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    Five Paragraph Essay Outline Teachers can use these steps to teach students how to write a great five paragraph essay by using outlines and properly organizing thoughts‚ topics‚ and details. These directions are written for students to follow when choosing a topic‚ creating a basic outline‚ and writing the essay. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/2999.aspx#ixzz0lQaL6vBg Step 1 - Choose a Good Topic When writing an essay‚ it is important to choose a topic that

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    Even though President Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves‚ the white people showed their power over the black people through sharecropping‚ which is known as another form of slavery. In the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ written by Mildred D. Taylor‚ Cassie Logan‚ a nine-year old black girl‚ starts to learn about the racial segregation during the 1930’s‚ in Mississippi‚ the former slave state. Unlike most of the black families who sharecropped‚ the Logan’s had their

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    The Intersting Essay “A Sound of The Thunder” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury. This is a story that sets place in the near future where time travel is possible. His story has a lot of adventure‚ fearful‚ and mysterious things that could entertain you to read this story. One thing though is that everything changes forever because something in the story that Ray Bradbury puts in is that if you go back on the past or future never change anything even if it’s

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    Courage is when‚ you must stand up for yourself‚ NOT back down to be hurt. Throughout the novel Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ By: Mildred Taylor is a true story about‚ when blacks and whites didn’t get along. Whites would always get the better‚ new of things‚ while blacks got their old dirty books‚ and school supplies. Stacey proves his courage by standing up for T.J. when he cheated on the test and got in trouble. Stacey also stood up for his family when they have to stand up for what is right. Staceys

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    In roll of thunder hear my cry cassie the main character is in the time period where racial division was alive and cassie expercines several indices of racial division during her visit to strawberry‚ mississippi trough these indicates cassie learns that the blacks are being mistreated by the whites because of their skin colors situations that happened in this time period stirred up conflicts. The first incident that happened in the day was when big ma does not park near the entrance to the field

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    Stacey’s Courageous Acts People don’t look at your race or age when you show courage but by your actions. Throughout the ups and downs of Roll of Thunder hear my cry‚ Mildred B. Taylor uses Stacey Logan as a young boy that has to stand up for his convictions‚ and for his family and friends. Stacey showed courage throughout the book when the Logan’s got revenge on the school bus‚ when Stacey stook up for T.J cheating‚ and even when he stayed and helped T.J when they weren’t friends. By those

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    STRAWBERRY This book is called Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.This book is mostly based on black rights. Another thing is most of the black people in this story got treated like crap. There were a lot of events that happened my favorite is when Papa‚ Mr. Morrison‚and Stacey went to Strawberry and...You will have to read this amazing book to find out.This is my favorite part because their is a lot of action and I can imagine what’s happening. Some of the main characters in this book are Cassie

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    Five Paragraph Essay: Flo Hyman (Randi) I had one of the most common characteristics of my condition‚ but since it was so rare‚ no one could save me. I was born in Inglewood‚ California on July 29‚ 1954. I have 7 siblings‚ and I am the second oldest. I played basketball and ran track all four years of high school. I joined a youth team that went to Russia‚ and after that I knew that volleyball was my sport and not basketball. But you’ll learn more about that later. My dad‚ George is 6’1‚ he’s a railroad

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    All people ‚eventually‚ will have to stand when others sit and mindlessly toy with the idea of courage‚ in other words everyone will be or has been courageous at one point in time. In Mildred Taylor’s book‚ Roll of thunder hear my cry‚ Stacey is faced with many challenges throughout the book. The book is set during the 1930’s in the south where racism runs rampant‚ and with all this racism an African American thirteen year old boy is not going to get treated very well. This character has to show

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    In both readings racism can change a person for the worse. This still continues to happen till this day and probably will never change. “..Said three black boys robbed their store and knocked out her and her husband”. In the book “Roll Of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry” a group of white men go to confront T.J for robbing the Barnetts store. The wife‚ who is the owner‚ automatically assumes it was 3 black boys not because it was dark or them wearing masks‚ but simply because they believe R.W and Melvins word

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