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The unfinished story of Cinderella
“There once was” by Margret Atwood was basically an unfinished story about Cinderella. I can see how Atwood’s story can relate to cinderella, but it turns out to be a lot different. As the story begun, I thought there would … Continue reading
Summary of “On the Trail of Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad”
FOR HOMEWORK: write this summary and share it by commenting on this post. Main Ideas: Brooklyn’s role in the Underground Railroad–places and people who helped fugitive slaves escape Uses examples: Duffield Street houses, Plymouth Church, Weeksville mock slave auctions at … Continue reading
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Summary for essay # 5
This essay is about m recent site visit on the fifteen minutes tour away from City Tech. On my previous essay # 3 I had discussed about the juxtaposition of two buildings on Columbia heights and how they overlap New … Continue reading
Summarizing “Who Knows Brooklyn”
In class on Monday, we’re going to get started with the summaries you’ve written before we work on the drafts of Essay #3. Please submit your summary here as a comment, and offer your classmates any suggestions about their summaries–respectfully, … Continue reading