West Windsor-Plainsboro High School Language Arts I Honors Summer Reading Assignment 2013 The purpose of summer reading is to foster a lifelong love of literature in our students and to advance their literacy skills. We believe that students who read during the summer months improve their academic performance and expand their understanding of issues important in their community and the 21st century world. Discussions among administrators‚ teachers‚ students‚ and parents as well as consideration
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One Wrong Turn Austro-Hungarian Archduke assassinated Who is really to blame? 29th June 1914 Left: Franz Ferdinand/ Middle: Nedjelko Cabrinovic/ Right: Gavrilo Princip Yesterday Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophie were shot by Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on a visit to Bosnia. Gavrilo Princip is believed to be part of the Black Hand Gang‚ a group of terrorists that want Bosnia to become part of Serbia. Cornel Api‚ the
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At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy The poem was written in March 1913 when Hardy visited Cornwall after the death of his wife Emma Lavinia Gifford. The fictional name of the poem came from Boscastle‚ a mile from where Emma lived when she first met Hardy. It recalls a small incident during a journey he had together with Emma on a road near Boscastle forty years earlier. The fact that the poem is set in Cornwall means that it immediately stands out from the bulk of Hardy’s work which was set in
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Biography of Thomas hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex‚ his name for the counties of southwestern England. He initially pursued architecture‚ his father’s work‚ but after finding success in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)‚ he gave it up and wrote with abandon. His works ultimately question the Victorian status quo and asks what else would make more sense. Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870)
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signed its ratification as a chartered city with the governor of Cavite serving as ex-officio city mayor. The city was named after the thirteen martyrs of Cavite that were executed by the Spanish at the height of the Philippine revolt against Spain in the late 19th century. Trece Martires was instated as the provincial capital of Cavite on January 1‚1956 with the governor still serving as the ex-oficio mayor. It was not until 1992 that the city’s charter was amended to allow for the election of its city
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The idea of a changing political field is hinted at numerous times in the novel‚ even by Frank Skeffington himself. Early in the novel‚ Jack tells Adam that his uncle is living in the age of the dinosaur and that he is out of date‚ as Jack discusses his reasoning behind believing Kevin McCluskey will win. Despite the talk about the changing politics‚ it is not until Frank actually loses that these ideas are brought back to light. For Adam‚ it is not until Jack again gives him insight into his uncle’s
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including‚ he writes‚ both "a friend of mine who had been in the field of public relations" and "a New York advertising executive‚" Julian Koenig. Koenig‚ who had been on Nelson’s organizing committee in 1969‚ has said that the idea came to him by the coincidence of his birthday with the day selected‚ April 22; "Earth Day" rhyming with "birthday‚" the connection seemed natural. Other names circulated during preparations—Nelson himself continued to call it the
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After discussing the various reasons which have made the novel the most popular literary form today‚ let us consider the main characteristics of the modern novel. In the first place‚ we can say that it is realistic as opposed toidealistic. The ‘realistic’ writer is one who thinks that truth to observed facts—facts about the outer world‚ or facts about his own feelings—is the great thing‚ while the ‘idealistic’ writer wants rather to create a pleasant and edifying picture. The modern novelist is ‘realistic’
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Greece. However‚ in Tess of the D’Urbervilles" Tess endures many incidents and coincidences of misfortunes that mark the course of her tragic life‚ in which destiny does not play a role as it does in Antigone. Chance and coincdince can plague or bless any individual at any time.Thomas Hardy portrays chance and coincidence as having very significant roles in "Tess of the d’Urbervilles" continuously. Three such coincidences were quite influential and had significant effects on Tess’s future. The first
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interpret dreams coming true as evidence for the paranormal. However‚ others assume that probability or coincidence can explain this anomalous experience. Explain why some people see dreams which later come true as evidence for the paranormal‚ whereas other people do not. Use your knowledge of probability judgments and/or coincidence in your answer. (10 marks) Mark scheme answer: A coincidence is when two events happen about the same time and we assume that one causes the other. For example in this
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