Diary Entries BOOK TITLE: Keeping Safe the Stars TOTAL # of BOOK PAGES: 295 Page Range: 53-60 Entry #1: Today I went into town to see if Old Finn was getting better. Since the last time I went to see him they said that they would need to see my mother to give her all the information. I had to lie and tell them that mother would be there to see them‚ I could not tell them the truth. I went to Miss Addie’s and she them covered me in makeup and gave me a wig to dress up older so that I would
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The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series written by Jeff Kinney highlights the life of Greg Heffley: a socially awkward individual (labeling‚ slanders) aiming for the top of the social hierarchy of middle school. He tends to emulate any trend to make himself noticeable. In the series entitled “The Third Wheel” highlights the life of Greg Heffley in anticipation for the Valentines Day Dance. I chose to talk about this book because it entails the bad and the good of Greg Heffley as his life progresses in
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Wimpy by Genetics New Years is here again and that is the best time to come up with a resolution to make oneself a better person. What about starting a strict diet‚ or signing up for a gym class? However‚ Gregory “Greg” Heffley has a much better idea. He is going to “try and help OTHER people improve” (Kinney 1). It is probably the best thing one can do‚ when already “pretty much one of the best people” (1). It is Greg´s childish mind that carries him in dreams everywhere‚ sometimes he is struggling
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Dear Diary‚ Ever since the fight for the throne between my two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices ‚ nothing has been right. They fought for the throne‚ but the outcome came to be that they killed each other and the throne was left to my uncle‚ King Creon. My uncle is a selfish man who only cares about himself and when he became king of Thebes he got to do whatever he wanted to. My uncle ‚King Creon‚ decided to have a burial for only one of my brothers ‚Eteocles and did not want to bury my other
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Diary Task Today I tried a new activity with my adolescence (thirteen years old) class. The students are often challenged with schoolwork and can be inattentive during class. They are nice and well-behaved but after three or four years of English learning with little fulfilment‚ they’ve seemed to have lost their confidence. Our core material for the day was a text to practice receptive skills. Our goal was to use productive skills by orally answering questions about the text by memory. Before
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The Decision that Changed My Life “In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior‚ the main character of the book‚ makes the decision to change his life. In this book‚ Junior discusses the problems with his life and how he wanted to make a difference. He describes his family as poor and explains that they did not get a good education on the reservation. Junior decides to leave his Indian reservation to better his education in hopes of having a good job or being famous
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Dear‚ Journal I can’t believe that awful‚ no good man‚ John Proctor. He had the nerve to pick that whining wife over me. I am far better than that low life Goody Proctor. We have vastly different traits; we are like day night. She is a naive‚ simple woman. I on the other hand‚ am an adventurer. I am smart‚ healthy‚ and certainly far from simple. Why‚ any man would be lucky to have me as their wife. Elizabeth is a old hag who should just disappear off our land. I am a beautiful‚ young‚ healthy woman
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Diary of a Speech and Drama Kid 6th Grade is already hard enough. In elementary school‚ we’re all ignorant to how the world is past 5th grade. It’s the second worst thing to happen right behind being the freshman class in high school. You’re the new group‚ the “fresh-meat‚” the easier ones to pick-on. College simply gets an easy pass because to be different and unique here is almost cherished‚ and there is a higher sense of maturity then in the dreaded 6th grade. I was a young boy bred by
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The Crucible Character Diary Project Assignment: Before you begin‚ it is important for you to realize that writing—other than religious poems and praises—was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin‚ and punishable as an offence. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a “forbidden diary”‚ detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly‚ this diary would reveal much about this person’s inner feelings‚ motives‚ and reasoning.
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Character #1: Jane Eyre In the book‚ Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Bronte‚ one of the main characters is named Jane Eyre. From what I read‚ my understanding of Jane Eyre is that she is a girl who is trying to find love. It`s not that she’s needy‚ but with every event that took place in the book‚ who can blame her? She’s parentless‚ miserable “I cry because I am miserable.” (Bronte 18)‚ and the people whom she was placed with didn’t care for her much. Mrs. Reed didn’t allow Jane to socialize with
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