subject for students to grasp and understand. The Fighting Ground is a well written historical fiction text written by Avi in 1984. This story takes place in New Jersey on April 3-4‚ 1778. TheAmerican Revolution is being fought and the main characterJonathon runs off to join the war effort. This story is simple and doesn’t contain any milestone Revolutionary battles‚ but it does provide a view of a skirmish through a young boy’s eyes. While out fighting on his first day the protagonist is captured by
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THE WRITING PROCESS – PERSUASIVE ESSAY Prompt: Do you think cell phones should be allowed in school? Compose an essay to persuade the school community of your opinion. STEP 1: ANALYZE THE PROMPT Role: myself as a student Planning: Audience: students‚ teachers‚ parents Format: 5-paragraph persuasive essay Topic: cell phones in school STEP 2: PLAN THE PAPER Topic: Three reasons why cell phones should be allowed in school: Reasons: 1- students stay connected with family and friends ________________________
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participate in bracelet fighting‚ ula. Bracelet fighting helps the village evaluate the strength in women. The weapon used in bracelet fighting is made from a rod of iron. Bracelet fighting is a symbol of strength because only strong women are able to throw the heavy rod of iron (Turton‚ 2005). Married women do not participate in ula. Only Unmarried young girls are allowed to participate in bracelet fighting. Bracelet fighting is an important in Mersi culture. Bracelet fighting reflects a young girl
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1 2 © Copyright 2007‚ Kerwin Benson Publishing All rights reserved. With the exception of a printed copy made for the purchaser’s ease of reading and brief quotations for the purpose of review‚ no part of this book may be reproduced (nor transmitted) in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ photocopying‚ or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book is designed to provide authoritative information with regard to martial arts. It is sold with the understanding
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I’m A Good Dog‚ I Swear Pit Bull. The negative connotation commonly associated with this breed of dog was produced by society. Most people imagine an aggressive fighting dog that’s ready to attack when they think of a pit bull. Although some dogs of this breed are attached to dog fighting‚ the breed as a whole is not involved with the illegal violent events. One specific breed should not receive discrimination based on the bad decisions of some dogs owners. Pit bulls are the most misunderstood
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that you shouldn’t believe a word those crazy cat lovers say because dogs make the world go round here are 10 reasons why dogs are better then cats. 1. You can train a dog better than a cat. Have you ever seen a cat sit on command? Roll over on command? Stay? Neither have I. 2. Dogs are smarter. Have you ever seen a dog fall into a fish tank? I haven’t either. 3. A dog can protect your home much better than a cat. 4. Dogs are better suited to lead you to a more active lifestyle. Have you ever
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A Fighting Angel Brooke Dees Period 6 I’ve always believed that some things are so complex that only God can see reasoning and benefit from them. A more than perfect example of this would be the heart wrenching life story of my beautiful friend Talia. As long as I’ve known Talia‚ she has had to go through more than most people in their entire lifetime; though everything‚ Talia stays strong and has hardly fallen weak. At the age of seven‚ Talia was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma‚ an extremely
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Amber 4 April 2012 The Double Edged Sword of African American Literature Throughout history‚ little by little our great country has progressed‚ from a nation that was barely getting on its own feat in the early 1800’s to legalizing the rights of every American citizen within the United States during the1960’s. But what about the African Americans? Anyone who is familiar with our American culture and History can tell you that African Americans have played a major role in our histories movements
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Jesus Hernandez 1/14/13 2nd period Dear mayor: I am writing this letter I hope not to bother. My name is Jesus Hernandez a teenager at Richmond high school. The reason for this letter is because I want to give you the idea of building a healthy restaurant in the city of Richmond. The idea of this restaurant it happened when I read an article about the obesity percentage increased the recent years in California. In Richmond theirs not to many healthy places to eat so the obesity percentage
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The World’s Most Misunderstood Breed of Dogs When many people see a pit bull or the breed is mentioned they instantly stereotype them as being aggressive and monstrous beasts‚ this however is not the case as all! Pit bulls have been breed over the years as fighting dogs. The owners have raised them to be extremely violent and attack other dogs by treating them harshly and training them to do so at a young age. However‚ over the years people have wrongfully stereotyped pit bulls because their owners
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