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    12th Grade Lit

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    Edgenuity Remediation Content Selection Twelfth Grade Literature Semester A: 1. Literary Text: Anglo-Saxon and Old English Period A. Anglo-Saxon‚ Old English‚ and Beowulf Lecture: Timeline Lecture: Historical Period Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part I Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part II Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part III Informational: Heroes and Society Topic Test B. Ancient Greece: Homer - The Iliad; Anglo-Saxon Poetry Epic: from Book 22: The Death of Hector part 1 Lecture: Introduction Poem: The Seafarer Poem: The

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    Al Capone Biography Mrs. McDonagh By: Jackson Spriet Alphonse Gabriel Capone (also known as “Scarface”) was a successful Italian-American gangster who obtained fame during the Prohibition Era. Capone was a big part of organized crime in Chicago and was the leader in the Italian Mafia. However‚ this would all change for Capone when he was arrested in 1931. Al Capone’s father Gabriel Capone left Naples‚ Italy and arrived in New York in 1894 alongside many other poor Italian immigrants‚ but the

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    Black Disciple

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    Dorchester Ave. In the early 1960s this gang known as the Devils Disciples became the "Black Disciples" (see Explosion of Chicago’s Black Street Gangs: 1900 to Present‚ 1990‚ by Useni Perkins). The three major players in the Devils Disciples were David Barksdale‚ Shorty Freeman‚ and Don Derky. Most accounts date the founding of the Black Disciples to the year 1966 as a southside gang. The founding leader of the Black Disciples was David Barksdale‚ referred to in gang materials as "King David." As a

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    The prohibition era has longed shaped notorious gangsters and mobsters in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ in the 1920’s almost everyone lived in fear of what would be next in the years to come‚ when Alphonse capone was the greatest gangster of all time. In my research paper I’m am going to talk about Al capone’s family‚ gang lif‚ media‚ rival Bugs Moran and the Saint Valentine’s day massacre‚ his prison life and death. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born‚ January 17‚ 1899‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York. His parents names

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    Paper Did you know that Al Capone was one the greatest gangsters in the whole United States? Al Capone joined the group‚ James Street Boys Gang. The group sold alcohol illegally. Al Capone is an influential person because he was a famous American gangster‚ he controlled elections in Chicago‚ and he was able to illegally sell alcohol in the United States. Al Capone came from a hardworking family‚ but became one of the most well-known gangsters of all time. He was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on January

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    Eng. Lit- Oedipus

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    What makes a good ruler‚ a leader for their country? Is strength and a portrayal of protection all that matters‚ or is a good‚ capable ruler entitled to a few flaws and mistakes? If there were a situation where people were given the choice to vote for Oedipus or not as a leader for a country‚ I would vote against him. While he does in fact possess the skills and traits that would be well-suited in ruling a country‚ he has encountered many misfortunes and has shown some negative qualities that could

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    anRomanticism in American Literature brought us some of the world’s greatest writers ever to live. Writers such as Edgar Allan Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Herman Melville‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and Henry David Thoreau all wrote during the Romanticism period. Without them we would not have stories such Moby Dick‚ Resistance to Civil Government‚ The American Scholar‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ and Edgar Allan Poe’s most notorious works such as The Raven and Annabel lee. The Romanticism movement started in Europe

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    English Lit. Pretest

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    1. Which of the following is a planning technique? (Points : 5) Drafting Revising Proofreading Clustering 2. Analytical reading will be hindered by _____. (Points : 5) Annotating a text in the margins. Previewing a text by skimming. Reading only the abstract of a text. Discussing a text with a classmate. 3. Which of the following is a revising technique? (Points : 5) Editing for grammar Correcting punctuation

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    Children's Lit Final

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    Reading is one of the most important lifelong activities. Young children are connected with reading and books long before they actually know how to read. It starts when a child has the first book in his hand or when parents read to him from a book. It is a wonderful way for young children to spend time together with their parents. The interaction that is going on between a child and parent when they are reading together has some important components. One of them is predictability—as these activities

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    Apex american lit

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    2.3.8 Practice: Analysis Essay: Independence and Constitutions Practice Assignment English III (2013) Sem 1 (S2605467) Ashley Heaton Points possible: 50 Date: ____________ Assignment Write a literary analysis essay of the U.S. Constitution. Focus on how the Constitution provides liberty for American citizens. Use quotations from the Constitution to support your points. If you choose‚ you can compare or contrast the U.S. Constitution with the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace (the Iroquois

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