standardized tests? Ask yourself this: Does standardized test really help students? Does it truly challenge the summary of a student’s knowledge? No. It is true that one of the main reasons for standardized tests is to see if students have learned their TEKS and basic curriculum; however‚ the tests should not weigh so harshly on a student’s grade in the decision of pass or fail. Some students are just bad test takers. Some students have extreme anxiety when taking tests. Some students don’t perform well
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one of his most powerful and commended works. This piece was composed in 1791 while Mozart was‚ unfortunately‚ on his death bed. However‚ he was unable to complete it so it was then passed on to his assistant and later finished by this man. The choral work can be very dark‚ for it concerns the Day of Wrath‚ when God will return to this earth and pass judgment on all creatures that remain‚ either granting them salvation or perpetual damnation to hell. This theme alone provides one with fear‚ thus
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Arnold Schoenberg was born September 13‚1874 in Vienna. He used the spelling Schonberg until he moved to the United States in 1934. He began violin lessons when he was eight and almost immediately started composing. He had no formal training until he was in his late teens‚ when Zemlinsky became his teacher and friend. Arnold later befriended and married Zemlinsky’s sister in 1910. This Austrian and later American composer fell into the expressionist movement in German poetry and art. He was known
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to man’s victories and its supreme vulnerability: death. The choral ode is divided into four sections: Strophe I‚ Antistrophe I‚ Strophe II‚ Antistrophe II‚ each focusing on either man’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ accomplishments‚ and consequences his actions yield. In Strophe II‚ the chorus elaborates on the triumphs man has achieved‚ but confesses that man has the inevitable destiny of death. In the five translations of the first choral ode composed by Fitts & Fitzgerald‚ Richard Emil Braun‚ H.D.F
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achieved through a choral finale which uses the text of Friedrich Schiller’s poem Ode an die Freude ("Ode to Joy").[2] Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is a dark and stormy work until the choral finale‚ is introduced by a baritone soloist singing “Oh friends‚ not these tones! Rather let us sing more cheerful and more joyful ones. Joy! Joy!” This is a very appropriate bridge between the stormy portion of the symphony and the joyful choral finale.[3] Wagner’s view is that through this choral finale the true
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examples‚ PowerPoint presentations‚ hand-held tablets with educational writing resources‚ and differentiated learning instructions to meet the needs of all learners. I will also partner the students up into pairs and sometimes groups of four to practice TEKS objectives. All tasks will be created to attempt to accommodate each students’ need(s). For English Language learners‚ I will have a translator and/or a student to translate lesson plans and objectives to those students that may be struggling with
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Project Teks answers 1C. 1607- In June of 1606‚ King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs‚ the Virginia Company‚ to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America. By December‚ 104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia‚ find gold‚ and seek a water route to the Orient. Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could n knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a
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Chayamon Sanmueang 2750922 chayamon.sanmueang@griffithuni.edu.au The Romantic Imagination (2103 QCM) Semester 2‚ 2012 Convenor – Mr.Stephen Emmerson The role of women in the musical life of the 19th century. Due: 4 October 2012 The 19th century was an era of change. There were lots of progression in technology‚ science‚ and philosophy that gradually turned European society away from the past centuries. Women’s status in the 19th century Europe also changed. Many of the 19th century women
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Liquids to test such as water‚ corn syrup‚ canola oil‚ motor oil • Masking tape • 1 cm ruler • Stopwatch that is accurate to 0.1 or 0.01 seconds SAFETY NOTE: See Texas Science Safety Manual for lab and investigation guidelines: http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/safety/safety_manual.html Engagement: Place a wooden ramp on a stack of books. Challenge students to predict which of three liquids (syrup‚ water‚ and motor oil) will reach the bottom of the ramp first. Use one drop of each liquid. Have students
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Medea’s first public statement‚ a sort of "protest speech‚" is one of the best parts of the play and demonstrates a complex‚ at times even contradictory‚ representation of gender. Medea’s calm and reasoning tone‚ especially after her following out bursts of despair and hatred‚ provides the first display of her ability to gather herself together in the middle of crisis and pursue her hidden agenda with a great determination. This split in her personality is to a certain degree gender bias. The lack
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