University of Macerata
English II-Grammar and Writing
17/10/2013
Writing paragraphs.
Instructions: think of one sentence which unifies the information and will serve as a guide to the reader. Then
proceed to tell the story by completing the paragraph with the information provided.
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The Armada
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Queen Elizabeth-ruler of Protestant England
Philip II-ruler of Catholic Spain
Philip believes he is leading a righteous battle to restore the Catholic religion
Spain wants to suppress the rebellion in the Netherlands
Must also conquer England
Sends armada: 132 ships, 30,000 men, 3,165 cannon.
England can muster 34 ships plus 36 privately owned vessels, 20,000 men.
English ships are more seaworthy, have longer range cannon, are faster, and led by John Hawkins, Francis
Drake, and courageous Queen.
The Saxons
Rome’s legions depart
Power vacuum is filled by Saxon invasion
Saxons rape and plunder the divided realms of England as recorded by Nennius (Welsh monk)
English Kings elect a dux bellorum to command the combined English forces.
490-503, Arthur defeats Saxons in twelve successive battles, the greatest of which was fought on Mount
Badon.
The Nazis
1. Nazi Germany acquires the Rhineland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia without firing a shot.
2. Nazi Germany builds line of defenses opposite Frances Maginot Line.
3. Nazi Germany signs a treaty with USSR and no longer faces a two-front war.
4. Poland is conquered while France and England do nothing.
5. Norway is conquered and England does little.
6. France, Belgium, Holland are invaded and conquered.
7. England loses almost all of its military equipment on the beaches of Normandy.
8. By the spring of 1940, England was left alone to face the power of the Third Reich and Italy,
separated only by width of the English Channel and the Royal Navy.
Essay based on information from the last lesson on Bessie Coleman
Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926)
Coleman was born in Texas in 1892 as the third child of poor farmers. As a student she discovered her joy of reading and
excellence at math. But economic factors would soon fracture the family and her studies. Her father was disturbed by the racial barriers
in Texas that kept him from raising his earnings and escaping poverty. So, he moved to Indian Territory in Oklahoma when she was
nine. Around that time, her older brothers grew up and moved away. Her mother worked as a maid and she helped take care of her
younger sisters.
Coleman’s father left the family during the cotton harvest, when everyone in the family worked in the fields to earn extra
money. It was terribly hard work and, during the harvest, African American children could not go to school. Still, Coleman managed to
finish all eight grades in the local school and decided that she wanted to go to college. She worked and saved her money and after four
years had enough money to begin college. A year later, she ran out of money.
When she was twenty-three, she decided she was going to learn how to fly airplanes but found this to be almost impossible due
to racial and sexual discrimination. What flight school would admit a black woman?
Bessie learned that she would have a better chance in Europe. She began to study French and took a higher-paying job so she
could save money. Soon after the end of World War One, Bessie Coleman left to attend the Ecole d'Aviation des Freres Caudron. There
she completed seven months of flight training and earned her permit to fly in nineteen twenty-one from the Federation Aeronautique
Internationale. She became the first black woman ever to earn an international pilot's license.