Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a noun which names anything which you can not perceive through your five physical senses‚ and is the opposite of a concrete noun. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all abstract nouns: Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought. Tillie is amused by people who are nostalgic about childhood. Justice often seems to slip out of our grasp. Countable Nouns A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form
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Running head: Education Essay. Course: Name: Tutor: Date: Introduction A practitioner enquiry is a process in which teachers‚ tutors‚ lecturers and other education stakeholders reflect on their own institutional practices in order to produce assessable reports and artifacts which are submitted for academic credits leading to awarding of degrees or diplomas of nationally recognized bodies Murray (1992). A practitioner enquiry differs from a research because its main concern is to address
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allows students to learn about the unique and complex nature of Indigenous histories and cultures ‚ but it also fosters reconciliation‚ acceptance and tolerance between Indigenous and non-Indigenous student’s. However‚ educators must understand the importance of evaluating resources before implementing them into the classroom‚ so as to avoid the generation of racism‚ cultural bias and stereotypical generalizations towards Indigenous peoples and their cultures. Therefore‚ this paper will critically evaluate
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BODY Games in the past were viewed in the light of fun and leisure‚ but now it is slowly being recognized as a tool for learning where students are being engaged and immersed on the subject being learned (Annetta‚ 2008‚ p 229). This explains the steady application of video games in aiding different teaching approaches and experimenting with its use. According to Garris et. al (2002‚ p 441) there are several reasons for the popularity of video games as an educational tool; first‚ is that its use
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Reading-to-writing: an Effective Approach to Improving Students’ EFL Writing Ability in Senior High Schools English Major LI Ze-feng Abstract: EFL (English as a foreign language) writing is one of the four basic skills of English learning. However‚ EFL writing‚ as a highly complex productive activity‚ has always been a big problem to students in senior high schools. Most of the students may feel perplexed when confronting EFL writing and always get half the result with twice the effort
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Why Lutheran Education? To say education was important to Martin Luther would be an understatement. Most of the historical focus on his life and works remains with his work in polemics‚ translation‚ and biblical commentary. Not only was Luther a life-long learner of the Scriptures‚ he was also a skilled educator‚ though one may not always find his name immortalized in the hallowed halls of education like one could find his contemporary‚ Philip Melanchthon. This attitude‚ however‚ betrays an aspect
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According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (2014)‚ 20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime. One of the most common mental illnesses is depression. Depression is characterised by feelings of sadness‚ loss of interest in pleasurable activities‚ and withdrawal from friends and family (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2013). Traditionally‚ people with depression are treated with talk-based therapy and/or medication. In the past decade‚ another form of therapy
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Molly O’Brien Analyzing a Text Expository Writing Gay Marriage Helps Children Thesis: Dale Carpenter argues in hist article “Gay Marriage Helps Children” that the competence argument is factually unsupported and contrived by the laws of every state and that the optimality argument is irrelevant regardless if it is correct or not. The Competence Argument A. Children raised by gay parents are at a Higher risk emotionally and cognitively. B. Children raised by gay parents are more apt to be
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Jack: Expository Paragraph In William Golding’s novel‚ ’ The Lord of the Flies’‚ the author places the character Jack with the role symbolic of a totalitarian figure whose ambitious lust for power corrupts the society of the island with elements of unbridled savagery‚ and exploits the defects of human nature for his own desires. To begin‚ Golding grants Jack with vices of greed and wrath to immorally attain his goals for power‚ symbolizing the avarice that Man as a whole
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The report claims that getting an education in Jamaica is viewed as primarily a female activity. This cultural attitude encourages males to leave school early. In 2008‚ girls outnumbered boys in secondary school by a ratio of 1.04:1. At the same time‚ boys were more likely to have to repeat a year of school. Only 16% of boys passed five or more Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams compared to 30% of girls. Boys outperformed girls only in vocational subjects and physics. The report cites
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