I have used Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan many times in a guided reading group. It is the story if Sarah‚ who moves from Maine to the prairie when she answers the advertisement for a wife. She decides to try this out for a month and care for Anna and Caleb whose mother has dies. Sarah tells the family that they will recognize her when she arrives because she is "plain and tall." She brings with her a cat and gifts from the ocean. The story revolves around Caleb and Anna and their
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DRAFT ELIZABETH ADEGBENRO WORLD CIVILIZATION PROFESSOR LEPREE 17/09/2016. THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT The Young Nun Sarah seeks clarification about The Rule Of Saint Benedict from Abbot Benedict. The Rule of St. Benedict is a book of precepts written by Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-547)‚ this rule of monastic life was written as guidance for the monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. It is a guide for the monks and nuns to live a prayerful‚ simple and Christ-like lives in
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Sarah Emma Edmonds Sarah Emma Edmonds was born in Canada in 1841. Her father was both physically and verbally abusive which forced her to run away from home at an early age. In fear of her father catching her‚ Edmonds disguised herself as a man. She cut her hair‚ dressed like a man‚ and took on her first new identity as Franklin Thompson. Still in fear that her father would catch her‚ by 1856 she fled to the United States. During the Civil War‚ she decided it a patriotic duty to enlist in the
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The poetry collection I decided to analyze is No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay. Sarah Kay is a young American female poet‚ known for her spoken word poetry. Kay is also the founder and co-director of Project VOICE‚ which uses spoken words poetry to promote empowerment‚ improve literacy‚ and encourage empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities around the world. I appreciated Sarah Kay’s collection due to its modern voice and style‚ which made her poems easily relatable and
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In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” the theme is being different‚ and in the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” the theme is also being different. Both these passages show this theme. In the poem “ Making Sarah Cry” it shows being different in a different way than “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” because sarah was being made fun of because of all of her actions and what she did‚ but in the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” it was representing the theme being different in a different way because
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The Significance of Sarah‚ Jimmy and Doalty Doalty‚ Sarah and Jimmy Jack Cassie have three main roles in Translations. Firstly‚ they represent those Irish people who will be left behind during the development of the country by the English. Secondly‚ they all contribute to the concluding scene and its outcome. And thirdly‚ they all in some way represent Ireland as a whole. Unlike Maire and Owen‚ none of these three characters has any desire to leave Baile Beag. When Jimmy Jack sets
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name Date Centered title under heading (Be creative!) Overview: For this portfolio assignment‚ you will create an alternative ending for one of the stories you have read in Unit 4. Step 1: Choose ONE of the following stories: “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin “The Wife of His Youth” by Charles Waddell Chestnut “The Lemon Tree Billiards
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authors and their participation in this artistic form of literary expression. American literature after 1865 contains several works that are predominant to the idea of expressing a character’s transition from childhood to adulthood. “A White Heron” by Sarah Jewett‚ “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” by Richard Wright‚ and “No Name Woman” by Maxine Kingston each take part in expressing
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Vera Wang Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27‚ 1949 to Chinese immigrants‚ and grew up on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan. During her childhood‚ Vera attended the American School of Ballet and went on later to attend Sarah Lawrence College. Vera was also an avid figure skater that competed in National Chapionships for figure skating‚ until she graduated. She also was in Sorbonne‚ Paris briefly‚ but returned to the United States to earn her degree in Art History. Soon after her graduation Vera began
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After her years of school she attended Sarah Lawrence College. During her sophomore year at college she went to Sorbonne‚ Paris and studied abroad. Shortly after she returned to the United States and completed her degree in art history at Sarah Lawrence. Vera Wang was a figure skater during her teens‚ and competed with it as well. In 1968 and 1969 National Championships she and her partner‚ places 5th in the junior pair competition. After graduation Sarah Lawrence in 1971 she stopped her skating
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