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    Presenting Assessment Tasks Students are required to submit 3 completed pieces of writing. * Each piece of writing must address the wider implications/ideas of the context (Encountering Conflict). * You also need to draw upon the novella Montana 1948 to support your ideas. * You must have a cover attached to each of your writing pieces‚ explaining the purpose‚ form and intended audience of your writing. ASSESSMENT 1: EXPOSITORY ESSAY Prompt: “In times of Conflict‚ our personal

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    How do racist attitudes towards Indians contribute to the catastrophe that overtakes the Hayden family? Racism is an underlying force in the Novel Montana 1948‚ written by Larry Watson. The racist attitudes shown towards the Indians in Bentrock escalate to a point where a catastrophe overtakes the Hayden Family. In the town Bentrock in 1948‚ it was accustomed that racial attitudes towards the Indians were apart of the culture and nature of the town. Marie Little Soldier’s confession about Frank’s

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    characters out of ‘Montana 1948’‚ ‘Go Back to Where You Came From‚’ and the poets out of Def. Poetry Jam‚ to analyse and discuss the prompt and the issues it brings up. We usually get our values from our parents but not always. They teach us from a young age not to do a lot of things‚ we learn from their mistakes as they have. For example we might learn Not to smoke‚ not to swear‚ not to lie and these rules are things our parents value for our safety. David in the text ‘Montana 1948’ got his values

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    Edmund Emil Kemper III was an American serial killer and necrophile who was active in California in the early 1970s. He was born December 18‚ 1948 to the parents of Edmund Emil Kemper Jr and Clarnell Stage. As a child‚ he was extremely bright but exhibited antisocial and psychopathic behavior such as cruelty to animals; he reportedly fatally stabbed a pet cat at age 13. He buried animals alive‚ including his family’s pet cat‚ and would later dig them up for further torture. He acted out bizarre sexual

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    been I always get excited to go on a road trip. It was always a relief when it was my chance to sit up front since we had a car full of people. II. Purpose of narrative speech is to tell about what I had done on my road trip/family reunion to Montana. 1. Topics to discuss in speech A. Mount Rushmore B. Crazy Horse C. Bad Lands D. Corn Palace E. Sturgis F. Wall Drug: fudge and Cowgirl Boots III. Body of Speech 1. Went to Mount Rushmore with my Grandma‚ Grandpa

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    “I could never believe in the rule of law again.” Says David‚ reflecting on the events of 1948. Why does he come to this conclusion? Larry Watson’s Montana 1948 is a story set at Bentrock‚ Montanan focuses on the family struggles of the Haydens between loyalty and justice. David Hayden‚ the adult narrator‚ looks back at the summer when he was twelve years old‚ and recalls all the life-changing events which completely lead to his disbelief of the rule of law. Young David once believed in the rule

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    between groups. Difference in minds‚ beliefs and interpretations might be a factor which causes conflicts. Its consequences include emotional pain‚ unjust decision and sometimes bring tragedy. The tragic story‚ by Larry Watson‚ set in the summer 1948‚ “Montana” demonstrated Wesley Hayden‚ a sheriff of Mercer County experiences inner-self conflict by quoting that: “This is not about family. This is a legal matter.” When Wesley had confronted with obvious proof of guilt and discovered the truth about

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    The narrator of this novel is the sheriff’s son‚ David. His Uncle Frank is a doctor and Grandfather Julian was the sheriff as well. David’s family lived just across the street from the courthouse. In late summer of 1948‚ one afternoon‚ though‚ his family’s live-in Indian sitter‚ Marie Little Soldier‚ falls sick with pneumonia. When she vehemently objects to being seen by David’s doctor uncle‚ the summer breaks apart in a fast-moving story of betrayal and tragedy. Uncle Frank is a threatener‚ he raped

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    RUNNING HEAD Gorank Gandhi Mr. Mason Criminal Science Dec 14‚ 2012 EDMUND KEMPER: The Coed Butcher Edmund Emil "Big Ed" Kemper III (born December 18‚ 1948)‚ also known as "The Co-ed Killer"‚ is an American serial killer who was active in California in the early 1970s. He started his criminal life by shooting both his grandparents when he was 15 years old. Kemper later killed and dismembered six female hitchhikers in the Santa Cruz area. He then murdered his mother and one of her friends

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    seen played before. As owner‚ coach‚ manager‚ publicist and sometimes even substitute player‚ Saperstein worked overtime to book games for his team. By 1936‚ they had played more than 1‚000 games and appeared in Wisconsin‚ Minnesota‚ Iowa‚ Michigan‚ Montana‚ Washington and North and South Dakota. (The Globetrotters didn’t actually play a game in Harlem until the late 1960s.) Their first national championship appearance came in 1939‚ when the Globetrotters lost to the New York Renaissance. That same year

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