Shaniva Johnson Grand Canyon University It’s all about the Law ESL 523 SEI FOUNDATIONS s Students who speak a language other than English at home and who are not proficient in English are known as English learners (ELs). These students constitute nearly one-third of California’s elementary school students and one-quarter of all K–12 students. As might be expected‚ these students’ incomplete mastery of English adversely affects their academic performance. Given that proficiency in English is
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Chapter One “It wasn’t me!” I shouted. I clenched my hands into tight fists. Why wouldn’t he understand? I almost gave in to the overwhelming urge to give him a solid punch in the face. The front room seemed to disappear. All I could see was Dad’s angry face. “Don’t you dare raise your voice at me young man!” Dad barked. He was breathing hard. We were standing so close that I could see the fine hairs on his face. I stared defiantly into his dark eyes and smiled at him. A muscle twitched in his
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Oh gosh a new school‚ a new year. I never liked this moving back and forth thing every time Dad gets a new job. There is no point in making friends‚ but this year will be different I thought‚ as I waited for the bus to arrive. I started to see the ugly mustard yellow bus approach me. As the door to the bus opened‚ the smell of damp‚ wet towels that have been sitting in a pile for weeks on end ‚and overly sweet perfume punched me in the face. “Maby this year won’t be so different after all‚” I thought
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Deeds are a lot more important than words. The little saying ‘easier said than done’ proves that point. A lot of the characters in The Iliad say a lot of things‚ just to say them. Only a few actually go about their words. They usually are bluffing throughout their speeches that they give or conversations they have with other humans or gods. Achilles bluffed through a lot of his words. In Book 1‚ he tried playing it cool by helping Chryses get his daughter back from Agamemnon. “Just how‚ Agamemnon
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After that night in the hospital‚ they’d not been able to spend much‚ if any time alone together. When Haru casually out of nowhere decided to tell their friends with a "By the way‚ Makoto’s my boyfriend." Makoto had furiously blushed‚ but wasn’t going to deny it. He wasn’t ashamed of Haru‚ no; he could never be ashamed of Haru. They only had a few months before they had to decide what college to go to‚ and Makoto chose Tokyo. Obviously‚ Haru was going with him. He wasn’t sure at this point if
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sentence like a native. Remember that only a small fraction of English speakers know more than 20% of all the grammar rules. Many ESL students know more grammar than native speakers. I can confidently say this with experience. I am a native English speaker‚ majored in English Literature‚ and have been teaching English for more than 10 years. However‚ many of my students know more details about English grammar than I do. I can easily look up the definition and apply it‚ but I don’t know it off the top
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As the days go by Mary Maloney is waiting to get the call that the detectives had found her husband’s killer. Although‚ Mary knew they never would find the killer‚ because well quite frankly she would never turn herself in. The next day Mary got a call from the detectives. “Hello is this Mrs. Maloney?” said detective Jack Noonan. “Why yes‚ it is Mr. Noonan‚ have you found out anything else about the case?” “Yes‚ about that Mrs. Maloney‚ we have found your husband`s killer.” Mary was in shock‚ “What
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Then another agent walks up with his hand on his earpiece. “There was just an attempt on Mr. Collins life. But he’s okay.” They all jump into one of the Helicopters and are surprised to see Oren and Ty inside. Hi fives all around. Rod: “Man Oren I thought you might be in somebody’s trunk pissin’ on yourself.” At the prison they all look at the surveillance tape of the attempt on Ben’s life and how brave he was. Ty looks at Rod and tells him‚ “You taught him well cousin.” Rod reply‚ “Damn I didn’t
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Leaving 4th Grade The sun is shining‚ the wind is blowing‚ I put on a big huge smile on a my face as the teacher calls us to go outside for the end of the year school party. "I’m so excited!!" I whisper to my friend Aviva as the teacher calls tables. Another side of me is a nervous wreck‚ because I thought I wasn’t going to make it to middle school‚ the main reason is that I’m terrible at every subject and I’m going to get an F on every test in the whole 6th grade‚ I think‚ as the teacher dismisses
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She has failed him. Portia has failed President Snow. She was his spy‚ his little inside mole‚ to report back to him about her tributes’ behavior‚ along with her stylist partner‚ Cinna. Snow had suspected something about him‚ something that was off‚ and had assigned Portia there. But she has to be executed now with the rest of the rebels‚ for being a failure‚ as Cinna has realized who she really is. But Snow still feels a little wary about this. Something not right‚ perhaps a little strand
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