LITERATURE CIRCLES FOR STUDYING F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY Overview Literature circles are one way of responding to a text in an active manner. For this type of response‚ you will be place in a group with about four other students. Each student will be responsible for fulfilling a different role within the group on a rotating basis. As work progresses‚ each group member will have an opportunity to participate in most of the roles. Make sure you read the descriptions carefully and fulfill
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Master Index of AP Lang Exam Questions by Type & Years Original August 23‚ 2003‚ reprint: 5/30/12 COMPARE AND CONTRAST -- Two Selections First Satellite in Space (85) Momaday & Brown (86) Galapagos Islands Marriage proposals* (93) Coca Cola letters (satire) (98) **Okefenokee swamps (99) Audubon & Dillard on birds (03) Richard Rodriguez‚ “Days of Obligation‚” contrasts Mexico & CA (04) Wilson satirizes unproductive nature of environmental discussions (satire) (09) PASSAGE ANALYSIS Memoir or Passage
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AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS SYLLABUS: C (American Government: Continuity and Change.) INTRODUCTION: Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum is designed to give students an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. Students will study both general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and examine specific examples. The AP Government course requires students to learn facts and concepts and understand typical political processes. The course will require
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Wood‚ World of Psychology‚ 7e Book Title: World of Psychology‚ 7/e Book Author: Wood Location on Site: Chapters > Chapter 5: Learning > Pre-Test Date/Time Submitted: March 29‚ 2012 at 3:10 AM (UTC/GMT) Overall Score: 24% of 25 questions Topic Score Proficient? Classical Conditioning: The Original View 3 of 10 No; See pages 151-156 Classical Conditioning: The Contemporary View 1 of 1 Yes Operant Conditioning 2 of 11 No; See pages 161-174 Cognitive
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About Hemingway’s Short Stories The importance of including Hemingway in American Literature anthologies cannot be overestimated. Hemingway’s style and subject matter are archetypal of American writing. Hemingway broke new literary ground when he began publishing his short stories. Furthermore‚ not only was he an American writer‚ but he was not an ivory-tower esthete; he was a man’s man. He hunted in grand style‚ deep-sea fished‚ covered both World War I and World War II for national news services
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AP United States History Course Long Plan Course Description This course examines the major political‚ diplomatic‚ social‚ cultural‚ and economic developments in the United States from Pre-Columbian times to the present. It is a survey class that prepares the student to take the Advanced Placement examination in United States History in May of the junior year. The district has created a two year program because the high school is on a modified AB 4 x 4 block schedule. Additionally‚ district
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The Official English Question page: 88-90 James Crawford‚ in his article “The Official English Question‚” evaluates whether it is proper to declare English as America’s official language. Historically‚ there has not been much success in trying to declare English as the official language. In 1923‚ there was a bill designating the national language to be “American‚” designed to offend the British Empire but the bill was never passed. In 1780‚ John Adams faced opposition when he tried to set
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Example introduction 1 Introduction from a report entitled "A Review of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Actions and Opportunities: the Current Status of the Kyoto Protocol". 1. Introduction The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that keeps the earth’s surface warm. Greenhouse gases trap heat from solar radiation‚ analogous to the way glass panes trap heat in a greenhouse. Due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities‚ the greenhouse effect has been significantly augmented‚ causing
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In the short story “I Stand Here Ironing‚” by Tillie Olsen‚ the characterization of the mother and the mother’s attitudes toward her daughter are made apparent through the use of narrative techniques and other resources of language. The narrator uses symbolism‚ flashback‚ and repetition to show a bereft mother who feels helpless in the decisions regarding her daughter and her hopefully bright future. The first sentence of the excerpt “I stand here ironing‚ and what you asked me moves tormented
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1. Why do we need to study literature? * Literature is filled with ideas that need to be explored. * Literature helps us to see our world in new ways. It brings us to a deeper understanding of life. * It is important to study literature since when we begin the study of literature‚we find it has always two aspects‚one of the simple enjoyment and appreciation and the other of analysis and exact description. Usually what happen when we go through literature in our classroom either by
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