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    Good Morning my name is Sam Wockner and today I will be analysing and expressing my thoughts on the show Summer Heights High. INTRODUCTION: Summer Heights High is a show based on a public school education using both the positives and negatives in all forms of comedy. The show is based around three individual and extremely unique characters: Jonah Takalua‚ an early developed Year 8 student with very little intelligence or consideration due to the way he has been raised. He uses the fact that he

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    “All summer in a day” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury. In it the theme of the book is about jealousy and acceptance. In a jist the story is set on Venus where the sun only comes out every seven years. This girl‚ Margot came from earth and has felt the sun and remembered it. The kids born on Venus are jealous of the kid Margot because they want to remember the sun too. So they lock her up in a closet so she can’t go outside when the sun comes out. In the book i read‚ “Ready player one” Ernest

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    The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness

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    Like a beautifully carved figurehead gracing the bow of a magnificent ship‚ Shelby Summers stood on deck of the "Illusion‚" staring out across the azure blue waters of the Chesapeake Bay. As the orange setting sun slid beneath the horizon‚ the evening found her completely consumed in thought‚ for she had a lot on her mind--mainly murder. Images flashed through her head at lightning speed‚ piecing together the details of time gone by and with it‚ her carefully orchestrated plan. Disciplined to near

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    Video Free-Write Freedom Summer In the documentary film Freedom Summer we get to hear the experience of many brave civil rights activists who were part of the fight to challenge racism in Mississippi during 1964. Civil rights groups launched Freedom Summer where thousands of volunteers from out of state traveled to Mississippi to help register voters and set up freedom schools. I see a connection between “Is Racism Over Yet?” by Laci Green and the movie in the concept of how racism is perceived

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    The distant memories of the summer haze drowned me until I could feel no more happiness or pain. What shards of memories I possessed I pieced together hoping I could console the depth of my despair. Suddenly a crimson fog grasped me hoping to never let go‚ the strength was within me to escape however... I didn’t dare. Streaks of light pierced through the ominous blanket of fog. Sounds lurked in the shadows that I was beheld upon making my heart hold for what felt like eternity. Tap... Tap! Footsteps

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    Summer ball by Mike Lupica‚ Mike Lupica is one of the authors that I half way enjoy reading his books as I don’t like too read that much. So summer ball involves Danny Walker as Richie Walker’s so the famous basketball guy in Middletown. The book involves Danny and a bunch of his basketball friends from middle town going out to one of the biggest basketball camps in Maine. At this basketball camp there are kids that are coming from all over the United States to show how good they are and to improve

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    Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard : The sword of Summer by Rick Riordan Performance Task: Book Review The novel isn’t like most of Uncle Rick’s (Rick Riordan) work. You see in this book‚ the main protagonist dies on the first chapters. I guess living characters are getting too mainstream for Uncle Rick. And this new series is also related to Uncle Rick’s books since the main character‚ Magnus Chase is the cousin of Annabeth Chase‚ daughter of the Greek goddess Athena. The main character and love

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    Summer of Fire Imagine a blazing fire sparking through a forest… is this fire beneficial or detrimental? In the summer of 1988‚ forest fires burned out of control in Yellowstone National Park. Although massive‚ uncontrollable forest fires can pose a threat to our environment‚ it is also evident that fire can be a catalyst for renewal. Fires that burn uncontrollably can damage and devastate the landscape and ecosystem. The article “Summer of Fire” states “...defend the park communities-the information

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    The theme of the novel‚ Seventeenth Summer‚ written by Maureen Daly‚ is to remain true to yourself and don’t change yourself just to “fit in” with the crowd. It may sound cliché‚ however it is essential to recognize that Angie grew up in a household where rules were set and enforced. Her family followed social conventions‚ therefore she too must do it with them. On the other hand‚ Jack’s parents were very lenient on him. He often goes out with his friends. He even smokes and drinks beer. Moreover

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