Where the Red Fern Grows

Our future here on this Earth is a bleak one. Our society is on a dangerous slope of promoting vanity at a rate that is ever more increasing, and thus resulting in stunted mental capacities. We are teaching the youth of today to disregard literature as a whole while we shove products and electronics down their throats. With the fast paced changes of social media, there comes a decrease in attention, which is crucial to critical thinking skills, analytical skills, and the time it takes to process

The “Where the Red Fern Grows” book and movie was written by the same author, but the book and movie still have a lot of differences. For example, the book goes into detail about the characters, emotions and sound, but the movie doesn't do that. The book is also longer which makes it interesting and it describes what’s happening with a good amount of detail so that you know what happened and still want to read more. The movie also misses out on bits, which makes it less exciting. First of all, the

Introduction Mangroves have different economic benefits. Nowadays, destruction of mangrove forest is very alarming. During the year 1918, mangroves forest is about 500, 000 hectares wide. In the Philippines, from the estimated 448, 000 hectares in 1920’s have been declined to 110, 000 hectares in the year 1990 and it reached 130, 000 hectares by the year 2000, as stated by Lunar and Laguardia (2012). Human anthropogenic activities such as conversion of mangroves into fishpond, shrimp farm, salt ponds

Lacey Ryan AP Lang July 6, 2015 Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt~ Pulitzer Prize winner -This book is a memoir focusing on the hardships of Frank McCourt’s childhood and his mother’s (Angela’s) difficulty raising children neck deep in poverty. This book would be a good choice for me because the story gives people another perspective on life for those who are poor. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee~ Pulitzer Prize winner -This book is the sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird, which follows 26 year old

lion maybe. A playful genius constantly in motion, forever searching for a new territory to explore. Loud, but brilliant, he finds himself succumbing to the quicksand pool of academic failure because he cannot sit still long enough to read Where the Red Fern Grows to his classmates. He has ADHD and forgot to take his pill this morning, thus third grade English is sure to be a struggle today for all involved. Claimed by many psychologists and psychiatrists alike as ‘the most common mental health problem

The Controversy of Deforestation Environmental issues affect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. There are many resources that humans and animal needs to survive; some of the most obvious resources come from the forests. Forests make up a large percentage of the globe. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath, determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere.

America has in a short time been established as a nation that symbolizes acceptance and change. It has progressed into a country of equality that finds its foundation in its personal freedoms and the progressive movement of technology, politics, economics, social views, ethics and so forth since the American Revolution. It has been changing rapidly since the influx of immigrants that came here before the Revolution. The 1950s were a happy time. I Love Lucy and Leave It To Beaver were on television

This year in P.E we had a new teacher named Tyler Ray. I came into school thinking oh this teacher is going to be terrible, because I loved my old P.E teacher Miss. D, but it turned out to be my favorite year for P.E. I can safely say that I grew in my faith and my physical strength because of Mr. Ray. 8th grade was by far my favorite year of my time at GHCS, just because of my class being so fun and everyone being close which made the year awesome. In 2nd grade my teacher was Mrs. Terborg, I

A mangrove can be defined as a tree, shrub, palm or ground fern, usually exceeding a length of one meter in height. It will generally grow above the average tidal level in a marine coastal environment. The word mangrove can also mean the same as ‘rainforest’ or ‘tidal forest’ because this is the environment, when in large quantities, mangroves are known to create. According to MARINEBIO, (1998-2014) most mangrove species can be found in South East Asia, The United States and the western Hemisphere;

• The main cause of the loss of biodiversity can be attributed to the influence of human beings on the world’s ecosystem, In fact human beings have deeply altered the environment, and have modified the territory, exploiting the species directly, for example by fishing and hunting, changing the biogeochemical cycles and transferring species from one area to another of the Planet. • The threats to biodiversity can be summarized in the following main points: o Alteration and loss of the habitats: the