Juan Ponce de Leon Juan Ponce de Leon was born around 1460 in San Tervas de Campos‚ Spain. He was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida. In 1493‚ Ponce de Leon and Christopher Columbus sailed together on Columbus’ 2nd voyage to America. They had settled on an island named Hispaniola‚ which is present day Dominican Republic‚ where Ponce de Leon had become governor at. In 1506‚ he had discovered an island close by named Borinquen‚ and during his time here‚ he found lots of gold. Once
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“Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of. You know whatever you do‚ they’ll still be there”‚ quoted by Amy Li. If I had to choose someone who inspired me the most in my life I would choose my older sister Jarrica Kirkpatrick. The reason why I decided to choose my older sister is because she inspires me to go to school‚ she motivates me and give me good advice‚ also because she finical supports me. Jarrica graduated from John .C. Smith College with a bachelor
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DE LEON‚ AIRIELLE SALONGA‚ MARIA BEA ALLYZA 2OTA PURPOSE: The reason of use of this computer is for word processing. Through the use of this‚ the students will be able to accomplish school-related activities and do multi-tasking in completing the tasks. COMPONENTS AND PARTS OF THE CHOSEN COMPUTER: Equipments / Items Description and Features Price a. Processor: INTEL CELERON G1610 It covers all the basics at a very affordable price. The ideal combination
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One of the ways Steinbeck shows Curley’s Wife as a villain is by portraying her as a tart. In chapter two‚ Candy quotes “Well‚ I think Curley’s married . . . . A tart.” In this chapter she is presented negatively‚ he uses his context to show she is a trouble maker and an attention seeker. The fact candy has labeled her a tart so soon makes us assume she is the villain in this novel. In the same chapter it is written ‘She had full rouged lips and wide spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails
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What would you have done if you were in the Revolutionary war? In this essay I am compare and contrast two novels. One is My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. The other novel is Colony of Fear by Lucy Jane Bledsoe. The topics to be discussed are setting and characteR in the novels. In My Brother Sam is Dead‚ Sam Meeker is the main character. He wanted a gun to fight the British with. But‚ he didn’t have a gun. So‚ Sam went to his parent’s house to try to take
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The story I chose to embellish is a passage from the book “Becoming Naomi Leon” by Pam Munoz Ryan‚ while I spent a good part of the week trying to find a poem to illuminate none of them spoke to me the way this exert did. This passage had always held a special place in my heart and has stuck with me years after first reading the book‚ I believe that embellishing and illustrating the quote gave the poem new and deeper meaning got me. When I had first read the poem I sympathized with the main character
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Heavy‚ He ’s My Brother This photo of Peyton and Eli (thanks to Sports Illustrated) got me thinking about family and especially little brothers. Look at Eli in this picture. No one is LOOKING at me. Hey‚ over here! Look at me! Lemme play! Commoooon! (Possibly followed by a tantrum and/or running inside to tell Mom) Little Peyton is oblivious in the image. To him it’s just another case of his baby bro being a pest and getting in the way. That’s how kids work. Older brother leads and little
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Module 7 Film/television genres Objectives: In completing this module‚ you will be able to: - understand and apply different approaches for analyzing genre: formalist‚ audience analysis‚ and ideological. - understand the history and evolution of advertising and the forces shaping that history - devise different genre analysis activities for use in the classroom - understand and analysis characteristics of different types of genres for the genres described in this module - present specific
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Am I my Brother’s Keeper? John Steinbeck’s classic novel‚ “Of Mice and Men” describes the friendship of two migrant farm workers‚ Lenny and George who traveled together in search of work in the 1940’s post depression era in California. After Lenny’s Aunt Clara dies George feels obligated to care for Lenny after he promised Aunt Clara that he would watch out for him. To his demise‚ Lenny was mentally handicapped‚ incredibly strong‚ and liked to touch soft things. He wasn’t able to control his compulsion
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starts with the word ‘Dear’ followed by the given name of the recipient or relationship and it ends with a comma. Two examples are shown: ‘Dear Ronald‚’ ‘Dear Uncle‚’. 3. Introduction – This is the opening of a letter. It may include greetings like ‘How are you?’. Sometimes‚ you may refer to a previous letter. 4. Body – This is the main body of the letter. It includes the message that the writer wants to tell the recipient. It is often divided into paragraphs. 5. Closure – This part indicates the
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