...GCSE English Language 2010 Studying Spoken Language The newest and potentially most exciting area of the new GCSE specifications is the Studying Spoken Language section of the Controlled Assessment for GCSE English Language. The focus of this unit is investigative, asking candidates to explore their own spoken language and/or that of others, including perhaps spoken language in media and technologies such as internet messaging services. Sample Controlled Assessment tasks are available online so that you can see the type of tasks that will be set. All of the tasks are fairly open-ended so that you can help individual students tailor their research to suit their interests and the type of data available to them. One of the teachers who has done a trial of the new unit said, ‘the tasks were greeted with enthusiasm and the ability to connect what we were exploring to the wider context. The tasks lead to independent study which meant there was a good deal of ownership for the students.’ 8 Teachers who have trialled the unit have given us some very useful feedback on which we can base further support. One important point is that giving enough time and thought to the initial data collection pays dividends in terms of the level of analysis which students can carry out. The script and commentary on the following pages are examples of the further resources you can see online at http://web.aqa.org.uk/englishLangA These are provided to demonstrate ways...
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...Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Advanced Placement English III First Six Weeks – Introductory Activities: ▪ Class rules, expectations, procedures ▪ Students review patterns of writing, which they will imitate throughout the course: reflection, narration and description, critical analysis, comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and persuasion and argument. ▪ Students review annotation acronyms, how to do a close reading, literary elements and rhetorical devices. Students also review the SOAPSTONE (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone, organization, narrative style and evidence) strategy for use in analyzing prose and visual texts along with three of the five cannons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement and style. ▪ Students learn the format of the AP test, essay rubric and essay structure. ▪ Students take a full-length AP test for comparison purposes in the spring. Reading: The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing: Answer the following question in one paragraph. Use quotes from the novel as evidence. Some readers believe that the elaborate decoration that Hester embroiders on the scarlet letter indicates her rejection of the community’s view of her act. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your position using evidence from the text. (test grade) Writing: Write a well-developed essay addressing the following prompt. Document all sources using MLA citation. Compare Hester to a modern...
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...Mr. Macomber English 3 AP Syllabus 1.5 English 3 AP Course Overview Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop their ability to work with language and texts in order to establish greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities. C16 Students examine rhetoric in essays, images, movies, novels, and speeches. They frequently confer about their writing by conferencing in class. C 14 Feedback is given both before and after students revise their work to help them develop logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence. Rhetorical structures, graphic organizers, and work on repetition, transitions, and emphasis are addressed. I comment on individual drafts, and I write memos to the class in a blog about whole-class concerns such as specificity of quotations, parallelism, and transitions. C13 Simultaneously, students review the simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence classifications. We examine word order, length, and surprising constructions. Loose and periodic sentences are introduced. We examine sample sentences and discuss how change affects tone, purpose, and credibility of the author/speaker. In addition, feedback on producing sentence structure variety...
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...Spanish IV AP 2011-2012 Summer Assignment The activities in this assignment are meant to help me become familiar with your Spanish skills at this point. They will help you become familiar with the textbook, its Supersite and the WebSAM. You need to know how to use them by the beginning of the Fall semester. You’ll also do activities in the Barron’s AP Spanish book. If you encounter problems or know of situations that will keep you from submitting your work by the stated deadlines, you need to contact me at your earliest convenience. I will contact parents for verification. By July 16th. Write a reflection piece in English on your Spanish language skills and learning style. You may list your answers to the questions below or write a composition. Submit as a Word document to HYPERLINK "mailto:torres@ndhs.org" torres@ndhs.org. 1) In what areas do you do well in Spanish without putting out a great deal of effort? (You may address- listening comprehension, reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, accentuation, speaking, pronunciation, composing your thoughts clearly before writing or speaking, etc.) 2) In what area(s) do you do well in Spanish, after putting out a considerable amount of effort? 3) What types of activities help you learn more effectively? * Hearing others’ explanations and examples, * Reading numerous explanations of grammar or vocabulary items, * Writing diagrams, formulas or summaries of explanations...
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...classmates. Out of 53 students from Spanish Level 2, only five of us decided to continue their spanish education; the other four were native speakers who were part of the english language acquisition program. We heard the alumni’s warnings constantly- “If you want to keep your sanity, do not take Spanish 3,” “Senor Pysher will definitely not have pity on you as a Junior,” and my favorite warning- “It’s worse than any class I’ve taken, even my APs!” However, I did not listen. I enjoyed Spanish class dearly and I was determined to continue my studies. Everyday in Spanish Level 3, I walked into a storm of irregular verb conjugations, latin american geography...
