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    Essay- Soldier’s Heart There are many ways in the book “Soldier’s Heart” by Gary Paulsen‚ how Charly will change this War against the North and the South. Soldier’s heart is when a man goes into the war and they come back home thinking they have to act the same and do the same things/ actions they did in the war. In the “Soldier’s Heart” book it talks about how Charly moves from a young boy looking for adventure to a young man with a “soldier’s heart.” Like when he enters into the war‚ and what

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    Hatchet Reader Response 1. PaulsenGary. Hatchet. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1987. Character: Brian Robeson 2. Thirteen year old Brian Robeson is traveling on a small aircraft traveling to Canada when the pilot has a sudden heart attack leaving Brian in control of the plane. Brian brings the air plane to a crashing landing where he miraculously survives while the pilot has perished. Brian is faced with countless problems involving human survival‚ extreme isolation‚ and a dangerous environment

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    Do we really want Freedom? “The more freedom we enjoy the greater the responsibility we bear‚ toward others as well as ourselves.” A quote by Oscar Arias Sanchez. It’s ones instinctive behavior to ponder and question the meaning of this wonderful quote. In fact this very quote weaves in and out from the chronological threads of history to go as far back as the Bible. Of course there were many variations of this quote such as the quote by Sigmund Freud “Most people do not really want freedom‚ because

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    narrative‚ a true story that follows a story line‚ is more interesting. Narrative Writing Assessment Protocols Picture Books Matching the Topics: Place All the Places to Love (MacLachlan) If You’re Not from the Prairie (Bouchard) The Canoe (Gary Paulsen) Person My Rotten Redheaded Brother (Palocco) Thank You Mr. Falker (Palocco) My Great Aunt Arizona (Houston) Thing (can be an object or a pet) My Grandpa Was a Cowboy (the ring—Silky Sullivan) The Worry Stone (Dengler) Everybody

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    Literary Analysis “A man never cries” is a popular proverb told to children all around the world. In the two texts‚ Stop the Sun by Gary Paulsen‚ and “A Man Never Cries” by José Craveirinha‚ the issue of crying is addressed. In Stop the Sun‚ a young boy called Terry is introduced. Terry gets very embarrassed as his dad throws a tantrum. Then he realises why. “A Man Never Cries” expresses a childhood of bravery then it advances to the current in which he realises he can cry. Stop the Sun is an innovative

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    the 6 major figurative language players. Once my students and I look at the terms‚ definitions‚ and examples on the handout‚ we observe how favorite authors use the tools in their writing. Books such as Scat‚ by Carl Hiaasen‚ and Lawn Boy‚ by Gary Paulsen‚ are excellent exemplar texts. After that‚ we practice

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    1966. Hobbs‚ Will. The Big Wander. Atheneum‚ 1992. Lipsyte‚ Robert. The Contender. Harper and Row‚ 1967. Lowry‚ Lois. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin‚ 1993. Myers‚ Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. Scholastic‚ 1988. Myers‚ Walter Dean. Hoops. Dell‚ 1981. PaulsenGary. Hatchet. Viking‚ 1987. Philbrick‚ Rodman. Freak the Mighty. Scholastic‚ 1993. Rylant‚ Cynthia. The Islander. DK Ink‚ 1998. Tolkien‚ J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Houghton Mifflin‚ 1965. Weaver‚ Will. Striking Out. Harper Trophy‚ 1995. Weisel‚

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    had to have faith in Paulsen and he had to have faith in the dogs‚ Paulsen had to have faith in himself‚ and Paulsen’s wife had to have faith in him. The first reason why I think faith is a strong theme is because the dogs had to have faith in Paulsen and he had to have faith in the dogs. The dogs had to count on Paulsen for food when running. Paulsen had to count on the dogs when running the Iditarod. This supports why I think faith is a strong theme because both Paulsen and the dogs had to count

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    This is my INS on Hatchet. The book was written by Gary Paulsen the author that also wrote previous book I did an INS on. The book is set in the Canadian woods. I’m not sure what time period this book takes place in because it doesn’t say in the book. I’m guessing somewhere in the 1980’s or 90’s. Now I will summarize the story of this book. The story is about Brian Robeson‚ a 13 year old boy who is going to visit his dad in Canada after his parents’ divorce. He goes from Hampton‚ New York to Canada

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    had saved himself by swimming to shore‚ he now was alone and stranded with no one to call or to help him figure out what to do. In paragraph six it consists of a single four-word sentence fragment it says ‘’And there came hunger.’’ I think that Gary Paulsen includes these four words to make a statement as if he had wanted to make sure the readers understood Brain doesn’t understand how to live in the wild and is facing a moment of hunger and will starve to death if he doesn’t figure out how to retrieve

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