| 单词 | assignment |
| 例句 | He opens his notebook, dutifully copies down the assignment as anger swells inside him. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “When you’re a teacher, you always hope that your student will find something meaningful in the assignment to latch on to and that she’ll make it her own.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The next day, Mom calls Mr. Creed and then goes to pick up my assignments. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My assignments in Atlanta with Rutledge were finished. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed only long enough to unload supplies, pick up Cole’s school assignments, and look at the totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Tell me about today’s reading assignment. What would you do if you were Romeo and you loved a girl you couldn’t have?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Even if I was in English class and writing about whatever the hell I wanted to, instead of the assignment, I was still doing something I could turn in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At dawn each morning, he wakes before us and runs to the town square for our work assignment. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So when Ms. Washington gave us the assignment, that was it. I was done making excuses. That’s why I did my presentation on Glenn Burke.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He holds the assignment that I did for Mrs. Hall where we had to describe ourselves, the one with “Why?” written over and over on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Woolf weighed a lot more than the imposts assigned to most of these horses, but somehow he was able to circumvent the rule requiring riders to be within five pounds of the assignment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The secretary of war has selected you for a very important assignment,” Somervell told Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Put the phone on my desk, and complete your assignment. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They had ended up with a strange assignment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Especially since I’m also diving into the middle of new lessons and new homework assignments. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “You will remain together as a unit until you receive your assignments.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “We got a new directive from the city. All students will be assigned to schools by their residential districts. The teachers’ assignments have been invalidated.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And since you’re all educated and good at guessing, this assignment is perfect for you! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His assignment: to visit Chicago’s poorest black neighborhoods with a clipboard and a seventy-question, multiple-choice survey. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve had enough of this. For the last time, numbers do not have colors. Now, are you going to complete the assignment?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I can do his assignments in a few minutes, but I take a lot more time than I need so that he won't feel bad. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z What sort of hellish assignments have my teachers e-mailed out? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “So, then...for your homework, I have an extra credit assignment.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As part of an assignment for one of his courses, Chapter Eleven conducted what he called “fieldwork” during most of that vacation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I usually only checked my school email in the morning—for class assignments or announcements. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Matching ability with assignments was only part of the challenge. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Here’s your assignment. Tomorrow at the roll call, you take the chocolates. You say, ‘Brother Leon, I accept the chocolates.’ The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Goober had had only one brief conversation about the assignment—in fact, it wasn’t really a conversation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as we could be sure it was a helix, the assignment of the positions for only a couple of nucleotides automatically generated the arrangement of all the other components. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I always loved homework, but this felt more important than any regular school assignment: I had a new friend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z At first I pretended that I’d be going as a journalist more than a climber—that I’d accepted the assignment because the commercialization of Everest was an interesting subject and the money was pretty good. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “She’s missed 4 homework assignments. I have a feeling that she completes the assignments but perhaps forgets them at home or on the bus.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And they’re scurrying about, fluffing Jeffrey’s pillows, while I’m stuck here, getting lectured daily by Annette, just because I’m skipping an assignment here and there while the rest of my family is ON VACATION! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Molly objected to the assignment, not least because preparation for the conference would involve weeks of intensive briefings in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I knew that Ocean, for example, would never befriend me beyond this school assignment. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But the assignment was not a complete failure—Hairwoman runs the drama club and she recruited several new members based on their performances as to why they needed an extension. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The teacher handed down assignments without explanation, curtly telling students where they would spend the rest of their lives. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The boat assignments really didn’t amount to a hill of beans for now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I start to come up with reasons to get out of the assignment. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘Your assignment, not ours. You stay if you want to.’ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z “Samuel,” Emma Lee whispered and Ben overheard, “you know you did not read the assignment.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Sister Loretta, washed in the blood of dead infants, gave out the assignment for the next meeting in January. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the class period was spent discussing the next major assignment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Then they would have to appoint someone to head the new group, an experienced girl—white, obviously—someone whose disposition suited the sensitivity of the assignment. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Ochoa-Perez, an exquisite embassy wife, was very former, I knew, because Jack hadn’t been on outside assignment in several years at least. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And, after all, I told myself, the assignment was also proof of the committee's goodwill. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The new assignment was a challenge and an opportunity for testing how much of what happened in Harlem was due to my own efforts and how much to the sheer eagerness of the people themselves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a rationale behind the assignments, Shin never understood it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Every assignment was completed, every page was read, every paper was written and ready to be turned in. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I type these journal entries, and my homework assignments, on the little PC clone up in my bedroom. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I said no to the assignment only because I thought it would be unbearably frustrating to spend two months in the shadow of Everest without ascending higher than Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It all grew out of the fact that an assignment the class was reading just barely mentioned something called an oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d always worked on understanding the plague viruses, of course, but he must have uncovered something that upset him enough to make him quietly file for a change in work assignment. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The assignment was to design an outdoor shopping/dining center in my favorite style. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “My apologies, gentlemen. I’m on an important assignment.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She pulls me and Desda aside and says she wants us to keep doing the assignment. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Three weeks later, the team returned to the village with an assignment from their superiors: file a report detailing the villagers’ improvement in self-defense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “For this assignment, I chose to do a haiku instead.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The boys all treated the assignment like it was a big goof and most of the girls weren’t too excited about it, either. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He grew weaker and often failed to complete his work assignments, which led to more beatings, less food, more bleeding. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I know you’re excited because this is the last day of school before Christmas vacation, but let’s get this one last assignment in. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My English teacher, a tall, wiry fellow with a Ph.D. from one of the black universities, gave us The Merchant of Venice for a reading assignment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I started making journal tapes for a reading assignment. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s a lab assignment, and he’s come up blank. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They quietly occupied the stores, some sitting at tables reading and working on homework assignments, until the owners shut down their establishments in the middle of the afternoon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The top three pages are all math assignments, and the next two are biology quizzes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And he was worried about the weight assignments his horse’s success would bring. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he received his new assignment, he had just recovered from hospitalization after being injured in battle, and he wasn’t happy when he learned that he’d be leading a women’s regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Did you finish your art assignment? The one with the red flower?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Apparently, he thinks it’s important to teach students “dedication to long-term projects,” and this assignment is his grand solution. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For the only time in the last few months I had gone out on assignment, actually courted a live body, I had nearly blown cover. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have three assignments to do,” Jaja said, turning to leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long to wipe up the kitchen, and she found herself looking over her school things for what might interest Wash. She pulled out her last science assignment. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As one of our assignments, the class had to write letters inviting Zlata to come to Long Beach. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Thanks for bringing me my assignments,” I say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But that night—in addition to the math, science, social studies, and ELA assignments he’d already nailed—he was going to do some research. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t part of my assignment, but I was still curious. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “And for those who attend,” said Mrs. Baker, “your ticket stub will bring you extra credit for your next English for You and Me assignment.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One of those was a major writing assignment—an essay on the importance of friendship. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I still didn’t get to read aloud in class, but when we had a class assignment to write a poem, she would read mine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brush called me that when I handed in my assignments first or wildly waved my hand to answer a question. