Fire and Hemlock

2. When the family in “Snowbound” was snowed in they felt scared and frightened. The snow started to pile up and create scary creatures that frightened them. According to the poem “Snowbound,” the kids looked “And through the glass the clothesline posts looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts” (39-40). The snow was starting to frighten the kids as it was fallen on objects that made look like ghosts and the kids were couldn’t sleep as weird faces looking at them frightened them. 4. What happened

the village. “One day, one of the brothers, for reasons no one knows, decided he wanted to be different than his brothers. He could not be like them anymore”. One day, this brother, dragging his blanket behind him, went to the fire and lay down in the dirt next to the fire, covered himself up with his blanket, and went to sleep; right in the middle of the day while everyone else was working. No one understood, why he was doing what he did. This next phase has the orphan looking for the answers to

This poem was interesting because it so short and everyone can relate to it. The speaker of this poem eats the plums someone else was saving. The speaker never says who he/she was talking to, which makes me question who the speaker was talking to. He/she could be talking to his/her spouse, significant other, friend, etc. Also the plums could be a metaphor, sweet, delicious, fresh, for sexual activity, temptation, or love. Aftermath on Blackboard This poem is about how bare the land is after it

They don’t have any trees because there isn’t enough rain and fires are common. Small shrubs and of course, grass, are the main forms of vegetation in this biome. Grasslands usually receive around 50-75cm of rain per year. The soil is extremely fertile. The grassland is home to animals like cheetahs, leopards, lions

dragon fell immediately in love. It didn 't matter that the object of his infatuation was small and had no scales or claws. It didn 't matter that she walked on two legs and possessed no wings at all. It didn 't even matter that she could not breathe fire, which was a dragon 's pride and glory. To Banni, the human girl was the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on. Ever since he was a hatchling, Banni had been fascinated by humans. He would always listen enthralled to the tales that his

Genesee River Watershed Resources There are several resources that are found in the GRW including potable water, animal habitat, forests, freshwater fisheries, and wetlands among others. Many communities use the watershed for their water supply. Hemlock and Canadice Lakes in the eastern side of the Lower Genesee River Watershed supplies eighty percent of the water for the city of Rochester, New York (GFLRPC, 2004). Conesus Lake is the water supply for four municipalities, Geneseo, Avon, Conesus

large amount of knowledge about plants and herbs, and often used this knowledge to benefit the community, as they acted as healers. Some plants that they used included St. Johns Wort, Monkshood, Mandrake and even poisonous plants like Belladonna and Hemlock.

was shown when he saved the life of future Athenian leader Alcibiades during the siege of Potidaea which happened in 432 B.C. 8 years later, in 424 B.C., Socrates fought in the Battle of Delium during the Peloponnesian War where the first “friendly fire” casualties happened when soldiers started attacking each other instead of the enemies. This outlandish behavior did not alarm Socrates. In 423 B.C. Aristophanes wrote The Clouds, a satirical play that ridiculed Socrates. Aristophanes depicted Socrates

and small leaves, this helps them survive in the environment. Most of the plants are adapted to droughts and fire, which is very common factor in the dry seasons. Forb plants and grasses cover the ground. Most of the animals the savanna inhibits are wildebeests, zebras, hyenas, and lions. Overall, there are more insects, including termites. Humans have impacted the savanna by starting fires that have minimized the tree population by destroying seedlings and saplings. Lastly, hunters have reduced the

of his journey. The only things that he took with him from home were a penknife, flint and steel to make fire, ball of cord, an ax, and $40. When he arrived in the Catskill Mountains, it was hard to catch fish and make fire or a place to live, but he knew he would be fine.