CASE DESCRIPTION Identifying Information: Akeelah Anderson is an eleven-year-old African-American female. Akeelah is single‚ lives in a suburban‚ predominantly African-American community in South Central Los Angeles‚ and attends Crenshaw Middle School. She is from single-parent family with young adolescents and a limited income. Akeelah is a very brilliant girl who is the winner of the major event in the US‚ the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akeelah comes from an impoverished background but overcomes
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Larkin’s use of alliteration when unfolding the content‚ that of Bleaney’s room‚ ‘flowered curtains‚ thin and frayed‚ Fall to within five inches of the sill’(l.3-4) creates an ironic bleak description of the things which presumably once surrounded Mr Bleaney; this contrasts the function of alliteration as its usually used in a playful manner. Using such a feature allows some light-heart‚ creating a rhythmic flow to the poem‚ despite the dismal atmosphere being presented. Larkin uses alliteration
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Essay on the Movie “Akeelah and the Bee “ In this essay‚ I’m going to discuss a few topics regarding the film Akeelah and the Bee. I’m going to explain why she is considered a hero in her community and what challenges she needed to overcome. I will also be talking about the character Javier and what characteristics he has that will make him a great leader in the future. Also‚ I’m going to explain the differences between the two schools Crenshaw and Woodland Hills. Finally‚ I will share my thoughts
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Reality in Fiction: Little Bee “To be well in your mind you have first to be free” (Cleave 147). This quote taken from Little Bee not only grasps an evident theme in the novel but it also briefly identifies how the main character Little Bee struggles for freedom from society‚ her past‚ and ultimately herself. The novel is set in modern day Nigeria and the UK‚ where Nigeria is in the midst of an oil crisis and is struggling to keep it covert from the rest of the world. Little Bee is a sixteen year old
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What kind of bees live inside the bee hive? There are three kind of honey bees that live inside a bee hive. Those three bees are‚ The Queen‚ Worker‚ and the Drone. They all have their distinctive jobs to do. And how do bees survive the coldness of the winter season? The Queen has the longest body compared to the other two types of bees. She is equipped with a stinger that does not have a fish hook like barb at the end of the stinger. The purpose of the stinger is to kill any rival queen when she
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In the “Maya the bee” I like a lot of characters such as Flip the grasshopper‚ Miss Cassandra an adult bee and the little Ben the bung beetle‚ but the most character that I like is the little bee whose name Maya. This bee was born in the hive along with Willy; Maya’s best friend and other bees. Since she born‚ she was not like other bees‚ she was very curious about what beyond the hive. She is a smart and very kind bee. All the bees love her‚ but unintentionally she brought a lot of troubles to the
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assignment this week was to watch the movie Akeelah and The Bee and fill out a character trait chart. Akeelah was developing her character as the movie progressed. In order to have a strong self-esteem‚ you must first have a strong character. Showing positive character traits will boost your own self-esteem. The first character trait exhibited in this movie was trustworthiness. Her brother shows this trait by saying if Akeelah made it to the National Spelling Bee‚ he would come and watch her. He kept
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and now plays in the NFL. These athletes exemplify that true desperation and hard work can have a greater effect on the outcome of one’s life than just hope and wishing something would happen. Similarly‚ the characters in Little Bee feel driven by desperation and
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The book I selected is called Horsefly and Honeybee‚ which is a fiction book written by Randy Cecil.This book is about a horsefly and a honey bee who fought over a flower and each lost a wing. Because they could no longer fly they were captured by a bullfrog and soon to be eaten. But‚ they decided to work together and use the remaining wings they had to fly away. By doing so‚ they escaped‚ became friends‚ and shared the flower. This book is at the instructional level for the majority of the class
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detrimental pest of honeybees." The problem has also hit bee colonies in Europe‚ where regulators are considering a ban on a type of pesticides known as neonicotinoids that some environmental groups blame for the bee collapse. The U.S. report cites pesticides‚ but near the bottom of the list of factors. And federal officials and researchers advising them said the science doesn’t justify a ban of the pesticides yet. May Berenbaum‚ a top bee researcher from the University of Illinois‚ said in an interview
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