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THE HIPPOPOTAMUSHROOMS
from Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
Poetry
The HIPPOPOTAMUSHROOMS
Cannot wander very far.
How fortunate they’re satisfied
Precisely where they are.
They feel no need to travel,
They’re forever at their ease,
Relaxing on the forest floor
Beneath the shady trees.
The HIPPOPOTAMUSHROOMS
Suffer from deficient grace,
And their tubby, blobby bodies
Tend to take up too much space.
But they compensate with manners
For the things they lack in style…
They are models of politeness,
And they always wear a smile.
“The Hippopotamushrooms” © 1999 Jack Prelutsky from Scranimals: Mixed Up Animal Poems
by Jack Prelutsky, used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
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OH SLEEK BANANACONDA
from Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
Oh sleek Bananaconda,
You longest long long fellow,
How sinuous and sly you are,
How slippery, how yellow.
You slither on your belly,
And you slither on your chin.
You’re only unappealing
As you shed your slinky skin.
“Oh Sleek Bananaconda” © 1999 Jack Prelutsky from Scranimals: Mixed Up Animal Poems by
Jack Prelutsky, used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
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Lemonade
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Poetry
We pour
its liquid sweetness
from a tall
glass pitcher,
splashing
sunshine
on frosty squares
of ice,
lemon light
and slightly tart,
we gulp its gold—
licking our lips
with summer.
“Lemonade” from Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Poems by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.
(Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, 1998.) Reprinted with the permission of Boyds
Mills Press, Inc. Text copyright © 1998 by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.
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Backyard Bubbles
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
One bubble
shimmies
from the wand
to waltz around
the backyard lawn.
One fragile globe
of soapy skin—
a glimmering
of breath within
a perfect pearl,
I blow again!
One more bubble
squeezes through,
one blushing bead
of water-blue;
and then
another
rinsed in pink
(shivering
with pastel ink)
dances on
a summer sigh,
shimmering
with shades of sky,
s-l-o-w-l-y slides
right out of sight;
backyard bubbles
taking flight.
“Backyard Bubbles” from Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Poems by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.
(Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, 1998.) Reprinted with the permission of Boyds
Mills Press, Inc. Text copyright © 1998 by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.
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from Knots in My Yo-yo String
by Jerry Spinelli
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In the warmer months of the year the hokey-pokey man
roamed the streets of the town, pushing before him a white
wooden cart. The bed of the cart was occupied by a block of
ice covered with a dishtowel. Flanking the ice were two rows
of bottles containing flavored liquids in a variety of colors
that always reminded me of a barbershop shelf.
The hokey-pokey man knew kids. He knew our ways
better than we did. As we got older and our routes about town
changed, he was always there, ahead of us, waiting: at the
dead-end barrier, outside the school, clattering along a random
street. Coming upon him, we crowded around the cart.
He went into action. He flipped off the dishtowel, grabbed
the ice shaver, clacked it like a castanet, and scraped ice until
the scoop was full. He deposited a white snowball into a paper
cone and awaited the first order.
“Lime!”
He snatched the lime bottle, shook it, and—presto—bright
green snowball.
“Grape!”
“Orange!”
“Lemon!”
I waited till last, thinking about the flavors. I always
decided on root beer.
We took off then, relishing the winter on our tongues, giving
no thought to the hokey-pokey man. For he was not someone
to think about. He was simply there. Where we were.
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“Mrs. Seeton’s Whistle” from Knots in My Yo-yo String by Jerry Spinelli, copyright © 1998 by
Jerry Spinelli. Cover photograph copyright © 1998 by Penny Gentieu. Map copyright © 1998
by Jennifer Pavlovitz. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
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from Knots in My Yo-yo String
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And then, in time, he wasn’t. Though still, on a summer’s day,
when heat waves dance above the street, I sometimes imagine I
see him in the distance, waiting where I have yet to arrive.
