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    In The Yearling‚ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings depicts Penny Baxter as a hardworking father wanting the best and willing to do anything for his family. In chapter one‚ Jody returns from playing in the woods and sees his father chopping wood. Distressed‚ Jody thinks “[h]e was doing Jody’s work‚ and in his good coat” (9). Penny Baxter’s readiness to do Jody’s chores so the family can have firewood reveals his strong work ethic. Penny wants his son to play and his wife to have wood‚ so he shoulders extra

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    Wimmer Reading The Yearling By Marjorie Rawlings Fiction Characters: Penny Baxter‚ Ora Baxter‚ Jody Baxter‚ Flag the fawn‚ The Forrester’s The story takes place in the backwoods in northern Florida in the late 1800’s. Jody Baxter is a 12 year old boy who struggles with his responsibility towards his chores. Jody lives with his father Penny and his mother Ora on their farm. Jody is a happy boy but wants a pet because he is lonely. The Yearling‚ by Marjorie Rawlings‚ illustrates how Jody’s sense

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    paves the path of the life. As a teenager‚ it is a very important journey to complete. Wanting people to like you for who you are‚ not what they see‚ is a problem that many like the character Jerry‚ in the story “A Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings face. On the other hand‚ figuring out who you are can be becoming more independent‚ less fearful‚ and a new person‚ like Ted‚ in the story “Golden Glass” by Alma Luz Villanueva. These boys each encounter the journey of figuring out who you

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    Credit Lines for MHC Interactive: Pre-GED Reading Pre-Test "A Story" from The City in Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee‚ 1990. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company on behalf of BOA Editions Ltd. Bill Moyers‚ The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. New York: Doubleday‚ 1995. From A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ 1959. Reprinted by permission of Jewell Gresham Nemiroff. From “The Warriors” from The Sun Is Not Merciful by Anna Lee Walters. Copyright © 1985 by Anna

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    The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography

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    Study Guide/ Language Arts Mid-Term Exam Literature & Reading 1. “Mother in Manville” by Marjorie Rawlings (Review the story in your IRN) “Mother in Manville” by Marjorie Rawlings is a story about a boy‚ Jerry‚ who lives in an orphanage and works for the narrator of the story. The setting takes place high up in the Carolina Mountains. Jerry‚ after he and the narrator become close‚ tells the narrator about his mother. This upsets the narrator. But when she leaves at the very end‚ she

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    The Old Man -  A deaf man who likes to drink at the café late into the night. The old man likes the shadows of the leaves on the well-lit café terrace. Rumor has it that he tried to hang himself‚ he was once married‚ he has a lot of money‚ and his niece takes care of him. He often gets drunk at the café and leaves without paying. The old man is a regular in the café‚ and though he sometimes forgets to pay‚ he’s generally a good customer. We mostly learn about the old man from the conversation of

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    spending lots of its existence in burrows to escape the warmth. The kit fox‚ with its massive ears and slender frame‚ is adept at looking after small mammals and bugs. The desert bighorn sheep navigate the rocky terrain readily‚ even as the sidewinder rattlesnake moves throughout the sand in a different sideways movement‚ preying on rodents and

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    wren in North America‚ and has an easily recognizable white stripe over each eye‚ as well as a long tail. The wren feeds on beetles‚ wasps‚ ants‚ fruit‚ berries‚ lizards‚ and small frogs. It can run swiftly for short distances. Diamondback Rattlesnake Scientific Name: Crotelus Atrox Habitat: desert‚ rocky hillsides Range: Southwestern U.S.A.: Southern California‚ Nevada and Utah‚ south to Mexico Observations: The

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    Angela White English 101 10/18/2010 Synopsis Get a Knife; Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns Molly Ivin’s view is she is not antigun she is pro knife .She supports the second amendment and believes that all children 14 and under are too young to be having guns. And having so many guns owners is destroying our security of this Free State. She believes that guns should

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