September 2nd‚ 1886 August 31‚ 1886‚ was one of the worst days in Charleston‚ that day we had a major earthquake of the likes of which I have never felt. The day started off as a nice calm day. My mom and I were reading a book and then all of a sudden I could hear this rumbling sound that seemed to come from inside earth. It started off as a gentle vibration then after a few minutes the noise and the vibrations became more violent. It was as if the earth had a terrible stomach ache. The shake
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RESUME Name : AVADHANAM SRIHARSHITA. Date of Birth : 13-06-2001 (Age:12 Years). Education : 8th standard. School : Sri Chaitanya Techno School‚ Chaitanyapuri‚ Hyderabad. Languages known : English‚ Hindi‚ Telugu. Place of Birth : Hyderabad. Mother :
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Entry #1 The date was June 14‚ 2034. I was flying to London‚ England with my private jet. It was a beautiful day. The clouds were puffy and white‚ the sun was shining‚ and there was no wind. Then all of a sudden‚ there was a lot of turbulence. The plane was going crazy going left‚ then right‚ then back to the left. My pilot told me to not panic and that everything is going to be fine‚ but I was having cold feet. The turbulence became so wild‚ the pilot announced that the plane will have to land
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Entry 1: I have received this book from by brother‚ Ruben. He gave it to me when I was trapped in the cistern when my brothers were away working. Ruben told me to write in it so people will know what happened to me. He told be he swiped it from my father’s blank books he was planning on writing in. I guess I should start from the beginning…. It all started with my father‚ Jacob‚ who gave me a fancy coat. My brothers interpreted this as he loved me more than them and they distanced themselves from
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I am 10 years old. Life as a slave in the plantation is terrible. I do work from 7 am to 9 pm. I have to chop and grow cotton at the plantation. I have been at this plantation for at least 5 years. I had a mom‚ a dad and 2 brothers but I got taken from my brothers and parents when I was around 5. I’m escaping so I’m free and I might be able to find my parents and brothers. I will escape with Harriet Tubman. I will leave tomorrow saturday January 25th. I will leave at night because most people
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Strahan English Writing 4 SCHEDULE OF READINGS AND ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS (This schedule is subject to change. Check ilearn for updates.) The following abbreviations are used below: GfW = Grammar for Writers – bring to class NLMG = Never Let Me Go – read before class Materials posted on ilearn should be read and/or completed before class. Week 1 Ap. 2 Introduction to class Review of irregular verbs Ap. 4 Read “The Iks” and do the accompanying Vocabulary and Questions to Guide
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I don’t like video games that have guns‚ sword‚ or knifes‚ blood‚ fighting or robberies things of that nature in them. I truly don’t think that allowing children and even teenagers to play with such harshness is not good for them. I think that parents should pay more attention to these things that we allow our children to entertain themselves with. Yes‚ it is true everyone needs something to relax with. Especially if they’re coming in from having a bad day at work or school. You want something to
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Life of a Slave in the Middle Passage Dear Diary‚ My name is Emem Okeke and I am 13 years old. I have just come off of a train transporting me to a plantation in America. I have been separated from all of my family (my mother‚ father‚ my brother and my sister) and I am most likely going to a different plantation. I was living in Sierra Leone when I got kidnapped. My tribe was a peaceful one‚ and we weren’t in any wars at the time‚ but while all of our tribe was asleep‚ another tribe ambushed us
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SLEEP DIARY Date _______________ Complete after awakening: Time you went to bed _______________ Time you fell asleep _______________ Time you woke up _______________ Number of times awakened during the night _______________ Amount of time awake during the night _______________ Total Nighttime Sleep _______________ Comments on quality of night’s sleep: ____________________________________________________________ Did you feel groggy after getting up in the morning? Yes _____ If yes‚ for how long?
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Diary Entry 1 We Africans had everything we had possibly wanted: Shelter‚ food‚ and family & friends to rely on. But we were all lacking something as a continent‚ and that was ‘freedom’. Now I’m going to explain how I was captured and brought up to be a slave. It was a typical day in Ghana when my mother asked me to go and milk the cow at our farm that was just before the woods. I had always been an exploratory person and this time I wanted to go and discover the woods. I had always been told
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