...ruddy, interpose, assertion, physiognomy, culpable, peevish, sanctimonious, sanguine, trepidation Chapters XXI-XXXIV: parlor, sally, irresolute, mortification, evince, ardor, obstinate, disposition, folly, entreat, compunction, peruse, jubilee, reconcile, buoyant, lamentation, asunder, moors, haggard, pettishness, scruple, wan, reproach, supplicate, trifling, spurn, vexation, grovel, ostensible, perish, injunction, repulse, cunning, feebleness, pacify, acquiesce, farthing, destitute, sulky, soliloquy, vile, preclude, devastate, fortnight, skirmish, ingenuity, morose, obdurate, perversity, reprovingly, paragon, disparagement, antipathy, potent, shun, admonition, contemptuous, hue, incarnate, compliance, sexton, dismal, expostulation Main characrers Heathcliff - An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff falls into an intense,...
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...chronological order. • 3.2 Identify the main problem or conflict of the plot and explain how it is resolved. Grade: 5th Theme: Reading intervention Lesson Topic: Charlotte’s Web by E.b. White Objectives: • Students will read Charlotte’s web and collect main ideas, events, and characters. • Students will work in collaborative learning groups to create a timeline which will include characters, and events. • Students will support their ideas with text evidence and research. Learning Strategies: Direct instruction, Collaborative learning, and Explicit instruction. Key Vocabulary: Commotion, Masterpiece, Conspiracy, Exertions, Gullible, Specimen, Morsel, Phenomenon, Pummeled. Materials: large piece of construction paper, crayons, color pencils, notebook, and pencil. Motivation: The teacher would have assigned the class to read Charlotte’s web by E.b. White. The teacher would ask: 1. How many of you have read a book but didn’t know how one event lead to the other? 2. How can we keep track of event and ideas in a book that are important as we read? The teacher will then model how students will use their writing notebook to document events and characters in the book. Practice and Application: • As students read the book they will document each event and character with the page number where they were introduced or when the event happened and how each changed the story. Students will also find the given vocabulary words and at what point in the story...
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...poem from details in text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the texts. ELA Compare and contrast two or more characters, setting, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g. How characters interact). Content Objective(s) Students will be able to determine the theme, characters, events, and be able to respond to challenge in a fairy tale. Students will be able to compare and contrast the elements of a fairy tale in detail. Language Objective(s) Students will be able to verbally and write the theme of the fairy tale. Also be able to challenge the viewpoints of...
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...HSM 250 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt HSM 250 Week 1 Written Assignment My Cultural Identity HSM 250 week 2 Checkpoint Character Case Study HSM 250 week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 3 CheckPointCollaborative Discussion and Reflection on Perceptions HSM 250 Week 3 Written Assignment Developing Ethnicity HSM 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Gender Role Development HSM 250 week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Sexual Orientation Identity Theory HSM 250 Week 5 Written Assignment Sexual Orientation Case Study HSM 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Influences on Family Structure HSM 250 week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 7 CheckPointAbleist Beliefs HSM 250 Week 7 Written Assignment Care Plan HSM 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Religion and Human Service Organizations HSM 250 week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint HSM 250 Week 9 Final Written Assignment Character Profile ******************************************************* HSM 250 week 1 Checkpoint Human Services Vocabulary Hunt For more course tutorials visit www.hsm250.com CheckPoint: Human Service Vocabulary Hunt Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] Use the reputable online resources to define each of the following vocabulary terms: Enculturation Acculturation Assimilation Encapsulation Collectivism Individualism Write an original definition for each term and provide an APA reference...
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...Canadian curriculum because of three main reasons , the novel depicts many good values for Canadian students , the novels develops the students vocabulary and, it denounces segregation, racism, and prejudice. The novel teaches a student various good values, such as to take a stand for what you believe in, or that true bravery is when you start something and see it through even if you knew from the start you wouldn’t succeed. The story is filled with important messages to learn and understand. High school students who are mature enough to understand this classic novel will benefit from the knowledge they gain. Students who take the time in carefully reading the entire will learn new vocabulary. The people in the 1930’s used a greater vocabulary than the people in a present day. Even the way the characters speak is very different than now. They used to speak more respectfully to adults, and even the younger kids used a larger vocabulary. If this book was replaced in the curriculum, it would deprive the students of gaining new insight on their language and how to speak. Most importantly, this story portrays how segregation, racism, and prejudice are for the ignorant and uneducated. Even though this book was written in the 1960’s, while people were fighting for equal rights, it still showed us how wrong the people were at handling issues regarding same rights for whites and African-Americans. Throughout the novel, the main characters are fighting for fairness in the courts...