“Mrs. Seeton’s Whistle” from Knots in My Yo-yo String by Jerry Spinelli, copyright © 1998 by
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
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“On Respect: What I Learned from Carl”
by Nick Maney, age 17
Essay
My mind seems always to return to the day that I met
Carl. The city bus, with its mechanical hiss and its slightly
dizzying engine-exhaust fumes, stopped at the corner of
31st and Centennial Drive to pick up the daily commuters,
a group in which I was included. Boarding the bus, I looked,
seemingly in vain, for a place to sit, because I hated standing
in the aisle and being subjected to the rocking of the bus. At
last, I spotted a place to sit near the back. The occupant of
the seat next to the one I was going for was an older man in a
grey suit, well-worn dress shoes, and a black hat like I always
pictured reporters wearing, but without the little press card.
Sliding into the seat next to the man, I began to read the book
I’d been carrying, which was Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The
man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if
I’d read any other books like the one I was currently holding,
books from the same era. When I told him I had, he seemed
to become interested, and, to tell the truth, so did I.
He introduced himself as Carl. He told me about how he
used to play the trumpet back in the fifties jazz clubs. He asked
if I like jazz, and I told him that I didn’t really listen to it, that
I liked punk music. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I should
listen to “real music” I was shocked when he just smiled and
nodded. He said, “you remind me of myself when I was your
age. I remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn’t
see how I could listen to ‘that awful noise.’ I bet your parents
say the same thing, don’t they?” Now it was my turn to smile,
amused with how right he was.
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Excerpt “On Respect: What I Learned from Carl,” by Nick Maney from Writing from the
Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with the permission
of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, PA.
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“On Respect: What I Learned from Carl”
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As the bus ferried us from one side of the city to the other,
Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we
talked, the more amazed I became at how much the two of
us really had in common, despite the age difference. Finally,
Carl got off at his stop, and mine was soon after. I haven’t seen
him since then, but the thought of our connection that day
rarely leaves my mind.
Carl really made me think about how much we can learn
from each other if we just break through the barriers we’ve
got. I mean, I would have never thought before that day that
I could have anything in common with someone so much old
than I, just because of age. But Carl taught me that no matter
what, we’re all just people, and that we should make an extra
effort to try and get to know our neighbors and people we
see every day, regardless of age, or of race, religion, sex, or
anything else. If we all took the time to attempt to understand
each other, I think that the world would be a much better
place that we could share together, as humans.
Excerpt “On Respect: What I Learned from Carl,” by Nick Maney from Writing from the
Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with the permission
of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, PA.
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“On Helping Others: Learning a Valuable Lesson”
By Laia Mitchell, age 19
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From my seat in the van, the rows of tomato plants looked
like neatly laid pick-up-sticks. It was harvest time near Quincy,
Florida, picking season for hundreds of migrant workers. With
a team of youth, I was ready to spend a week renovating an old
church and community center. Yet after that week of labor,
my most valuable lesson came not from my own efforts, but
from spending time with the church community.
One kind family invited us to come with them to the
tomato fields. Early in the morning we rose, dressed in long
sleeves for protection, and went to meet the family. They
smiled, slowing their routine to be patient with us. I met their
daughter, who was almost my age. She and her brother taught
me how to pick the best tomatoes, those of good size and color.
In the hot sun, they showed us where they kept water, and
laughed with us when we took breaks. I realized how much I
had in common with the girl, two young people with hopes
and dreams, separated only by space and culture. I learned
what it is to understand, to be open to new people and ways of
life. That Sunday, I met the girl and her brother again. They
came to the church bringing tomatoes and fresh watermelon
to share. This family, whose life depended on filling baskets
with tomatoes, took precious time to share their profits with
us, with me. They understood the joy and goodness of life far
better than any of us, teenagers from the city. We were the
ones who seemed to have everything, yet it was I who had so
much to learn. From their warm and open kindness, I saw
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Excerpt “On Helping Others: Learning a Valuable Lesson,” by Laia Mitchell from Writing
from the Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with the
permission of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, PA.
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the beauty of sharing with others. They, who had little, truly
understood the value of giving.
