down in this country. Many of them struggled with different languages‚ different cultures‚ different beliefs‚ and different customs. They tried to mingle in the mainstream of Canadian society as well as to keep their own characteristics. Naheed Mustafa‚ the author of “My Body is My Own Business”‚ feels that wearing hijab gives her freedom in Canada. Almas Zakiuddin‚ the author of “Rediscovering Christmas”‚ believes that anyone could be free to celebrate Christmas in Canada. Both of the two authors
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unified kingdom was founded c. 3150 BC by King Menes‚ leading to a series of dynasties that ruled Egypt for the next three millennia. Egyptian culture flourished during this long period and remained distinctively Egyptian in its religion‚ arts‚ language and customs. The first two ruling dynasties of a unified Egypt set the stage for the Old Kingdom period‚ c. 2700–2200 BC.‚ which constructed many pyramids‚ most notably the Third Dynasty pyramid of Djoser and the Fourth Dynasty Giza Pyramids. The
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I found the process of writing the reading responses quite tedious; especially when it came to my first reading response. My first reading response was focused on the article‚ “What Every American Should Know”; inquiring whether the use of Hirsch’s list to determine if one is culturally literate is well-thought-out. I found coming up with witty counterarguments tiring and difficult‚ the end result being I had to create an outline (which I barley do)‚ to aid me in the development of this ‘blog post’
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A Close Reading Essay of the Poem: “Mail Call” By Randall Jarrell In Randall Jarrell’s poem; “Hope”‚ the poem reads‚ “The spirit killeth‚ but the letter giveth life” (1). A letter maybe only words and thoughts on a piece of paper to some but to others: like the soldiers in “Mail Call‚ a letter is a sense of hope but only if the letter contains something good. In the poem‚ “Hope”‚ Randall Jarrell tells how one goes about living their life day by day‚ never changing. He refers to week as a hand
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he’s are introduced in this statement? “All about Suicide” by Luisa Valenzuela challenges its readers to abandon the idea that he refers to only one person in any one sentence. This then presents the opportunity for the reader to take a deeper close reading of the short story to determine the author’s intent. The title of the short story is “All about Suicide.” As a title’s duty is to be a precursor as to what lies ahead in the story‚ one would assume that the story will be one in which a suicide
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I HATE reading‚ especially assigned reading. Reading was never something I liked to do. I always tried my best to avoid reading unless necessary. When it came to standardize test I always scored lower on the reading portion. I don’t have many strengths when it comes to reading and because of that I will always dislike it. I WAS always behind in reading ever since middle school. I never seemed to be reading on my grade level and that was so embarrassing so‚ I never really got help for it. I faked
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with academic weaknesses. Those weaknesses‚ being reading and writing. I had never been comfortable or confident while reading or handing written work. This struggle with reading and writing has made me unambitious in the past. I had not motivated to go to college and I made the decision to go to college but only to please my parents. My plans have since changed‚ in 2012 after recently graduating high school‚ I gave birth to my son. He became my motivation to go to college and excel; to set a good
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My Reading Philosophy I think every child can learn how to read and wright. There will always be some students that struggle more than other and with those student we have to come up with strategies that best suits the student to help them learn how to read. The first thing I would do is create a welcoming environment for my students. Creating a welcoming environment will allow student to feel safe in providing input‚ asking questions and make mistakes. One of the first things I would do is have
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Personal Reading History When I was a younger I don’t remember if I was read to or not‚ but I read a lot of books. I enjoy reading books because they allow me to reach new heights in my imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it’s cool to read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke. It was
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There once was a young girl named Kyle. She was an only child and was extremely quiet. Kyle never talked. Ever. She had been through a series of a tests‚ to see if she was physically or mentally incapable of talking‚ but she wasn’t... Kyle just didn’t want to talk. She understood people and knew what they were saying‚ she just felt as if talking was a waste of words. Now everyone in her small town knew this‚ and they didn’t y to force her to talk‚ they just knew Kyle didn’t talk‚ and accepted it
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