During independent work time‚ Mrs. Carey-Sweeney takes a small group of students‚ usually four to five‚ and works with them for 10-15 minutes on reading and comprehension. She strategically chooses the group based on the reading ability of the students. For example‚ there are a handful of students who excel at reading. She picks out more challenging books for them to read together during small group and then discusses the book with the children. They take turns reading each page‚ and ask higher-order
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My hometown is Tampa‚ Florida‚ according to the 2000 census data the city of Tampa consists of predominantly Caucasian and African Americans (Area Connect.) A large part of Tampa’s rich cultural history is thanks to the Cuban and Spanish settlers who established Ybor City in the late 1800’s and the establishment of a military base during the Spanish-American War and in modern times through MacDill Air Force Base being located in South Tampa (City of Tampa.) The information from Chapter 3 that intrigued
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Bryce Pettyjohn Fishing In The Modern World After an analysis of the sport of fishing‚ I have learned a lot about its discourse community and how people are involved in the sport today‚ and how the sport has effected the world today. My research started with the interpretation of several books related to the discourse community‚ which brought the attention of new information about professional fishing to the forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members.
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Vanderburgt Mr. Parizeau HRT 3MI May 21st‚ 2014 Amish Beliefs The Amish are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships who are known for simple living‚ plain dress‚ and unwilling to accept the conveniences of modern technology. The aspects of the Amish life and their beliefs are proclaimed by written and oral rules‚ which are called Ordnung (Zavada). The Ordnung explains the Amish faith and helps outline what it truly means to be Amish (Powell). Amish live out the words said by in James 1:27
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Case study/Cross Cultural Comparison The Amish is a group of traditionalist Christians that rely on simple living‚ plain dress and refuse to adapt to modern technology. The history of the Amish started in Switzerland in 1693 led by Jakob Amman. Today majority of the traditional descendants of the Amish live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Family In an average Amish family it consist of‚ a mother‚ father with an average of 7 children. Their grandparents play a vital part of the family because once
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The Amish Way of Life Shannon Mason Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Jessie Cohen December 14‚ 2011 The Amish Way of Life The Amish culture is fascinating to me‚ because it exists in our own country‚ and our own communities‚ but yet it is not an integral part of our mainstream society. Although the Amish culture exists in our own backyards‚ The Amish have distinct gender roles‚ cultural beliefs and values‚ and their own way of handling sickness and healing. As in many cultures
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The Amish Everyone has the right to be different. Whether you are a minority or a majority you still have the right to believe in whatever you want. Amish people get made fun of because they are different and don’t follow the same rules as ‘‘normal people.’’ In my opinion everyone is equal and everyone should be judged based on the content of their character not their association. The Amish live a very different lifestyle than most people today. Amish reject technology in favor of a simpler lifestyle
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modern conveniences. The Amish represent themselves as an ideal body but are criticized for many of the traditions and beliefs they support. The paradox of the Amish brand often extricates questions on the methods the modern world abides and puts into question the integrity of them. The Amish civilization serves as a utopia. “Utopia” is a name endowed to an ideal community or society‚ used to describe both communities that have attempted
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The old order Amish have maintained their lifestyle through their unwritten code of behavior called the Ordnung. The Ordnung is decided annually by a community’s elders‚ and different Amish communities have a different code of behavior. Their most effective way of punishment utilized by the national Amish community’s code of behavior is through shunning disobedient members. The Amish have their own language‚ called Pennsylvania Dutch‚ that is exclusively spoken by the old order Amish. The men in the
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Rumspringa: An Amish Ritual Introduction: In the Amish religion‚ there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic‚ consisting of roughly 200‚000 people . Their tradition‚ referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term "Rumspringa"‚ can best be explained by the word’s translation. With "rum-"‚ translating in English to "around"‚ and "-schpringe"‚ meaning "to
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