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...However O'Flaherty's use of figurative language is near non existent. Figurative language is a very important part of descriptive writing, and where O'Flaherty lacks it, Paulsen utilizes it well. After the main character (Gary himself) has cracked his ribs, broken his leg, and more, he says, “I don’t think I passed out so much as my brain simply exploded.” This use of hyperbole emphasizes the insufferable pain the character is going through, and helps the reader create a visual of what is happening to the character that goes beyond simply passing out. This hyperbole has power and purpose. Paulsen also utilizes the hyperbole when saying that the walk home “may as well been ten thousand miles.” His use of figurative language adds drama and emphasis to what the character is going through. While suspenseful and descriptive, “The Sniper”’s lack of figurative language made it difficult to really feel the pain, pride, and mania of the protagonist. Furthermore, Paulsen’s vivid word choice, descriptive exposition, and interesting figurative language puts “The Dogs Could Teach Me” above “The Sniper” and “The Flowers” when it comes to descriptive...
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...reading Stranger Than Fiction, by Chuck Palahniuk, I was asked what I believed good writing was. I cannot say that I have ever been asked this question by a professor before. Students are told to read so many books, and some we like, but most we do not. Maybe it was the tone of the book we did not enjoy, or the font size being so small that it made us sigh in disgust every time we flipped the page. But, what do we think good writing is? Based on what I have read, I believe good writing involves vivid imagery, uncommon vocabulary use, a mapped out plan, and short chapters; however, good writing cannot be accomplished if the author changes their point of view. Why do people go on hikes, or climb rocks, or want offices with windows? For the view. Vivid imagery brings writing to life. As readers, we want to feel as if we are in the scene, feeling what the characters are feeling. Stephanie Meyer does a great job of this in her novel Twilight. Edward brings the main character, Bella, to a secret meadow: a sunny and beautiful heaven away from the rainy, overcast misery of the town they live in. When she is first brought to this meadow in the depths of the Washington forests, she illustrates that, “The large oak trees reached heights that I couldn’t even begin to imagine. The glistening sun slowly shown through the trees’ infinite branches creating a delicate warmth that I loved, instilling a reminder of my former home, Phoenix…I felt honored to learn that he loved me enough to trust me...
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...emulate their favourite celebrities. Their fashion, characters and life style are prevalent among youngsters these days. Active media such as, internet, TV, magazines and mobile phones are delivering their latest style as well as latest fashion images. This development has more negative affects compared to positive. No one can deny the truth that teenage year of life is the time to do study to build bright future. Unfortunately, due to advancement in technology like, internet, multichannel TV and mobile phones with the access of internet on them are providing faster information about the new trends of fashion with the images of celebrities. These resources of information divert their mind from study. Moreover, children are also affecting with the trend of emulating. They do as they observe. Their tender minds do not have much knowledge as to the reality and theory of the life. .I would like to cite an example of magical films or dramas which are popular among the children. In many films characters are flying on the sky or disappearing etc. In addition, most of kids try to copy such characters which are impossible in real life. Consequently, they can get injured as well as get discouraged considering they cannot do effort like them. It would also be interesting to see the positive side of this trend. Many celebrities have good character and can be a good role model for youths, especially sports person. Emulating such characters will encourage them towards games which is good for...
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...Gestures for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language From the Perspectives of Kinesics and Linguistics Yihan Zhou Seton Hall University Abstract According to kinesics and linguistic theories, this project investigates what parts are involved in making gestures and how gestures carry meanings. A wide range of body parts are involved in making a gesture. According to David Mcneill, the physical movements acquire meaning by iconics, metaphorics, deictics, and beats. The project also discovers an etymological way to connect gestures to Chinese vocabulary. Based on the findings, the project further develops some guidelines to design gestures for teaching Chinese. They are making easy movements, identifying teaching content, making gestures understandable to your students, and applying gestures into teaching. In the end, the project applies the guidelines in designing activities for teaching Chinese pronunciation, vocabulary, character, and culture. Keywords: guidelines, gestures, teaching Chinese, kinesics, linguistics 1. Introduction 2.1 Background Gestures are common body movements: teachers instruct with gestures, referees in soccer game use gestures, people greet each other with gestures. Then what are gestures? Generally speaking, gestures are body movements which accompany and even sometimes replace verbal language. Because of its intimacy with language, it has attracted the people’s attention since Greek and Roman era. People back then treated gestures...
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...Encouraging/developing critical thinking 11 8. Conclusion 12 References 14 1.) Introduction: In this paper I would like to discuss the advantages that teaching the short story as a major part of a teaching concept brings to the EFL classroom and present several example tasks of how to integrate short stories into ones „teaching portfolio“. Whereas some people might believe that teaching the short story benefits students only from a linguistic standpoint, those people really do not get the big picture. Yes, there are obvious linguistic benefits you can draw from teaching short stories, but the most important factor is motivation. This hales from the structure of short stories themselves. As almost all of them have a beginning, a main part and an ending, students are most likely encouraged to read the story all the way through, to see what the outcome might be. Sure, the structure of most novels or plays might be similar, but the length of the short story is the big advantage. If a student knows, that he does not have to read 200 and more pages to finish the story but rather a maximum of ten to fifteen pages, he is more likely to stay motivated. Another factor to favor the short story as teaching material is time itself. With the use of a short story one can fill two to three teaching units and leave plenty of room for discussing the topic afterwards, whereas novels, etc. might take up to eight to ten...
