In nineteen minutes‚ you can mow the front lawn‚ color your hair‚ watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes‚ you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes‚ you can stop the world‚ or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes‚ you can get revenge. Sterling is a small‚ ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath
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Summer Reading Book Review and Share In the town of Sterling‚ county of Grafton‚ State of New Hampshire‚ not a lot happens. But in Jodi Picoult’s story‚ Nineteen Minutes‚ Peter Houghton‚ a seventeen-year-old boy at Sterling High School‚ is lead to make a choice that would leave a mark on the town forever. Peter was expected to follow in his brother Joey’s footsteps. This is never fair. Joey was a kid that everyone liked. He was athletic‚ a straight-A student‚ and people just liked him.
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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Fiction Novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of Sterling‚ but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters‚ Peter Houghton and Josie Cormier‚ who experience insecurities and social acceptance‚ or lack of. The novel explores the damaging effects of bullying‚ peer pressure and the dynamics of group interaction within teenagers in a modern day society. Picoult’s novels are aimed at a
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“Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.” Jodi Picoult‚ page 153. I read the book Nineteen Minutes‚ the quote I used above relates to many things that have happened in my life. These things haven’t only happened once in my life. I chose this because it would be the best quote relating to my life. Many of my friends‚ and family members have died in the past‚ seeing their brothers‚ sisters‚ or parents make me remember it the most. Yes‚ its very sad but these
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Study Skills: Strategies for Taking Notes and for Learning Content Coll 100 American Military University Strategies for Taking Notes and for Learning Content There are two environments which are conducive for note-taking; lecture and written lessons. There are several different note-taking methods which are beneficial to the specific need of the student (Boch & Piolat‚ 2005). These methods are Cornell‚ charting‚ mind mapping‚ outlining and highlighting (All Kinds of
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TOPIC 4 : NOTE MAKING AND NOTE TAKING SKILLS If you are able to take and make good notes‚ you will save time in terms of: Having to look for the original text Having to look through massive piles of notes just to retrieve the specific information that you need. 1. WAYS OF MAKING NOTES -depends on the situation and the purpose for note-making -different ways of making notes : Annotation; Outline notes; Column notes; Mind maps Summary notes. 1.1 Annotation
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FIVE NOTETAKING METHODS Notetaking Great note-taking takes practice. You have to find a method that works for you‚ and that may change depending on the class that you’re in (for example‚ a science class versus a humanities class). Here are 5 methods that are proven to be successful. Read over each one and decide if there’s one that might work for you. These styles are described in the format you would use to take notes in class. You might find that a comfortable method is a combination
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Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that are permanently
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words a minute b. Is your average adjusted typing speed slower‚ faster‚ or about the same as the average speed of most people? Complete sentences are not necessary. (0.5 points) its about the same as most people c. If your speed is faster than average or about the same‚ list at least one thing you think has helped you improve your typing over time. If it’s slower‚ list at least one way you can improve your speed. Explain in 1-2 sentences. (2.0 points) I can improve it by taking typing or
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How to Chair a Meeting Effectively Many of you will chair meetings as part of your role and those that don’t may in the future or will in someone’s absence. Here are some points to remember: What Makes a Good Chair Below are some general pointers about what makes a good Chair of a meeting. Some of you will have these skills‚ possibly without realising them‚ other will have some but not all. They are things to think about and focus on as you develop your role of a Chair to optimise your abilities
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