____________________ Grandparent 50_____________________60______________________70_______________________80_______________________90____________________ After constructing my three time lines, I noticed some similarities and some differences between my lifeline and my family members. I think that some of the differences are due to the era that we were each brought up in and what is considered to be the norm for that time frame. Most of the life events that we all three
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Through reflecting on my literacy history, I recall reading and listening to unconventional fairy tale texts that contained frenetic pictures such as Jon Scieszka’s The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other fairly Stupid Tales. I loved reading such texts because they would always make me laugh. Like many other children, I also gained a love for Dr. Seuss books such as The Cat in the Hat. I was quite fascinated by the variety of adjectives used in the text as well as how the vivid and dynamic illustrations
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Although José Rizal, now eleven years old, had passed a good entrance examination in Manila in June, 1872, he nearly failed to matriculate in theAteneo in July, because his mother's arrest had made him a month late, and because he looked so little, so slender, so young. He would not have been admitted at all but for the intercession of Dr. Manuel Burgos, a nephew of the recently executed Dr. José Burgos. When finally the boy was accepted, he went to mass and prayed fervently. (01) He had something
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the life of my mother. She was diagnosed late back at 1999 that she had dengue. Before dengue don’t have much cure and medication. Days pass by and my mother became weak but my father and our family didn’t give up. She was sent to manila to have the medication there. I and my sister were left here in Bicol. Then when they came back my mother is full of tears in her eyes. She hugged us and whispered “I’m home honey” and we as 7 year-old child. I just hug her back and tears fell to my eyes. That was
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American young woman by the name of Ana. Ana struggled to accept the traditions of her family that were heavily enforced by her mother Carmen. Ana has just graduated high school, quit her job, and dreams about attending college. After finding out that Ana has quit her job she forces Ana to come work in her sister Estela’s dress factory.
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have lived in the same house my whole life. I grew up with a older sister who is two years older than me, and a younger brother who is three years younger than me. I also had grown up with both a mother and father. As you can see I was the middle child. When I was born my house was already filled with pink blankets, barbie dolls, and polly pockets but soon enough we had a house full of pink and blue, trucks and dolls. My mother was very open to the idea of me and my sister both playing with opposite
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In My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult tells the story of a family who is faced with a tragedy and in turn creates an ethical dilemma without even realizing it. Brian and Sarah Fitzgerald don’t think they will have any more children after Jesse and Kate, but when Kate is diagnosed with leukemia ideas of having another child spark in the minds of the Fitzgeralds. Although one might think the Fitzgeralds would have another child to replace the one they may lose, their plan is to use the child to keep
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playing pat-a-cake as we kept an eye out for our little sisters to return. It was on this swing that she found out we were moving away and my parents had not provided us with an explanation. My parents had not told us that we were moving because of the busing in our schools. It was the 1970’s and it was a time for desegregation, the government’s way to balance the races in schools and change the attitudes that people had against other races. My parents had decided to move our family out of the San
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home for diverse culture. My native language is English which I use in my everyday life. I’ve had some classes in Spanish and I know a few words but I’m not fluent in it. My parents are from the United States as well as the same city. My grandparents on my maternal side are from the United States as well, I’m not sure about my fraternal side because I don’t know much about their upcoming because my dad died when I was only 6 months old so I grew up fatherless. I have 3 sisters and In the United States
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He has three younger sisters, none of whom are yet married. The family owns a restaurant called Big Tony’s and all four children have worked in the restaurant since they were young. They have a large extended family with many relatives, most of whom live in New York City. They also have many friends in the neighborhood. Peggy Sue is from Cornfield, Nebraska. She is the youngest of four sisters. She and her sisters worked on the family farm when they were young. Her father passed away several
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