• Language & Literacy • Learn the letter sound “a” • Learn Annie Apple’s letter shape Numeracy • Explore the concept of positioning: over – under‚ down – up‚ behind – in front Aesthetics Creative Expression • Participate in song Motor Skills Development • Enhance fine motor skill control through pre-writing activity. • Enhance locomotor skills: walking Materials: • Letterland living ABC software • picture of Annie Apple on page 7 of the Letterland ABC book • Letterland Alphabet Frieze • large cardboard
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great suffering. Little Orphan Annie first appeared as a comic strip in 1924 and began to appear and newspapers long after. It was created by Harold Gray and it is the stories of a feisty young red-haired girl who travels across the U.S. meeting every new challenge with a certain grit and resourcefulness. Through out the strip Annie and Oliver Warbucks are constantly being separated and reunited. Oliver Warbucks is the billionaire who adopted Annie. This story went on to be a highly acclaimed
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Imagine what it would be like to live in a world where you could not completely hear or see anything. The person I chose to do my research on was the most exceptional person I have ever heard about‚ named Helen Keller. According to hki.org “Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama‚ in 1880. When she was only 19 months old‚ she contracted a fever that left her blind and deaf (Helen Keller’s Life). Although she had to adapt to harsh life without sight or sound‚ she could get through it. She was
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and hearing after a high fever. She was often frustrated and the family spoiled her considerably‚ though until Dr. Alexander Graham Bell urged them to find a teacher from the Perkins Institute for the Blind‚ she was unable to communicate. Anne Sullivan was that teacher. The next events are well-known: Helen Keller learning to understand language through the combination of water from a pump on one hand and the spelling of "water" with the manual alphabet into her other hand. Helen Keller said later
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beginning‚ Annie Dillard gives a description of how the sky turns into an astounding “deep indigo” color‚ expressing that this color is “never seen” on the Earth before. Annie’s bold explanations show that the total eclipse felt like something you have never felt before‚ something almost as if it’s out of this world. In “Total Eclipse” Annie Dillard exhibits how she is in awe. Annie says “My mind was going out; my eyes were receding; the way galaxies from the excerpt shows that Annie is in awe by
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A Chapter with Annie Jane “Reach out and grab my hand Annie!” I shouted to my sister from across the chasm. Her tanned face and glazed‚ hazel eyes were paralyzed with fear although she tried to smile. Her feet were unsteady on the boulder as she reached out her quaking hand adorned with gypsy rings. A gust of mountain wind ripped past her shoulder length‚ dusty-blonde hair and tossed her wispy‚ retro ensemble that hugged her Marilyn Monroe curves. She swiftly retracted her arm. “I can’t!” her
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After their meet‚ Anne Sullivan became Helen’s teacher. Anne’s teaching approach was through obedience and love. Anne knew she could spell words‚ but was not able to connect them to the objects. She then decided to ask Helen’s parents for permission to take her live in a cottage
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on expectation of what we think and what we expect to see. Expectation is a barrier that keep us from seeing beyond and being aware of the things that are the most important. In the essay‚ “ This is water ” by David Foster Wallace and “ Seeing” by Annie Dillard ‚ we see that we have to learn what to think and how to think. If we choose to open our mind and noticing the unexpected‚ it will lead to happiness and clarity‚ but being small-minded and focusing on expectations will affect the way we see
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Holy The Firm by Annie Dillard “Death of a Moth” is a short essay from the author‚ Annie Dillard‚ called Holy the Firm‚ and also one of her most personal essay that she’s ever written. It is about the burning moths‚ her belief in God‚ and acceptance of her faith to being a writer. She uses the death of the moths to tell us nature’s cycle of life. Everything is the same‚ human and animal‚ life and death. In the end‚ they will all end up like the moth being burned up by candle light. In the
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The perspective of a child is a unique one. They do every task with a conviction‚ they feel everything has a deep impact on their lives. Annie Dillard extrapolates on this in “The Chase” by utilizing extended metaphor and word choice to portray how one should always fully immerse themselves in their endeavors. Annie Dillard states her purpose by sharing a story of her own experience as a child. This extended metaphor depicts a time in her live when she met someone that fully invested themselves
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