Frank Abagnale: The story of a teen con-man Cassandra R. 457941 CLN-4U0-A Thursday‚ December 20th‚ 2012 Mr. Kontos An overview: Frank Abagnale was a criminal who pretended to be a pilot‚ a paediatrician and a lawyer. He is most remembered for his efforts in evading the FBI‚ and his fraudulent activities that led him to become a millionaire before the age of 20. Though hardly any information is documented about his trials across the globe‚ Abagnale
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Drinking Till Suicide Thousands of people a year die in drinking and driving related accidents. In the book “Tears Of A Tiger” By Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson and three of his teammates and best friends had just won a basketball game. Andy was driving and drinking. Andy hit a retaining wall and the car burst into flames. Andy‚ B.J.‚ and Tyrone all got out of the car‚ but Andy’s best friend‚ Robert Washington was not as lucky. At the time of collision‚ half of Rob’s body had went through the windshield
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Tears of a Tiger By Sharon M. Draper A story of Realistic Fiction Teacher Answer Guide Packet Pre-reading Activity Directions: Think about the words below. Free write for at least three minutes about each word. Use extra paper if necessary. Be prepared to share your thoughts with your classmates. 1. suicide 2. DWI 3. friendship 4. family 5. depression 6. discrimination Pages 1-22 Vocabulary & Discussion Guide Vocabulary Fiery (1) Weaving (1) Frantically (2) Raggedy
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Tears of a Tiger By Sharon Draper 192 Pages This book deals the issues that can or already influence every teenager in America. It addresses the issues of peer pressure‚ sorrow‚ death‚ friendship‚ teen drinking‚ guilt and teen suicide. Various youth have said "That won’t happen to me" or "I can handle my alcohol" or "I am ok to drive‚ I just had a few!" As teenagers‚ you have countless ideas and myths about drinking alcohol in addition to its affect on you and your body! Teenagers do not
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Boomerang- The Essence of Sex Board Members in Board Room- Strange’ smells a perfume Strange: (Smells Perfume) I hate it Board Member (Lloyd) : But this fragrance tested very well. Strange’: I said I wanted the essence of sex! Jacqueline: Yes Board Member (Lloyd): Well I think this is it Strange: You would‚ but let me show you what I’m talking about (Takes of thong) Board Member 2: Unbelievable! (Holds thong up to board members face) Strange’: (Rubs thong in man’s
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“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Parenting is always a debatable topic in America. Every person has an opinion on how a child should be raised and disciplined. In Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother)‚ Chua explains Chinese parenting and how it is effective in her life. She claims that by breaking down a child and pushing them to their full potential‚ the child will‚ in turn‚ be confident and incredibly successful. Through the use of several
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Q2(a)- Why did Mrs. Packletide want to kill a tiger? Ans- Note: This question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding‚ experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare the solution on your own. However‚ sample solutions have been provided for your reference. Mrs. Packletide wished to shoot a tiger and get her pictures published. This was to show off in front of Loona Bimberton who had recently obtained a tiger-skin and couldn’t stop boasting about it. Q2(b)-
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the Frank family were desperately trying to escape Nazi Germany that was under the control of Adolf Hitler. The Franks and the rest of the Jews in Germany had to flee Germany or go into hiding to avoid Nazi persecution. The Frank family decided to hide along with another Jewish family‚ the Van Pels and a man named Fritz Pfeffer in a secret annex of a building. The Frank family hid in the secret annex for more than 2 years. There was a special young member of the Frank family named Anne Frank. Anne
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My research on Mr. Frank shows that he is a smart and caring person. I would argue his character in the Diary of Anne Frank (Act 1 Scene 2) is close to historically accurate to what happened in the actual event. Mr. Frank is the father of Anne Frank‚ the young girl who lived in hiding for over 2 years during World War II along with 8 others. She managed to stay positive through the period of time and logged everything in her diary. After getting out of hiding‚ Mr. Frank managed to get the diary published;
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The Action of Tiger Conservation As the population of tiger in the world dwindles nowadays‚ everyone has the responsibility for the conservation of tiger especially tiger range countries. Over the past 100 years‚ tiger numbers have declined by 95 percent which leave only 3‚200 and three sub-species have become extinct – with a fourth not seen in the wild for over 25 years (World Wild Fund for Nature [WWF] International‚ 2008). Since it is estimated that wild tiger number halved to 3‚200‚ we
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