Vocabulary Activities for The Old Man and the Sea So you’ve chosen to read The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway. Good choice! This book won the Pulitzer Prize for excellence in literature in 1953. Activity #1: Word Sorts Write the words from the Word Banks on index cards or slips of paper. Mix them together and sort them into three groups: words you know well‚ words you know a little about‚ and words you have never encountered before. Spread the words out rather than piling
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The Rainbow Fish Rainbow Fish‚ with his beautiful sparkling silver scales‚ was the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Despite Rainbow Fish’s beauty‚ he was not happy; this was because he had no friends. When he thoughtlessly hurt the feeling of one of his many admirers‚ the other fish in the ocean began to ignore him. Rainbow Fish’s beautiful scales are the most important thing in the ocean to him. Because of this he was faced to decide whether his beauty is more important than having friends. Rainbow
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should burn and rage at the close of day”.(line 2) The main character in W.D. Valgardson’s short story “God is Not a Fish Inspector” does not share this perspective on life and death. It is not death that Fusi‚ the main character in the short story‚ wishes to avoid‚ but rather an inability to live. He refuses to stop fishing‚ defying his old body‚ his worried daughter and the fish inspectors because he believes that a person should be useful and vital. He believes that only a productive life is
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Inner Fish Your Inner Fish The book Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin is an interesting novel that shows the evolution of some of our major structures through time. We all know about evolution and the monkeys but we never really looked in on evolution through “our inner fish”. The book was appealing because it helps to understand how we have come to be with some of the parts of our bodies we take for granted‚ like how we got our developed smell or our advanced color vision. Your Inner Fish is a good
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prehistoric fish. This theory sounds interesting to me since fishes don’t seem to have limbs‚ do they? It can be proved from the fossil record and the biology analysis. In the film‚ Your Inner Fish‚ the geologist showed the hand bone of human and the limb fossil of the prehistoric fish. After comparing‚ it is found that they are the same set of bones which just squashed to support different functions (Cook‚ Tate and Shubin‚ 2014). Besides‚ there are also people with the similar trait of fish. In the
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3.2 How data will be collected: During the investigation both primary and secondary research will be collected. The secondary research consists of data that has been collected about other experiments similar to this one that has been conducted by other scientific minds. This is because this data will help guide the parameters and guidelines of this experiment. The experiment will be conducted in an effort to determine whether or not increased temperature has an impact on the growth of fish will
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God is Not a Fish Inspector There is no reason for me to stop fishing. I cannot stop‚ nor will I. Sure‚ there may be some discomfort‚ but I will never admit defeat to the elements. As long as I stand on my two feet‚ I will continue to fish‚ continue to inhale the fresh dawn air‚ and continue to feel the crisp morning breeze in my face. My mind is much too strong to lose to my body. If I wake up in the morning‚ I will cast my net‚ reel in my catch‚ and head for home‚ head back to my ungrateful
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Your Inner Fish: A Review of Chapter 4 In Your Inner Fish‚ a book about the study of evolution in mammals‚ chapter four is dedicated to the study of teeth. Neil Shubin is explicit in his insistence that teeth are extremely important when studying evolution of the human body. He uses three main points to explain this to the reader. First‚ through the function of teeth. Then by revealing the anatomy of teeth. And finally by discussing tooth-to-tooth occlusion. Teeth are used to manipulate larger objects
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As an Asian American‚ I really appreciated Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan. It is extremely challenging to explain in words to the world of what it is like to have to constantly choose between your nationality and your race. It is like your nationality is where you have grown up from and it is all you have ever known in your life but your race…. thats where you came from. It’s where your history lies and if you turn your back against it then it is almost like cutting yourself out of your family tree and
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The short story “Poor Fish” is an entertaining novel written by the talented author Alberto Moravia. The story follows the life of a young man‚ whom lacked many physical attributes that society adores. He struggles in accepting himself‚ and often needs reassurance on his qualities. One day he meets a young lady who finds him irresistible‚ and treasures all of his quirks. However‚ his self deprecating thoughts leave him insecure and constantly searching for recognition from others. Moravia portrays
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