Dani Ben-Reuven 1. What was this natural resource the Once-ler found? Truffula tree 2. What was the product? Thneed 3. How was it used by buyers? Shit, sock, hat, carpets, pillows, sheets, curtains, etc. Multi-purposed for endless things. 4. What did the Lorax want to know of the Once-ler? Why he is cutting the tree down (Stewardship, speaking for the trees). 5. How did Once-Ler answer? He only cutted down one tree, everybody needed a thneed. He thinks that if he didn’t exploit
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The Importance of Fantasy in The Cat In The Hat By Sabrina Lee Xin Ru (21257819) The Cat in The Hat was a children’s book written and creatively illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Suess. It was first published in 1957 and has since made a deep impression in the hearts of children and adults alike. The story centers around an eccentric anthropomorphic cat that comes in to the house of two children while the adults are away, attempting to entertain them while they are stuck
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Imagine a world with no trees, nor plants or animals. Everyday the citizens of Thneedville would have to pay for fresh air. That’s how things were in the movie “The Lorax” after all the Truffula Trees had been cut down. This powerful messaged movie by Dr. Seuss explains about a selfish man who wants money, named the Once-ler and an interesting character who speaks for the trees, named the Lorax. In the movie, the Lorax tries to stop the Once-ler from making a bad decision that could ruin the lives of
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Professor: Enc 1102; MWF 9:00am 4/8/10 Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel, known by his friends and family as Ted and better know by the world as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was born to Theodor Robert and Henrietta Seuss Geisel. His family was very financially successful until Prohibition and World War I halted their success. His father and grandfather were brew masters in the city and the threats of prohibition caused them some financial hardships.
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It’s all about the Literature Heather Henegar Grand Canyon University: RDG-514 July 2, 2015 It’s All About the Literature As with any area in curriculum and instruction, teachers should not be fully dependent on one source, but rather use a variety of resources to help students understand content. The same can be said with the use of textbooks. Teachers should supplement core curriculum with quality trade books (GCU, 2012). Trade books can offer a wealth of information such as a means to
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of the world. In fact, the Santa Claus we know today was shaped by the multi-billion dollar corporation, Coca-Cola (Staff, 2012). As we all know, when Dr. Seuss wrote his books, he most often included a theme, or ‘moral of the story’ as a guide for young children to help them learn important values. In his work, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, Dr. Seuss openly protested the commercialization of Christmas. Seuss’s work is very obviously Marxist-based, as it spoke clearly on issues of discrimination
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find out that Eazy-E has AIDS and later ends up losing his life because of it. For me a well-directed scene is when you feel that your heart has shattered into a million pieces due to a great performance and when you see the how emotional Ice Cube and Dr. Dre become when they find out that Eazy- E is dead, it makes you feel as if you lost someone you once cared about. This was probably one of the many times I felt my heart stop during this
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four years. The advert featured the new Beat Solo2 and the Beats Studio. This advert was designed to shape and influence the attitude and behavior of people of all ages, especially the millennials towards the products. This was Beats first advert after Dr. Dre sold it to Apple for a billion dollars making him the richest rapper today. The commercial used the World cup competition in Brazil to showcase the new beats, and the tournament being the biggest sport event in the world,
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unconventional fairy tale texts that contained frenetic pictures such as Jon Scieszka’s The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other fairly Stupid Tales. I loved reading such texts because they would always make me laugh. Like many other children, I also gained a love for Dr. Seuss books such as The Cat in the Hat. I was quite fascinated by the variety of adjectives used in the text as well as how the vivid and dynamic illustrations conveyed motion beautifully. As a result, I was obsessed with watching the movie version
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In this easy I will be comparing the Lorax By Dr Seuss and the Giving tree by Shel Silverstein. The Lorax is about an intelligent young man named Ted, who lives in a place virtually devoid of nature. Ted fell in love with a girl named Audery. Ted wanted to win the heart of the Audery but to do so he must find something she really cherishes which is a truffle tree. To get the Trufflula tree Ted delves in to the story of the Lorax. The Lorax once was the conservator of the Lorax and the Once-ler is
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