READING PASSAGE 1 Lost for Words Many minority languages are on the danger list.In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west‚ the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-age or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo‚ the schools are run in English. Street sign‚ supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly‚ linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in
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I h8 txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language Reading Humphrys so troubled by the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary has removed the hyphen from thousands of words because he think that the author is trying to adapt to the new generation of writing as what he called fashion. Like shortening the word or using abbreviation as many people use on email and SMS. He thinks that this makes people care less in proper spelling and grammar. The reason for this change is because we are changing the
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Reading Schedule English 2301 Unit 1: Old English Literature Week 1 (August 26th) Class 1: Introductions and Syllabus Class 2: Selections from Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Blackboard). “Introduction” to Old English Literature pp. 1-7‚ 19-21. “The Dream of the Rood” pp.24-26 Week 2 (September 2) Class 1: Beowulf pp. 26-41 (MW class: stay on schedule. We will discuss both readings Wed.) Class 2: Beowulf pp. 41-58 Week 3 (September 9) Class 1: Beowulf pp. 58-77 Class 2:
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By reading books‚ people can learn how to get through problems in their own lives by relating to characters. Readers can see what characters did to get out of bad situations‚ and what they learned from them. In Uglies by Scott Westerfield the reader grasps that what someone looks like on the outside doesn’t matter‚ and it is what is on the inside that counts. The Fault In Our Stars and Looking For Alaska by John Green both deal with death at a young age and losing loved ones. Love is a serious topic
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“I am clean and pretty. I wash my face. I put on a clean dress. I trim my nails. I comb my hair. Look at me. Am I not pretty?” Comprehension Question: 1.Who is talking? A. Mother B. Luz C. A boy 2. What does she do with her face? A. She washes it. B. She combs it. C. She cuts it. 3.What does she do with her nails? A. She cleans them. B. She trims them. C. She washes them. 4. What does she do with her nail? A. She cleans it. B
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Darius Kash Johnson Child Development Mrs. West What is your identity? Identity is a state of mind in which someone recognizes/identifies their character traits that leads to finding out who they are and what they do and not that of someone else. In other words it’s basically who you are and what you define yourself as being. The theme of identity is often expressed in books/novels or basically any other piece of literature so that the reader can intrigue themselves and relate to the characters
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No I dont‚ because if planning was carried out jointly with Haus-Mart; Haus-Mart would gain deeper knowledge of Exel’s planning techniques and eventually feel as they wouldn’t need Exel much longer. Freight management companies take responsibility on behalf of their customers‚ for transporting their freight by air‚ land or sea securing space with carriers at a much lower price than their customers could negotiate for themselves. They also handle all of the paperwork. Also contract logisitics like
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is one of position. She gives us her views that she supports the Second Amendment and it stating clearly that “guns are for those who form part of a well-regulated militia” means the armed forces‚ including the National Guard not fourteen year old boys or wacky religious cults and unregulated citizens. Ivans goes on to state her argument by stating that “a well regulated militia implies both long training and long discipline and that should be required of those who are permitted to have guns‚ because
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Boy – (Roald Dahl) How does Roald Dahl use language to shape our understanding of the events in ‘Boy’? ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl is an autobiography of childhood stories combined together into one book. It consists of unusual but fascinating accounts of Dahl’s childhood. Although many of the stories are gruesome and disgusting‚ Dahl has put them together in a way that changes the perspective of the reader on the situation into more humor-like. This is done through compelling language‚ including sarcasm
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READING REPORT Student’s Name | : | ______________________________________ | Teacher’s Name | : | | Course | : | I6______________ | Time | : | 7:30 - 9:30 _____ | Music That Rocks The Imagination. Summary (150 to 300 words) This article is about how music can change completely your point of view of society‚ and not only with the sound‚ with the lyrics too. The article talks about a specific band called Quetzal‚ they have a different type of music‚ because they have Mexican influences
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