Far off in the dim moonlit country‚ over a viaduct and down a valley‚ a train rushed along whistling like a lost metal thing‚ nameless and running. Tom went to bed shivering‚ beside his brother‚ listening to that train whistle‚ and thinking of a cousin who lived way out in the country where that train ran now; a cousin who died of pneumonia late at night years and years ago— He smelled the sweat of Doug beside him. It was magic. Tom stopped trembling. “Only two things I know for sure
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Human Interaction is The Importance of Life In the poem‚ “Summer Solstice‚ New York City‚” by Sharon Olds‚ a man stands on the roof of a building ready to end his life. The man hung at the edge of the roof until things started to change for him. Many men went up to the roof and one man talked him out of committing suicide. After experiencing the longest day of the year around the United States’ most populated city and busiest one at that‚ the man receives personal attention to keep him from stepping
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About The Hidden Children Abuse Children were scared or could not turn to local Authorities for help. Some children endured physical or sexual abuse by their “protectors”. 15% were mistreated‚ and 5% were treated badly. Hidden children have been and still are tormented by their memories. Memories of being physically and/or sexually abused by the same people who hid them. Hid them to save their lives from death by the Nazis. Abused children had to deal with separation‚ persecution‚ and
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Reading Fluency and its Effect on Reading Comprehension Topic Selection As an elementary teacher‚ I have often thought reading fluency plays a large role in a child’s reading development. Few reading programs give fluency the recognition it deserves. Reading fluency has been a prominent and reliable benchmark for me‚ even when students have comprehension difficulties. Once fluency is assessed‚ the results were used to place students in their reading ability group. Often times‚
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+ READING SKILLS. 3Rd October ‚ 2012. Whereas writing is the most common means of communication in any academic or carrier circles‚the quality of the writing is dependent on the quality of reading done prior to the writing. As part of planing in the writing process‚information is usually gathered through the following main channels : Memory : free writing and listening. Observation : speculation and mapping . Research : interviewing and reading. Therefore‚ reading especially
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Hidden Figures is a film about three African American women‚ who work at NASA in Hampton Virginia‚ Katherine Goble‚ Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine is a gifted mathematician‚ who is move to work in an all white male team‚ that is working on launching an man into space. Kartherine struggle to prove herself‚ as her colleagues doubt her ability since she is a woman of color. Mary Jackson has the dream to become an engineer‚ yet NASA will not take her since she does not have the right education
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Summary of Hidden Intellectualism In his essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ Gerald Graff asserts that although many overlook it‚ street smarts are as important to a person as book smarts. He demonstrates that while some people come across as very street smart‚ with knowledge on a variety of subjects‚ they do poorly in school and seem like they are not smart. Also‚ schools overlook street smarts as they associate it with anti-intellectual concerns. But what truly makes someone a good thinker‚ Graff
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God’s Long Summer The novel Siddhartha and God’s Long Summer both show commonalities of religion as being an important part in the main characters of both books. In God’s Long Summer‚ each of the main individual characters in the first four chapters like the character Siddhartha‚ all were consistent with the statement‚ “What we believe matters.” All of the characters from both books used religion for giving them the strength to speak their minds‚ move on in their lives‚ and fight for what they
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«The importance of reading books» Fulfilled by the student of the group 3333-1 Sheka Liza Contents 1.Introduction………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Books………………………………………………………………….... 3 2.1 What is a book? …………………………………………………. 3 2.2 Features of the book……………………………………………. 3 2.3 An electronic book………………………………………….….. 4 2.3.1 Advantages of e-book……………………………….… 4 2.3.2 Disadvantages of e-book……………………………… 5 2.4 Conventional book or e-book? ……………………………...… 5 3. Importance
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The Influence of Media on Learning: The Debate Continues SLMQ Volume 22‚ Number 4‚ Summer 1994 Robert B. Kozma‚ Director‚ Center for Technology in Learning‚ SRI International Do media influence learning? Perhaps it is time to rephrase the question: How‚ do media affect learning? Perhaps it is time to go beyond our concern with "proving" that media "cause" learning so that we can begin to explore the question in more complex ways. Perhaps we should ask‚ what are the actual and potential relationships
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