who tied a straw hat to his head with a piece of string to keep it from blowing away. Nevertheless, the hat managed to float off causing the farmer to trail behind it while holding the string. The legend then says that the kite was born. By 549 AD paper kites were being flown all over the world. After this invention the Chinese then created a holiday called the Festival of Ascending on High. Which is based on their love of flying
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Dirk Hagner is a printmaker who often works in woodcut. He works large-scale, using sheets of wood that have a grain that is intact – he doesn’t use MDF or any other processed types of wood because he wants the grain to be a part of his artwork. He considers woodcut to be a collaboration between the artist and the materials, he lets the wood guide his gauges so that the image flows. In the specific work I chose (Portrait of Jacques Prevert) Hagner uses contrasting thicker lines and thinner lines
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Within the Analytical Independent Reading Log #2, there were countless errors that are needing to be revised. In fact, the first major error(s) made were pointless, silly mistakes such as bad grammar, spelling, or wrong word choice. The other major error that was pointed out was some confusing sentences. One main reason for these errors is the time spent writing and proofreading the text. Speeding through the writing process happens quite often, especially when the assignment is due that night and
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Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” is an excerpt from her book, Bird by Bird (1994), where she argues to let go of the anxieties and fears of creating a masterpiece paper right away by simply writing without question in order to get all of your thoughts out first. She refers to this style of writing to one of a child’s while also reminding the reader to just freely write knowing that no one else will be seeing this initial draft. It’s clear Lamott wants to connect with her readers and help ease
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social stories on communication So this week was slow again because of the academic award ceremony. The first two periods were pretty empty of students so I mostly did research for the social stories. I honestly never knew how hard it was to find paper social stories. With everything being on line now it’s a nightmare. Looking at from a social worker perspective this is a barrier for the student. The student cant afford an I-pad and the school does not
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in doing its transactions or in updating its sales and inventory. It uses log books, and paper forms. The log books are used to record the opening time of each work day, the total sales and inventory at the end of the day, and the closing time of the work day. The sales are computed through a summation of all the paid orders. The inventory is checked on a regular basis and before the end of work day. The paper forms are used to record orders. The record of orders includes the product, the quantity
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I have never considered my self a good writer. The idea of writing a “perfect paper” seemed like an unreachable concept. However, this year, my writing has improved greatly. I am not a five star writer, but i am reaching to better skills now, rather than where i was at the beginning of my freshman year. With the practice and building up my skills, i have improved in certain areas ad a writer. throughout this year, i have improved on the idea of properly analyzing evidence. For the book club unit
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Due Date: 08/01/2016 CONCAVE MIRRORS CONCAVE MIRRORS __________________ __________________ How does the distance of the object from a concave mirror affect the size and orientation of the image? 1) COVER PAGE • Use blank paper (not lined) • Put the Lab or Investigation Number in the center of the page and underline it • Put the Title of the Lab underneath it with CAPITALIZED LETTERS and underline it • Put your Name, Teacher’s Name, Your Class, and Due Date on the bottom
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have a workshop to help you with learning and understanding their APA format. I have never heard of this format and I did not understand it until I took this class. Now I’m still a little iffy with it, but they have a program that you can submit your paper and it will let you what’s wrong with it and what you should do to change it. You should so check it out, it’s fast and easy. Let me know what you think. * * * You asked your facilitator to review your e-mail draft. She liked what you
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to reflect on the readings and draw inference from them. I liked to use the reading journals to process my thoughts about the reading due for that day and come to conclusions about the themes. Also, it was a great way to get my thoughts down onto paper so when the class started our discussions I had something to reference to. By doing this I could focus more on the actual discussion rather than trying to think of something to say. All in all, the reading journals helped
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