Cameron White Mrs. Stanton 3rd Period November 19‚ 2012 On my summer vacation‚ I‚ my brother‚ and some friends decided to go to an amusement park because it was a church kid’s break after all we had done. But after that day I never thought about roller coaster the same‚ because that day I rode the Titan. Taking hairpin turns and completing death-defying loops. Your heart is in your throat and your stomach is somewhere near your shoes. The only thing separating you from total disaster is a safety
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Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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Examinations are over the long summer vacation has begun. How do you feel? How do you want to spend your long holiday? Many of you may spend hours playing ICQ or computer games. Others will sleep through the days. Indeed we deserve some rest and relaxation. But how about some other interesting and meaningful options? Let’s begin with taking care of our physical well-being. Choose an exercise or a game that you would like to learn. Joining a swimming or judo class‚ or learning to ride a bike
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Arna Bontemps uses the conventional plot structure in “A summer Tragedy” to present the theme of being hopelessness and desperation‚ a genuine love between a poor couple‚ loyalty‚ freedom‚ and liberation. The exposition introduces old Jeff Patton is the black share farmer who lives in the farm with Jennie‚ his wife‚ in New Orleans. Jeff and Jennie are two protagonists. Both of them are very old. He has a stroke and other body problems. They dress up their best attire to go for a journey. He cannot
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Kristopher Yates 1/29/17 Leading Lives That Matter Apply Themes of Authenticity‚ Virtue‚ and Discernment to Living a Personally Significant Life To be Authentic means being actually and exactly what is claimed. Authentic implies being fully trustworthy as according with fact; it can also stress painstaking or faithful imitation of an original. To me to be an authentic person means a variety of things. You’re not into materialistic things‚ everyone likes nice things but it should be
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In “Humans Need Not Apply” the narrator asserts that increased machine use is better for humans and allows them to specialize. However‚ in our lives we can see machines replacing humans. For example‚ the self-checkout line at a grocery store or the creation of new transportation machinery. Both have caused people to become obsolete in these fields. There is a viewpoint that the mechanical minds will allow humans to focus more on creative jobs. The narrator goes on to assert that robots are just as
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The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad‚[2] and also more generally known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport event‚ celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ that took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stages in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs)
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SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta‚ the son of a baker‚ has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story‚ Peeta is a shy and closed guy‚ who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words‚ “Well‚ there is this one girl. I’ve had
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In “A Summer Life‚” Soto brilliantly strings words and images together to form an almost ingenious personal narrative from the perspective of a six-year-old. Not only does he selectively choose words that depict the naive imagination of a six-year-old‚ but he also uncovers the protagonist’s guilt and fear of getting caught through the most impressive symbolism. Soto’s personal narrative brings together the creativity and paranoia that is evident in the lives of most children. He uses literary
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Summer Reading 2nd Block Fahrenheit 451 Characters Guy Montag- Montag was a fireman who wanted to find a meaning to life. His attitude about life and society suddenly changed after meeting Clarisse. Also‚ he didn’t think before he acted and this got him into some trouble. He didn’t understand why he had to burn books. Montag saved some of the books he was supposed to burn and this was completely against the law. He was eventually caught and had to go on the run so that he was not put in jail
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