CHARACTER SKETCH: A character sketch is a vivid description of a person‚ attitude‚ special qualities or traits‚ typical behavior or response. The character sketch gives a deep insight into the personality of a person which makes him different from another person. The character sketch usually depicts the dominant trait that is most important to the story. Example of a short character sketch of Maxwell’s stenographer - from a short story by O’ Henry named The Romance of a Busy Broker The stenographer
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My personal philosophy regarding the teaching of character in curriculum is simple. I believe that schools and curriculum are filled with opportunities to display good character and virtues. We‚ as educators‚ display character each and every day in the classroom; including the online settings where I now teach. I don’t believe it is truly possible to leave it out of daily learning‚ as students are absorbing even this type of information in their interactions with us as educators. In this reflection
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playwright and poet. Shakespeare was born on April 23rd‚ 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon; Warwickshire. He started his successful career around 1585 as an actor and a writer in London. He got married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway and had three children; one girl and two boys. The time period that he lived in was during the English Renaissance; more specifically during the Elizabethan times. He died at the age of 52 at the Great Bard of Stratford on April 23rd‚ 1616. Shakespeare is one of the finest
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Maya Angelou did a poem that inspire many women and she recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning"‚ for president Bill Clinton . Her poem was about the significant of the rock‚ river‚ and tree‚ which stands for what the people have done. In her poem she’s telling people to not be afraid and live with courage. She also describes how many people have been ignored‚ hurt‚ and treated bad. But than people had the courage to speak up and say something about it without hiding anything. Maya Angelou says
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A shocking turn of events that unfolded towards the end of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier was Cheryl Raintree ending her life in a very tragic way. Suicide was a big topic involved in the novel and Cheryl resorted to this to escape the pain. Cheryl had a rough and unstable childhood which led her to deal with problems she couldn’t handle‚ resulting in her addiction to drugs and alcohol which furthermore led to her abusive relationships. Cheryl’s suicide also left a mark on her sister April’s
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Good morning teachers and friends‚ Today‚ I like to talk about “why should we awake early in the morning”? a topic given to the primary school students: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man wise and healthy” is the best answer for the question. Waking early in the morning has the following benefits: We get enough time to carry out our daily activities. This makes us less stressful. Since in the early morning‚ the mind is free and alert‚ studying early in the morning is more effective
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“Red skies at night‚ sailors delight. Red skies in the morning‚ sailors take warning.” This is a famous saying used to help sailors when they go out on the ocean. Since this saying has originated from so long ago when people’s predictions were not always scientifically correct‚ is this weather lore fact or fiction? Weather lore’s like this one have been used since people did not have high tech gadgets to predict the weather‚ so they had to make observations to predict what kind of day it was‚
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and even things such as car crashes could increase. Schools need to change their starting times to later in the morning‚ so students will be more awake‚ therefore being able to learn faster and better. As of June 2012‚ researchers found that only about 7% of young adults are morning larks. In order for students to
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The characters who are in Thirteen Reasons Why are motivated by several factors that affect their lives in significant ways. Hannah Baker is the main character who is in this novel‚ which is based on the ‘thirteen reasons why she decided to end her own life. Hannah is motivated or driven by the resentfulness and stress that the actions of thirteen different individuals have caused in her life. Hannah records her own voice on cassette tapes to tell the thirteen people why she feels that they played
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Should schools start later in the morning Should schools start later in the morning? Or is the starting time of schools appropriate? These are the type questions that are being discussed pretty often among education analysts and researchers‚ and they come up with different views‚ many say yes while others disagree. Yet majority of the research analysis produce positive results in this regard. Nowadays‚ when the life has become so mechanical‚ it is very hard for the kids‚ especially teenagers to
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