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    Christina Puerto Ms. Weninger Period: 1 To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 5 -Where do Scout and Jem start finding gifts? Jem and Scout find gifts in the knothole of the tree. -What do they find? List all the items. They find sticks of gum‚ 2 Indian head pennies‚ a pocket watch‚ 2 soap carved dolls‚ twine‚ and a spelling bee medal. -Jem decided they could continue playing their game if they did what? Jem decided they could continue playing their game if they changed the name of the characters

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    Argumentative Essay Prompts 1. The Board of Education has decided to extend the school day for one hour because of the increased graduation requirements. Do you agree or disagree with making the school day longer? Write an essay to the Board of Ed and argue your point of view. 2. A leading doctor has published research claiming all students should be in bed by 9:00 PM in order for them to learn well in school. Your parents are considering doing what the doctor suggests. Write an argument

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    Serving in the Army

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    Serving in the army In America‚ serving in the army is often associated with respect and honour. From an outsider’s view‚ America has always been a very patriotic country based on a strong passion for freedom and democracy. So is that the driving power that makes so many young American men and women to enlist themselves in the Army? Yet it seems that not everyone looks upon the army with the same amount of respect‚ and maybe America today isn’t as patriotic as it used to be. In the text “A

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    Hannah’s social mobility through diction underlies her ability to transition towards the end of the text. Since Hannah is able to accept identities of others including herself‚ she is able to be more aware of her identity and this affects her interactions with character such as Prior. Hannah and Prior meet each other in the hospital. When they begin discussing‚ Hannah brings up her beliefs as a Mormon woman. Prior undermines Hannah’s beliefs by calling them ‘ridiculous’. This makes Hannah frustrated

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    America in the 1930s. An innocent yet humorous point of view in the story is through the eyes of Scout Finch. Scout is a young girl who is growing up with the debate that surrounds her fathers lawsuit. Her father‚ Atticus Finch is a lawyer who is defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ with the charge of raping a white woman. The lives of the characters are changed by racism and this is the force that develops during the course of the story. As previously mentioned‚ the point of view in this

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    Over the next three years‚ conservatives and fascists attempted to overthrow the Republic. Among the groups involved in the Spanish Civil War were the moderate republicans‚ socialists‚ communists‚ anarchists and nationalists. Each of the groups defending the Spanish Republic had different aims and attitudes. The way they represented these aims; through violence‚ negotiation‚ or peace was key in determining how the conflict of the Spanish Civil War was settled. The Republican faction was the side

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    Taekwondo

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    self-defense‚ but they also learn many helpful things and receive the benefits that Taekwondo has to offer. Also‚ Taekwondo has become a sporting event in many major sporting competitions. But mainly‚ Taekwondo provides people with sporting and self-defending ability and gives that person an edge in daily life‚ with its merits as a martial art sport of self-discipline. First of all‚ Taekwondo teaches the practitioner self-defense‚ which can be used for a lifetime. Many of the self-defense techniques

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    others’ shoes” and see life from their perspectives (Lee‚ 86). This is a lesson in Lee’s made up county of Maycomb could desperately benefit from‚ since racism and prejudice is running rampant in Maycomb County. Atticus has taken a job that involves defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man who is wrongly accused of raping a white woman. Tom’s safety is endangered‚ as townspeople want to take problems into their own hands.

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    Legalizing Gay Marriage

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    Legalizing Gay Marriage Homosexuality is everywhere. You can see it in books‚ on television‚ in the media; it is rapidly becoming a social norm. Given this trend of greater acceptance of gay marriage‚ the issue of whether to legalize same- sex marriage naturally arises. Massachusetts has led the way by legalizing gay marriage. Responding to this example‚ some states have taken steps towards accepting gay marriage while others are considering laws and constitutional amendments banning gay marriage

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    declaring the result of the said meeting null and void. A government under Aguinaldo’s supremacy has gone through many troubles including the suspicious penalty that sentenced the life of Bonifacio to death. Though‚ he is quite successful in defending our lands against the abusive invasion of Spaniards‚ we can’t deny that he is a bit failure in his reign as our president. Many‚ internal killings not happened to be investigated and issues on protecting his political regime. In the end of the

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