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    1. Describe the benefits of shared storybook reading for young children. (5 points) Parents need to know that shared reading has many benefits because it is a reading strategy that teachers or any adult can use when reading to a child. Teachers use this reading strategy when reading to a child‚ in a small group‚ and/or a whole class setting. Shared reading as a strategy introduces print awareness‚ vocabulary awareness‚ rhyming‚ and it encourages interaction by discussing pictures and having children

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    The two poems‚ “Poetry” by Nikki Giovanni‚ and “Reading Poetry” by Mary Mclaver‚ both have a similar writing style‚ diction‚ theme. Both poets use a variety of poetic devices to determine the meaning of poetry is to them. “Reading Poetry” describes reading a poem in her mind. A cheerful tone and theme using unlike “Poetry”. The theme indicates the many different types of poems and the feeling that correspond. Mary Mclaver uses an interesting stylistic structure by stating the comparison and then

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    Revolutionary War Project: West Point General George Washington‚ one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America‚ the Continental Army commander‚ and later the first president of the United States of America during the American Revolution declared West Point‚ as “the most important military position in America”[i]. West Point is located in New York‚ along the Hudson River and 50miles from New York City. West Point was a very strategic point during the American Revolution

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    I was scared‚ scared of our adolescent love and where it would lead. I kissed my fear instead of her. The rumbling of the train drowns out my thoughts into reality. I’m on my way West Point‚ I’m on my way to New York‚ a lifelong dream of mine‚ something I’ve been awaiting for a while. West Point has always been somewhere in between delusion and prophesy and now…. Now I couldn’t be bothered‚ I find it now intimidating‚ daunting‚ it has a castle like structure and it feels uninviting. I

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    nineteenth‚ twenty and twenty-first centuries. You will be asked to think in terms of specific literary historical periods. 3) The course will make you more familiar with the reading and interpreting of poetry‚ with particular attention to improving your skills in close reading. 4) The course will examine pastoral poetry from its origins in the Greek Idylls‚ its dissemination through Roman models and its diversification into many forms: the elegy‚ the country house poem‚ the love lyric‚ the

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    The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name

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    I agree with the above statement as for me reading Plath’s poetry was quite disturbing. The best poems to explain this experience are “Black Rook in Rainy Weather‚” “Finisterre‚” “Morning Song‚” “Child” and of course‚ “Poppies in July”. There are poems that aren’t quite as depressing‚ such as “Pheasant”‚ but certainly an unsettled atmosphere dominates throughout Plath’s work. Main text The theme explored in “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” is the lack of inspiration and the depression that arises

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    Marianna Moore “Poetry” While reading this poem‚ at first it was difficult to completely understand what is happening or what is exactly is being told. I decided to break down sentence by sentence to make it easier and it helped bring out the poems true colors. “I too dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”. After reading this segment it points out to me that our speaker shares that she too doesn’t like it referring to the reader that they must not like it

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    Evaluating Poetry The poem “Gods Will for You and Me” is the good poem and “Pied Beauty” is the bad poem according to Perrine standards. The central purpose of both these poems is to encourage the readers’ individual feelings about God. The poem “Pied Beauty” is extremely didactic. The writer of this poem is preaching God on the reader. They are trying to get the reader to see all of the things that God has created on the earth and how amazing each one is. The whole poem seems to be a continuous

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    Lecture 5 Reading 1 Is China Abolishing the Hukou System ? by Kam Wing Chan and Will Buckingham 1. Objectives of the Hukou System concentrate resources to the industrial regions 2. Major Amendment Only three types of hukou system instead of four Local government have more control over Cancelled the urban food grain certificate : resources less tied to hukou Power transfer from the central government to the local government before the refom‚ the central government

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