In Language Arts class we have to read a book about historic phenomenons. My book is about the Holocaust. It's called The Girl In The Blue Coat. The book is important because it gives a viewpoint from someone who is witnessing the Holocaust. The idea is that so many lives were lost and no one did anything to help out. The people didn't try to remove Hitler or the Nazi's. The Holocaust was a horrible period and no one should have to go through that. The book shows that many innocent lives were taken away to be killed or to fight in the war. People had to hide which puts them or the person helping them hide in a more dangerous position. My book ends around the time when they find the missing girl. They want to help her and put her in a hotel but the missing girl doesn't know Hanneke well enough to trust her. " In the end, I don't stay the night at Amalia's aunt's hotel. Mirjam doesn't know me well enough for me to be a comfort to her, after a while I realize I don't know what to say."- Page 299, paragraph 1, chapter 34. It's either to go live in a hotel until the war is over or go back to Mrs. Janssen's house. When Hanneke goes back on a train to go home and women next to her says that the Battle of Stalingrad is over and the Nazi's lost their first official surender of the war.
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In Language Arts we are reading books about conflicts that have happened in the past. I am reading "Girl In The Blue Coat". It's about the Holocaust and the effects of it. The Holocaust was a time when Adolf Hitler was ruling Germany. He made a group of ,what we know them as, Nazi's. He sent them to go round up Jews to ship them off to concentration camps. They killed millions of people. On April 8th, 2018 in Douma, Syria, helicopters dropped barrel bombs filled with toxic gases. Thousands of adults and kids are being killed by bombs, guns, etc... No one especially kids should be getting killed. Syria has been going through stuff for a while now. They kill their own people which makes no sense. People say it is the beginning of the next Cold War.
The book that I am reading is "Girl In The Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse. My book takes place in Amsterdam, 1943. During this time World War 2 was still going on. In 1943 Germany authorities ordered 7,000 Jews to be deported. This is what happened in the book as well. The Nazi's came to power in 1933 by the leader of Adolf Hitler. In the first chapter of my book it talks about that a family was in hiding because the Nazi's came to deport Jews. In Chapter two, page 22, paragraph 3 they found the family, shot them all, but one girl managed to escape through the bathroom window and now lives with an older woman. Three weeks later she went missing. The older woman thinks that the girl either got caught by the Nazi's or ran away so she could be more safe. During the holocaust everyone had a different point of view. Some thought it was a terrible idea but others agreed with Hitler and enjoyed his plan. Hitler thought that some races were superior and others were inferior. He wanted to take out all Jews so Germany could be the leader. The main character in my book doesn't agree with all the Nazi and Hitler drama. In fact her boyfriend was shot and killed on the dutch front lines when Germany invaded. In the book first the Germans invade, tries to get all the Jews, and then deports them. That is what happened in real life too. Hitler and his army invades different places, gets the Jews, and sends them to concentration and extermination camps. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, that led to the outbreak of World War 2
By: Madeline Townsend, Yasemin Bali, Musa Jeng, and Samantha Levine Every minute an average of 2000-3000 household pets are born in the U.S. That means that every year more than 30 million dogs and cats are born (HSCL 18). Sadly, 8-10 million don’t get to settle into a home (Leigh and Geyer 1). Instead, they are abandoned on the streets or surrendered to an animal shelter. These dogs and cats can go off and reproduce which can crowd the streets and create danger for the community because they might have issues such as aggression or diseases. Our research group has a strong connection to this problem because we love animals and care about their quality of life. If homeless dogs or cats show aggression it's probably because they are scared and don’t know any better. This can cause them to be stereotyped by the community, but really they are (in most cases) misunderstood. Everybody in the community should care about these animals. We have all felt pain before. When animals have a poor quality of life or are given up by their family they feel pain. So we should be sympathetic and learn how to help these animals. In the U.S, there is a massive number of homeless animals. Unfortunately, of the 70 million, only about one-ninth of these animals enter the 3,500 shelters in the U.S yearly. Only a tenth of the animals surrendered to shelters have been fixed, meaning they have had their reproductive organs removed or altered so that they cannot reproduce. Because some owners don’t have their pets spayed or neutered, some unintentional litters get sent to animal shelters and when some shelters get crowded they have to put some animals down (with the exception of no-kill shelters). Most animals, household or not, are affected by humans/their owners. Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born will find a permanent home. The cause for the population boom in animal shelters is that some animals are given up by their owners to a shelter or the street. The animals on the street sometimes are found and put into the shelters which increases the numbers even more. Every year, about 2.7 million dogs and cats are killed, because shelters are too full or the animal isn’t getting adopted (DoSomething.org 2015). Everybody can help abandoned animals. Some things that people do to help neglected animals is spreading the word about pet adoption or recommend spaying/neutering pets. In Wake, County people help or volunteer to save stray animals. In one of the readings it says “ We work in partnership with fosters, volunteers, and local rescues, to treat and rehome thousands of homeless animals every year,” (Wakegov Animal Center 18). There are some no-kill shelters like SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) each year they find homes for over 3,400 animals through its innovative adoption programs. In recent news, it said that animals from Puerto Rico have been saved from the recent hurricane back in 2017 and have found refuge in North Carolina (ABC 11 Eyewitness News, October 6th, 2017). This organization in Wake County is helping those animals to find a safe home. “Rescue groups from across North Carolina partnered with the Humane Society of the United States to bring more than 100 homeless pets from Puerto Rico to North Carolina, including 40 dogs that the SPCA of Wake County will take in,” ( The News & Observer Oct 6, 2017.) What the organization is doing is awesome for our community and the dogs and cats being rescued