I think often of the girl and her family, where they moved,
and how they are living. Her family sparked my belief in the
necessity of caring, compassionate respect for others. The
migrant people showed me that I, one with so much, have a
responsibility to share with those who have little. I went to
spend a week giving and ended up receiving so much more. I
believe that by giving, with honest respect and cooperation,
we can truly be part of the human family.
Excerpt “On Helping Others: Learning a Valuable Lesson,” by Laia Mitchell from Writing
from the Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with the
permission of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, PA.
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Three Personal Narratives
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In a green metal box in a bedroom closet, tucked into a
fuzzy gray cotton pouch, lies the most cherished memento of
my grade-school days. It is a gold-plated medal no bigger than
a postage stamp.
— from “Never the Monkey”
My mind seems always to return to the day that I met
Carl. The city bus, with its mechanical hiss and slightly
dizzying engine-exhaust fumes, stopped at the corner of 31st
and Centennial Drive to pick up the daily commuters, a group
in which I was included.
— from “On Respect: What I
Learned from Carl”
From my seat in the van, the rows of tomato plants looked
like neatly laid pick-up sticks.
— from “On Helping Others:
Learning a Valuable Lesson”
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“Never the Monkey” from Knots in My Yo-yo String by Jerry Spinelli, copyright © 1998 by
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Excerpt “On Respect: What I Learned
from Carl,” by Nick Maney from Writing from the Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur
Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with the permission of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia,
PA. Excerpt “On Helping Others: Learning a Valuable Lesson,” by Laia Mitchell from
Writing from the Heart, edited by Peggy Veljkovic and Arthur Schwartz, 2001. Reprinted with
the permission of Templeton Foundation Press, Philadelphia, PA.
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from The Sweetest Fig
by Chris Van Allsburg
Monsieur Bibot, the dentist, was a very fussy man. He
kept his small apartment as neat and clean as his office. If his
dog, Marcel, jumped on the furniture, Bibot was sure to teach
him a lesson. Except on Bastille Day, the poor animal was not
even allowed to bark.
One morning, Bibot met an old woman waiting at his office
door. She had a toothache and begged the dentist to help.
“But you have no appointment,” he told her.
The woman moaned. Bibot looked at his watch. Perhaps
there was time to make a few extra francs. He took her inside
and looked in her mouth. “This tooth must come out,” he said
with a smile.
Excerpt from The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg. Copyright © 1993 by Chris Van
Allsburg. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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from Just a Dream
by Chris Van Allsburg
As usual, Walter stopped at the bakery on his way home
from school. He bought one large jelly-filled doughnut. He
took the pastry from its bag, eating quickly as he walked along.
He licked the red jelly from his fingers. Then he crumpled up
the empty bag and threw it at a fire hydrant.
At home Walter saw Rose, the little girl next door, watering
a tree that had just been planted. “It’s my birthday present,” she
said proudly. Walter couldn’t understand why anyone would
want a tree for a present. His own birthday was just a few days
away, “And I’m not getting some dumb plant,” he told Rose.
Excerpt from Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. Copyright © 1990 by Chris Van Allsburg.
Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Point of View in Two Stories
After Uncle Jed cut my daddy’s hair, he lathered a short
brush with soap and spread it over my daddy’s face and shaved
him. Then he started over on my granddaddy.
I always asked Uncle Jed to cut my hair, but Mama wouldn’t
let him. So he would run the clippers on the back of my neck
and just pretend to cut my hair. He even spread lotion on my
neck. I would smell wonderful all day.
— from Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
As usual, Walter stopped at the bakery on his way home
from school. He bought one large jelly-filled doughnut. He
took the pastry from its bag, eating quickly as he walked along.
He licked the red jelly from his fingers. Then he crumpled up
the empty bag and threw it at a fire hydrant.
— from Just a Dream
Excerpt from Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell. Text copyright © 1993
Margaree King Mitchell. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Excerpt from
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. Copyright © 1990 by Chris Van Allsburg. Reprinted by
permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Point of View in Two More Stories
Every year my father and I plant a garden. Tomatoes, peppers,
onions, marigolds, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows.
