foundational literacy skills‚ with an emphasis on the oral improvement of English Language Learners (ELLs). Previous research points out that arts activities pay for a beneficial opening for young students to practice language skills‚ but many teachers have received negligible training in the arts. The Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a professional development program that assists classroom teachers use dramatization and creative movement to enhance comprehension and promote verbal interaction in the
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Light and Dark Motif In order to portray the overall theme of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses motifs‚ which are recurring concepts or contrasts. From the beginning of the novel and throughout‚ there are clear examples of light versus dark that are used to set tone and mood‚ and used for character development. Hawthorne utilizes the idea of light versus dark‚ or day versus night to convey the theme of covert sin and overt abomination. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne displays this contrast
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looking at someone‚ one can tell how they are feeling by staring into his or her eyes. Our eyes never lie. Our eyes will often mirror our souls and display our true inner emotions. In Elie Wiesel’s autobiographical narrative‚ Night‚ he uses the eye motif to portray characters’ true souls. In some parts of the narrative‚ Night‚ Wiesel used eyes to display the hope and positive emotion in characters. In the beginning of the story‚ eyes were used as an indication of Moche the Beadle’s calmness in the
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Why does man treat others so harshly and with such cruelty? Since the beginning of time man has shown inhumanity to his fellow man. This was shown especially throughout the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s to get rid of segregation. Man’s inhumanity to man was even shown as early as the beginning of the 20th century. In some parts of the world today you can still see remnants of racism and other acts of cruelty that man does to his fellow man. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper
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In the prologue the chorus says that ultimately that Romeo and Juliet are going to die because they are “star-crossed lovers.” This centralizes with my theme of fate and the motif of poison. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the poison motif supports the central idea of fate that people can’t escape their fate. There are many central ideas that seems to be portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The one that seems more interesting is that you can’t escape your fate. This is shown in most acts in the story
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Assignment #1B – Research an Artist Style and Artist Style: Post-Impressionism Artist: Seurat Work of Art: A Sunday On La Grande Jatte (page 382) The Early Life of the Artist 1. When was the artist born? Georges Seurat was born on December 2‚ 1859. Georges Seurat. Dewey‚ II‚ Tom. Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century‚ September 2007‚ p1-3. 2. Where was the artist born? Georges Seurat was born in Paris‚ France. Georges Seurat. Dewey‚ II‚ Tom. Great Lives from History:
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"Art is a jealous mistress." Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote easily summarizes "The Oval Portrait‚" written by Edgar Allen Poe. It is a chilling tale‚ describing the two different passions of a married couple. The husband‚ a painter‚ requests that the wife let him paint her portrait‚ and in obeying him‚ she meets her doom. As the painting matured‚ her health and spirits declined and yet she remained and‚ without objection‚ she continued to sit for him. His passions increase and after many weeks‚ as the
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The Curious Incident has several motifs throughout the novel‚ the colors brown and yellow being two of them. Christopher mentions numerous times that he does not like these colors for many reasons. “H. Not liking yellow things or brown things and refusing to touch yellow things or brown things‚” (Haddon 46). When Christopher first tells why he does not like them is when he is talking about his behavior problems. “Mrs. Forbes said that hating yellow and brown is just being silly. And Siobhan said
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Artist on a theme: Mike Inel Mike Inel is a new age artist from the Philippians. He does digital animation and anime drawings on his computer using a tablet and stylus. His art works are futuristic mixed with fantasy also fan arts of popular anime shows. Some of his works are serious and sad but most are humorous and some are even quite risqué. I chose two of his pieces of work that really stood out to me‚ one is called “ Hfsdgvbfdafea” which I’m pretty sure he pressed a whole bunch of keys on
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There are many motifs in Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ but one of the most important is the recurring disassociation of appearance and reality. The entire motif is introduced in the first scene when the witches say “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (1‚i‚12). This is then reiterated as important when Macbeth says‚ “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (1‚iii‚ 39). Drawing parallels and comparing two polar opposites‚ such as foul and fair‚ sets the stage for the dissimilarity between appearance and reality
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