Summer Ball also includes literary devices, theme, and connections throughout the story. An example of simile was when Coach Powers compared Danny to a Soccer player while he was running. This was significant because Coach disliked Danny in a way and thought he should play soccer. An example of a metaphor is when the text said “This time danny ran like he was in the last leg of those olympic relays.” The author used this to express how fast Danny was running.
An Analysis of Argument As the summer job declines, it poses many questions. Why do you need to be a member? How do I get started? And when will it be available? In Ben Sasse's article “What to Do with the Kids This Summer?
In Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, Janet Poppendieck points out in the very beginning of the book, that school food isn’t healthy at all and most aren’t helping break the chain of overcoming these issues. She starts off by explaining her visits to various schools and her hands-on experience into the world of school lunches. Poppendieck explains how nutrition-deficient meals came to dominate America's schools and discusses the problems in the national school lunch/breakfast programs. Even how those in charge of creating these menus overlook what is really being given to these children for lunch/breakfast just because they can label it as a fruit or a vegetable. She shows how many key figures are looking for reimbursement from the free, reduced, or full priced meals because they can claim some federal dollars, and make sure that kids at least taking three out of five items offered to them; this is what congress called “offer versus serve”.
She talks about how the children who don’t eat much at home usually eat Breakfast and lunch at school, to fill them up, but when school is out in the summer hunger becomes a big issue for the children because they don’t have any food to eat,“But that sort of summer has given way to something more difficult”. Some
Summary Response Paper #1 In “Poor Shaming-But This Time in the School Cafeteria”, author Shayna Cook introduces the idea of inequality in the lunchroom. The term Lunch Shaming is defined as “...a general term referring to when a student is singled out and embarrassed or ashamed due to them or their parents not being able to pay for school lunches, or if they have any unpaid lunch debt.” This idea is becoming very familiar to students in New Mexico schools, although it is not limited to just them. The article can show the raw realities of what everyday children are facing trying to obtain a school lunch and the movement to fix it.
Summer Time is Starving Time Anna Quindlen’s essay “School’s Out for Summer” touches on a very important topic in America through current and rough times. Her soul purpose for writing the essay is to get the word out about how children are starving from schools letting out for the summer. Many excellent pieces of evidence are used to bring her point across to the reader.
Benchmark B In the article, “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe it is said that elementary kids should require adult supervision and should not be left alone. I say elementary kids should not be left unsupervised because they aren’t old enough to take care of themselves and they still don’t know how hazardous the things around them could be. For example, I’m already 16 and when i'm home alone I still do things that are careless now imagine a young kid home alone it would be a disaster. Also how Deborah Harrell left her 9 year old daughter at a public park unsupervised.
In a discussion of the school year, one key issue is the length of it. Some may argue that it can be too long, or irrevelant. In the words of one of this view’s main supporters Amanda Ripley, a journalist a a fellow college student says, “It’s not about time, it’s about relevance.” In the words of one of this view’s main supporters she means what she means literally, school is about relevance not time. My own view is that school is the exact opposite, it should be about time, not relevance.
Over the summer I read the book “That Summer” by Sarah Dessen. Haven is a 15 year old girl with a lot of family problems. Her mom and dad are split up and her mom is going through a lot . Her dad that is not there have the time is getting re married to a new woman. In addition to that her sister is getting married to a guy she can’t stand.
[1] I found myself staring in the mirror, over-analyzing each minute detail of my outfit and every miniscule aspect of my body for flaws. [2] Imagining the stares of my classmates piercing me, the ominous ticking of the clock, and a laugh from the back of the room, I stumbled over my own mess of an appearance. [3] While adjusting my shirt, I rehearsed my speech, gazing over the empty bathroom and mimicking eye contact with my audience. [4] With repetition, I grew fluent, and with fluency I grew confident, even though my stomach churned anxiously and my parched mouth yearned for water. [5] I feared the ruining of my reputation; for I had an excellent one that I had built up from scratch, yet with just one mistake it could witness its destruction.
Someone once said, “The most important thing you wear is your personality”, but what determines your personality? Is it already cut and dried from the moment you are born, or does it shape itself throughout your life? In Two Summers by Aimee Friedman, Summer has the opportunity to go to France or stay home for the summer, and her personality could suffer some major changes depending on where she goes. Summer Everett is a timid, indecisive, superstitious girl who learns who she truly is throughout one summer that forever changed her.
In the United States there are many children and adults that go hungry, due to financial problems. With the economy and how high cost of living is, it’s hard to provide, food for the family. The results of hunger on children in America are not having the right nutrition, can have serious implication for a child’s physical and mental health. Also food insecurity is harmful to all people, but it is particularly devastating to children.
On the other hand, some argue that summer vacation is detrimental to students' academic progress and creates a disadvantage for students from low-income backgrounds. For example, Matthew Yglesias argues that summer vacation results in "massive avoidable inequities in life outcomes and seriously undereducates the population" (159). However, while it is true that summer vacation can be a challenge for families who cannot afford educational programs over the summer, it is also important to take into account the many benefits that a traditional summer break provides. Students need time to recharge and rejuvenate, and summer jobs and other career-related activities can provide valuable learning experiences and help students develop important life skills. Rather than eliminating summer vacation because of this, schools and communities should work to address these “inequities” that arise from a lack of free educational programs during the summer months.
A little boy, no older than 12, rests his head on his mother’s lap. Tears creep down her sunken cheeks as she hears the hunger biting at her child’s belly. He fights to block out the pain as his stomach grumbles, to ignore the hurt of his Mom’s muffled sobs, and to avoid the haunting question… “When will I see my next meal?” The little boy understands that his mother has tirelessly been slaving away at 2 different jobs and has skipped a countless numbers of meals, so he could have food on his plate; however, he is tired, hungry, and needs help. Not only that, but he is our neighbor.
The Kid Who Saved Summer Story by Ben Burie Summer was the best time of year in Jelter, the Capitol of Jupiter. Summer meant that kids could go on vacation to earth, or Mars. In Jupiter the last day of school was June 10th, and it was May 17th. Zim Bim lived on Earth Road. They tried to build it so it looked like Earth.