We pull the weeds that pop up, and we water, mulch, and
tend it all through the summer—cutting the flowers to make
bouquets for the kitchen table or to give to Mrs. Murowski,
our neighbor who broke her hip last winter and has to walk
with a cane.
And every spring my father tells me about Mr. Bellavista
and the summer my father was ten.
— from The Summer My Father Was Ten
Eva unwrapped a cinnamon Danish, opened her notebook,
and stared helplessly at the wide, white pages. “Write about
what you know,” her teacher, Mrs. DeMarco, had told her.
So Eva sat high on the stoop and looked out over 90th Street
waiting for something to happen.
— from Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
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Excerpt from The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson (Caroline House, an imprint of
Boyds Mills Press, 1998). Reprinted with the permission of Boyds Mills Press, Inc. Text copyright
© 1998 by Pat Brisson. Excerpt from Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter.
Scholastic Inc./ Orchard Books. Copyright © 1997 by Roni Schotter. Reprinted by permission.
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Verb Tense in Two Stories
Monsieur Bibot, the dentist, was a very fussy man. He
kept his small apartment as neat and clean as his office. If his
dog, Marcel, jumped on the furniture, Bibot was sure to teach
him a lesson. Except on Bastille Day, the poor animal was not
even allowed to bark.
One morning, Bibot met an old woman waiting at his office
door. She had a toothache and begged the dentist to help.
“But you have no appointment,” he told her.
The woman moaned. Bibot looked at his watch. Perhaps
there was time to make a few extra francs. He took her inside
and looked in her mouth. “This tooth must come out,” he said
with a smile.
— from The Sweetest Fig
Every year my father and I plant a garden. Tomatoes, peppers,
onions, marigolds, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows.
We pull the weeds that pop up, and we water, mulch, and
tend it all through the summer—cutting the flowers to make
bouquets for the kitchen table or to give to Mrs. Murowski,
our neighbor who broke her hip last winter and has to walk
with a cane.
And every spring my father tells me about Mr. Bellavista
and the summer my father was ten.
— from The Summer My Father Was Ten
Excerpt from The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg. Copyright © 1993 by Chris Van
Allsburg. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Excerpt
from The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson (Caroline House, an imprint of Boyds
Mills Press, 1998). Reprinted with the permission of Boyds Mills Press, Inc. Text copyright
© 1998 by Pat Brisson.
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Page Spread from Life in the Rain Forest by Lucy Baker copyright © 2000 by Lucy Baker. Used by permission of T&N
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Opening Sentences from Three Nonfiction Books
“A raging wildfire is a frightening thing. Living trees burn
as fast as cardboard boxes in a bonfire. Flames race through
the treetops, sometimes faster than a person can run, burning
at temperatures hot enough to melt steel.”
— from Wildfires
“The earth beneath our feet usually feels solid and firm.
Yet a million times each year—an average of once every thirty
seconds—somewhere around the world the ground shakes
and sways.”
— from Earthquakes
“Imagine a forest unchanged for 60 million years, where
giant trees reach up to the sky, their leafy branches blocking
out light to the forest floor below.”
— from Life in the Rain Forests
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Excerpt from Wildfires copyright © 1996 by Seymour Simon used by permission of HarperCollins
Publishers. Excerpt from Earthquakes by Seymour Simon copyright © 1991 by Seymour Simon.
Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Page Spread from Life in the Rain Forest by Lucy
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Passages about Sharks (1)
Great whites do some strange things while they are
hunting. They have been seen poking their heads out of the
water, perhaps to look around for seals sunning themselves
on rocks.
Recently scientists have seen what fishermen have been
telling them for years: great white sharks can leap nearly out
of the water to pursue their prey. Off the coasts of California
and South Africa, researchers have photographed great whites
jumping straight out of the water. Usually the sharks were
attacking their natural prey—seals or sea lions that may leap
out of the water themselves to escape their enemies. Other
times the sharks were chasing plastic decoys that researchers
towed behind their boats.