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...Expressiveness can be distinguished at all levels of the language. The expressive means of the language are phonetic, morphological, word-building, lexical, phraseological and syntactical forms that exist in the language as a system for the purpose of logical and emotional intensification of the utterance. expressive means exist on all the levels of the language. The most powerful are phonetic expressive means including stress, whispering, high/fall alliteration. Morphological expressive means include the use of second and third persons. Word-building expressive means - the use of deminuative suffixes, such as -y (frequently used). On the lexical level we distinguish neutral vocabulary and exressive vocabulary. [to die - to go West, to work - to labour, fear - horror]. Proverbs also belong to the expressive vocabulary. On the syntactical level we distinguish between the inversion and repetition. A stylistic device is a conscious and intentional intencification of some typical structural or semantic property of a language unit (word, word combination or sentence) promoted to a generalised stater and thus become a generative model. stylistic devices are built according to a fixed model [a nice table, a tasty table, an angry table; a tasty table - a case of metonomy, an angry table - a transfered epithet]. Expressive means are trite and frequently employed. Stylistic devices are geniune to a certain extent. Stylistic devices belong to the language in use. Expressive means belong to the...
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...Emergence of Lingua Gioco (Gamers’ Language) Enrichment or distorter of the vocabulary? Paul M. Feliciano BSE-English Rizal Technological University Boni Ave., Mandaluyong City Rationale: Different games have emerged throughout the years that captured the attention of many youth. Some perceived this as a hindrance for a good study habit and a disruption to the focus of the students involved to their scholastic activities. The researcher however, has noticed a positive effect of his that with the emergence of these I serves as cradle for language progress, that this is the epitome of the idea that language is continuously progressing and improving. As gaming has evolved over the years, gamers have come up with all kinds of different terminology to refer to different aspects of video games. Not known by the general public and may call it as gamers’ language. Often times these gamers spill terms they learned online or just simply playing through their favorite game and when they use it, they are not understood by the one whom they talk to Languages that are being used in these games are actual English words but has different meaning. Gamers devised these words to create a special kind of an in-game communication. Aside from this, these formulated languages add up to the repertoire of language of the gamers, making it useful rather than an impediment to learning. But as they say, too much positive is also bad, the use of these languages became frequent and uncontrollable...
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...Action Plan for Teacher Intervention Developing an action plan for a student in a particular content area is not a simple task. The teacher must first assess the student to see where his/her weaknesses are and then must decide what the best course of action would be to strengthen those weaknesses. Given the opportunity to observe and assess a kindergarten student, I was able to conclude where his weaknesses were in reading and develop a four week action plan that would help him to get on the right track to achieving his academic goals in reading. The components that needed to be addressed were: phonemic awareness, word study and fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The action plan will include all learning goals, informative assessments and summative assessments. Action Plan for Teacher Intervention Learning Goals Activities Informal Assessments Summative Assessments Phonemic Awareness -Learn beginning and ending of Phonemes in words -Decode words in context and in isolation by applying common letter-sound correspondences -Combine sounds from letters and common spelling patterns -Use common syllabication patterns to decode words Use objects to have student identify beginning and ending sounds of words Use chanting or claps to identify word sounds of objects Play a signal game with a group and give separate signals for the beginning and ending sounds when they hear it Use index cards to help the student visualize and hear the beginning and ending...
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...life and her surroundings. One day a young lady approaches her, and her life changes forever. The novel “A Simple Exchange of Niceties” is written in 2007, by Joanne Fedler. The main character does not see herself as someone who is important. She feels as if, she is worthless and a failure. Her self-esteem is very low, and she explains how she is different from other girls. “It’s not like I’m going to find a decent bloke and get married.” She has a good heart and would give up anything to anybody. Some people see that as a weakness. She puts other peoples happiness before her own. On the other side, she also describes herself as “bad news”. She was caught shoplifting and she tells, that it sort of just happened. Her relationship with her mother is really bad. She explains to the lady, that her mother does not love her. She even refused to pay the bail of her own daughter. The first time the main character sees Damian she is very attracted to him. But when they are in the middle of sexual intercourse, she sees him in a different light. “When just two nights before, he held his strong hands behind your hair and licked you from your throat to your bellybutton in a way that made you think, you know, that maybe he loved you.” She felt, as if she finally found someone in her life. The main character sees the lady as a way out of this pregnancy. She would not have to get an abortion and the lady would get a baby. The baby would have a good life and everything would be provided...
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...I. Introduction Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. An individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition is difficult, students use too much of their processing capacity to read individual words, which interferes with their ability to comprehend what is read. There are a number of approaches to improve reading comprehension, including improving one's vocabulary and reading strategies (en. Wikipedia.org) It is defined as the level of understanding of a text/message. This understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written and how they trigger knowledge outside the text/message. Comprehension is a "creative, multifaceted process" dependent upon four language skills: phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Proficient reading depends on the ability to recognize words quickly and effortlessly. It is also determined by an individual's cognitive development, which is "the construction of thought processes". Some people learn through education or instruction and others through direct experiences. There are specific traits that determine how successful an individual will comprehend text, including prior knowledge about the subject, well developed language, and the ability to make inferences. Having the skill to monitor comprehension is a factor: "Why is this important?" and "Do I need to read the entire...
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