THE SISTERS A young boy‚ who lives with his uncle and aunt‚ is concerned about a man who has had his third stroke. He passes by this paralyzed man’s window every day watching for the candles that will signify his death. The boy thinks over the word "paralysis" in his mind and ponders on its strange sound: "I said softly to myself paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears”. One night at dinner a friend named old Cotter visits the family. Old Cotter has come to the house to share the
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The Pigman The young adult novel “The Pigman” was released in 1968 and enjoyed immediate success. The author‚ Paul Zindel‚ was born May 15 1936 in Staten Island‚ NY. He wrote 40 stories‚ and composed 8 screenplays. John and Lorraine attended Franklin High School in New York City. Both are sophomores at their high school. Around 1968 is when this story takes place. This story also takes place in the adjacent blocks from both Lorraine and johns houses. The characters frequently visit Baron Park
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‘Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity P A I R Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there
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The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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bookbinder which means whatever he reads comes to life. When Meggie has nightmares she reads in her father’s room. Nothing allows her to fall asleep better than a book and Mo’s soft breathing. When she sleeps she swears she hears the books whispering to her. Mo has told Meggie the truth about everything or so she thinks. Mo is a tall young fellow. He has a twelve o’clock shadow and dark brown hair that flows backwards no matter what.
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The novel I chose for my book report is Hero‚ by Mike Lupica. It’s a fantasy novel and one in a series of books by the author dealing with the superpowers and the struggle of good versus evil. The main character of the book is Zach Harriman 14 year old boy whose father recently died in a plane crash. His father worked for the secret service. Zach starts to investigate his father’s mysterious death. He is told by a “friend of the family” named Mr. Herbert that he has supernatural powers‚ and his
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Pre-Reading Questions: 1. Why do you suppose the author chose to write a book such as the one you are reading? I think the author wrote this book because he knew that the Flyboys on Chichi Jima needed their story told. 2. Have you read any other books similar to this one? No I haven’t because this book gives an in depth detail of WWII. 3. Have you read any other books by this author? No I haven’t read a book by this author. 4. What do you know about the time period when this story
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ZAPP book report 11/24/09 ZAPP The Lightning of EMPOWERMENT‚ by William C. Byham Ph.D. and Jeff Cox presents a story of different problems that managers/supervisors face and how they deal with the problems. The book shows how an autocratic supervisor would deal with a problem compared to a participative supervisor would handle the problems. The story shows the contrast between a supervisor that ZAPPS (empowers) her employees and a supervisor that SAPPS his employees by his interactions and
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in our world and it is important to not categorize people based on their disability. For this project‚ I choose to read the book Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. This was a very thought provoking book that kept me engaged the whole time. Mockingbird is the story of a young girl who has Asperger syndrome and her brother was recently shot in a school shooting.Throughout the book‚ Caitlin struggles to deal with her brothers death and has a hard time talking to anyone about the situation. She does however
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S. E. Hinton wrote ‘The Outsiders’ when he was sixteen years old. She did not just write the book‚ but she really felt it and lived it. While the author was writing this book she looked back and realized how important it was to have another life. One day‚ her friend was walking home and a couple of “nice” kids jumped out of a car and just started to beat her friend up because they did not like that he was a greaser. Hinton went home and started writing the story of the boy who was beaten up by rich
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