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She glances at the paper with my assignment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The teacher says time’s up for the assignment, so I pass the paper back to Jasmine with a shrug, happy for the excuse not to tell her a thing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z On his first assignment, Allen was sent out for a night patrol with his unit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As we both started the assignment, I wondered if I should be making conversation or if he wanted to focus on his homework. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Nat gets right to work matching buttons to feathers to stones like this is her assignment. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few weeks into his new assignment, a chilling reminder of the risks of Blake's double life landed on his desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They resented being told to clean what they considered to be spotlessly clean aircraft cockpits; they burst into tears if someone got left out of an aircrew assignment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Then, others joined in the laughter as they envisioned the result of the assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bradley pulls out the sheet with our assignment for the day and starts reading the instructions aloud, his eyes intense with concentration. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I liked the assignment, but it was harder than I expected. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if I should use the word “awesome” in a class assignment. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was freelancing then, working at home, and just keeping up with the few book cover assignments I’d taken on was a major effort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For the very first time, she wanted to write something, and it wasn’t an assignment. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah?” said Jared S. when I told Mrs. Miller’s class for my reading assignment. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was in my nightgown already, doing our assignment, a love poem in the form of a sonnet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A dismal assignment, I thought: garbagemen to the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What the hell was Archie involving him in an assignment at this stage of the game for? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had murmured hotly about slavery being over, but every man filled his assignment. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z At work, I met with the partner in charge of my division, asking to be given more challenging assignments. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I charged a dollar per assignment and guaranteed at least an A- or the customer was entitled to a full refund. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Seven knew that Poppy couldn’t betray her assignment. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He stamps my parents’ wrists and then gives us seat assignments on the train and warns us not to sit elsewhere. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, at school, I still kept plowing along, practicing drums, writing journals, completely bagging all of my homework assignments, and faking human interaction with the people around me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The basement—my friend Calder and I need to finish an assignment by today—is there some one who could let me in?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He was tempted now to ask Carter if the campaign had turned into a Vigils project— like one of Archie Costello’s assignments—but decided to hold down his curiosity. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She soon found that her assignment was anything but boring—for one thing, she had to make a few practice jumps herself before she learned to pack parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Archie alone was always under pressure, devising the assignments, working them out. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It always happened this way when an assignment was about to be given. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Mary Joseph gives me an assignment to do on my own. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I punch my time card and proceed to the morning’s worst moment, getting my assignment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The questions on the assignment sheet are: What did you choose to bring with you to the next place? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It is my sacred assignment,” Seed Collector said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He remembered Minho acting suspicious the day before, saying he had a special assignment. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I’m extra nervous, since this assignment is worth fifty points. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I don’t know what kind of assignments I’ll miss, but I hope it isn’t much. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This was a nerve- racking assignment, as I’d had no experience with any of the patients. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some letters were written on grainy gray paper; some were written on the back of homework assignments. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “She gave out our community service assignments yesterday.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As they made their way closer to the machines, Moss got his first glimpse of the cops that had been sent to work what arguably must have been their worst assignment ever. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Rondon, dressed in his military uniform and with his faithful dog, Lobo, by his side, read aloud his Order of the Day, which included their work assignments and goals. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Or a homework tracker,” Tamika said, “where you enter all your assignments, the steps to complete them, and due dates, and then mark them off when finished.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Have you done all your assignments in her class? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was obvious that the new assignments were its death blow. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It looked like chaos, but the kids were doing an assignment. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z And by the second night, she was playing board games With him every time she took a break while I did practice quizzes or writing assignments. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Before my overseas assignment was made, I was tested in several European languages. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I linger outside on my doorstep as my parents head to the Hub a little early for their work assignments. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The freshman time trials were improving again as Bolles finally seemed to be zeroing in on the right mix of boys and seating assignments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Those who do step out of line often face little unexplained punishments, such as having their schedules or their work assignments unilaterally changed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Neely just wrote our first lab book assignment on the board in his scrunched-up, scratchy handwriting, and he’s getting all excited about this scientific process stuff. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If Archie drew a white marble, the assignment stood as ordered. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Erma had made it clear how she felt about black people, so instead of inviting Dinitia to our house to work on her assignment, I suggested that on the upcoming Saturday, I’d go to hers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Shouldering her pack, she wandered through the grasses in search of fuel, a much less exciting assignment. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing Doreen ever bawled me out about was bothering to get my assignments in by a deadline. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was an unwritten rule that the seat you chose the first day became your assignment—unless you were so unruly that Mrs. Korshak made you change. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be really stupid if I got killed in Baltimore working on this of all assignments. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “That’s my assignment, to preserve as many seeds untouched by human manipulation as possible for the next, Fifth World.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to do the assignment because I grew up not knowing anything about my family’s past. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They gave us our barrack assignments and put us right to bed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yep,” I agreed as I handed him his homework, which had four problems wrong, nicely scattered throughout the assignment. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want her to regret choosing me for the assignment out of all the other girls she could just as easily have chosen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Our time with the dead cat had officially come to an end—we’d be resuming regular bookwork for a while until we received our next lab assignment—but I still couldn’t face it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Labor Department with a vague assignment to come up with ideas to improve efficiency and morale. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Is this in regard to an assignment from one of your instructors?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was wondering desperately how to fulfill my assignment, struggling to think of a way to broach the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Those fleeing from the region stand in line waiting for ship assignment. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They even convinced me to stay in school and offered to help me catch up on my assignments. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I explained to her that I couldn’t quit, at least not until the assignment was done. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitchhiking back to base for the next assignment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That first day—that first assignment, the very first one—remember how giddy everyone was the morning after, when they handed out all the champagne and perfume at The Cottage? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Bridge’s first English assignment of the year had been a one- page essay about “something of interest.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “I will not serve the man. I am a volunteer aide with the man, sir, as you know. I most respectfully request another assignment.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant I'd have to justify my daily screenings with a homework assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I open my backpack, take out a folder, and flip through it as if I’m figuring out which homework assignment to do first. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Their Yaks were ready for a combat mission—but no assignment came. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We turned to each other and high-fived with both hands; we couldn’t have been more excited to be going on assignment together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To Lawrence, however, the assignment seemed both inchoate and potentially overwhelming. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On one earlier assignment he’d been a French merchant; on another an Arab businessman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She typed out her assignments on one of the machines in the instruction room of the Communications Corporation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were doing an assignment together, Scott always figured out how to divide it so he had less work to do. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Page 82 Each day, we had a brief reading assignment full of statistics and real-world examples. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I tell Sam, “We used to do each other’s assignments. I would draw for Lee Lee, and she would write for me.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “And I assume you know about the threatening letters your parents received at their work assignments.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The girl suddenly said: "My brother won't leave until he finishes his assignment. Sorry. His session was over ten minutes ago." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I see the last assignment is a book report. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z While Tony doesn’t classify as a close friend, we have worked on a couple of assignments together so I know where he lives. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Everyone tries to zip through the assignment so they won’t have homework this weekend. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The grieving aviators of the 587th had lost their commander just as they were about to receive their first combat assignments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Or maybe this was their only assignment for the whole day, and it was already too much. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z MacDuffy sent me to the basement of Building No. 2 on a new assignment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he had finally waited, impatient for the assignment to come to an end, eager for that silent battle between Brother Leon and himself to be over with. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before joining regular officers in the lineup room, our group had a separate lineup at which we received our assignments. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood silent, watching his father finish drafting the day’s assignment. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Were you listening when Mr. Neely explained the assignment?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When she found out that I texted him the assignment, she got all huffy. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As I was struggling for something to say, a youngish, dark-haired man walked into the room and scribbled an assignment on the board. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Not only did she have her in class last year, but Fiona’s been getting my assignments from her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They shouldn’t have picked Frankie Rollo for an assignment, of course. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each member of the crew was given an assignment. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And we decided to be partners for Mr. Petrelli’s next geography assignment, which was on “The California Gold Rush and You.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but Mrs. Barton said we have to read up for our next wagon trail assignment.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Someone followed Smith every hour of the day, and each reporter received assignments on where and when to be posted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the class goes over cursive letters, I work on my assignment. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He was tired of being the fixer, making certain the assignment went off on schedule in order to maintain Archie’s big shot reputation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But before she crossed completely to the world of electronic computing, Katherine Johnson would tackle one last, very important assignment, using the techniques and the tools that belonged to the human era of computing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “This isn’t an assignment, Inej. It’s a job for you to take or leave as you see fit.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Or maybe they could write: ‘Melba Pattillo died by her own hand because she was afraid of facing God’s assignment for her.’ Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m suddenly thinking of my art assignment, how I have to make a flyer for a local business. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I did take the train to assignments, too, more often than I flew. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “We hit the ground, me and Lieutenant Carroll will mark off the squad assignments. And don’t go shooting at nothing until you see something to shoot at! Let’s go!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella gave Mama her school notebook, the one that held the paper marked with a F, the incomplete assignments that sat there like half-plowed furrows, the jumble of scribbles and thoughts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After school, Mabel and I split up our science assignment on the 31, hopped off around the corner from Trouble Coffee, and went in to celebrate our excellent time management with two cappuccinos. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He can also use a scanner to send copies of assignments or textbook pages that he needs help understanding. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z When Mr. Kazilly tells us our homework assignment, however, he’s got me wanting to shout “gardyloo” and chuck the wastebasket across the room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Neubauer had been in the hospital when he received a letter from Kappe asking him if he wanted to go on an assignment to America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He had often used his position as president of The Vigils to keep control of Archie, to prevent him from going overboard on assignments. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hungry and had a headache and felt that everything would be all right if he could only get out of here and run, hurtle himself through the streets, free from the terrible assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat assignment seemed tangible and undeniable evidence that what the sophomores had been speculating about was true—something was special about them, and Ulbrickson had unusual confidence in them as a unit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Leaving football practice yesterday, Goober had whispered, “When does the assignment end?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What do I mean, I couldn't get the assignments? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a senior officer with a reputation for being tough; he sometimes came over to B-block on an assignment like this. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is going to be an A+ assignment. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She leads me through exercises and gives me homework assignments. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Okay, people, if you have your partner, move your chair next to theirs so I can tell you the assignment.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In the middle of assignments, teachers would hold up a picture of a whiskey bottle and ask if anyone recognized it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As I watched Mom dish eggs and Soyrizo onto two plates, I thought about the family tree assignment for Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I was much more interested in falling into stories than completing Du Barry's assignments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I walk up and hand it to him instead of putting it in the assignment cubby. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Madeline,” my mom says, “Mr. Waterman tells me that you’re late on your architecture assignment. Is everything all right, baby girl?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z During a road repair assignment, he noticed that Shin had loaded far too many stones in a handcart. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I wanted no drink; I wanted to take the next step that lay between me and an assignment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you realize that there’s nothing personal in the assignment?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was he to give assignments and set deadlines? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve thought it over. I think you are the best one. Jiang Ji-li, this is an important political assignment. I hope you will accept it and try to win honor for our class. All right?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonas went to his own desk and began to sort through his school papers for the evening’s assignment. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t seem like a great conversation to put in the assignment, but it is all that Axel can remember. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And off he’d go to his chessboard, without his mother’s permission, leaving his school assignments in abeyance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I know you haven’t felt well, but this was an easy assignment. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a good thing this assignment was given early in the year. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Fleming, seventy- one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he went to find out his lane assignment, he got a rude surprise. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Struggling to meet their final assignment from the Interim Commit tee, the four members of the scientific panel convened at Los Alamos on June 15. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I’ve barely been by the Hub because this garden work assignment puts me about as far from it as I can get, so I’ve only stolen a few glances at the Occupy encampment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z So then they would email my assignments, and I’d breeze through them, but somehow I wasn’t turning them in the right way. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “At least I’ll have assignments and friends and all sorts of wonderful first school day things to do.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the class was given the assignment to write a poem, she did read mine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Then I made the mistake of inviting her over to work on one of our Domestic Arts assignments together and Mother got a good look at her stitches. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Come critique time, most students behaved as if the assignment had been to confine the stories in a dark, enclosed area and test their reaction to sensory deprivation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Obie had been involved in so many Vigil assignments that he’d lost count of them and he was continually amazed at how they got away with it all the time. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She has worked high-stress assignments in telemetry— monitoring cardiac patients—and in the intensive care unit. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “And as long as they don’t interfere with your main assignment of recommending that the authority of Special Services be expanded to include combat activities.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “But Mr. Vanness called and asked me to keep up with your assignments so if and when you do come back you can jump right in.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think about that assignment? The ‘Who do you want to be?’ project?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the only paper written in casual printing rather than the formal cursive of a school assignment, and the handwriting is tiny. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Tats shrugs as well and says, “Most of my classes have assignments instead of exams. I have one on Tuesday. But of course, you must be ready, huh?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He has an assignment for his son: Yifeng will please study his Older Sister. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, maybe not Mitchell and Boggs—they died on an actual assignment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ammu felt a sudden clutch of love for her reserved, dignified little son in his beige and pointy shoes, who had just completed his first adult assignment. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As a very young boy, regarding his parents, as he struggles with an early homework assignment, he knows this too well. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to assemble for work assignments. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The student had failed to hand in her homework on time, and Teacher Li had told her to copy the assignment over five times as punishment. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One missed paycheck could leave you without electricity; one missed homework assignment could put you behind and possibly out of college. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I knew his bunker assignment: Bunker Six, a pile of sandbags at the southwest corner of the perimeter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I almost forgot. Here is your math exercise notebook. I put the assignment sheet in it. Don’t forget the meeting tomorrow. Four o’clock in the auditorium.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I open his homework tab and check through the assignments. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z There were whole police squads whose only job was to go around peeking through windows—clearly an assignment for only the finest law enforcement officers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I know that if there is complication in every assignment, a shift or turn that can newly show events in either shadow or light, this is the way our world has always been written. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in France is free from sexual assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The assignment was twenty-five pages on John Donne. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The writing assignments I do for Ms. G’s class require draft after draft until everything is perfect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I was on assignment in Miami and had to return there immediately after his funeral. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “No exceptions. If you don’t want to do this assignment, my esteemed colleague, Mrs. Garrett, just told me she has some openings in her English class. They meet this period, too. You can transfer over.