12th Grade English

DOE Veteran Who Helped Shape Admissions Office Retires

Elizabeth Sciabarra was surrounded by family, friends and colleagues last month as she said goodbye to a 37 year career with the Department of Education. She started out teaching English in the 1970's and finished up overseeing student admissions citywide from pre-K through 12th grade as the CEO of the Office of Student Enrollment.

"I think it was more important rather than title for people just understand I knew that the buck stopped with me," Sciabarra said.

Sciabarra was both a teacher, then assistant principal at Brooklyn Technical High School. She went on to become principal of New Dorp High School in 1990. Then she took on the role of deputy superintendent for Staten Island and Brooklyn high schools. Under Schools Chancellor Harold Levy, Sciabarra went to headquarters. Under Chancellor Joel Klein, she helped create a centralized admissions office.

"With the high school admissions system we created it essentially broke open many of the boundaries and created much more choice for our students across the board," Sciabarra said.

Sciabarra admits with 1,700 schools, the enrollment process could be overwhelming.

"The scale of New York City is so daunting and so challenging," said Sciabarra. "In the work in student enrollment it was never about this is what it is and were finished. It was about this what we did this year how do we make it better next year. How do we reach more people."

In her career, Sciabarra has reached thousands -- particularly students -- who refer to her affectionately as Ms Sci. For many, she was their mentor and cheerleading coach.

"Right now there's a formation of a cheerleader alumni group, brand new, 200 members jumped onto to Facebook within 48 hours because they wanted to do it for Sci," said former student Susan Mayham.

Sciabarra is now back at Brooklyn Tech part-time helping the Alumni Foundation keep in touch with former students. She jokes she has thousands of kids.

"Though I don't have my own kids, I feel so fulfilled that I've had so many other children in whose lives I've meant something," Sciabarra said.

11th-12th grade english work. multiple questions + answers. please ...

17. Mrs. Peters, a closer neighbor who understands the dreariness and isolation of Minnie Wright’s life, is immediately sympathetic to the lonely woman’s plight. (3 points) A) slurry) False18. Martha Hale was not repentant about Minnie Wright in visiting all the years that they have been neighbors. (3 points) A) slurry) False19. Both Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale tried to hide the dead bird from their husbands and the county attorney. (3 points) A) slurry) False20. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters see many clues in the kitchen Which suggest the identity of the murderer as well as a possible motive. (3 points) A) slurry) False21. The men are looking for evidence to prove Minnie Wright’s guilt, while the women have been asked to come along to pick up some things for Minnie Wright, who has been taken to jail. (3 points) A) slurry) False22. The two women who accompany the sheriff and attorney to the country farm house are Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. (3 points) A) slurry) False23. The story, “A Jury of Her Peers,” revolves around the death of someone. Identify the person from the options below. (3 points) A) Mrs. Petersberg) FosterC Minnie) Mrs. Haled) John Wright) Mr. Hale24. While they are in the farmhouse, the women begin to find signs that Minnie Wright was deeply disturbed. (3 points) A) slurry) False25. The setting for “A Jury of Her Peers” is a crime scene in a remote farmhouse. (3 points) A) slurry) False26. As a young woman, the wife of the murder victim was a shy, quiet woman with few friends. (3 points) A) slurry) False27. The most important evidence that points to the identity of the murderer is a dead canary wrapped in silk in a music box. (3 points) A) slurry) False28. First-person point of view is (3 points) “we.” A) the narrator who Relates the action of the story using the word “I” or B) a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a story . C) a narrator who can see or hear what OCCURS, but who only knows the thoughts and feelings of a single character. D) the narrator who stands outside the action of the story and what can be Relates only see or heard as a witness. 29. Theme is (3 points) A) from the view point Which is a story told. B) the central idea of ??a literary work. C) the highest point of interest or suspense in a literary work. D) the series of events related to the central conflict or struggle. 30. Rounded character is (3 points) A) a character who does not change during the plot. B) character who Demonstrates a range of human qualities typical of actual humans. C) a character who dominate Demonstrates a single trait. D) a main or central character of a literary work. 31. Verbal irony OCCURS when (3 points) A) either the speaker means something totally different than what he is saying or the audience realize because of their knowledge of a Particular situation. B) not an event violates or does meet the expectations of the characters, the reader or the audience. C) the reader knows something that is unknown to the characters in the literary work. D) a person or situation is not what is actually would seem to be. 32. The antagonist of a story is (3 points) A) the character who opposes or works against the central character. B) the person who tells or Relates the story. C) the character that under goes changes as the plot unfolds. D) the central character in a literary work. 33. Match each character with the correct description. (5 points) A. The wise old man of Denmark who remembers Beowulf’s fatherB. King and Lord of Beowulf and his MenC. The brave warrior who travels across the seas to fight the monsterD. The fierce monster that is terrorizing Denmark. The king of Danes who is broken after the massacre at HerotWulfgarHygelacHrothgarGrendelBeowulf34. Match these items with their symbolic meaning in “A Jury of Her Peers.” (5 points) A. The breaking point for a frustrated Minnie FosterB. woven quilt found in the Wright householdC. An attempt to protect Minnie Foster from being directly incriminatedD. Minnie Foster’s transformation over twenty yearsE.

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