CORNERSTONE OVERVIEW PRIOR KNOWLEDGE (Before the Unit) This Cornerstone assumes that students have covered Unit 4 of Elementary 3-5 Scope and Sequence "Exploring the World". The vocabulary and language structures covered in Unit 4, and used for this cornerstone are as follows: Key Vocabulary Where would you go?/where are you going?/where would you like to go? List of activities (hiking, swimming, shopping, etc.) Geographical and city vocabulary (location specific: Eiffel Tower) I would go/would
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In the essay, “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” written by Jonathan Kozol, published in Reading for Writers, New York 2013, the author discusses the arduous plight of the illiterate American. Mr. Kozol shines a spotlight on the extreme hardships faced by people who lack the ability to read or write. He uses emotionally compelling examples to signify the fear and embarrassment one would face without the basic literacy skills that have become the accepted norms in today’s society. The author
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When thinking about literacy I think it is important to note Literacy is an important topic and this article provided a lot of interesting points about early literacy. One point that was mentioned in the article that I thought was interesting was regarding fluent, legible handwriting. It stated “handwriting speed and legibility, or what some call transcription fluency, predicts everything from a student’t quality and quantity of written compositions to his or her ability to take notes and the scores
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There are many times in life when people have no idea what is going on. The cause could be virtually anything. It could be moving to a new location or losing a loved one. It takes some time to learn how to deal with the change. This could be described by the idiom “all Greek to me”. The idiom “all Greek to me” could describe the time in my life when it was thought that there was a problem with my brain. The first reason that the idiom “all Greek to me” relates to the point in my life that I mentioned
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After reading this week’s required reading assignment, I had to think if I am really “validating” the information my clients’ are sharing with me. Since I am able to record two of my clients, I went back to rehear the most recent sessions to verify if I am missing this important element during session. As I heard reheard the sessions, I did notice the client stating their issue or concern and I responded with either a question (What was that like for you or what does it mean to you?) or an interpretation
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Night John Have you ever heard true stories about slavery? Well there is a true story of a man named Night John. John was a slave but he had escaped on his third try and got free to the north, but Night John went back to the south to teach slaves reading and writing. John always knew how to get along with others. He also shows a lot of bravery to do all of these things but the thing he wanted for everyone was freedom. Night John was well known throughout the south by other and knew how to get along
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Tiresias exclaims “What a hateful thing it is to know, when nothing / Can be gained from knowledge.” Tiresias is suggesting that knowing the truth about something can actually bring us pain. If we gain knowledge, but cannot change what is bad, and cannot prevent something bad from happening, then we are better off not knowing at all. The movie Lone Star has a great example of a circumstance when someone gained knowledge that did not benefit him or her. The main character Sam Deeds came across a few mysteries
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What does it mean to truly understand something and how do we go about doing so? Are we using our senses to a certain point or are we overgeneralizing every aspect of whatever it is we are trying to know? As human beings, we have a tendency of assuming, that if it sounds/feels right, it must be so. The problem is that not everything is so simple. Certain subjects, especially poetry, could be subject to assumption or interpretation, but that wouldn’t be a thorough portrayal and most likely you would
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man to try and gain as much knowledge as possible. This desire for knowledge blinds one from seeing the possibly fatal consequences of their actions. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Samuel Taylor’s poem Rime of The Ancient Mariner, and Percy Shelley’s poem Ozymandias character’s all exercise the matter of knowledge and it’s correlation with nature. Knowledge is defined as one’s understanding of a topic or information. By this definition, the acquirement of knowledge therefore can apply to virtually
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LOG 2 Question 1: In this log I am writing on how to identify helpful, hindering and harmful group behaviors what was discussed on week 3 morning class. In the beginning of the class I felt more relaxed than last week as I have already spent 2 weeks with same participants and a connection has been established among us. When, the first small group discussion was initiated and we were asked to choose new members whom we rarely met I felt an urge to come out from my comfort zone and chose a partner
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