Lake Pontchartrain

thief.” (Sachar 23). The text shows that Stanley gets distracted from the topic that he’s going to juvie. What Clyde Livingston thinks of him isn’t suppose to be the worst part. Stanley should’ve been more concerned about himself going to Camp Green Lake. For a while, Stanley has always wanted…

In the film, Sky High, an action packed, family friendly film, it uses many film codes, such as Technical, Audio, and Symbolic codes. In this particular scene in this film, they used these codes effectively to create a feeling of fear and anticipation as the scene slowly progressed. Sky High is set in a superhero school on a floating island, and Will Stronghold is the main character who is soon to find his powers, while his parents are famous superheroes. There is a wide variety of Technical…

Jail or Camp Green Lake. He picks the camp, but little does he know that the camp is where he will meet his fate, a boy named Hector Zeroni, or Zero who was the actual thief of the shoes and great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni. The author elaborates on the theme by connecting the history between these characters and using fate as a template to bring these two together. Sachar takes the bond between them and elaborates a clever story through the…

when they flew from the sky and landed on him. Stanley is given the option of either going to jail or a special camp for troubled boys. The camp is called camp Green Lake and is described as a fun summer camp. When Stanley arrives to camp green lake he realizes it’s in the dry dessert in the middle of nowhere and there is no lake. At the camp the boys are required to dig one hole a day, because they are looking for treasure for the Warden. The Warden is a mean woman who is in search of treasure…

Stanley's physical build is attributed because of digging holes but his character growth is not. His sentence to Camp Green Lake has forced him to adapt to the harsh conditions of surviving amongst a hierarchy of tougher boys and leaders with underlying motives. Consequently, he experiences first hand the corruption that exists in our society. His morals and courage he already has allows him to stand up for what is right. Stanley learns what it means to be a true friend and ultimately saving the…

of shoes at him he was convicted of stealing the shoes and he went to court and was sentenced to detention camp, at camp green lake. At camp green lake stanley was forced to dig holes they said it was to build character but stanley believes that they are searching for something it is also very hot and humid and it has been very long since it has rained at camp green lake it is described as a giant frying pan. Stanley has made a few friends at camp it is mostly the people who are in his tent.…

loading (EPA, 2008). Through using Loading Function Models, scientists are more able to keep track of nutrient and pollutant loads within freshwater environments. Another management tactic of nutrient loading is the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 led to: government control of point sources of pollution, the regulation of phosphorous levels within detergents, and the upgrading of sewage treatment plants (Jetoo, S., & Krantzberg, G. ,…

Wetland loss is a vast problem in coastal Louisiana. From 1932 to 2010, approximately 4900 km2 of wetlands have disappeared from the Louisiana coast, mainly from erosion and, subsidence, and sediment depletion from the construction of levees, dams, and canals. The depletion of the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico will allow for uninterrupted coastal erosion. With sea level rise expected to be a catalyst for coastal erosion throughout the 21st century, future land loss is projected to be…

construction of levees and flood walls, these back-swamps no longer receive sediments. This resulted in much of New Orleans is below sea level prior to the catastrophic event. Furthermore, New Orleans is located between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain making the ground level even lower than its surrounding area, like a valley. For the levee component, the soils at its base are delta soil, which has clay like composition. The soil was too weak to withhold much movement and it can…

weekend so we were all trying to figure what to do. Our choices were to either go fishing off the docks in the back of the neighborhood or go swimming from our small bit of sandy, muddy beach that has murky water coming up on it. I lived off the Lake Pontchartrain at the time. My house was the first stop on our daily walk. The other girls would come to my house and stay and hang out at my house and eat oreos or doritos and chat. After hanging out and snacking at my house, we continued our walk…