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Ms. Rubin dropped by the apartment one afternoon with all my locker stuff: my textbooks, my loose-leaf book, and all the assignments I would need to make up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Now I knew most of the Brotherhood arguments so well—those I doubted as well as those I believed—that I could repeat them in my sleep, but nothing had been said about my assignment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t know that when a memo arrives to confirm the assignment, some deep and unseen fault line in your life has begun to tremble, that some hold is already starting to slip. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The idea for my art assignment takes shape. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Half of our grade will depend on this assignment, but no one seems too eager to make plans. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But the spectacularly bad start meant that the two-length handicap he faced by virtue of his lane assignment was even greater now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I bet she plopped an assignment on him right off the bat too.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At most other universities, there wouldn’t be so many student soldiers, but at Drake, almost all of us are well on our way to career assignments in the Republic’s military. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z On the North Carolina College campus in the southeastern part of Durham, where the spring semester was just underway, students compared class assignments and reading lists. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “On special assignment here until, well, until my Lord Dionysus decides otherwise. And you, Perseus Jackson, I do expect you to refrain from causing any more trouble.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Or given me any assignment after my debacle with Luzan, much less one with a man like John Kwang, with whom I might so easily identify? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Neubauer believed he had no choice about his assignment. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “The first assignment is on page twelve, numbers one through twenty-one.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a temporary assignment, but on his twenty-first birthday, May 1, 1878, he leaves The Hague. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Nobody minds this assignment, I think, except me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Reggie, a boy working on a math assignment, kept his head down and slid farther away from them, almost like he didn’t hear Chip’s greeting. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He religiously studied his blocking assignments for each game, because he was not about to make a careless mental error. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody in our office wanted the assignment. Me either. But it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Just like jumping off a diving board. Only with a rope around your neck.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Our homework assignment that night was to write a letter to our new pen pal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As he does, they each bring up a hovering copy of an assignment, syncing with one another and checking their progress. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I still have the syllabi from all my classes, and David’s been bringing me assignments. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Anyway, our final assignment for the unit is to create our own paradox and be ready to argue it Socrates-style. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But he also pouted about work assignments and succumbed to fits of anger. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His fountain pen flashed through her French assignments. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want to trust you with an important assignment,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were also descriptions of polite students who volunteered to sit beside us or offered to lend back homework assignments or flashed a warm smile just when we needed it most. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want another assignment—which is what I had intended to tell him when I arrived. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I was in the foyer again, receiving a bunk-room assignment and some bedding, both of which, it occurred to me, could have been quickly given out upon our arrival. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The other Navajo men of the first twenty- nine had been sent on assignment overseas, but he and John Benally, another member of the Navajo 382nd, had been given a different job. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But Fiona’s upbeat and optimistic, and since we have five out of six classes together, she’s very familiar with the assignments. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Life writing, she’d called it, an assignment for them to write about themselves. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He surely appreciated the assignment for another reason: it was his first chance to move out of the shadow of Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maybe, since the assignments were so close, she could sneak a look at the paperwork; sometimes there was a clipboard on the nurturer s desk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was in the city on assignment, only my second one solo, and I’d just completed the job. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Teacher rummaged through a file and pulled out Neel’s assignment from the day before, which was covered with red ink. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z In Room 205, the morning journal assignment was written in neat script on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I shift my internal calendar to Monday night and make a mental note to finish the assignment by then. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I was daydreaming so much about that car on my overseas assignment, it helped distract me from the stress of competition—which might be why I performed at those meets as well as I did. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He looks at us, like he knows we weren’t doing the assignment. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Jazz had checked off every assignment she had done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z We worked on the assignment because we knew Mr. Fordiani would be back and there would be consequences. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z No one laughed at her homework assignments, though. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In late October 1969, Adams flew to Vietnam and waited at an army base for her assignment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He liked it when Archie involved the brothers in the assignments. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their assignment was to guard one hundred American prisoners of war, who would work as contract labor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She always said the same thing after she had an idea, and always with an undercurrent of we’re-in-this-together-and-it-might-be-dangerous: “Do you agree? Should we bag the assignment for now?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z On returning, now charged to find that woman’s daughter, he knew why the previous assignment had vexed him so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z More assignments due and everybody waiting for what Archie would come up with. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the 586th’s assignment came, they were disappointed to find that they weren’t being sent to the front after all. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Instead of trying to convince Amá that I need to go out and talk to people I’m not related to, I often make up homework assignments. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We’re in physics class, and the assignment is to set up a pulley system. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Back in Ohio, where I’d been treated like a homework assignment somebody was always having to do, eating was never a joy of any kind. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Abby had never, not on any assignment, experienced such hostility, such suspicion. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the project with my friends, the oral history assignment, and my regular work, I’m going to be extremely busy for the next few months. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Ryu ditched his work assignment one day, and his disappearance was quickly reported. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Some Hitler Youth did not realize the murderous work of the SS or that joining meant possible assignment to the notorious Waffen-SS—Death’s Head Unit—the unit that supplied guards for concentration-camp duty. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t occur to me until then that they might not know one another’s assignments. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After taking roll, Mr. Lema gave the class the assignment for the first hour. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You go out every day,” said de la O. “You were on assignment. You are out there looking for Chuckie—the VC.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z If he was busy with a project, he set us up with some time-consuming assignment such as sawing a thick log in half. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The legend was something each of us wrote out in preparation for any assignment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you understand that my recovery won’t be a simple assignment.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “They don’t grow on trees. Plus, his grades weren’t good enough. He was always working too much to finish his assignments.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When the teacher passed our first homework assignments down the rows, I gave Miles one that had “accidentally” been ripped in half. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Katherine’s parents loved their son-in-law, Jimmy, a chemistry teacher whom Katherine met at her first teaching assignment, and they doted on their three granddaughters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If Archie drew the black marble, it would be necessary for Archie himself to carry out the assignment, to perform the duty he had assigned for others. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last day of camp, Martha put to rest all the speculation about who would get the upcoming assignment. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the day we were to be transferred, the Germans ordered us to line up in groups according to our work assignments. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z When I was a freshman in college, I began typing all my assignments. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I once got two points off a homework assignment because I didn’t put the date on top. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Able to speak four languages, he was a natural recruit for overseas assignments. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead, he gave me a special assignment, a “mini journal.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Instead, I was given an assignment in the opposite direction...Okinawa, The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With only five minutes left in class, it’s probable she’s forgotten the assignment she gave you, which means you’re off the hook. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Veteran East Computers left for permanent assignments in the tunnels, and no new girls were hired into the pool to replace them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was efficacious for an officer to keep the troops busy, he thought, and when he exited a place, he left a trail of assignments in his wake no matter where he was. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Embarrassed, I slide my drawings underneath my blank writing assignment. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And for our final assignment, we had to choose someone else’s presentation to reflect on. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If he’d known how this straightforward Recon assignment was going to turn out, he would probably have retired then and there. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The young man who had this assignment will testify to his role in the affair. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The assignments, quite honestly, made me feel guilty for growing up in a time with a life-changing advancement, sort of like how we have medicine to cure common diseases that killed others in the past. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When Felix received his assignment at 6:00 a.m., he considered faking an illness—something tough to prove, like a toothache—but his mom had already driven off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I was a slow reader and often had to read each assignment twice. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They had to investigate the charges against me, but the assignment was their unsentimental affirmation that their belief in me was unbroken. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had wisdom enough to understand that digging holes in Colorado was not such a bad assignment in wartime. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And if the flu isn't infectious anymore, maybe he could talk with Bobby and explain some of the assignments. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Securing a revolution has proven to be a much more daunting assignment than winning one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z "You are a troublemaker. I should mark this down in your Party record book, but I will not. Instead, you have earned the class an extra homework assignment." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps as early as the night he brings home an assignment from school and finds the house too noisy for study. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Ms. G was willing to get arrested to help us complete a writing assignment was a sign of loyalty, and we respect her more for it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe the episode is about some evil people plotting to blow up Kunu Yaku, and his assignment is to find the bomb and save us all. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my own math book and did the assignment. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when stu- dents come over to work on group assignments, they assume that Don Walter is my father, that this is my family’s hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You inform your parents that it is a homework assignment. I am sure they will not object.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Women were “supposed” to wait for the assignments from their supervisors, and weren’t expected to take the lead by asking questions or pushing for plum assignments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Glenn Seaborg arrived in Chicago to take up his assignment from Compton on Sunday, April 19, 1942. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Mom, can you help me with this family tree assignment?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z We get to work on this assignment with someone else, she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I’m sitting next to Bradley and trying to concentrate on our assignment, which is hard enough. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She even said she would excuse my homework assignment the next day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, gradually, I uncurled and reached for one of my assignments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stared down at the assignment, my father’s words turning over and over in my mind. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack, being my assignment operator, my wing, was seeing whatever Hoagland let him, which was likely everything. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The next class assignment was for us to watch the presidential debates on television, take notes, and discuss them in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It’s safe to say that when all other students in the class said “Ugghhh!” it was an assignment I was going to enjoy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He had known several of them in previous assignments and other bases and he had met almost all of them in the days preceding his inauguration as their commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of pink, purple, green, and blue needs some touch-ups, but that can wait until next week after she catches up on assignments. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I hold up my entire backpack with its three packets of makeup work and all of tonight’s assignments. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Here he was in fifth grade, near the end of his very first language arts class with Mrs. Granger, and Nick could feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel a rainstorm. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Back when I was on my first assignment as a seeker, I was way out in Arizona. Brought in this kid named Clarisse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But today in science, when Mr. Levy starts calling out lab-partner assignments, I don’t get even the lightest tingle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Mr. Harding said I was missing a couple of assignments.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She also smiled because the whole class had an assignment, the first real assignment Mr. Larson had given since school started. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z On the last day in English, we finished selections from Travels with Charley and I turned in my Travelogue assignment. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But in the past twelve hours, I’ve accepted a dangerous assignment. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Pac Rim had been my first outing of the season, because Martha was picking and choosing all of our assignments carefully. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Guarding a vacant lot wasn’t the most glamorous police work, Officer Delinko knew, but this was an extremely important assignment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, thank you,” I say, and pull out the assignment. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The four of us had been lumped together last Friday to start on this assignment about an important woman from the past, and in two weeks we would have to do a presentation on her. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Is he going to make us thrash around with this ridiculous assignment without helping us? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Today I meet Connor on Devon Avenue after successfully lying to Amá about a homework assignment that supposedly requires me to go to the Cultural Center downtown. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s chalked up on the assignment board in the radio room,” First Officer Lyons said. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And he’d consoled himself: when I accept the chocolates and Brother Leon realizes I was only carrying out a Vigil assignment then everything will be fine again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I just did well on my written work, passing tests with high grades and handing in assignments done in perfect English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiona says, signaling me to get out my English assignments sheet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Please note, Mrs. Miller, that the “connection to the assignment” is that it involves two roads diverging—not in a yellow wood, like in Frost’s poem—but someplace else. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I accepted the assignment because I was in the grip of the Everest mystique. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Like the Room Nineteen assignment when he’d had to creep in there and help the kid Goober take the place apart—all that work so that Archie and The Vigils would look good. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, my Fantasticos! Good news! All homework assignments have been passed in today. That’s worth five extra minutes of snack time.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z My mom claps her hands and says, “Junie, the girls have brought you all the assignments you missed! Isn’t that wonderful of them?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z How can I go at this new assignment, how can I go on burning things? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your assignment is to read it so we can discuss it later.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And then Bridge’s English teacher handed back the first homework assignment of the year. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z After doing the test—which takes only about five minutes—the students were instructed to walk down the hall and talk to the person running the experiment in order to get their next assignment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She kept it in her plane—she’d take it out and knit until she was given a combat assignment and then she’d tuck it behind her parachute. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For your first assignment will you kindly make some outdoor sketches for me? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z After all, it was just a stupid assignment, and people just voted for the only ones they could remember. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help comparing my experience now with an experience I’d had three or four years earlier in Luxembourg when I went hiking with my son for a magazine assignment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Yes—go away,” Luma said before continuing with her position assignments. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z And so when he was on a dangerous bureau assignment, he sometimes tucked a six-shooter in his belt. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When she asked after my latest assignment I answered that it was sensitive and evolving but going well, and after a pause Lelia said down to her cold plate, Oh good, it’s the Henryspeak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year he gives everyone either a D or an F on the first assignment, an analysis of Blake’s “The Tiger.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was some combination of fate and alphabetical homeroom assignments. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The Vigils were grouped as usual in a circle around Archie and the kid receiving the assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The chocolates, for instance, were good for a dozen assignments. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Saying the words turned the horror into a task, an assignment. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And that’s how I ended up back at Twig’s house this afternoon, playing Whose PANTS? and having no idea whatsoever about our assignment for class. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It’s got some good ideas and that’s what the assignment was all about. No worries, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The more time I spent in my new, permanent assignment, the clearer it became that prison sociology was more complex than it first appeared. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the day before, his C.O. had given Milton a new assignment in the upcoming invasion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Kurtz had been looming over us, watching Megan’s frustration, and she said, “Why don’t the three of you form a study group to work on tonight’s assignment?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This was her assignment: answer the question “What is love?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “But don’t you think you ought to mention John Donne more often? Wasn’t that your assignment?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m proud of you, Lucy. But if you miss another homework assignment, you will lose your computer for a week. And no TV. Or candy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I already finished the discussion. He does the same first assignment every year. Hope you don’t mind.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson was horrified and furious when he saw the assignments—lane one: Germany; lane two: Italy; lane three: Switzerland; lane four: Hungary; lane five: Great Britain; and lane six: the United States of America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She missed two of her Advanced Algebra assignments, which had never happened before even once. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z What I wanted was to finish my science assignment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His first assignment in the New York City field office gave him the adventure he was looking for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Eventually Chacko got a brief, badly paid assignment with the Overseas Sales Department of the India Tea Board. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got home I looked through the assignments and found the one I was supposed to do for Mr. Parrish. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They usually avoided Vigil talk although Kevin often had inside information about assignments and stuff and he often fed it to Danny in bits and pieces, finding it hard not to show off a bit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were finished with the assignment in fifteen minutes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He had slipped into the race with such a light assignment by virtue of a peculiarity in the race’s weight system. