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    Janitor Fish

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    Background of the Study Janitor fish used to be aquarium pets. They would parade around the fish tank and clean the moss and other dirt that would scatter around the tank. Then‚ someone said‚ “If janitor fish are so effective in cleaning fish tanks‚ then why don’t we put them in the Marikina River so they can clean up all of the dirt?” Unfortunately‚ his hypothesis didn’t work‚ and now‚ janitor fish are the most abundant fish in the Marikina River. In this case‚ being an abundant species isn’t

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    fish cheeks

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    Have you ever been in a situation were you cant except who you are and want to be the same as everybody else???? Amy Tan the writer of fish cheeks writes about herself. She is very creative but has a problem. she is Chinese but everybody else is American and she feels kind different. and lest out. and wishes she could be American. So without her knowing her mom and dad invite the family that her crush perhaps to be the son of the ministers family so she thinks he’s going to think were weird cause

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    Big Fish

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    in the film we have been studying‚ Big Fish It should be approximately 1 minute in length. Choose one of the following symbols or one of your own choosing to analyse. * White Picket Fence * Eyes * Key to Ashton * Town of Spectre * Bare Feet * Divided Roads * Daffodils * Wedding Ring * Lady in the River Your analysis should cover examples from the film and meaning the symbols conveys. (See teacher example of the ‘Big Fish’ for assistance.) Film director plot

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    The Fish Story

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    of negative energy. Even Mary Jane became upset after working there for few days and started looking for ways to improve the working culture at the Third floor. On one fine day she got out for lunch and saw a very vibrant fish market which was full of positive energy. One fish monger noticed her and came towards her to talk. His name was Lonnie. He immediately noticed some concern on her face and asked her to share it with him. She told him her office concerns. On listening to her Lonnie told them

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    then kills everyone Frankenstein loves. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley uses literary devices such as similes‚ rhetorical questions‚ and imagery to convey meaning to her readers. To begin‚ Shelley uses similes throughout the book to connect more with readers. One such example is “men appear to me as monsters thirsting for each others blood”(Shelley 63). In this small section of a larger quote‚ Elizabeth is talking to Victor about how Justine is in her mind wrongly accused. Shelly uses

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    Activity 1 Activity name: Fish Graphing Age group: This activity is designed for 5-year-olds Objective(s): This activity will help the children learn to develop the skills to sort‚ count and graph objects. Children will be able to sort different goldfish crackers into groups by their color‚ count how many of each color that they have and be able to display this information using a pre-printed bar graph. Developmental domain addressed: Activity focuses on the cognitive domain but also touches

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    Big Fish

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    Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish tells the story of a father and son trying to communicate and make up for lost time at the time of the father’s death. In the novel‚ the father’s death takes place in four different stories or "takes." In the midst of these accounts of his death‚ we are told through stories and tall tales just what the father‚ Edward Bloom‚ was really like. Throughout the story are one page chapters where the story shifts and the life of Edward Bloom is told by others and through this

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    Task One: Simile Simile (noun)- a comparison of objects using like or as “And upon a bank overlooking a bed in the big stream we found wild strawberries almost as bright as the red epaulets on the wings of the blackbirds.” (North‚ 37) It strengthens the writing by emphasizing how red the strawberries are so we can “picture”what the strawberries look like in our minds (mental picture/imagery). Task Two: Smile He [Sterling] was as competent as a dolphin. *I compared Sterling to a dolphin since dolphins

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    Fish Cheeks

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    Fish Cheeks Acceptance in a new environment is tough whether you are from distant lands or around the corner fitting in is always desired. This is something many kids can relate to at one point or another. Amy Tan’s essay “Fish Cheeks” exposes the reader to the vulnerability she felt as a young Chinese teenager growing up in America. Fish Cheeks is a short story about a young Chinese girl in America with a crush on Robert‚ The son of the pastor of her church. Tan’s background inhibits the acceptance

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    Big Fish

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    often‚ these lines can become blurred. As was the case in the movie “Big Fish”‚ despite the initial problems in the relationship between father and son caused by exaggerated stories told by the father‚ the stories inevitably brought them closer in the end. In the midst of a difficult times in Will Blooms life caused by his father’s embellished stories‚ Will learns that eventually. The running theme of the entire movie “Big Fish” was stories; the stories told by Edward at every occasion‚ the story told

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