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...Ivan Mote January/19/2011 AP English Language Mrs. Ray On the 19th day of January, Ivan Mote challenges the claim that the vulgarity of music is should not cause conflict. Ivan believes that music being portray as only offensive and inappropriate is a false statement. Why Should America Not Oppose Vulgar Music The problem with vulgar music is that it is offensive. To those that are not subjected to this extreme syntax would only view it as disrespectful, derogatory, and degrading to moral values of society. Having vulgar music perceived as unwanted is a wrongful theory. The music is supposed to serve as a career and entertainment. Making so this music will be erased will end in catastrophic results. The elimination of music will leave the consumers without entertainment, and the elimination of the music will leave the artist without a career. These two options obviously would pose a bigger problem than vulgarity. Vulgar music is not simply a reflection of an artist. Entertainment artist come from multifarious background and the music is an outlet of their feelings. The vulgar lyrics are produced from stress of their commanding job, as all careers are. The lyrics are also repressed feelings from their childhood being released, which are never memories someone appreciates. Having to remember that your father was on crack, facing ignominy of some sort, or just complete abuse would be powerful enough to drive the artist to use the point where simple words...
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...Copyright © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-180360-1 MHID: 0-07-180360-2 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-180359-5, MHID: 0-07180359-9. E-book conversion by Codemantra Version 1.0 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill Education eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs. To contact a representative please visit the Contact Us page at www.mhprofessional.com. Trademarks: McGraw-Hill Education, the McGraw-Hill Education logo, 5 Steps to a 5 and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of McGraw-Hill Education and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction English language teaching has become very important because of the global status of English and people all over the world are learning this language. English language programs worldwide have become increasingly aware of the needs for curriculum review due to both demographic and situational changes taking place. As students’ populations, societal views, and institutional factors are constantly changing, English language programs need to be implemented routinely to make the changes necessary to facilitate the desired outcome of the program. Determining the needs of students is seen as a direct way to inform the teachers of the possible goals and objectives necessary to create a teaching and learning environment suited to the needs of the students. According to Nunan, 1989, the effectiveness of a language program will be dictated as much by the attitudes and expectations of the learners by the specifications of the official curriculum. It is important to understand how students’ perceived language needs because this will give the language teachers the idea on what to teach to the learners. The needs of a learner represent the gap between what the learner wants to get out of the learning experience and his or her current state of knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm (Noessel, 2003). Each learner is unique, and brings to the learning situation his or her own different learning style, knowledge set, pool of past experiences...
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...Senior English Curriculum Map: 2010-2011 School Year English IV * Note: “Sacred Book List” Addendum is at the end of this document Quarter #1 August 23 to October 22 Essential Questions: 1. How do writers and artists organize or construct text to convey meaning? 2. What does it mean to be a stranger in the village? Unit Goals 1. To understand the relationship between perspective and critical theory. 2. To apply critical theories to various texts studied and created. 3. To control and manipulate textual elements in writing to clearly and effectively convey a controlling idea or thesis. Student Published Portfolios: For each of the first three quarters, students are required to complete three to four published writing portfolio products. Quarter 4 is devoted to completion of the Laureate Research Project. . Pacing: This map is one suggestion for pacing. Springboard pacing guides precede each unit in the “About the Unit” sections and offers pacing on a 45-minute class period length. Prentice Hall Literature – Use selections from Prentice Hall throughout the quarter to reinforce the standards being taught as well as the embedded assessments within the SpringBoard curriculum. QUARTER #1 SpringBoard Curriculum Pacing Guide August 23 – October 22 Standards and Benchmarks | Unit Pacing Guide | SpringBoard Unit/Activities | Assessments | SpringBoard Unit 1Literature * The students will analyze and compare significant works of...
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...[pic] [pic] Barnes and Noble Classic Editions Honors/Pre-AP Sophomore English Summer Reading Assignment 2013: Frankenstein Dear Students and Parents: Welcome to the Basha High School’s Honors/PreAP English program for 10th grade. Our goal is to prepare students for the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition program by exposing them to a variety of reading selections all the while developing the skills to recognize cultural and historical influences on literature. As part of the program, summer reading is required. The assignment based on the reading is due Monday August 5, 2013. If you have questions about the assignment, please contact the following honors 10 teacher by email: Ms. Audra Police at police.audra@cusd80.com . Directions for your literary exploration: Part 1 – Reading the book As you read the summer novel, highlight interesting, important or confusing passages; take notes in the margins about topics and questions you may have; this is called annotating. If the book is not yours and you do not plan to write in it, you can strategically annotate on sticky notes or type your notes. Just highlighting is not enough. We will be looking for evidence that the book was read in its entirety and that you understood the book. You will be graded on your effort to mark the text. While you are not required to annotate every page, use the guidelines below to help you: • Important plot events • Words unfamiliar or unusual – Look...
