To begin with, I’m going to tell you about a story that we are reading in Mrs. Gibson’s class. The name of this book called “Bad Boy” by Walter Dean Myers. I’m only going to tell you about chapter 5&6. First off, in the beginning of the chapter Walter and his friends shocked the pastor. “how did they do that?”
Journal #4 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. This book is about a girl named Scout that lives with her brother Jem, her friend Dill, her father Atticus, and her housekeeper Calpurnia. She has many adventures with the boys and learned many great lessons from Atticus. In particular there is the case of Tom Robinson in which Atticus defends him. The kids observe the trial
Semester 1 final Question #51 ELA I am writing about the Palace Thief. In The Palace Thief the story is mostly focused on a teacher whom goes by the name of Mr.Hundert that observes one of his unintelligent students as he progresses. This story takes place at a all boys school named St.Benedicts. Mr.Hundert is the narrator of the story and has been a teacher for a very long time. In the story Mr. Hundert learns that people will do anything to get what they want .
In this book the author talks about five women teachers who were either African American, Asian American, or Mexican American. One of the woman is Nancy , She is a Mexican Women attended Quincy Elementary School in Chicago where she was in her first year of teaching she thought student and she provides
William Mason Grosvenor took issue with the illegal secession of the Confederate States and why they were able to possess all their constitutional rights as member states of the United States. He believed that the Northern states had the right to dictate social changes in the Southern states, on the foundation that the South was practicing laws that disregarded the Nation’s Constitutional laws. Grosvenor argues that because the North won the Civil War, that they have the right to enforce Northern laws upon the Southern states. Others like Herman Melville, argue that the North should provide a humane and range-free reconstruction policy on the Southern states. (Dudley 9).
Journal #4 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. This book is about a girl named Scout that lives with her brother Jem, her friend Dill, her father Atticus, and her housekeeper Calpurnia. She has many adventures with the boys and learned many great lessons from Atticus. In particular, there is the case of Tom Robinson in which Atticus defends him. The kids observe the trial in the balcony with the colored people.
Her unprofessionalism is what intrigues the students to learn from her academically, as well as her true self. 2. Miss Ferenczi is different from other teachers by that she does not have lesson plans as the others do. She incorporates stories and her general knowledge to the topic she is teaching each day. Also, her interests in life vary from the other teachers.
What would you do if you were forced to work 11chours a day jus as a kid? That’s what Lyddie had to do in the novel Lyddie by Kathrine Paterson. In this novel, Lyddie decides to go to the Concord Corporation and work as a mill girl to pay off the debts on her farm and reunite her family. She then meets her roommates: Betsy, Amelia, and Prudence. However, Lyddie then finds out that terrible working conditions, long hours, and even harassment are key reasons why she shouldn’t work there.
As a fourth grader, Tommy’s morals and ethics are not fully developed, but readers can see that he values excitement and variety, which Miss Ferenczi provides. He defends her stories as fact in hopes that they are true and that the world is as fantastic as she makes it seem. He makes statements such as, “I had liked her. She was strange” (Baxter 138). The other fourth graders also enjoy Miss Ferenczi’s stories, which is seen through the way they pay very close attention to her.
This setting was picked by King because it was a densely populated area with an unpredictable climate. Raymond Davis Garraty is the main character in this book. Garraty is 16 years old, has straw colored hair, is tall, and is “fit as a fiddle.” He is naive, but he has a strong will to live. One of his good traits is this will; he shows this when he keeps walking until he wins The Long Walk.
It was difficult getting to where I am currently with trying to understand who I was? And who I am? Why I was going through what I was going through? How to understand and interpret what felt almost alien. It wasn’t until after getting into the University of South Carolina as a Biology major that I knew that that wasn’t what I was meant to be doing.
In contrast to Sylvia and her friends there is her teacher Miss Moore,
After homeroom ends, Teresa was stalling by talking to the teacher so that she could have a chance to meet up with Victor, Soto writes, “Only Teresa lingered, talking to the homeroom teacher. ‘So you think I should talk to Mrs. Gains?’ she asked the teacher. ‘She would know about ballet?’ ‘She would be a good bet,’ the teacher said.
Unfortunately, for Sally Vasquez, this was not the kind of environment in which she worked. Instead of serving as a trusted mediator and assisting Sally with her concerns, Mrs. Pelfrey further exacerbated them. She clearly took sides with the other teachers, leaving Sally to fear for her
Molding Expectations At one point or another, everyone has felt insecure about the way they look or apprehensive about how people see them. Throughout every stage of life we’re expected to act a certain way, to dress appropriately, and to respond properly in social environments. What happens when someone doesn’t fit the norm? In the article “Masks” Lucy Grealy shares an emotional story of depression, isolation, self-worth, and loneliness because of how she looks.
