The Great Gatsby Summer Reading Assignment Chapter 1: 1) A) Nick Carraway is both a good and bad narrator for the story. We can personally witness the events in the story as if we are actually part of the novel‚ but at the same time‚ he cannot display an accurate interpretation of what happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To fill in the blanks of information that Nick does not know about‚ he turns to other characters in the story (Joran Baker and Gatsby). He is too deeply
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English 111: 9 th Grade Advanced Summer Reading Guide (2015) Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Please print this packet and write the answers to the questions on this first page directly on the paper. Type the answers to the study questions. Bring the completed packet on the first day of class for a homework grade. After receiving instructions in class‚ you will also submit your answers to these questions to Turn It In. What is your name? Marisa Whitfield How many books did you read in the
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SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT NAME: BRYCE HARDY 10TH GRADE _THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET_ Before returning to school next school year‚ you will need to read _THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET_ BY SANDRA CISNEROS and complete this assignment. This organizer is intended to guide your reading and focus your thoughts in preparation for the discussions‚ summer reading quiz and writing assignments you will engage in when you return in September. By carefully completing this assignment over the summer‚ you will be
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Movies Help in Promoting Reading among the Youth of Today “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set‚ I go into t he other room and read a book.” (Groucho Marx). Upon reading this quotation from Marx‚ I felt that he is trying to make technology sound as the mortal nemesis of reading. If I were to choose between watching T.V. and reading a book‚ I would choose to watch T.V. right away. But if I put more thought into choosing‚ I would prefer reading a book. I just came
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Brenna Hattler October 4‚1012 Summer Reading Writing Assignment Rewrite Block 3 1. How would you characterize Melinda’s relationship with her family? “My family has a good system. We communicate with notes on the kitchen counter” –pg. 14 Anderson. In Speak by Laurie Anderson Melinda’s family is not very close. They each have privacy and there isn’t much communication with each other. Eventually Melinda completely stops talking to her parents‚ but by the end of the novel they learn that they
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AP Macroeconomics Summer Reading Chapter 1: The two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms are that individuals act to make themselves as well off as possible by maximizing their own utility (which makes them better off in the long run)‚ and firms attempt to maximize profit by taking inputs and combining them in a way that adds value. Prices help measure how badly costumers want a product and how much labor
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Summer Reading Assignment The lack of ability to accept the differences and beliefs of others is a pervasive issue which has created fear and violence throughout regions of the world. Those that are intolerant of others beliefs are often threatened by the differences which these groups present. Furthermore‚ the desire of authority and control over others is the catalyst which drives human to do the unimaginable. These behaviors are often seen in violent dictators‚ religious groups‚ and nations under
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Summer Reading Journals Walden Journal Language: A. “Why level down to our dullest perception always‚ and praise that as common sense?” -Humorous. Thoreau seems to be trying to imply that everyone views common sense in a different way. Why should we try to impress others with our own opinion of common sense‚ when common sense is viewed at a different perspective by each and every person. B. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” According to this quote‚ I believe Thoreau was
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2. Clearly there were many motives that drove Chicago to build the world fair. Civic honor is probably the most prominent of these motives as well as wanting to be as good as other monumental cities such as New York- they wanted to prove themselves. Chicago wanted to be respected as much as possible. Chicago proving that it was more than a meat packing backwater showed how they could push through difficult times to gain honor which is problematic in this situation. 3. The White City was indeed like
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Journal #1: Authors Purpose “‘Men to the left! Women to the right!’ Eight words spoken quietly‚ indifferently‚ without emotion. Eight simple short words. Yet that was the moment when I left me mother. There was no time to think‚ and I already felt my father’s hand press against mine: we were alone. In a fraction of a second I could see my mother‚ my sisters moving to the right (29).” I find that this is Wiesel’s purpose for writing Night because this quote starts his journey in the Holocaust.
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