While Josephine Baker was a bit scandalous‚ her importance should not be overlooked because she did much more than perform. She was awarded military honors‚ served in World War II‚ and was an advocate for equality and peace. Josephine Baker was born on June 3rd‚ 1906‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her real name was Freda Josephine McDonald‚ which she changed when she married Willie Baker‚ whose last name she kept for the rest of her life‚ even when she got divorced. Her father left‚ and in order to support
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My Experience as a Writer It all started when I was just a little kid. I began learning how to speak and use our language. I watched learning videos teaching me how to talk properly and use different words. Once I reached first grade‚ we began writing very simple sentences and learning the basics of writing. By the time I reached Elementary school‚ we learned about the sentence structure and we began making more complex sentences. We also started writing paragraphs and short essays. When I reached
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Qualities of a Good Writer While writers come from all walks of life‚ they share certain qualities that help them produce satisfying work. If you have some of these characteristics‚ you could try a career in creative writing. Alternatively‚ you could look for creative writers with these qualities to assist with your organization’s publications. Creative writers might publish poetry‚ short stories and novels‚ but they also work for many kinds of clients to earn their living. Creative writers craft new worlds
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chapter 9 School “Performance”: Improvisational Processes in Development and Education* JacQue!yn Baker-Sennett University of British Columbia Eugene Matusov University of California‚ Santa Cruz Dr. Baker-Sennett and Dr. Matusov study the development of planning skills. With Barbara Rogoff and others‚ they have studied the collective improvisational skills that children employ while developing puppet and other theatrical performances. In this chapter‚ they describe this “playcrafting” work‚ and
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The Writer by Richard Wilbur On order to effectively analyze “The Writer‚” one might look to the Advanced Placement format‚ for instance‚ to best understand the meaning of Wilbur’s poem. Some questions we might ask as a basis for analysis are as follows: 1. Who is the speaker in the poem? In “The Writer‚” the speaker is likely Wilbur speaking about his daughter. 2. Who is the audience of the poem? The poem seems to be directed toward parents who might relate to Wilbur as they
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Ray Stannard Baker Obituary Ray Stannard Baker died of a heart attack on July 12‚ 1946‚ in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. Ray Stannard Baker‚ journalist‚ author‚ and biographer of Woodrow Wilson‚ was born in Lansing‚ Michigan on April 17‚ 1870. After graduating from Michigan Agricultural College he attended the University of Michigan Law School in 1891. After four years as reporter for the Chicago News-Record (1892-96)‚ he joined the staff of McClure’s Magazine‚ a leader in the New Journalism then
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A feminist is a theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes. Russell Scott Sanders‚ “The Men We Carry in Our Minds‚” discusses his personal observation of the conflict of gender equality that grew in his mind after seeing the harsh lives of his surrounding class of people. It deals with the problems that exist between sex and social class issues. He reveals that the men in this class had no choice over their own destiny in life. Their only ways of making money to barely survive
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Freedom Writers Director: Richard LaGravenese Brief outline of story: The storyline of the movie takes place between 1992-1995. Beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell‚ a new‚ excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown‚ Newport Beach‚ to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Her enthusiasm is quickly challenged
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Based on actual diary accounts of several teenagers following the L.A. riots‚ “Freedom Writers” is the story of an idealistic teacher’s attempts to make a difference in the lives of her at-risk students. Located in gang-ravaged Long Beach‚ California‚ Woodrow Wilson High is a hotbed of violence due to a voluntary integration program which brings Black‚ Latino‚ Asian‚ and White students together. Rather than having the desired effect of creating healthy diversity‚ this program breeds constant war
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Summarizing; freedom writers. The movie “freedom writers” begins with a teacher named Erin Gruwell who had moved to long beach California to work at Widrow Wilson high school (once known as a highly respected school). On her first day she realizes her students are considered to be ‘un-teachable’ (at risk for not graduating). She also realizes the significance in color and background when a gang fight breaks out in the middle of the courtyard. A week later‚ a small group of her students were involved
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