will have a happy home for them to live in. These are examples of how people are helping banished animals find a home. There are different ways to contribute to the animal shelters. For example, you could have a fundraiser to raise money, volunteer at animal shelters, or you could inform others about all the stranded animals that need to be rescued and how to help get them in a home. Many civilians try to help out with wandering animals by adopting them. They need to think about all the other stranded and abandoned animals walking on the streets. Yes, adopting an animal definitely helps but we need to get all the other animals in homes or in no-kill animal shelters. Volunteering or donating is a fantastic way to help out. You can donate many things such as food, bedding, toys, and money. Some things the shelters may have you do when you volunteer are cleaning their cages, grooming, and walking. You do have to be a certain age to volunteer. It’s usually ages 16+. If you’re underage for certain places or jobs you are required to have a parent or guardian. Our main goal is to help uncared for animals find homes or get safe. Many animals get abandoned on the side of the road and some are living on the streets for their whole lives. If everyone could help animals find homes and/or shelters the animals will live better lives. Another one of our goals is to raise a bunch of money. Money can help the shelters so much. Then they can buy supplies to groom or bathe them. If they have a disease they can get the medicine they need. Money can do so much. Even $20 can probably save some animals. There are so many animals out there that need help. Just by doing something small like giving $5 can help so much. If you ever see an animal out in the city call someone or take it to a shelter. Something could happen to that animal like getting hit by a car or it can catch a disease. Many things happen to innocent animals and they don’t deserve it. Save a life, donate, volunteer, help. Works Cited “Humane Society of Central Illinois.” What’s the Problem? Jan.1.2018 <http://www.hscipets.org/tipgen21.htm> Leigh and Geyer, Diane and Marilee. “No Voice Unheard.” Problems and Solutions. <http://www.novoiceunheard.org/problems_solutions.html> SPCA. SPCA of Wake County. 2018 <https://spcawake.org/> News & Observer. Rescue groups partner to bring homeless pets from Puerto Rico to NC after Hurricanes. October 6. 2017. <http://www.newsobserver.com/living/pets/article177216191.html> ABC 11 News. SPCA of Wake County houses homeless pets from Puerto Rico. October 5. 2017 <http://abc11.com/pets-animals/spca-of-wake-county-houses-homeless-pets-from-pr/2493504/> Dosomething.org. “11 Facts About Animal Homelessness,”February 26, 2015. January 26, 2018 <https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-animal- homelessness> Action Plan:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M39ssgikk2oBJwXGGfbfIbR1rjhHb9h-Oe5MMz454uE/edit There are so many shelters all over the world. Some in North Carolina are SPCA or or Wake County Animal Control Shelter. Animal Shelters are usually used to hold hurt, abandoned, or sick animals. People can come into a shelter just to look but many come to adopt. Some animals live there for a short time or for a very long time.
The issue is that many animals get treated poorly, some owners don’t care about their pets, and many animals all over the earth are stranded in the wild or city. I have seen many pets just wandering the streets or in the woods who look very frightened or hurt. People should care about this because all animals don’t deserve to be stranded or hurt. There are so many ways to help out. Even if you do something small, it could be a huge thing to help an animal. I am interested in this topic because I had a dog who we found wandering the streets and we picked him up and had him for many many years. He was very scared and skinny and didn’t look well. I also had a cat who we found and she wasn’t well. She was very sick and if we hadn’t found her she could’ve died. I love cats and have had 6 total in my life so i wouldn’t want to see any pets in the wild. Seeing hurt or sick animals isn’t good. Many people out there think that if they are in shelters they are fine. If the animals have any sickness and the workers let them play with others, the animals could get the disease and spread to all the animals and then they won’t get adopted. They would die if the disease took their body or they would get put down. If we do something about it people might try to adopt more or help out to get these animals fixed. People could help shelters in many ways. You could donate money or food to the shelters. You could throw a fundraiser to raise money, food, toys, or nice beds to give back to the helpless animals. If people see animals stranded they should take them to shelters to help them and not just let the animals die or have a depressing life. These animals have feeling just like us. How would you feel if you were homeless and no one helped you. All these animals deserve to be happy, safe, and cared for. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/6-ways-to-get-involved-with-helping-abused-or-abandoned-animals/ This I Believe Essay Madeline Townsend This I believe that people were born who they are and what they are meant to be for a reason. About 4 years ago I was bullied at my elementary school because of how thin I am. People would call me a freak all the time. When they started bullying me I felt upset and worried about what people thought of me. I felt like everyone hated me or didn’t want to talk to me based on my looks. People would ask me and they still do if I have an eating disorder. They ask me how often or how much food I eat. I know that I don’t have a disorder but I used to think I did when I was younger. It hurt and I was unhappy that people think of me that way. I became super shy shortly after. I used to just sit by myself and chill. I would see people point and mock me all the time. I didn’t really trust people until I got to know them. I didn’t trust people because I thought they just wanted to become my friend and then hurt me in some way. I have always had trouble making friends. People call me skinny, thin, a freak, scrawny, weird, etc… I was hurt and but I realized that many people are as thin as I am. My dad and my brother are both thin too. People think you have to look a certain way to be beautiful in society. For example models, people think models are so perfect and that you have to look that way. What they don’t know is that when they take the photos they are edited to look a certain way to promote their products and make you think you will look the same as the model if you buy it. People should just be who they are and not change for anyone ever. People are insecure about themselves. Everyone shouldn’t be afraid to be themselves. Everyone should be who they were born to be and not change for anyone. Everyone should be who they want to be. I believe people should just be who they were born to be and what they were meant to do with their life. |
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