Theme: Mexican American culture and heroes Grade level: Elementary Being located in the lower Rio Grande Valley‚ at the elementary level students should learn and explore more of their heritage and be exposed to it at an early age. Not only will the topics touch on the importance of family‚ but will have fabulous imagery‚ and well has historic facts‚ and stories that will inspire children to become future leaders. Students will learn the hardships that their ancestors had to endure‚ and the
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content of a fairy tale is directly affected by the social attitudes of a particular society at a particular time. Jack Zipes adopts and assumes the magical folktale is the oral version and the fairytale the literary version of a tale when he describes the rise of “the fairytale in the Western world as the mass-mediated cultural form of the folktale” (Zipes 15). Fairy tales include common themes‚ motifs‚ story lines‚ and characters that aid in the protagonist’s working towards a common goal. In the first
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Stella ENG 4U1 Monday‚ September 16‚ 2013 The Prescription to Madness vs. Curiosity Saves the Cat Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” was published in 1899. This story was based on her own personal experience with severe depression which she underwent a series of unusual treatment for. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman who suffers and has been diagnosed by her husband with “temporary nervous depression” (Gilman‚ 1). The story of “Bluebeard” written by Charles Perrault
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Why optimists are less vulnerable to disease? How might optimism work to make people less vulnerable and pessimism to make people more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease? The possibilities divide into three large categories: 1. Optimists take action and have healthier lifestyles. Optimists believe that their actions matter‚ whereas pessimists believe they are helpless and nothing they do will matter. Optimists try‚ while pessimists lapse into passive helplessness. Optimists therefore act
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mother for a large axe and cuts down the beanstalk down‚ killing the heavy giant. The end of the story has Jack and his mother living happily ever after with the golden hen in their possession. Comment I think “Jack and the Beanstalk” is a great folktale. It is well written‚ exciting and colourful. That is‚ if you do not read between the lines. By approaching
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Are you upset‚ in a pessimistic mood‚ or feeling ill? Those are some negative aspects of not being mindful. Moving through life‚ people often forget about themselves‚ and by doing so‚ they forget about others. People will forget about gratitude and optimism‚ which are enormous parts of mindfulness (Pursuit of Happines). The definitions of “mindful” can extend to being aware‚ conscious‚ and alert (Merriam Webster). When someone is mindful‚ they are more open to critiquing themselves‚ or when someone
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my group represented Rhodes. For this project‚ we had to design an event as well as create prizes for the winners. I took leadership for the prizes‚ creating wreaths. Similarly‚ in seventh grade‚ we did plays based on African folktales. My group of four was given the folktale “The Foolishness of the Ostrich.” When no one else was willing to play the ostrich‚ I took leadership and played the
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The list consisted of 96 different words but there were rest periods of 30s after the first 32 and 64 words. Each word was shown for 2 seconds and the participant had to remember them because later he would be given a recognition test. There were 40 old words (5 from each of the 8 presented lists) and 56 new words which 48 of them were ordinary new words (6 from each of the
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their standing‚ or even find a higher ground. I‚ Matthew Hurley‚ was ecstatic to learn that I was considered for the honor society of Fairview Schools. I am now a third quarter sophomore and through my time so far in high school‚ I believe I have shown the qualities of a student in the Honor Society. I strongly adhere to the thought that I represent the four pillars of an Honor Society member. I have held my grades at a high percentage‚ helped my community and peers by doing service to them‚ lead
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of treating her badly‚ he treats her as family and refuses to fire her. That is how Atticus has shown his kindness. Another trait I like about Atticus is his optimism. He believed that Tom had a chance of winning the trial despite the odds. Also‚ he saw the prejudice within the community but believed it would change over time and he worked to bring about a gradually change. Another way he shows optimism is in the way he raises Scout and Jem. He believes that they will grow up to be well-educated‚
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