Clara’s day by Penelope Lively 1. A summary of the text‚ Clara’s day: The text is about a girl who overcomes her fear of being herself‚ by taking her clothes off at a school assembly. The text started with she was at school‚ to a school assembly. Suddenly in the middle of the Head speech‚ Clara began to take all of her clothes off. After she had taking all of her clothes off‚ she walked past the Head and out through the doors to the entrance lobby. She walked up to her classroom and waited for
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cosmosmagazine.com/news/980/daydreaming-improves-thinking?page=3 * MSNBC. (2007‚ January 19). Caught Daydreaming? Blame Brain’s Settings. Msnbc.com. Retrieved February 26‚ 2010 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16709755/ * Physorg. (2009‚ May 11). Brain’s Problem-solving Function at Work When We Daydream. Physorg.com. Retrieved February 26‚ 2010 from http://www.physorg.com/news161280990.html
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Sierra G History 11/8/12 Election Day was November 6th‚ 2012! I wasn’t ready but I was ready. I was sitting in the living room with my mom and little brothers. We were flipping from Fox 13 to CNN. I was getting nervous and so were my brothers. I was on the edge of the couch‚ I kept closing my eyes and slickly opening them back up and biting my nails. It was a close race though. Thank the lord Obama won!!! Barack Obama: 50% with 303 electoral votes Mitt Romney: 48% with 206 electoral votes
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India has been celebrating Teacher’s Day on 5th of September since 1962. 5th of September is the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence. On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. His dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence‚ Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people‚ as the teachers act as foundation for creating responsible citizens. We can never thank our teachers
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Children Day 14th November In India‚ Children’s day is celebrated on the 14th November every year. As a tribute Children’s Day is celebrated on the first Prime Minister of India‚ Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. Lovingly called ’Chacha Nehru’ which means Uncle Nehru by the kids‚ Jawaharlal Nehru gave emphasis to the significance of giving love and affection to children‚ who are the bright future of India. The main purpose of this day is to encourage the welfare of children all over the country. The
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Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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Origins The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times‚ with the festival of Flora‚ the Roman goddess of flowers‚ and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form‚ May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole
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Columbus Day When asked should Columbus Day be celebrated? The answer we get is yes because we have a holiday on Monday of the second week of October. Columbus Day is the celebration of the day Christopher Columbus apparently discovered America. If I was asked that question I would say most definitely we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day. First‚ he brought disease that spread around the Americas killing 9off the Native Americans. Second‚ most people think that by celebrating Columbus Day we are celebrating
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“burial” of Polyneices in the beginning of the play. This however‚ is a false and illegitimate claim. Since the opening of the novel when the sisters were conversing with each other‚ we get the sense that Ismene would never do the deed of risking her life for the burial of someone already dead: “And now we in turn- we two left all alone- think of how we shall perish...It is foolish to meddle.” (83) From looking at Ismene’s words here‚ not only can we conclude that she was entirely against the deed from
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26th of January 1950 was the day when India got its own constitution and became biggest democratic nation of the world. Since then this day has been celebrated as national festival and called as Republic day of India. In this essay we have provided‚ not only the glimpse of Republic day celebration but also interesting images for attraction of kids. Republic Day of India India is the world’s biggest democratic nation. Though India got freedom against British rule on 15th of August 1947
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