ISC 2009 Class X -English Question paper General Instructions: 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question). Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on any one of the following:- (25 Marks) 1. Recall a remarkable event of social importance in your city or
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October 21‚ 2012 Michael Jordan’s Final Shot In 1982‚ Michael Jordan hit one of the biggest shots of his career. He was only in college and playing for North Carolina. The piece has Michael releasing his final shot of his freshman year against a Georgetown team. How the piece is zoomed in on Michael releasing the shot makes him the focal point. The size of Jordan in this piece in comparison to the arena‚ crowd‚ coach‚ and other players demonstrate the study in size. Michael Jordan being zoomed
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THE UNITED NATIONS & The League of Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an international organization of independent states to promote international peace and security. Its stated aims are furthering cooperation in many international things using many different departments. On the other hand the league of Nations was an inter governmental organization in 1920. It was a cause from the Treaty of Versailles. Its main aims were the rights of man‚ women different colored‚ soldiers and avoiding
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What Makes A Nation‚ A Nation? No nation can exist forever. So what makes a nation‚ a nation? Milan Kundera’s essay‚ “A Nation Which Cannot Take Itself for Granted” examines this significant question. Published in June 1967‚ Kundera‚ a reformed Czechoslovakian communist writer‚ explores the sphere of culture and optimism of the Czech nation during the period of de-Stalinization in Eastern Europe. “The existence of the Czech nation has never been a matter to be taken for granted and
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Compare and Contrast – wes1 and wes2 The other Wes Moore is about two young black men who grew up in the same area and they had similar experiences and environmental influences‚ but they ultimately ended up on different life paths. Both‚ Wes1 and Wes2 experienced death of a family member. Wes1 experienced the death of his father when he was 3 years old. Wes2 experienced the death of his grandmother also when he was young. Wes2’s father was still alive but he wasn’t around. Wes2 didn’t have a father
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Tyrell Bethel 11/16/2009 COM 161 Michael Jordan: The Man and The Media Icon Michael Jordan is the greatest professional athlete to every play professional sports in my opinion and I bet in many others too. Jordan has been called the greatest basketball player of all time and I really believe that on and off the court. He was the top sports figure in the 90s and became one of the most recognized faces in the world. He changed the way pro athletes are view in the media and corporate world
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Environment Matters Born streets apart in the Baltimore neighborhood‚ two kids by the name of Wes Moore begin similar fates in a drug and crime-plagued ghetto. Fatherless and struggling in poverty‚ their decisions however quickly set them apart‚ as one finds his way onto the New York Times Bestseller List and the other behind prison bars. In the novel The Other Wes Moore‚ the author Wes Moore identifies the choices which set their paths diverged and explores the factors that made the difference
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Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was born on February 17‚ 1963 in Brooklyn New York. He lived in Wallace North Carolina but moved to Wilmington North Carolina when he was 7 years old. By the end of his career in basketball he was regarded as the best player in history. Playing 18 seasons in the NBA‚ 16 of them for the Chicago Bulls‚ and led them to 6 NBA championships. Throughout his career‚ he has changed the role of African American athletes and also a great role model for millions of people.
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who inbraced the goodness of children and humanitarian work. He was the King of Pop. He was Michael Joseph Jackson. Born on the 29th of August 1958‚ in Gary‚ Indiana‚ Chicago‚ Michael was the eighth of ten children to an African-American family. He attended Montclair college prep‚ his elementary‚ where he gained interest in music. Michael had a troubled relationship with his father. In an interview Michael admitted that when he was a boy‚ he regularly got whipped by his father‚ also that he had often
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“I deliberately set very high goals for myself…why not? No limits” (Phelps 14). Michael Phelps is a name that will always be associated with the word swimming. He made the sport well-known by his eight medal wins at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games‚ and is the most decorated Olympian in the world. He had been swimming since he was seven years old‚ and competed at only fifteen years old in his first Olympic Games. Michael Phelps has affected the world for good by bringing honor to the United States‚
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