop car sounds the busy streets of L.A‚ and two bulky police men storm out of their car. “ Stop! Put your hands up!” The police shout while running towards an individual with a spray can aimed towards a building. The man with the can tosses the can to the floor‚ and he remains standing still‚ obeying the police man’s every command. The individual is arrested on the spot for vandalizing public property
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The Portia spider trespasses other spiders’ webs‚ disguising itself by plucking at the threads to imitate the vibrations of a mosquito to sneak up on other spiders. Most spiders behave in two certain ways‚ building webs to capture prey or hunting away from their webs. The Portia spider does both. Instead of scurrying and jumping like most‚ these spiders are slow and choppy. Very odd in appearance‚ the difference can be easily seen aside from other species. Portia contain 15 species of African‚ Asian
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In general men have several physical advantages over women in stamina‚ height‚ strength‚ and speed. But these attributes don’t mean much when it comes to longevity. It has been said that throughout history‚ females have outlived males and that the trend extends across a wide variety of species. The average life expectancy of women exceeds that of men. In the United States‚ life expectancy at birth is about 79 years for women and about 72 years for men. Women live longer while men die younger. There
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Women “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?" It’s a humorous question asked by Professor Henry Higgins in a show-stopping song from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. But Higgins would sing quite a different tune if the subject was longevity. When it comes to life span‚ why can’t a man be more like a woman?” (Harvey Simons‚ 2004) Women do indeed live longer than men. But why? And can men do anything to catch up? “Do women live longer than men because they are less affected by the social gradient
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call a wife. However‚ Brutus’s relationship with his wife‚ Portia‚ was not like this. Brutus truly loved his wife as an equal. The first example of this is that when Portia asks Brutus to tell her what is bothering him. In Act II‚ scene i‚ lines 313-318‚ Brutus tells Portia that after he sees who is at the door he’ll tell her all his secrets‚ everything that’s bothering him. Then‚ later in the text‚ in Act II‚ scene iv‚ lines 9 and 14‚ Portia speaks of how hard it is for women to keep secrets‚ and
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Disguise and Deception The epic poem The Odyssey begins on Mt. Olympus. Athena brings to Zeus’ attention that Odysseus’ journey has been brought to a standstill on the island of Calypso. Athena then goes to Ithaca and assumes a disguise to convince Telemachus to go on a journey to seek news of his father. From the very beginning of the book Athena‚ an immortal‚ disguises herself as a mortal to relay news to another mortal. Throughout the book‚ the Gods disguise themselves as humans. This forced the
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