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...Dale AP English IV 24 November 2012 The Odyssey of Realism All throughout literature and script has been used as a means to describe or make a point to an audience. In American literature, the focus of these devices has become the use of language, aesthesis, truth, expression, fiction, and affectiveness. In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s stylistic devices convey not only bitter deception and bleak despair, but also hopeless despondency and forlorn anguish to display the realism and iniquity of the common man. As a representative form of American realism, Death of a Salesman portrays the use of language to convey a feeling of acrimony that demonstrates the relationship between the ideas of Willy Loman and the American common man. Willy Loman as the protagonist and the antagonist of his own story creates the sense of language that develops the idea of being “liked and you never will want” stating the façade of the Willy’s society (Miller 21). While communicated to the audience through a form of realism, his language functions as the crevice between the real and non-real. As development of language continues sometimes Willy Loman’s clichés “rise to the level of pure poetry” (Roudane 369). The use of language constructs poetic symbolism and closes the gap between non-realism and realism. Throughout the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain utilizes a poignant sense of diction reciprocating the slang the common man used in the Antebellum South. The language exhibits...
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...IMPLEMENTATION OF MTB-MLE: A TEACHER’S OUTLOOK WILROSE SWEET S. BERIOSO GRAZEL ANNE B. DELOS SANTOS GEORGELYN M. TAMPARONG March 2015 IMPLEMENTATION OF MTB-MLE: A TEACHER’S OUTLOOK ------------------------------------------------- A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the College Of Arts and Sciences- La Salle University, Ozamiz City ------------------------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of EN12104 Writing in the Discipline ------------------------------------------------- WILROSE SWEET S. BERIOSO GRAZEL ANNE DELOS B. SANTOS GEORGELYN M. TAMPARONG March 2015 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The preparation of this term paper is a group effort and a time consuming endeavor. As such, the researchers want to express their sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to the following persons who in one way or another exerted effort, offered full assistance, encouragement and inspiration in making this study a success. To Ms. Marylene Tizon, their instructor who served as the consultant and adviser, for sharing her time, valuable knowledge, expertise and for her helpful advice in the completion of this project. To their beloved parents for their undying moral and financial support. To their friends, classmates and board mates for the comfort whenever they are weary, as well as for the motivations and suggestions. Above all, the researchers are indeed very thankful to the Almighty God for His never ending wisdom...
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...Part IV 27 Targeting, penetration and expansion 27 Part V 29 Design specification 29 V.I Development strategy 29 V.III. Design and content 30 V.IV. Technology 32 Conclusion 33 Budget 35 Potential upsides 37 Risks 37 Part VII 39 Advantages, disadvantages, challenges 39 Part IX 42 Conclusion 42 Bibliography 44 Part I Introduction I.I Background During the last years the situation at the Danish educational market has changed. Some of the educational institutions have experienced the growth in the quantity of foreigners having a wish to study in Denmark. Students coming from different parts of the world have become a significant part of Danish Educational system. Lots of programmes in English were created and proposed to the foreign students in order to attract their attention. Six years ago the Market Economist programme came to some of the educational institutions all over Denmark. Two years duration has given the opportunity to Danish companies to have specialists with a great potential and fresh way of...
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...[pic]DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY Taft Avenue, Manila In Partial Fulfillment of a Requirement in Instructional Leadership Brother Andrew Gonzales College of Education For the Degree in Master of Education Major in Educational Leadership and Management By: Imelda P. Tabian I.D. # 11293853 Dr. Eric Olivares Professor ONE YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF PITOGO HIGH SCHOOL S.Y. 2014-2015 I. Introduction and Background Information 1. Historical Development of the School Pitogo High School or otherwise known as PHS has its origins from the vision of the Local Government of Makati City of providing quality education for each of its students. Through the initiative of the city officials headed by then former Mayor Jejomar C. Binay now Vice-President and in collaboration with the Department of Education, both sector worked hand in hand in fulfilling its mission of providing access to education through technologically driven formal, non-formal and other alternative delivery system. The creation of a localized school was initiated by Mayor Binay and it was intended to benefit the citizens of Barangay Pitogo along with its co-barangay catchment areas of South Cembo, Pinagkaisahan, Cembo and Guadalupe Nuevo. Its first year of operation started 2004-2005 with Mrs. Luzviminda L. Bannag as its first administrator in her capacity as Officer-in-Charge. The number of students of PHS on its maiden operation...
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...International News on the Internet: Why more is less Chris Paterson This study examines the intersection of news agency political economy and cyberspace information exchange between 2001 and 2006 in an effort to determine if online news has corrected – or replicated – the inequities and limitations of the international journalism provided by ‘traditional media’. Through comparisons of content at major online news sites and the output of major news wholesalers, this research is the first to demonstrate that the international news most online users consult is that of just two news agencies. This research finds an online news environment with little real information diversity – a situation at odds with a decade and a half of fervour for the democratizing potential of new media. Keywords: News agencies, online journalism, Reuters, associated press, news sources, international news New media have often been deemed inherently democratizing and liberating, offering the prospect of freeing us all from a long standing dependence on a few powerful information providers and the “mainstream” discourse they offer. McNair (2003) hailed recent internet evolution and its infinite possibilities for horizontal communication, the demystification and deprofessionalization of journalism, and endless information choice, suggesting that the chaos of the contemporary communications environment may lay to rest concerns about the power of traditional media monoliths upholding the status...
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