Websites for Young Adult Literature ALAN (The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) http://alan-ya.org/index.php?option=com_magazine&Itemid=9999 A variety of resources related to young adult literature Vandergrift’s Young Adult Literature Page www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/index.html Bibliography of readings on young adult literature, booklists, literary biographies, feminist materials The Literary Link http://theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html In depth study questions for
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sin. The short stories “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Young Goodman Brown,” written by Hawthorne, reflect these themes through elements of fiction, such as plot, setting, symbolism, and point of view. “The Minister’s Black Veil” is about a town’s minister who walks into Sunday Congregation with a heinous black veil covering his face. The veil shields him from the sins of the rest of the world, and the rest of the world from his sin. “Young Goodman Brown” is about a newly married man who leaves Faith
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to read at the time which he describes everything in such detail and passion. David was captured in March of 1945 and was sent to the concentration camp called Vugut. It was crazy to me the things a twenty one year old was experiencing at a very young age. David had to make choice whether to stay with his family or not and then to make the hardest decision in my opinion as to who he was selecting to go to the prisoner camp on a daily basis. Eventually David finds out of the horror and murders that
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The Diary of Anne Frank Would you family have the strength to sacrifice everything to stay together? The Frank family did. On July 5,1942 Margot Frank, a shy, sixteen year old was ordered to report to a work camp in Germany. To keep his family united Otto Frank decided to go into hiding in a secret annex located in Amsterdam, Holland with his wife Edith and his two daughters Margot and Anne. The Franks were later joined by the Van Daan Family, which included Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and their son
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Mosiah 2:17 King Benjamin stated in when we serve others we are in the service of God. Christ, speaking to his Disciples in -Mat 16:24-26 taught… Deny your selfish interests and serve others **President Thomas S. Monson taught Brigham Young University students that their student days should include “the matter of spiritual preparation,” including service to others. “An attitude of love characterized the mission of the Master,” “He gave sight to the blind, legs to the lame, and life to
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BOOK REPORT Title : The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank * Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945) was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary has been the basis for several plays and films. Born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 when Nazi Germany passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws
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in mind. There is one book that comes to mind that provides an in-depth education to what life is like from the eyes of a child, being told that she’s too young to understand some events and discussions, in spite of living through them on a daily basis. That book is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a partial biography of Anne Frank who had received the gift of a diary for her 13th birthday in 1942 (Frank, 1967). The pages in the diary are written
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Lottery” and Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” reveals that different literary elements, such as tone and setting, are used to convey the characters’ arrival at dark, sinister places. II. INTRODUCTION III. SHIRLEY JACKSON’S “THE LOTTERY” A. Setting the tone: Peaceful and relaxing B. Irony: Even though the mood is relaxing, there is a premonition of something bad to come C. Ending: The ending is implied IV. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” D. Setting
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Organisational requirements and planning tools Identify organisational requirements and protocols for diaries and staff planning tools A schedule is a tool for managing time effectively. There are several different types of schedules that can be as simple as a “To do List” or as complex as a plan for a construction project. It involves a reference to a sequence of steps or events and the allotted time for each one. In your role organising schedules you will have to work according to the organisation’s
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The pitchers who receive the win and the loss are known, collectively, as the pitchers of record. A pitcher who starts a game but leaves without earning either a win or a loss (that is, before either team gains or surrenders the ultimate lead) is said to have received a no decision, regardless of his individual performance. A pitcher's total wins and losses are commonly noted together; for instance, a pitching record of 12–10 indicates 12 wins and 10 losses. In the early years of Major League
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