Excerpts from The Truth About Great White Sharks © 2000 by Mary M. Cerullo (text); Jeffrey
L. Rottman (photographs). Used with permission of Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco.
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Passages about Sharks (2)
Great whites visit the coasts of northern California, South
Africa, and southern Australia when seals, sea lions, and
elephant seals come onto land to give birth.
Great whites roam the cool waters of the world’s oceans
but they aren’t common anywhere. Although great whites
will come together to feed on the same prey, they usually don’t
travel in schools or even in pairs.
Excerpts from The Truth About Great White Sharks © 2000 by Mary M. Cerullo (text); Jeffrey
L. Rottman (photographs). Used with permission of Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco.
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After
Although
As long as
Because
Before
But
Earlier
Even though
Finally
For example
However
Instead
Later
Next
Otherwise
Recently
Resulting in
Since
Sometimes
Unless
Until
Usually
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A raging wildfire is a frightening thing living trees burn
as fast as cardboard boxes in a bonfire flames race through
the treetops sometimes faster than a person can run burning
at temperatures hot enough to melt steel a wildfire can be a
major disaster capable of destroying hundreds of homes and
costing human lives.
— from Wildfires
Excerpt from Wildfires copyright © 1996 by Seymour Simon used by permission of
HarperCollins Publishers.
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Warning: Too Much TV Is Hazardous to Your Health
adapted from www.tvturnoff.org
More than four hours a day: that’s how much television
Americans watch on average. As an abundance of evidence makes
clear, our television habit has serious negative consequences.
Excessive TV-watching cuts into family time, harms our kids’
ability to read and perform well in school, encourages violence,
and promotes sedentary lifestyles and obesity.
TV Undermines Family Time
Many people feel that they do not have enough time to spend
with their families…television plays a crucial role. In the
average American household, the TV is on for 7 hours, 40
minutes a day, and 40 percent of Americans report always or
often watching television while eating dinner. Families who
watch little or no television often find that they have more
time to spend with one another.
TV Harms Reading and Academic Performance
Excessive television-watching harms reading skills…
researcher[s] [found] more than a decade ago that “reading scores
diminished sharply for those students watching more than four
hours a day.” Researchers such as Jane Healy of Harvard argue
that watching TV instead of reading may actually [change] the
physical structure of the brain as it develops, making learning
and working in the schoolroom environment difficult.
TV Encourages Violence
The evidence is overwhelming: violence on TV promotes
violent behavior in real life. Of more than 3,500 research studies
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Excerpts from Warning: Too Much TV is Hazardous to Your Health by Pete Egoscue.
Copyright © 2004 from www.tvturnoff.org. Reprinted with permission by the Center for
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on the effects of media violence over the past 40 years, 99.5
percent have shown a positive correlation between watching
violence on TV and committing acts of real-life violence.
TV Promotes Sedentary Lifestyles and Obesity
Americans, by and large, do not get enough physical exercise.
We spend most of our free time watching television, which
promotes obesity and its related illnesses. According to Dr.
William Dietz at the Centers for Disease Control, “The easiest
way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set. Almost
anything else uses more energy than watching TV.”
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Television: The Most Disparaged Resource of the
Information Age
by Salmaan S., Westford, MA
adapted from www.teenink.com
Almost every day one can hear some mention of “The
TV generation of the ’90s.” Many harshly label television as
a “drug,” claiming that millions of children every day waste
their time in front of this electronic altar. Well, I strongly
disagree with the viewpoint that television is a waste of time.
Today, there are many different ways to transfer thoughts
and ideas. Of these, television, with its combination of audiovisual stimuli, is one of the quickest to present an idea clearly
and completely. To say that television is not important is to
say that learning about other cultures thousands of miles
away by seeing and hearing is a waste of time. In this age of
information, television is one of the most efficient means of
mass communication available to man.
Where else could billions of people have [seen] the horrors
of the Tiananmen Square incident or witnessed firsthand
man’s first steps on the moon? In what other way could people
have simultaneously experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall or
Vietnam?
Television unites mankind because people separated by
distance, skin color, language and wealth can all relate to
some of the things they see on TV. No other appliance of the
information age is as quick and widely used around the world
as television. Failing to acknowledge the positive value of this
resource to mankind is an enormous mistake.
