The Whale Rider By Witi Ihimaera Published May 2003 Kahu (Pai) is an eight year old Maori girl with a special gift. She can communicate with whales. She could be the leader her tribe needs‚ but her great-grandfather adheres strictly to Maori tradition which requires a male heir. He barely acknowledges her. The Whale Rider" tells the story of Kahu‚ a young girl in New Zealand struggling to find her place in her family and community. She craves the love of her great-grandfather‚ but he’s entirely
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Comprehension Questions: Chapter One: Why could Davie not find Mathieu? Davie could not find Mathieu because Mathieu was below decks seriously ill. He was suspected to have caught the plague in Glasgow‚ Scotland. Why did the captain not turn back to Scotland to obtain assistance? The captain did not turn back to Scotland to obtain assistance because they would be refused entry to the port as their ship was suspected to contain the plague. Chapter Two: What had happened to Mathieu
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SAMPLE-1 “STATEMENT OF PURPOSE” TO ACCOMPANY GRADUATE APPLICATION Statement of Purpose Name: First Last January 4‚ 2010 Civil Engineering (Geotechnical specialty) I am a senior at the University of Missouri. I am studying Civil and Environmental Engineering‚ with an emphasis in Structural Engineering. I expect to graduate this upcoming May‚ 2010‚ with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering‚ with honors from both the College of Engineering and the College of Arts
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he would hallucinate and try to beat Huck for no reason. Huck was tired of the beating and confinement that he planned and executed his escape. Huck fakes his death by killing a pig and spreading its blood all around the cabin. He runs away in a canoe toward Jackson’s Island and hides. Meeting a Friend and the Adventure Starts After spending three days alone on the island‚ Huck finds a fire and Jim laying right beside it. Originally‚ Jim thought Huck was a ghost because he heard people say someone
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recollection begins as Player arrives back home after serving for the 6th South African Armoured Division at the end of WWII‚ in the beginning of Apartheid. Shortly after‚ he began a canoe journey through rivers of “The Valley of a Thousand Hills” in Zululand where he would later create the Dusi Canoe Marathon and Natal Canoe Club. These events were vital in Player’s attempt to inspire compassion for the wilderness in detached civilians of the area. Finding inspiration from his journey‚ he got a job on
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kind of wax berries which they melted and made into candles. They even found a huge salt cavern! The cavern was big enough for them and their supplies‚ so they moved in‚ for the rainy season was coming fast. They built stables for their animals‚ a canoe‚ and a loom for Mother. The Robinsons were very creative. They made the worst situation into something good and before they
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combined with mental concept of island moving from beneath one star position to the next (Lewis‚ 1994). It is a concept by which a voyage is divided into stages by the star bearing of reference or the Etak Island. The navigator then positions the canoe‚ and follows the pattern of the currents‚ the wind and waves and also by using the stars to navigate to the reference island and then to the designated island. The master of Micronesian navigation was Mau Piailug and was from Carolinian Island of
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Yet another account‚ written less than a week later‚ from In the Muskoka Territory: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Party of Holleyites on a Canadian Canoeing and Fishing Expedition‚ New York Holley Standard July 24‚ 1902: The Standard last week abandoned a party of five Holley fishermen on the shores of Muskoka lake‚ leaving them in the throes of preparation for a week’s canoeing trip‚ and with an implied promise of some further account of their adventures. A greener lot of tenderfeet never invaded
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He climbed inside the canoe and pushed off into the vast unknown. A calmness crept through Sapling that he had never known. The distance created by the water made it seem like the brothers were on separate planets. The first day on the water Sapling was amazed by all the open space. The world was so much bigger than the island he grew up on. Sapling pulled his canoe onto the bank of an island that was covered so thickly with tall green trees
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Whether it be exercise in mind‚ sporting and competition‚ or relaxation and enjoying Mother Nature; the ultimate sport for today’s active woman has got to be kayaking. The versatility of where kayaking can be done makes it possible for women all over the country to get involved. Rivers and lakes in every state‚ and oceans on both sides; women can almost take their pick as to where they want to kayak today. For whatever reason you decide to take up the sport of kayaking‚ an essential part of receiving
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