the edge of the boat and looking rather pale. Frank and I stood by and watched helplessly. Jimmy was bigger than any of us and could be a bit of a bully at times. Frank‚ Jimmy and I had been all been friends since third grade and had spent many summers together at Jimmy’s beach house. It had been a warm‚ humid afternoon and we were all bored. Jimmy proposed we take his dad’s boat out to sea and go for a swim. Frank had sprained his ankle so it was unanimously decided that he stay on board and mind
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The Great Gatsby Summer Reading Assignment Chapter 1: 1) A) Nick Carraway is both a good and bad narrator for the story. We can personally witness the events in the story as if we are actually part of the novel‚ but at the same time‚ he cannot display an accurate interpretation of what happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To fill in the blanks of information that Nick does not know about‚ he turns to other characters in the story (Joran Baker and Gatsby). He is too deeply
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That Summer The book “That Summer” by Sarah Dessen is a book about the relationship between two sisters‚ who have their struggles but come together in the end more as friends than as a family member. Haven is just another teenage girl that doesn’t agree with what her body looks like and tries her hardest to either be noticed by the guy she likes or hide in the crowd from the girls she wants to avoid. Haven is six feet tall her freshman year and lives in the shadow of her twenty-one year old sister
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Walden Summer Assignment Background: 1. Henry David Thoreau was many things‚ but the most important were him being a philosopher‚ a naturalist‚ abolitionist‚ and a poet. He was born in Concord Massachusetts‚ into a modest family with his two older siblings Helen and John Jr. as well as his younger sister Sophia. He went to Harvard College in 1833 to 1837. He took courses in philosophy mathematics‚ and science. He wasn’t satisfied with the traditional professions for college graduates so he
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some way by your society‚ right? But then I think‚ maybe I wasn’t pushed‚ but just standing on the edge and I just needed a nudge. In the beginning‚ I didn’t mind reading as a child. I started reading and writing a little earlier than most kids. I loved learning new words and I began to use them even if they didn’t make any sense in my sentences. My earliest memory of reading was
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EL1121 – Interactive English Everything Comes To Him Who Waits If there would be someone impatient would ask for my words of wisdom‚ these are the words I would say: everything is possible if you believe‚ if you pray for it‚ if you work for it and if you really mean it‚ then why think negative and act too impatient? For all things are possible if just God really permits it. Faith without work is dead‚ the bible says. There’s simple Filipino story and everybody in this room might have heard
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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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Royalty and Romance: aren’t these at the heart of every union? It’s no wonder that the fairytale wedding also known as “Happily Ever After” or “Dreams Do Come True‚” to name just two – never goes out of fashion. You have thought about it since you were a little girl. When playing dress-up‚ you may have even dressed as a princess‚ a bride‚ a fairy tale heroine or maybe Cinderella. You pictured yourself and dreamed about being swept by your prince charming. Though now you are all grown up‚ your dream
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The Tatarin‚ or otherwise known as the Tadtarin‚ was a three day festival that celebrated a ritual of fertility. This was done only by women. Many men frowned upon the extravagant dances and plays surrounding the ritual. "Summer Solstice" is set during the three days of the St. John’s festival. Lupeng‚ a Filipino woman who feels closed to her womanhood‚ is married to Paeng‚ who is no doubt loyal to her. They have three small boys and live a somewhat wealthy life as they have a carriage driver named
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