Cuento Corto It was a cold December morning as Clara got ready for her long day at work. She slipped on her favorite red flats and let out a sigh. She had been thinking about how lonely she had been. She had lived in New York City for about three months after moving from Colorado for a new job. All she wanted for Christmas that year was love. She had no friends or family living near her. She needed a change from the boring atmosphere of her life in Colorado. Her favorite coffee shop‚ Serendipity
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presentation | Student is prepared and rehearsed with no pauses. Does not need to use notes. Connects with the class (eye contact‚ etc) | Student is prepared and somewhat rehearsed. Presentation has very short pauses. Student glances at notes from time to time | Student could have practiced more. Long pauses may interrupt flow of presentation. Student has to rely often on notes or backtrack to a missed point. | Had difficulty understanding presentation. Obviously not rehearsed. Too many long pauses
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World History 8 November‚ 2012 The Battle of 1588: The Spanish Armada The downfall of the armada began before the ships even set sailed and concluded when Over half the crew had been wrecked. The Reason for the Armadas failure is because of Poor Planning in Spain prior to the Spanish Armada setting sail‚ Medina Sidonia poorly leading his troops‚ and the changing weather and strong navy force from the british. Chances of the Spanish winning could have increased immensely if only they had been
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1968 Chevy Impala Joe Smith 2012 Auto Technology II Teacher Mr. John Forenz 2012 There are many that will say that the modern version of the Chevrolet Impala is better than the original version and all the different versions in-between. If given the choice‚ I would still chose the driving experience of 1968 model. There have been many changes that were involved with the
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wildlife. One animal in Spain is the Spanish ibex. The Spanish ibex is a type of wild goat. Names for it includes the Spanish ibex‚ Iberian ibex‚ and the Spanish wild goat. The ibexes live in mountain areas. The ibexes have short legs and strong and flexible hooves. There short legs and strong hooves give them the ability to adapt in the mountainous areas. It also gives them an advantage over some predators that can not adapt to the rocky terrain. The Spanish ibexes have a mating season. The mating
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the beginnings of a village or small town. And in similar ways the Ottoman and Spanish empires were built up‚ but there are many differences between the two. Both the Ottomans and the Spanish used their military forces to capture more land‚ and used their powerful governments to encourage a religion that would help to unify their people and empires‚ making religion the primary unifier. Both the Ottomans and the Spanish were powerful centers
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Factors Causing 2 Many different factors ultimately led to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Many of the factors could be considered luck and it can be mind boggling how the Spanish took on the largest empire of the day with only a handful of soldiers and weapons. The reasons the Spanish were able to control and systematically destroy the Aztecs was because of their alliances with neighboring cultures‚ their advanced weapons‚ their domesticated animals‚ disease‚ and the luckiest part of
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The Battle of the Spanish Armada The great naval battle between Spain and England in 1588- one of the most important battles in the history of the world- is known as the Battle of the Invincible Armada. But in a sense‚ this is a misnomer. An invincible armada is one that cannot be defeated‚ yet the mighty fleet of warships that Spain sent to invade England‚ was defeated so badly that Spain could never again rule the oceans. How was it possible that this armada‚ which had awed all of Europe with
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Influences of Spanish Architecture in Mexico Spanish expeditions conducted during the seventh and eighteenth century has brought a variety of architectural and artistic influences to the different indigenous regions of the New Americas. It is documented that "the Architecture of Mexico began with the Spanish conquest of the country." (Mullen‚ 18) The architecture of Mexico has exhibited much richness and wealth‚ has displayed the political and religious conditions of the time‚ and has showed off
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sense it is logical to group the ones with the most similarities together to help them connect. However‚ speaking Spanish was practically the only criteria needed to be put under the Hispanic label. In every language‚ there is variance among the speech patterns and there is no exception in the Spanish language; regional dialects help determine where people are from. Even the word Spanish‚ was derived from one country that is believed to be where the language originated: Spain. But native speakers will
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