before and after the reading. The reading consisted of an article title Sir Francis Drake a Hero or a Villain? Students had previously been learning about the Explorers who came to California in our social studies class‚ therefore students were able to fill out the KWL chart with some knowledge about Sir Francis Drake since we had covered him a little bit. I also asked students to think about what they would like to learn about Sir Francis Drake so students could become engaged with the reading by keeping
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it is in Sierra Leone and other countries with war and little law enforcement as we read about in the book a long way gone. In the book the main character Ishmael discovers that America is not at all like he heard through rap songs. When he moves to America and tells his story of being a soldier and killing people the people he talks to about it think that it is cool and Ishmael states in the book “violence in America is romanticized. I do agree with this statement that we do make war look easy and
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during this period; it had the most colonies in Africa and America. “The Book of Negroes” is a novel which talks about an African girl‚ Aminata‚ who is captured by the toubab when she is eleven years old and her experiences in different places among America‚ Canada and British. This book is a fictional novel‚ but there are also many facts that are similar
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Sir Robert Peel is known in the books as the founder of the first form of an English police department: the London Metropolitan Police. This was after his London Metropolitan Police Act passed in 1829‚ giving greater power to the English police force and establishing what he is known for today. Peels ideas were very well defined and offered a lot to policing even up to modern day. To understand the impact of this‚ we must take a look at Peel’s act‚ and know how it would change policing. Peel was
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In C.S Lewis book The Four Loves he has a chapter about Friendship. At First he talks about that Friendship is something that few seem to find. With it being unnatural is something that has to be worked for‚ but like the other loves can be developed overtime. He then goes on to talk about male relationships and how they can be perceived by outsiders as homosexual‚ even though that is not always true. With friendship Eros can be touch many people at the same time. He then turns his attention to why
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In the book “ On Zion’s Mount : Mormons‚ Indians‚ and the American Landscape” Jared Farmers argument is that early pioneers not only displaced and misunderstood the native peoples living the in West‚ but they also displaced and replaced their sacred‚ essential symbols with others and made a false history to support the sacredness of their newly chosen emblems. For example‚ they replaced Native Americans vital‚ life-giving‚ Utah Lake with the lifeless‚ unimportant and unworthy emblems that reminded
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When the Legend Dies The book “When the Legend Dies” is a tale about a young boy named Tom Black Bull was raised by his mother and as she raises him to live like the people in the old days lived such as living in the forest and hunting for food and shelter. The book was written by Hal Borland. As you could probably notice is that there were many changes happening with Tom. So let’s move on and see what changes there were. One change with Tom was when Bessie died. Bessie was his mom and he was taught
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Aileen Viscarra Period 3 May 10‚2018 Book Report The book I chose to read and take my annotations is called “The Girl I Used To Be” written by April Henry. This book is about a girl name Ariel‚ who loses her parents. Fourteen years ago‚ as Ariel’s parents were all going to the forest to cut a christma tree for the holiday‚ but they never came back home. When later that day 3 year old Ariel was found at a Walmart nearby. It takes the authorities time to find out that she is the daughter on the
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some of a knight’s main ethics and a knight must be a gentleman with a valued inner worth. In “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”‚ Sir Gawain’s inner worth is tested by The Green Knight by playing Knightly games. Each game represents certain virtues in life and gives ambiguous interpretations of how one should morally act in order to remain close with his ethics. Camelot is the Castle in which the book begins. It is Christmas time and everyone in the castle is feasting when the Green Knight is ushered
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Sir Gawain Sir Gawain took the Green Knight’s challenge as this part of the chivalry code of honor of all knights. He asked to take the challenge himself as King Arthur was being mocked by the Green Knight. Gawain does his moral duty by standing up for his uncle King Arthur and showing him his loyalty by saying that his life would be less missed. Gawain took the challenge to uphold his ideals of how a real knight should act. At that moment‚ Gawain didn’t realize that by accepting the Green Knight’s
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