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "They are moving everyone out of the barracks! You'll need to get a new bed assignment!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a few lucky ones, this assignment might last only days or weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no reason you should have to do all those assignments. Some of them are total busy work.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Beneath that facade, however, this brave spy took the next step toward one of the most difficult assignments of his career. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “He was supposed to take the chocolates a couple of days ago. The assignment was over. But he still refused to take them.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I enjoyed reading your assignments on Malala. And you had a strong research update. Can you please explain why you decided to change things without letting me know?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z When that pool’s numbers grew too small to warrant maintaining a section, the laboratory simply distributed the stragglers into other sections and passed their outstanding assignments along to West Computing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Ms. G came up with a new writing assignment that she thinks will bring the class closer together; we have to create a book of events that have changed our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Settling into his niche as a miracle worker for tough and neurotic horses, Pollard earned assignments on nearly three hundred mounts and guided them to more than $20,000 in total purse earnings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. G said we’re not limited to just using them on English assignments. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z All the girls had “duty work assignments,” like Christine’s post at the library, a practical way to teach them responsibility and discipline. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Reggie Shaw by lottery, a random assignment of cases to one of the four judges in the district. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The first assignment today is to give an introductory talk to a new crop of tour guides. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a time when she would have loved this assignment, when she had a thousand made-up places at her fingertips just waiting for someone to ask to see them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z After our paltry breakfast, I'm called with the other newcomers to a table where the old woman gives us work assignments. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of her class assignments was for us to ask our parents their opinion on politics and the presidential campaign. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Of course, we all pray that won’t happen. The Zamborskas were pleasant enough, and I enjoyed being here, but this whole assignment has certainly mucked up my plans.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We stuck to the assignment for the rest of the afternoon, walking past the zebras and the flamingos, and finally ending up at my favorite place in front of the lions. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But at night, her real assignment took over. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, Goubert. The assignment is more important than anything else, understand? More important than you, me or the school. That’s why we’re going to give you some help. To get the thing done right.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The class erupted in laughter and Armpit realized that he probably shouldn’t have called it a stupid assignment in front of Coach Simmons. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I look at Remy, who I know never does the assignments, and raise my hand. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z George Blake's assignment from MI6 was to recruit Soviets to become double agents for the British. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Wrote a poem for you. The assignment was: Find a small treasure and offer a gratitude for living in a free country. I wrote it this morning, before the rain.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A lot of us are milling around, and the guards are being unusually nice as they try to nudge everyone to their work assignments or back to their trailers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Being a substitute teacher not only paid relatively well, but it also allowed me to pick and choose assignments that worked with my training and travel schedule. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “To find yourself a bounty hunters assignment all of a sudden. Or whatever it is you are, Deckard.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There’s the Confused Period, when I wasn’t sure what the assignment really was. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Special assignment: they are to report on this García doctor's comings and goings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The above took place in what was essentially a storage closet where a small crew of us had been relegated to meet for a group assignment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was also the age that I was asked, as part of a church assignment, to learn about one of my ancestors. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then a half hour later on the same day, Mr. Creed, the guidance counselor, calls Mom and says he's got a huge pile of books and assignments for me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Ready to walk?" she asked Canton, who had been working nonstop on his assignment. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Inside these boxes are every sports certificate, every assignment, every art project Trey and me ever did. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My first assignment was to register the nurse's patients for embarkation on the Gustloff. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The assignment was to embroider “Welcome to Our Home” in flowery script. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Katherine could have been classified as a permanent member of West Computing, like the rest of the women who reported to Dorothy, available to rotate through other groups on temporary assignments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had devoted a lot of thought to his initial boat assignments, and in the first few days of rowing two of the new crews seemed to show particular promise. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She says, “I was excited about taking art this semester. But we have to stick to the assignments. No ‘doing your own thing.’” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The morning of the play, the students of Room 205 chatted and laughed, leaving their bags on their desks and ignoring the assignment on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Patrolman William Michael O’Brien had heard about her shortly after his assignment to the precinct, but it wasn’t until nearly three months later that he actually met the old woman. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The town square is a place where people gather to hear announcements, instructions, work assignments, or, in our case, wait for the village chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the rubric for the assignment asks for dialogue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I didn’t see these last night. I think this is that horrible homework assignment we did in the fall.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Now Cabot Searcy felt as if he had been given some sort of posthumous assignment from Benton. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “And my assignment is the Sunshine Buddies Club.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In previous assignments, even the one with Luzan, I had always been able to follow through with my initial transmissions despite feeling a moment’s pang of remorse. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of us will meet you near the house and either train you or give you assignments. You need not always come here, to the nest.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Goober nodded, accepting the assignment like a sentence of doom, the way all the others did, knowing there was no way out, no reprieve, no appeal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked for the government, too, with his secret assignments and all, but he has never talked about it all that much since we started living together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When class started, Señor Ascencio explained that we each would have to create a family tree and write a short essay to go with it for our first big assignment due on Monday. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I have my first assignment from the Court of Shadows. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This is what Hoagland meant when he promised the assignment would be simple, that I’d just have to lurk close enough and witness the play of the story as we already knew it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z David: “Melinda has to deliver her report to the class as part of the assignment. She made copies everyone can read.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The assignment was only for one page, but I wrote six. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Outside of school? Maybe somewhere far, far away from our disgusting lab assignment?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Go to your class and ask for your homework assignment,” Mrs. Flynn said. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She watched without a word or a smile, making sure the classes filed quietly into their rooms, where teachers sat with lesson plans on their cluttered desks and assignments on the whiteboards. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She was the only person in class who'd read her poem like it wasn't an assignment. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I jotted down the assignment in my notebook, tucked it in my bag and tried to keep quiet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I look at my pen pal assignment: Lena, who sits in the front row and cracks her knuckles. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With that assignment came various time- honored responsibilities. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After we finished the book, Ms. G made us do an assignment dealing with other cultures where we had to interview fellow Freedom Writers about their family heritage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Today my assignment is to be his shadow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The idea, in his words, was for the place to be a kind of “work lounge” for those of us on assignment in the city, or for “associates” of ours having unexpected layovers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, my first homework assignment was to practice drawing that letter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Cops and soldiers and medical personnel gathered there every day to share information and receive assignments. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After that there was a review paper about cursive writing, and then there was a sample sheet showing how the heading should look on every assignment. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes told her his name and she gave him his room assignment. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z My fitful work assignments from the relief officials ceased and I looked for work that did not exist. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As president, he also had to keep the other guys in line, keep them psyched up, ready to help make Archie’s assignments work. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That could mean a great deal...depending on how many assignments show up during the coming month. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I only survived because I was on a good assignment, like you—not hard labor hauling stones or digging ditches in the snow. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Our homework assignment was to write a paragraph about what we thought the precept meant or how we felt about it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The following week, Dinitia asked me for help on an English assignment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the temp agency I had signed with had been unable to find me any type of consistent assignments, so I had no dependable income coming in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I was oddly annoyed when I was unable to get parental help with a homework assignment. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Eberhardts owned a home computer, which Roy was allowed to use for homework assignments and for playing video snowboard games. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she left I had started a new assignment, nothing itself terribly significant but I will say now it was the sort of thing that can clinch a person’s career. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, Archie didn’t pick athletes for assignments—he claimed they were too stupid to absorb the delicate shadings, the subtle intricacies involved. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed away the thought of the math assignments in his satchel, floated on his back, and watched wispy white clouds chase each other across the wide blue sky. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “This will be your new pen pal for tonight’s assignment. You’ll have to write this person a note using the writing of ancient Egyptians.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One of the first assignments to land on Katherines desk involved getting to the bottom of an accident involving a small Piper propeller plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, sorry, it’s just—Ruby, would you mind coming with me for a second? I think there was some confusion on your assignment.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Of course, I was a little behind, but Ms. Harris had all the teachers create make-up assignments for me so that I could catch up on the work I missed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Moments later, Kim calls Chou to return to the communal garden for our work assignment. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z None of his assignments had been as much of a headache as this one. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Mapper yelled after David gave everyone else their assignments. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z After Agnes came along, Mama gave me the assignment of combing her hair too. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I told her about my pen pal assignment. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z However, those firsts would pale in comparison with Johnson's new assignment: The president wanted a plane that could fly high enough to avoid Soviet radar, and far enough to cross the Soviet Union without refueling. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The assignment was: Many writers and filmmakers have used the classic story of Romeo and Juliet as the theme for their works. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z To make things worse, that afternoon Miss Ehlis gave our class an assignment I was not expecting. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I can think of no sane reason that Coin would send an unstable boy, programmed to kill me, along on such a key assignment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With a few notable exceptions, most of the stories were thinly veiled accounts of the author's life as he or she attempted to complete the assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Okay, Simone, just like practice, I thought, remembering the mantra Kyla Ross had given me at my first major assignment three years before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Hoping it might help with my memorization assignments, I broke down and bought a Walkman—which surprised me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Our turn comes to check in and get our room assignments. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Even this particular assignment involved him—if Brother Jacques failed to come up with the cue, then Obie had to find a way to feed it to him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone’s got to do their time in the bottom of the barrel,” the union rep had said to our class regarding the likelihood of our initial assignment to Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My second, more private refusal must have sunk in, because that's when he accepted the assignment in Bangladesh. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I am also not having a special assignment. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I remember when I did my first few assignments as a brand-new national team member, I’d congratulate the other girls after their routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Many of the young women were bitterly disappointed with their assignments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He realized he might be taking the assignment a little too seriously. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We begin with an assignment to write about a person that we know who is brave. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “May I ask what my assignment will be?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Neely is a new teacher, so he’s still all optimistic and stuff, but personally I think this assignment’s a lost cause. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I would rip through an essay assignment in a matter of minutes, and Mom would be so proud. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She assumed the address belonged to one of Roy’s friends, and that he was picking up a textbook or a homework assignment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those smudged carbon flimsies,” Garland continued, “that you have there in your briefcase. Polokov, Miss Luft...your assignments. The next one is me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In late summer, I decided to finish my dissertation and to accept a one-year teaching assignment at Berkeley. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve been waiting for you,” he confided, tearing off the stub of the boarding pass, with Shadow’s seat assignment—17-D—on it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I didn't think about how far away they'd be after we received our assignments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My being early would be, I hoped, an indication of both how badly I wanted work, and how promptly I would perform any assignment given me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Carter carried the responsibility for the assignments on his shoulders. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Theresa began by reading the assignment aloud: “To research and present information about an agricultural product that is native to this area of Florida.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mike had mentioned that everyone older than thirteen would be responsible for doing some work; I just hadn’t realized that the assignments were chosen for you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Last month, Mr. Ward gave our class an assignment to write a poem about what frightens us most, in honor of Halloween. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z School’s not really something that concerns her, and she definitely doesn’t care about this assignment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I knew that being selected by my peers for this final Olympic assignment was the highest honor, but I was secretly worried that I’d embarrass my country. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I have done every assignment I’ve ever had since I was five. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Word had gotten around that the destruction of Room Nineteen was the result of his assignment by The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sul Ross made a resolution to finish his school assignments on time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When Chacko finished his assignment and couldn’t find another job, he wrote to Mammachi, telling her of his marriage and asking for money. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She said also that they absolutely hated any assignment in which they had to interpret what they had read. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They said that the teachers’ assignments had been canceled. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The guys waited, spellbound as always when Archie began to outline assignments and plans. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Therefore, you will have a special assignment to complete during the summer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At the end of class, I spoke to the teacher to get a list of back assignments, and during the conversation, I asked if she could do something to calm people down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a most important assignment,” I corrected him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He’s missed four of the last six homework assignments. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t take down the nightly reading or homework assignment from the board. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I’d written more than sixty pieces for Outside over the previous fifteen years, and seldom had the travel budget for any of these assignments exceeded two or three thousand dollars. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His next assignment was working chemistry boot camp at Velma T.’s house to make up for blowing out the chemistry room windows during science class. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My parents are already at their job assignments for the day, so for now, at least, I don’t have to worry about them trying to stop me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger was terribly strict about getting assignments in on time. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Many freelancers rotate in these weekly assignments, and we probably won’t see them again this summer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m sure you will have much to write about for your end-of-the-summer assignment,” she said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But when the rest of the class sits down to do their writing assignments, he says I can read a book. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In fourth-period social studies class, Mrs. Medina gives us a new assignment. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Each family will be assigned a house in the village. Those who do not get a house today will be built one tomorrow. Your first work assignment is to build houses for each other.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My assignment was to make sure he was happy in the job, that he had someone to come to if he needed advice, and that he felt connected to the larger team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It all started with her find-some-art assignment. We found it, all right.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the first assignments I had as a council member was a series of speaking engagements at local schools in London about my journey as a minority member of Team USA. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Or the hundreds of times we called each other to check the homework assignment, even though we both already knew it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She delivered the finished assignment to him just as she completed her work for Dorothy Vaughan, double-checking all numbers, confident that they were correct. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She headed off to the office to get her assignment. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what does that have to do with my work assignment?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I would end up with the same routine before every vocabulary test or important assignment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She was halfway through the assignment when Japanese fighter pilots bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Witnessing the pandemonium, he knew that this was one of his major triumphs, one of those long-shot assignments that paid off beautifully, certain to become legend. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Minho said he had a special assignment from Newt, and more or less told Thomas to get lost, refusing to answer any of his questions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As Bentley mastered the techniques of spying, her assignments for the Soviets grew. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We would bathe, dress, then rush off for lessons, where Du Barry would have a list of assignments for us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Alex wonders briefly if they volunteered for the assignment, but he’s trying to get his emotions back under control, and that’s not going to help. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Being idle or waiting for random work assignments only invited trouble. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I knew I should stop—this was the Lord’s time—but I hadn’t even started the assignment for music theory, which was due at seven A.M. on Monday. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Do you know what I did my Travelogue assignment on? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just another brainy, quiet girl, the kind who always turns in assignments on time, always aces tests. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z But this assignment made it, in fact, quite necessary to allow for more than the usual trade. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking that a clever assignment might help loosen them up, I instructed my students to write a letter to their mothers in prison. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I open my workbook and read our Morning Minute assignment. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Unlike everyone else, I am not excited about the new assignment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I tried to pay attention—Mrs. Friedman was indeed giving us an assignment—but the words swam by in a murky haze. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In high school there were more ‘creative’ writing assignments. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “While I have been waiting on your assignment, that’s not what I want to talk to you about,” Ms. McCrea said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Following that, Haupt confessed to them how their son was being used as leverage to ensure that Haupt completed the assignment. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim once said, “It never occurs to me to write a song just for the pleasure of writing a song. It has to be an assignment.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Luce felt that parents weren’t able to cope with an ambiguous gender assignment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He doesn’t even say anything, why fool around, it’s an assignment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t dare tell her that the only new contact I’ve had with Michael is texting him the reading assignment he missed when he went to the orthodontist. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It included English, where the class spent the first ten minutes going over the homework assignment for Monday and the next forty-five minutes doing the homework assignment for Monday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a really big meet for your first assignment. Big crowds, lots of publicity and television coverage. But don’t worry. Just go out there and have fun.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the day Ms. Hussey had given the art assignment, Calder went straight up to his room after school. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I was on assignment, a member of the working press, with my notepad in hand and the Minolta around my neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With his wisdom and calmness, his patience and organizational skills, his ability to lead and inspire without stepping on toes, Oliver was the perfect choice for this assignment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The teacher gives the class an assignment, and Jasmine and I finish before everyone else. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I was in class looking over our reading list for the year, along with our essay assignments, when I noticed a saddening lack of diversity. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And it all began with a school assignment. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Toward the end of the day Mrs. Howard woke me up and said it was time for me to go back up to Mrs. Maxy’s class so I could get my homework assignment. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later I found out that Smitty had a double assignment. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So perhaps she had simply happened on the boy at an unusual moment, when he had something on his mind, probably a school assignment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After finding my pool number and strip assignment, I looked at which women from which country I was slated to fence and tried not to psych myself out. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He still hadn’t officially announced his varsity boat assignments, but he was frank: “The sophomore crew has been a deep disappointment to me.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She’d murdered for the Dregs, stolen, brought down bad men and good, and Kaz had never hinted that any of the assignments were less than a command to be obeyed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I would hope that everyone does the research assignment and writes a report on their actual family, Douglas.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He could hear her giving the class some sort of assignment in arithmetic before she came out and quietly closed the door behind her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “A Mr. Reed. Social studies. Says you did an assignment for his class ... a ‘portaging’ project. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I skip 1 out of every 9 homework assignments in each class to keep my grades in the very low A range. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t work on that assignment just now,” I hollered back without looking out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She kept tabs on homework assignments, essay scores. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Instead, here he was every day, involved with assignments and homework, juggling all this activity and then getting stupid notes from Obie. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Admits she didn’t have nothing much to do with writing the assignment. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Joana’s pass was slightly different from the girl’s due to her assignment. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally he had been called off assignments when his superiors felt he was proceeding too cautiously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z An assignment to enter into a scientific correspondence—of sorts—with an adult. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It included a list of the names of sixty Soviet secret agents, recently graduated from spy training, who would soon be posted to assignments overseas. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As Shin understood it, an assignment in the mines was a death sentence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just the boat assignments that ate at Joe that fall, or the growing realization that getting to Berlin was going to be harder than anything he had ever done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A couple weeks ago we got an assignment: Write an essay about someone you know. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z An assignment on the first day of school? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I opened up my Granger email to see what my English assignment was. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He knew that the assignments of the Days would more and more be the killing of white people in groups, since more and more Negroes were being killed in groups. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "I guess so," I replied, holding up my room assignment notice. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “What can you tell me of my new assignment?” asked Eifler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe that he understands a lot of what is being taught, but he has no interest in doing the work that comes with the assignments. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z George pulled out her vocabulary assignment and began to work at the table while Mom went to the kitchen to start making dinner. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z While at university, Charles read theology, not just on assignment but also for pleasure. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Amina, you understand your presentation falls outside the parameters of the assignment,” Mr. Griffiths starts to say, pushing up his glasses and sounding exasperated. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I was still getting the hang of speaking in front of large audiences, but this would be one of the biggest assignments yet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Specific assignments were then handed out to members. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z This was a tedious assignment, as they ended up waiting around for days and days with nothing much to do. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger jammed the whole day’s work into the last eight minutes, a blur of verbs and nouns and prepositions, and yes, there was another homework assignment. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to make the same mistakes in my next writing assignment, which Miss Bell announced the following day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Noting his assignment in his private papers, Girard added, “I shall accordingly be very busy for a few days.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Back in the United States, Liyana’s classes had oral history assignments where they were supposed to go home and ask their oldest relatives or neighbors what the world was like long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I could open the textbooks, I could read the assignments, but then I would be drawn back to my own writing or reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z During these early months of her Moscow assignment, Marti knew that her fellow CIA agents could not truly accept that the KGB hadn't noticed her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Before class, I’d have to recopy it into Arabic numbers, but one day I didn’t have time, so I turned in the assignment in its binary version. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I sit and read my Gatsby assignment, and a piece of paper falls out of the book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Teachers spent more time with kids from “better” homes, and believed their excuses when papers were late or assignments lost. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I shuffle through their stacks of ungraded homework and make myself do the same assignments in my little notebook. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first few assignments you feel perfectly transparent, as if the man or woman in question can witness every leap of your heart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like all they did was review her homework assignments for the week to make sure she understood everything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z What drove the new program forward was the return of Lawrence’s gifted team of physicists from their wartime assignments. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The passengers formed a line, awaiting room assignments. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Rose is the type of student who takes all kinds of notes in a bright red spiral planner and never misses a homework assignment. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Among them were Alvarez and Serber, who had been sharing a tent on Tinian for two months, preparing for their assignment tending gauges to be dropped by parachute with the bomb itself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Once upstairs, George settled into her seat and began the assignment written on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z None of the classes aside from their own would know that it wasn’t an assignment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z This was really as far as he could go while still retaining some kind of safety factor on their hazardous assignment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to do this assignment again.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was the engineer who determined what problems to investigate, designed the experiments, and defined the assignments for the mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Part of his problem was that half the stuff Mr. Warren talked about had nothing to do with the assignments. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "Your assignment, should you decide to remain active," Brother Jack said, reaching for his gavel, "is to lecture downtown on the Woman Question." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go get our room assignments,” said Mrs. Yunghans, the middle school librarian. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z As the boys rowed up the course toward the starting line, it became clear just how challenging the weather and their lane assignment were going to be. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a radical shift from the kind of assignment that dominates high school writing instruction today, in which students are asked to write memoirs and personal reflections. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “People who want homework assignments, teachers, school clubs, announcements about charities I should volunteer in, invitations to Executive Pre-Professional football, basketball, squash games...” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z "Good. Now to your assignment: Tomorrow you are to become chief spokesman of the Harlem District . . ." "What!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther was assigned to a lumbering, uncoordinated colt named Vesper Lad, while Graham w'as up on Irish Princess II. At the last minute the trainer reversed the assignments. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will obey me in this, or you will be removed from this assignment.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z |
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