“Television: The Most Disparaged Resource Of The Information Age” reprinted by
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Animal Experimentation Saves Lives
by Giovanny P., San Gabriel, CA
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It may not be common knowledge, but animals save lives
each and every day. Animal experimentation has existed
since ancient times to contribute to human life and survival.
These experiments became the building blocks of health and
medicine, [including] research of diabetes, vaccines, cancer,
AIDS/HIV and open-heart surgery. As a result, many people
have been saved. The use of animal experimentation should
be recognized and accepted as a tool in saving lives.
In the 1940s and 1950s, a polio epidemic crippled and killed
children and newborns. Without animal experimentation
[to develop a polio vaccine], polio would still be claiming
thousands of lives each year. Many would not be alive today
without it.
Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, helped save animals as
well as humans when he developed a vaccine for rabies [using
animal experimentation]. Today, animal-lovers everywhere
do not have to put their pets “to sleep” if they [catch] rabies.
Instead they can just go to their veterinarian and get this
preventive vaccine.
“Nobody I know of in biological research, who has to
sacrifice animals, likes it,” Richard Jones, a biology professor
at Colorado University. “It is a matter of priorities. You
work for the greater good.” [Millions of] animals are used
[in experiments], of which 90% are rodents. So it’s not as if
scientists experiment on endangered species; they use animals
with a fast reproduction rate that are abundant.
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Humans have vast intelligence, and through this
intelligence, they have a moral duty: to protect all living
things and make sure they survive and flourish. Animal
experimentation helps humans help themselves, as well as the
animals around them.
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by Emma H., New York, NY
Essay
Almost every major company that sells detergents, body
washes, or cosmetics tests their products on animals to assure
the public that there will be no side effects when using their
product. Even though animal testing is advantageous to
humans, I believe humankind should not test products on
animals. [It] is cruel and unnecessary.
Every year thousands of animals are killed, tortured, or
left with burns, broken bones, and other terrible conditions.
According to the National Anti-Vivisection Society, these are
some of the most common yet horrifying tests used on animals:
In the D test, solutions are dropped directly into the eyes of
rabbits and in seven days of testing, the rabbits experience
excruciating pain and most are blinded. Then there is the LD50 test [which forces animals to inhale, swallow, and digest
chemicals]. In this test, 50% of the animals die.
What will scientists test products on if not animals?
With modern technology, many alternatives have been found
by caring scientists [including computer tests and tests on
cloned human cells]. These are only a few of the alternatives,
but they show that animals are not the only choice for
experimentation.
The Food and Drug Administration [urges] companies to
conduct tests to ensure the safety of their products. As a result,
animals continue to be the victims of harsh treatment and risk
death. There are many alternatives to know if a product is
safe. Animal testing is immoral and wrong.
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School Uniforms
by Akinyi R., Westford, MA
Are school uniforms appropriate for public school
students? Yes, and I believe students in public school should
be required to wear them. Uniforms eliminate the distractions
of designer clothes so students can focus on their studies.
Uniforms also create an environment in which children will
be judged on personality rather than style. Finally, uniforms
save time and money.
While attending a parochial school, I experienced the
luxury of wearing uniforms. At my school, students came
from diverse backgrounds. Inside the building, however,
our economic advantages or disadvantages were no longer
obvious. My friends and I were able to focus on academics
and concern for others rather than the latest fashions. Since
we looked similar, we remained attentive to the teacher and
our work. I learned that my effort, attitude and aptitude were
more important than my clothes.
Wearing uniforms helped me realize I don’t need to
impress anyone by the clothes I wear. School uniforms helped
children who did not have “stylish” clothes to be treated fairly.
I was judged by my character, not the price of my jeans. I had
a chance to show my personality without worry that I was
out of style. This set the tone in the school system that all
individuals were to be treated as equals.
I never had to waste time deciding what to wear before
school. A clean uniform was easy to maintain. My parents saved
a lot of money, too. I did not need a variety of colors, styles and
designer fashions in my wardrobe. Wearing uniforms helped
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me learn I did not always have to buy clothes I wanted when
I wanted them.
