Exam presentation – English B What we test: your language skills your ability to understand your ability to make an analysis and interpretation your ability to relate the text to other texts In your 24 hours of preparation time you can draw in all the help you can get: Uncles‚ Internet‚ dictionaries – and the texts in the course materials The oral exam: You make a 10-minute presentation – the rest is conversation in which your teacher asks questions and supports you in clarifying points
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The poem “Theme for English B”‚ written by Langston Hughes‚ is a narrative from the point of view of a black student on his first day of English B. Throughout the poem the speaker addresses his anxieties about how the class will go. The poem is set around the time that black students were first being allowed into colleges‚ this being a major reason he is worried that no one will respect him. As sad as it is‚ people tend to judge based on appearance‚ and while I face this issue because of my piercings
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“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes is about a twenty two year old colored man trying to write a poem for college. In the poem‚ “Theme for English B”‚ Hughes uses straightforward diction and a truthful tone to explain that all humans are the same even though some are more privileged than others. First off‚ he writes what his instructor’s students were supposed to do. “‘Go home and write/ a page tonight./ And let that page come out of you-/ Then‚ it will be true’” (2-5). Langston does let the
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Comparing and Contrasting (quoted from Jim Stover‚ “Writing About Literature”) One of the best methods to help us clarify our thoughts about a character‚ an event‚ a poem‚ a story—nearly anything—is to compare and contrast. (To compare can mean to find similarities and differences. Coupled with contrast‚ however‚ to compare means to point out similarities‚ while to contrast means to point out differences.) Many of us‚ feeling weighted down by cares‚ have happened to see someone coping with a
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to easily defend ourselves‚ we created shelters to help us protect ourselves from the early calamities. In order for us to have a healthy and secure lifestyle‚ we created Technology. But what is Lifestyle? How do we know if we’re living a healthy one? How do we know if our dependence in technology greatly affects the way we live? Lifestyle‚ how do we define it? Lifestyle is all about people and how they live. Lifestyles may vary depending on the personality of the person. Technology on the other
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Sample Paper BOTANY NTD ENGLISH Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word‚ from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each. 1. Almost everyone has trouble ______ at one time or another. A. sleeping B. for sleeping C. sleep D. slept Each question below consists of a related pair of words‚ followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. 2. PAGE:
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the team to find a common time for everyone to meet. Overall three members were able to meet and one of the members never responded. 2. Review/Highlights of Team Video Analysis Report: Below are the Review/Highlights of Team Video Analysis Report. (Issues and Recommendations for CanGo) 3. Other ‘Consulting’ Work (other than Team Video Analysis Reports): 4. Progress toward Final Presentation (Qualitative and Quantitative): Our team did not get a chance to discuss about the final presentation.
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BEd132: Positive Child Guidance 20120883 Juhi Mehta Each child is special‚ unique and important. Hence‚ it is essential to acknowledge their feelings and‚ as adults‚ respect their needs and abilities at all times. “Children’s behaviour is compelled by a range of physical‚ biological‚ social‚ emotional as well as environmental factors” (New Zealand Tertiary College [NZTC]‚ 2012). Teachers‚ parents and families play a vital role in sharing the responsibility to usher‚ channelize and work towards
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Changes of Lifestyle for Young People Name Course Professor Date Changes of Lifestyle for Young People Introduction There have been massive changes in lifestyle of young people a century ago and the life of teenagers today. Most of the changes are remarkable and dramatic. Nowadays‚ there are fresh forms of media like the internet and television. Family makeup and emphasis on values today are nothing in comparison to what they were a hundred years ago (Weil‚ 1997). The young people’s
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Comparing the Contrasting Written two centuries apart‚ “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Where Are You Going; Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates are two seemingly different stories. However‚ if looked at closely‚ several elements can be tied together. Each story has a similar point of view‚ but the story is told from two different perspectives. Several themes are unique to the stories‚ but deep within similarities can be found. The authors conclude their stories in two different
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