English 10 Syllabus Mr. Lee 2013-2014 CHAMPS Charter High School email: slee@champscharter.org Course Description: Guised in an unassuming office building in Van Nuys‚ California‚ English 10 is a course that appears to be like every other of its kind. It will attempt to view the valley of classic works of literature from the lens of a blossoming youth by challenging convention‚ encouraging risk-taking‚ and exposing the grandeur of literature. Students will nobly attempt to attain the virtuous
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Cole Scott Manifest Destiny question or whatever :p 10-25-13 Manifest Destiny was mainly a selfish and egotistical ideal that inspired Americans to flock westward during the 1840s. The term is defined as the belief that westward expansion was the God-given right of Americans‚ even their duty‚ to spread their population to the West all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It was extremely damaging to several parties who found themselves in the path of the hordes of migrants‚ yet Americans came to be
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Comparison of a Theme Death can be written in many ways throughout poetry. Authors may sometimes use their own experience to write about what death means to them. Their words and writing styles are different than others who have the same theme in their poetry. This is what makes poetry so unique and beautiful. To be able to determine what each author’s difference is‚ you must analyze and compare their poems. This will help see how one theme can be written in multiple ways. In the poems‚ “Funeral
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Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick and it’s about‚ a kid with disabilities and a kid with a robot/ human body. There names are Max and Kevin. And Max had some nicknames like Mad Max‚ Kicker‚ Maxy Pad. Kevin only had Freak. In the book Max and Kevin knew each other from the daycare they went to‚ but in the movie freak was Max’s new neighbor and the just moved in. In the book freak lives across the street from Max‚ but in the movie they right next to each other. The downunder is the same in the
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Jonathan Furdon Contemporary Literature MWF 9:05 11/15/09 The Allusive Geeks Throughout literary history‚ many books and novels have been written so perfectly‚ that it was almost impossible for it to go unnoticed. Many other authors will often use ideas or phrases from other literary works written before their time‚ creating a literary allusion. In the novel Geek Love‚ there are many allusions to speak of‚ from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to inspirations from the Jonestown Cults‚ to other
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Kids or No Kids Candance Bacco March 3‚ 2013 The title of my paper is called Kids or No Kids. Today married couples have a big decision on whether or not they want kids. I start out my paper by talking about how important this decision is and how it effects other people. Then I start to talk about all the pros of having kids. After that I point out all the cons of having children. The next part of the paper is all about the pros and cons of not having kids. As you will see there are a lot
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The Geeks Who Leak Information is free. Privacy is sacred. Americans have a right to know what their government is surveying. Edward Joseph Snowden leaked sensitive information to Wikileaks.org in order to inform the American public what was going on in the war. Is this a good thing? The American public needs to know the REAL facts before they make a decision about the war. Snowden leaked‚ what is described as‚ the most "significant thefts of highly classified secrets in U.S. history." The
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In 1932 Tod Browning released‚ Freaks‚ a movie that is centered on telling the story of circus people and the challenges they face; it shows their everyday struggles among themselves along with their interactions with the “normal” people in the circus. I think it was in Browning’s interests not to make fun of these people‚ but to show the harm and hurt that “normal” people in society are capable of doing. The movie revolves around‚ Hans‚ a dwarf and his lust for the beautiful normal Cleopatra. Hans
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but it’s not her fault. Three weeks ago her uncle moved in with her and her family. He came home drunk one night. He raped her. Now Maria who is a freshman in high school‚ straight A student and a great player for her schools soccer team‚ has a kid on the way. She is not only humiliated‚ she’s mortified. This isn’t her fault. Should she have to live with the consequences? This is why I believe in pro-choice. In these cases people should be able to get an abortion with hassle. About Abortion
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Summary for Video Hunting for Good as seen on Frontline This video was about how to market to the teenagers in today’s society. Market Researchers focused on how to market “cool” to teenagers. A Market Researcher is someone who studies market conditions to find the best way to reach the local/regional/group they are marketing to. They found that the teen population is now the largest teen population ever (around 32 million). Because of this large population they are spending more money in
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