When I wore a uniform, I started my day worry-free,
focused on my schoolwork and felt judged by who I was on the
inside. My family and I saved time and money. I believe children
should be required to wear uniforms in public schools.
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TV promotes sedentary lifestyles and obesity
Americans by and large do not get enough physical
exercise we spend most of our free time watching television
which promotes obesity and its related illnesses according to
Dr William Dietz at the centers for disease control the easiest
way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set almost
anything else uses more energy than watching TV.
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by John Updike
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The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel—
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive
Well-honeyed, hums,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
“September” copyright © 1965, 1999 by John Updike. All rights reserved. Reprinted from
A Child’s Calendar by arrangement with Holiday House, Inc.
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umbrella
by Valerie Worth
Slack wings
Folded, it
Hangs by a
Claw in
The closet,
Sleeping,
Or moping,
Or quietly
Hatching
A plot
To flap out
And escape
On the furious
Sweep of
The storm.
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by Valerie Worth
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Closed, it sleeps
On its side
Quietly,
The silver
Image
Of some
Small fish;
Opened, it snaps
Its tail out
Like a thin
Shrimp, and looks
At the sharp
Point with a
Surprised eye.
“chairs,” “cow,” “crickets,” “flamingo,” “fireworks,” “lawnmower,” and “safety pin” from All
the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth, pictures by Natalie Babbitt. Copyright
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Child Frightened by a Thunderstorm
by Ted Kooser
Thunder has nested in the grass all night
and rumpled it, and with its outstretched wings
has crushed the peonies. Its beak was bright,
sharper than garden shears and, clattering,
it snipped bouquets of branches for its bed.
I could not sleep. The thunder’s eyes were red.
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Press, © 1969. Reprinted by permission of Ted Kooser.
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First
A far thud,
Then the rocket
Climbs the air,
A dull red flare,
To hang, a moment,
Invisible, before
Its shut black shell cracks
And claps against the ears,
Breaks and billows into bloom,
Spilling down clear green sparks, gold spears,
Silent sliding silver waterfalls and stars.
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by Valerie Worth
The
Flamingo
Lingers
A
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One
Pink
Leg;
Later
He
Ponders
Upon
The
Other
For
A
While
Instead.
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Crickets
Talk
In the tall
Grass
All
Late summer
Long.
When
Summer
Is gone,
The dry
Grass
Whispers
Alone.
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Windshield Wiper
by Eve Merriam
fog smog fog smog
tissue paper tissue paper
clear the blear clear the smear
fog more
splat splat
rubber scraper
overshoes
bumbershoot
slosh through
fog more
downpour
rubber scraper
macintosh
muddle on
slosh through
drying up drying up
sky lighter sky lighter
nearly clear nearly clear
clearing clearing veer
clear here clear
“Windshield Wiper” from Chortles by Eve Merriam. Copyright © 1962, 1964, 1973, 1976,
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by Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry
Hear the sledges with the bells —
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens seems to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells —
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
“The Bells” by Edgar Allen Poe appears in Winter Poems selected by Barbara Rogasky
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I Love the Look of Words
by Maya Angelou
Popcorn leaps, popping from the floor
of a hot black skillet
and into my mouth.
Black words leap
snapping from the white
page. Rushing into my eyes. Sliding
into my brain which gobbles them
the way my tongue and teeth
chomp the buttered popcorn.
When I have stopped reading,
ideas from the words stay stuck
in my mind, like the sweet
smell of butter perfuming my
fingers long after the popcorn
is finished.
I love the book and the look of words
the weight of ideas that popped into my mind
I love the tracks
of new thinking in my mind.
“I Love the Look of Words (text)” by Maya Angelou, copyright © 1993 by Maya Angelou,
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Poet Quotes: What Is Poetry?
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”
— William Wordsworth
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”
— Rita Dove
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful [what]
is distorted.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
— Carl Sandburg
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with
real toads.”
— Marianne Moore
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