Hook-- Choose one of the options. 1)Rhetorical question: Have you ever wondered how much impact one person can have on the world? 2) Quote: (Stephen Bennett-Henry once said, "Your tribe is filled with the ones who see you hit bottom and stay to hold your hand until you climb back to the top of yourself again," and that is exactly what Salva, a young boy from Sundan, faced in A Long Walk to Water.) 3) Powerful facts – a lot of facts. Culture and our global perspective can be seen overlapping in life and literature as we see how lives impact others in A Long Walk to Water. 4) The story of the story. (After his teacher told him to run for the bush, eleven year old Salva escaped the outbreak of war in his village.) Expand on information--Why …show more content…
Example 1: In reading A Long Walk to Water, I have been able to see the impact of acts both big and small on the world around us. Example 2: It is possible to see similarities and differences in our own lives and in literature. Body paragraphs:.. Begin with a transition: First, Next, Then, Finally, etc. Connect those to a topic sentence for that paragraph. Example 1: In A Long Walk to Water, the effects of human interaction and the resulting impact on the world are shown through ____ and ______. Example 2: First, the similarities between Salva's story and mine may seem worlds away, but there was more in common that one might expect. Use quotes and cite sources. Example: First, the impact of small events added up to be a huge change for many. When Salva was fleeing from the refugee camp in Ethiopia, a young child clung to his neck because they were unable to swim. This may seem very minor, but unfortunately for the child, it was their last living act because a bullet struck them in the neck. Their life was lost, but Salva remained. After each quote, make sure to explain what it means and how it connects to your topic
A Long Walk to Water by _____ follows the stories of two children in Sudan. Salva’s is set in 198__; Nya’s in 2008. The focus is on Salva who is 11 at the beginning of the story and follows his life as a refugee, fleeing from the war, and what his life is like once he moves to America. Nya’s (shorter) story focuses on her daily treks for water and the well being dug in her village. Her story also concerns her younger sister ______, who contracts a parasite from the dirty water and, as part of her
cannot get over is that while leopard geckos shed, they eat the dead skin that comes off of them in order to gain energy back from the shedding. Another interesting trait that Andromeda does that is intriguing, is how he walks or climbs. He walks as if he is a cowboy, with long strides. He does not have adhesive pads on the bottom of his feet like most geckos. He has tiny claws that allow him to grip onto a piece of clothing, such as a sweatshirt. Luckily, that is where he is usually hanging out
Geared up, we stood on the edge of the pier, staring into the water. It had a dark murky color to it, uninviting and almost repulsive. It was 10 pm and the sun had already set. Only the lights of a nearby restaurant reflected off the water’s black surface. The walk to the pier was dangerous. We were not very mobile in our diving suits and the ground was an ice rink; one wrong step and a serious injury was likely. Waddling slowly over rocks covered in juniper algae, the city lights were dimming. Most
A fog seems to cover the mounds of trees when I try to look around. It blocks most of my view so all I do is stare at the outlines of other mountains in the distance through the strange, dark blue haze. Usually, that is no help. Since I cannot see much only blue mountain tops that lie ahead of me. But, I don’t let that fool me, I can still walk around or travel to other places without trouble. The mountains seem to make me want to look like a fool rather than be an adventurer. As
The “War” of Religion and Science Due to Their Similarities and Differences Samantha Pavlakos Ms. Smith Period 6 English Term Paper March 13, 2000 Outline Thesis: In the book Phantoms, Dean Koontz relates the “war” between religion and science through the defeat of a supernatural being. I. Religion A. Similarities to science from the theological view B. Differences to science from the theological view 1. Why they are different from the theological view 2. How to overcome there
The Assassin - Short Story Orange headlights flashed past his face, fading like forgotten dreams. The night held stillness in its arms, which was thick enough to walk on. A slow creeping chill stalked through the air, threatening the onset of icy rain. When he looked up, the dark mysterious clouds told him that they promised to cry more tears tonight. A few more cars flew by. Driving, in the dark country tracks, became dangerous when the rain to falls. He knew some cars would skid on
without being too tired during the match and Muscular endurance is needed so the muscles can last a whole match with getting too tight. To improve my weaknesses in Football, I will use circuit training doing the following activities: · Bench walk · Bench jump · Triceps dip · Press-ups · Step-ups · Shuttle run I will be using the principle of Progression to make sure my weaknesses improve as much as possible and as quickly as possible. In conclusion after completing the
The work ‘Ghost Dances’ by Christopher Bruce was viewed on 26th August, 2011 to the Year 12 Dance class. The individual interpretation of the social/political or world issue/ comment the piece is attempting to make. Using direct examples from the performance, the use the choreographer has made of the movement and the non-movement components have been identified. Also the effectiveness of this piece has been evaluated. After Christopher Bruce received a letter from a widow of a Chilean folk singer
noticed some human impacts such as paths, long drops or other sustainable practices that humans have made to make the environment more sustainable in the long run. Although these practices were effective many small improvements could be made such as teaching people who use the park correct usage such as not feeding the animals. Other improvements that could be made could be things such as putting lights in the toilets so people can see or making paths easier to walk on. Group/Individual Reflection
With Dawn and her fingertips of rose, tired Odysseus awoke from his restful slumber. The slow rocking of the boat was comforting to wake up to. Odysseus looked around and saw nothing but water. The vast ocean made it feel as if Poseidon was trying to keep him from reaching home as much as possible. He longed to be back in Ithaka's wonderful arms; the sound of the sea crashing up against the shore and the yelling in the markets of people showing their goods. Odysseus stopped daydreaming and realized
have different illnesses. You have to be strong and learn how to handle different situation. you can't break down and cry with every patient that is hurt or sick. Nurses have to stand for a long period of time. They have to pick up heavy objects, and heavy hurt patients. Repeatedly they have to bend, stretch, walk,
that these pyramids were constructed thousands of years ago with such limited technology, though, makes them one of the most extraordinary architectural accomplishments in the history of the world. This is an opinion that is shared by people from all walks of life, as illustrated in an article titled “The Wonders of the Pyramids,” by Geraldine Woods. “In a travel guide for ancient tourists,” Woods writes, “the Greek writer Philon called the Great Pyramid at Giza one of the wonders of the world. Scientists
You have probably spent your day sitting in a classroom, learning important facts so that you can go to college or get a good job after you graduate from high school. But if you had been born one hundred years ago, you might have ended up working long and hard for meager wages in a factory. Similarly, if you had been born fifty or seventy-five years ago, you might have wound up working in the fields of California instead of getting a good education. Life was unfair for a lot of workers in the early-to-mid-twentieth
ahar679 Essay Question 1 Edvard Munch 1864-1944 Edvard Munch was born and raised in Norway. His general moods that he painted were: love, loneliness, isolation, anxiety, fear and misery. Sickness and death were the main themes repeated in his works along with showing isolation of the individuals in their grief and loss. He lost his mother when he was five and then his sister and his brother, all to tuberculosis. Munch when he was an adult, had acute anxiety and depression and even had to be looked
The Last Five Minutes Drip. Drip. Drip. Filthy water keeps falling onto my face, running in rivulets past my lips filling my mouth with the flavor of roofing tar, and the bitter tang of rust from a leaking gutter fill my mouth. It's vile but there's no energy left in my body to expunge the foul fluid. I couldn't even muster up the strength to glare at the man dressed in rags when he raided my pockets for anything of value thinking I was just another corpse of a junkie too far gone to have remembered