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    this poem describes the day of a boy who cuts wood for a living, with a dangerously powerful saw. After the day is nearing an end, his sister calls him for ‘Supper!’ and due to the excitement of leaving his work, the saw cuts the boy’s hand off, which results in his death due to blood loss. This poem depicts a more humorous and less serious perspective on death in lines such as “The boy’s first cry was a rueful laugh!” which shows the initial reaction of the boy once he saw his hand. This

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    Why do you think that Joule’s father built him a science lab when he was young? Joule’s father built him a lab because he felt sorry that his son injured his spine, and since Joule couldn’t play outside, he already had to spend a lot of time inside studying and reading. His father was also very wealthy, so he could afford a lab. What evidence is there that Joule had an exceptional education? Joule had an exceptional education because his father hired a famous scientist named John Dalton to teach

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    “Ha!” “Hiyaa!” Two young voices echoed through the courtyard. Under a nearby willow tree, an old man stood seemingly relaxed. The old man stroked his reddish-brown beard as he monitored the two kids as they fought. The first child was a girl with scarlet red hair tied into a bun. Her freckles and short nose made her appearance extraordinarily impulsive, and that trait was reflected in the way she was attacking her opponent. She held nothing back and kept moving forward. Her opponent

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    an action movie, and have the toys having amazing battles or races. While for the toys for females the commercials are calmer and always have a group a girls doing more feminine things (taking care of a baby etc.). Also, in movies they always have boys playing with trucks or action figures. While the females

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    What’s in the Jar? 4 years ago, Lauren singer started a zero waste life. She has fit only 16 pints of trash in one single mason jar. Most trash in the jar is small and can't be avoided. The only things that go into it are items that can’t be recycled according to the New York Recycling System. One of the things that were in her jar was ribbons from gifts. When she was changing into a zero waste, her mom and dad bought her gifts and she could not throw away or recycle so she had to keep them

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    is a boy and what is a girl. Growing up as a child your learning many things and you also learn how both genders have different private parts. During this time, you also grow the mind set of “girls do this” and “boys do that”. I’m guessing that I was 2 years old when I realized that I was a girl. I think being able to determine the difference between the color clothes girls wore and the color clothes boys wore justified a lot of it. Not only that but also the ribbons on my hair, hats on boys, different

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    Text-Dependent Questions Directions: Answer the following questions using the text and your annotations. 1. Summarize the central ideas of the article in no more than two sentences. [RI.2] Women tend to have more aggression or competition than men, and evolutionary explanation and others provide support for this statement. Science and researchers help figure out the reasoning to this situation. 2. The author makes the claim that although male aggression is more talked about, females engage in

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    The New Boy Belonging

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    school. His lack ofcommunication inhibits his ability to belong early onthe in the film, and is not broken until he findscommon ground with his classmates and imitates histeacher “Now”. 3. Positioning of the title “New Boy” on the left hand side of the frameindicates that the new boy will be powerless. 4. Notice that, from Joseph’s point of view, his new classmates are blurry andconfusing. This is an example of shallow focus, as well as a point of viewshot, and indicates that Joseph does not

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    The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a tale that has gained countless retellings and variations throughout the ages. A story of how someone’s consistent lies eventually lead to their downfall. This classic trope is skillfully executed and twisted in the poem, There’s a Man in the Woods, by Jacob Streilein. With a worryingly realistic story, a tone that continuously increases in intensity, and implications that will leave a pit in one’s stomach, this poem takes a harsh look at the blind trust put into children

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    Organization The Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee (BGCMT) is part of the national organization Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). The nonprofit organization’s primary goal is to assist youth in reaching maximum levels of academic, social, and physical achievement. The national organization was founded in1860 in Hartford, Connecticut by three woman who decided to provide a safe place for boys to learn good behaviors and to develop productive plans. By 1906, the Federated Boys Clubs included

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