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    All Summer In A Day

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    In the story All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury Humans have inhabited Venus and the sun only comes out every seven years for an hour. In the story the kids lock a fellow student in the closet because she believes the sun is going to appear that day. The teacher wasn’t in the room at the time‚ but she came back and asked if everyone was there. All of the students exclaimed yes. After that the sun came out for an hour. Which the sun comes out every seven years for an hour. All the kids go outside

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    Name: kaplana@newton.k12.ma.us mrkaplanenglish.weebly.com Date: SUMMER READING ESSAY: SOME SAMPLE ESSAYS Engaging with sources but addressing larger ideas Contents “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli: A theory of busyness‚ and its hero” by Adam Gopnik Links for other professional examples “Social Media Replaces Corporate Media” Sample Summer Reading Essay “The Influence of Television” Sample Summer Reading Essay Your homework assignment is to read these three samples and mark

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Childhood Obesity According to Burniat (2002‚ p.15)‚ obesity means an excessive amount of body fat; however‚ no general agreement as yet exists on the best definition of obesity in children. A number of factors contribute to a child becoming obese‚ and these include genetics‚ lifestyle habits‚ or a combination of both. Childhood obesity is an increasing problem all over the world that affects an estimated seventeen percent of all children in the United States‚ which is three times the rate it was

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    Childhood Obesity

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    Comp 11 November 13‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious health and societal issue. Rising at extreme rates‚ one may call it an epidemic. Childhood obesity increases incidences of mortality later in life‚ causes asthma and type II diabetes‚ which was only found in adults. With these ill effects‚ childhood obesity is an issue that should not be taken lightly. Over the last fifteen years‚ obesity in children has increased fifty percent. While the cause of this

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    Obliteration of Childhood

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    Patrick Rothfuss once said ‘When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.’ Did you really have a childhood? Or have you unknowingly been stripped of your childhood? What is childhood? The concept is one that has evolved and developed‚ originating prominently from the post-industrial world‚ where there had once been a separate‚ protected space and specific considered time that made room for a world that had been free from

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    Childhood Diabetes

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    Childhood Diabetes Today‚ diabetes is a huge problem in society. There are almost three million children and adults in the United States who have diabetes. Children suffer more now from diabetes than they have in the past. The reasons why children have diabetes are genetic‚ societal‚ and their personal body chemistry. According to Steven Dowshen and Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph‚ "diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose‚ the main type of sugar in the blood. Glucose comes from the

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    AP UNITED STATES HISTORY‚ 2013-14 EUGENIA LANGAN‚ TEACHER SUMMER ASSIGNMENT This summer assignment is due on the first day of class of the 2013-14 school year. It will count as a test grade. Failure to turn the assignment in on time may result in your being booted out of AP.Your answers must be typed.Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all subquestions within each question. 1. Read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann‚ then write the answers

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    Childhood Revisited

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    Childhood Revisited Memories are a funny thing. They are the mental and emotional ties that we have to the past. Without photographs or videos‚ memories are all we have to recall significant moments throughout our lives. Whether it is a momentous life achievement‚ or a simple snap shot of being happy or sad‚ memories live within our psyche. They are not tangible objects; they are not even exact or clear. They are fuzzy scenes in our minds that we hold on to because they evoke certain emotions or

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    Ira Katznelson’s When Affirmative Action Was White Chapter five: White Veterans Only explains the racial disparities under the Jim Crow laws of the G.I. Bill. The G.I. Bill was created by the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and it proved benefits to veterans of World War II. The bill included‚ funding for college education‚ housing‚ and unemployment insurance. The only downfall of the G.I. Bill was that it only included white males‚ it completely excluded African American veterans from reaping

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    Valley Forge Essay If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn’t just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit‚ and here are the reasons why. In Valley Forge at this time it was cold‚ freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around

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