Summary Tears of a Tiger is the first book in Sharon Draper’s Hazelwood High trilogy. The novel begins with a brief newspaper article about a fiery automobile accident in which one Hazelwood High student‚ Robert Washington‚ was killed. The article also notes that Andrew (Andy) Jackson was injured in the wreck and that he had been drinking and driving. The next chapter consists of a flashback locker-room conversation between Andy Jackson and Robbie Washington from the night of the accident. The boys
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Will Carnes Into to Education My thesis statement was developed after reading Herbert Kohl’s book‚ Stupidity and Tears. Mr. Kohl wrote this book after years in the education field. He reflects on his experience as a young teacher in the inner city systems of New York‚ his sabbatical year in Italy stretching himself to write about his experiences‚ many of them about students that he had taught. He then describes his current efforts to create a new kind of teaching program associated
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Trail of Tears DBQ The Cherokee Native Americans had to move to the west of the Mississippi River from where ever they were. They had to move from their original homes because they were “in the way” of the growing states. Document H2 is a graphic of where the Native Americans started and trail they took to Oklahoma. All of the Native American tribes were originally in one of the growing states. It was a problem for them to be in the states because they were not under the United States leadership
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Handwriting Without Tears Putting pen to a paper processes the brain like nothing else. In this age of tweets‚ e-mail and texts‚ it’s proven that learning to write in cursive improves brain development in areas of language‚ thinking and working memory. Cursive handwriting triggers brain synapses and synchronicity within the left and right hemispheres. Something absent from printing and typing. It was said that students who wrote in cursive for the essay portion‚ on the SAT‚ scored slightly higher
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In both “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ and Tears of a Tiger‚ by Sharon Draper‚ both of the protagonists commit actions that would result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame. The protagonist in Tears of a Tiger is Andy‚ a Junior in High School. After one of his high school basketball games‚ he is driving under the influence of alcohol with his three friends and crashes his car‚ resulting in his best friend’s death. This story is about the recovery process Andy takes to overcome
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the meeting of leading members to be illegal. Federal agents were also sent in to coerce Cherokee leaders into further giving up parts of their land. Arguably the most widely known evidence of racial cleansing revolves around the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced march of multiple Native American tribes to new lands predetermined by the U.S. government.
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According to Close Reading Without Tears‚ many teachers are following the scaffolding suggested by the Common Core language arts standards (Boyles 1). Teachers are using less frontloading before reading. This allows students to dig deeper into the text without teacher prompts. Thus‚ allowing students to develop the necessary skills to become independent close readers. Frontloading or pre-reading‚ has been the topic of many educational discussions. Is it necessary? Many teachers prefer not to use pre-reading
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Is it possible that one decision can change a person’s life? In Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson chooses to drink and drive after a basketball game and regretfully kills his best friend Rob Washington. After the accident Andy must live with the guilt and face his family‚ friends‚ and teachers each day. The guilt becomes so heavy that Andy contemplates taking his own life. Three events that lead to Andy’s suicide are being turned away by his parents‚ breaking up with his girlfriend
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Tears of a Tiger 1. After the tragic accident‚ Andy isn’t treated well by the people not close to him at school. Some people don’t talk to him‚ others make rude comments. There are even some who won’t even look at him in the halls. Everyone has the right to express their own opinion; however‚ they should look at the situation more carefully before judging. It was Andy’s fault because he should not have been drinking and driving but‚ it was not intentional for Rob to die. 2. After the tragedy
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The book Tears Of A Tiger is a great book about a high school basketball player Andy‚ and his friends. Andy had a fantastic life. He had three best friends named Robert‚ Tyrone‚ and B.J. Also he had a girl friend named Keisha. Andy’s life then changed after one night out with his friends. After him and his closest friends won the basketball game at Hazelwood High‚ they went out for a drive. They had bought some beer as their reward for winning. Andy was driving and Robert was sitting in the passenger’s
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