I love watching shows that demonstrate the beauty in people when they work together for
a greater cause. In the reality television show “Pitt Bull and Parolees”,
that can be seen on Animal Planet Channel, focuses on the work of
renowned trainer Tia Torres who
has made it her life mission to help Pit Bulls as well as all other dog breeds who have been abandoned and/or abused. The name of her facility
is called Villalobos Recue Center in which she rehabilitates and finds homes for hundreds of abandoned and
abused dogs. In addition, to aiding these rescue canines she helps paroled offenders by
giving them work at her facility alongside her two daughters Mariah and Tania
who help train these parole offenders in caring for these rescued dogs. What
I find most fascinating about this show is the ability for human compassion. Not only for the dogs they
care for but also for people who have made wrong choices in life due to
lack of a positive role models in their life. I truly believe
that this show allows us to take a step back and think about our humane
side and how we have perceived in the past rescue canines especially
Pitt Bulls as being unlovable untrainable animals. In the same token, the
show also demonstrates how we have perceived parolees as being individuals that
should not be offered a second chance due to the mistakes of
their past and the positive results that have occurred after offering a second
chance to both canine and Parolees.
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Vocabulary:
demonstrate
(verb)—show, display
Pitt
Bull (noun) – a type of American dog breed.
Parolees
(noun) – a person that has been released from prison due to good conduct or
finishing their time in prison.
trainer
(noun) – a person who teaches by training animals and people.
breeds
(verb) –a group of animals or plants that have different features that make
them unique.
abandoned
(adjective)—deserted, left behind
abused
(verb) –mistreatment, cruelty, violence to people or animals.
facility
(noun)—place, location
rehabilitates
(verb)—restore, rebuild
canines
(noun)—dog
compassion (noun)
–love, care, kindness
Vocabulary
Exercise:
Amanda
will _____________to her students how a pumpkin.
I
went to the pet store and saw a ________________.
In
the passage above the _______________after getting out of prison are given a
job at the rescue facility.
Every
Sunday my dog goes to a _________________who trains him not to jump on people.
That
brown dog is a different ___________________from the black dog.
My
brother found a dog that was ______________ at the park yesterday and also
looked__________.
In
the passage above canines that have been ____________are taken to the
Villalobos rescue ____________where the Trainer Tia
Torres__________________them.
Grammar
Point:
Preposition are words that typically come in front of a noun phrase they describe
a relationship between its object and another word or groups of words in a sentence.
A preposition gives information such as direction, time, and place. For example,
in this sentence “with all the
good intentions I had in the beginning of the year “look at
underline prepositions in, with, of were
that were utilized within the sentence. In the above passage all the
prepositions are underlined.
Grammar
Assignment:
Read the passage below and underline all the prepositions.
During
the picnic Anne and I went on a boat around the river. Soon after, we saw our
other two friends who we were waiting for among the trees near the parking lot
where we parked our car. Since, our friends already had lunch we all decided to
walk towards the coffee shop which was located under the bridge.
