2012-2013 Winter Break Homework Packet Prince George’s County Public Schools Reading/English Language Arts Grade 9 1 GRADE 9 WINTER BREAK READING HOMEWORK PACKET In Preparation for the Maryland High School Assessment‚ PSAT‚ and SAT DIRECTIONS: The enclosed activities are to be completed by your child during the Winter Break and he/she is encouraged to return it to his/her Reading/English Language Arts teacher upon return to school. Parents are encouraged to assist in the following ways:
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Who’s in Charge? The Jim Davis Case Patty Mathew was required to attend the sales training provided by Jim. This training would really help them in increasing sales of bank services as she didn’t have any sales experience or sales knowledge. Selling services is an important part of business. Before that training Patty was more interested in expense account‚ which she can use for clients rather than on training. She didn’t attend the training and informed that she is sick. The main concern is that
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The themes of racial retribution and the romanticism of slavery can be seen during the Jim Crow Era (1877 – 1950s) and over the current debates over the removal of Confederate statues. Iniatally after the Turner’s rebellion‚ Virginia did take the inaitative to debate about abolishing the institution as a whole in their state but unfortunately the pro-slavery side won and that led to the inactment of slave codes and other laws (ex. making it illegal to teach slaves how to read) meant to further oppresses
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moral theory consequentialism is a far better solution to the case with ‘Jim and the Indians’ rather than the deontology. I shall begin by describing the case of ‘Jim and the Indians’ and will then continue by briefly defining each moral theory that can be used in this philosophical question. Throughout my essay I shall argue on why consequentialism is far superior to deontology in the difficult decisions that Jim will face. Jim has found himself in quite the predicament. “When arriving in a South American
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communication project‚ we were fortunate to have had Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” movie for reference to comprehend the complexity the team faced upon the incident that befell the mission. Both Gene Kranz (Lead Flight Director and Project Manager) and Jim Lovell (Apollo’s commander) maintained absolute control of a chaotic situation. While the team was becoming intractable‚ Kranz reigned in by channeling the ideas with “one at a time people” and asking his engineers to “quiet down‚ Let’s stay cool‚ let’s
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Sarah Anderson 4/7/11 AP Lit & Comp Mr.Scheel Jim Casy: A leader in Death The definition of leader a person who leads or commands a group‚ organization‚ or country. The verb to lead can mean to set a process in motion. I think that both of these definitions can be seen in Jim Casy. As a main character in John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath‚ Jim constantly makes light of major themes‚ specifically that human life is as sacred as any divinity and that a single life has little purpose
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Jim and Antonia are both extremely different characters from the beginning to the end of the book. Antonia at the beginning was a young girl filled with dreams‚ ambition‚ and having big plans for the future. She starts learning the language‚ going to a good school‚ however‚ when her father dies this is put on hold. She just would not imagine for how long. After this happens she needed to help her family. She did just this and then fell head over heals with a man who would not lead her to her best
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astronauts home safely while the astronauts struggle to survive in the rocket without power. After a while the team figures out a way and they plan out a return plan for the astronauts. The astronauts safely returned home. The three astronauts were Jim Lovell‚ Jack Swigert‚ and Fred Haise who were all protagonists as this movie did not have any antagonists. I believe that the three characters are realistic heroes as they fight against the environment for survival. I related all three of these characters
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Carson. In his autobiography‚ Before You Leap‚ A Frog’s Eye View of Life’s Greatest Lessons‚ Kermit credits his best friend‚ Jim Henson‚ for his rise to success. Jim was a dreamer who believed anything was possible if you just dreamed hard enough. Kermit explains that Jim always had faith in him. What he believes about‚ music‚ people‚ and his views on life are the product of Jim Henson’s dreams. Jim’s creativity and constant work have shaped Kermit into the frog he is today. Kermit the Frog never
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Although readers may wish to believe that Huck saves Jim‚ this is not the reality. Twain clearly does not depict Huck as “the only really independent person--boy or man—in the community‚” because Huck is forced to be deceiving when he is among society; this is not independence. Nor is he the only independent
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