A Long Walk to Water Packet Chapter One: 1.The main character in the first storyline is Nya. 2. Nya is eleven years old. 3.The main character in the second storyline is Salva. 4. Salva is at school when the story begins. 5. Salva is tibe is called Dinka. 6. Salva is eleven years old. 7. Salva realizes he lucky because he has a lot of of cows‚ which means his family is well off. 8. Salva family is considered rich for having a lot of cows. He has two sisters who keep care of the house with his mom
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extraterrestrial life. Some believe researching something we have no proof of is a waste of time. Modern day telescopes have detected Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby stars. An ancient Martian rock shows signs of life‚ and scientists wonder if Jupiter’s moon Europa contains life in its oceans. The idea that there is even a tiny hint of life that we share the universe with‚ not just living beings‚ but capable‚ intelligent life much
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Graduation of Jake Moon In my book Graduation of Jake Moon‚ Jake is the main character in the book. Jake Moon is an only child Jake Moon was named by his grandfather because his mother was stressed out for the first 2 weeks of him being born. When they moved in with his grandfather he named him Jake not Jacob just Jake. Jake Moon changes by being annoyed‚ frustrated‚ and embarrassed to being understanding by his grandfather. Jake changes from being annoyed and frustrated and embarrassed towards
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Thesis/Central Idea: I believe taking a walk is the perfect stress reliever. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: According to the American Institute of Stress‚ 75% of all doctors visits are from stress related disorders. B. Thesis: I believe taking a walk is the perfect stress reliever. C. Overview: Walking is a versitile activity because you can walk anywhere‚ with anyone and at any activity level. II. BODY A. You can be almost anywhere and take a walk. 1. You can walk outside. 2. If the weather does
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Moon Landing Exercise What went well and what are areas of improvement? The team performance on Moon landing exercise was much better than the individual performance which was the first thing that went well as a group. The learning from this task was‚ “for complex task there is potential for better results with team”. Also the team should be a bag of mix individuals from different fields‚ skill sets and knowledge domain and not from similar background for complex task. As a team we had a fairly
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Moon Landing Each of these four texts uses essential rhetorical techniques in order to effectively get across each purpose‚ these purposes being quite different in each text. The Times article is very analytical‚ while the speech by Safire focuses most heavily on the emotional side of the moon landing in the hypothetical context of the text. Rand’s article paints the launch in an extremely positive and figurative light‚ while the Hemlock cartoon criticizes the attention that the mission receives
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R.L. Stine: The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight (Goosebumps #20) We both laughed. You never know what Stanley is going to say! "I think I stepped in something gross‚" Mark complained‚ catching up to us. 1 I always know what Mark is going to say. My brother only knows three words — cool‚ weird‚ and gross. Really. That’s his whole vocabulary. As a joke‚ I gave him a dictionary for his last birthday. "You’re weird‚" Mark said when I handed it to him. "What a gross gift." He scraped his white high-tops
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Keeping the Moon was a book I did not like to read. The book’s many problems consist of being uninteresting‚ unrelatable‚ and worst of all it’s predictable. Some might argue that the overall message is wise‚ but it truly is a terrible book that’s very unenjoyable to read. Keeping the Moon has very uninteresting characters and storyline. First off‚ the characters have very few defining traits. The main character‚ Colie is a typical main character and the supporting characters aren’t really memorable
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The walk It was a cold raining Saturday in October. Driving by all you can see is pink. Pink everything; Pink hair‚ pink shoes‚ pink socks‚ pink on people’s faces‚ pink on dogs. Everywhere you look you saw pink. You have to get there early if you want a good parking space. We got there about 8:30 the event didn’t start until 9. When you first get there you don’t know what to expect. At first there was not a lot of people there‚ I don’t know if it was because we were early or if it was because
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A Long Walk to Water is a creative non-fiction story about the life of one of the Lost Boys from South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War; whose name is Salva. His journey wasn’t the easiest in fact he was at risk for dying at any given second. There were multiple factors contributing to his survival‚ his uncle‚ determination‚ and physical resources. Salva’s uncle was one of the main factors. He gave Salva the will to go on so he doesn’t lose sight of what’s important. Traveling across the
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