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    Summer Reading

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    Summer Reading Assignment 2013                                    MYP Year 5‚ Honors English 10 AREAS of INTERACTION: Human Ingenuity Health and Social Education Environments Community and Service Approaches to Learning  Essential Questions: How do humans endure traumatic situations in life? How do our values and beliefs shape who we are as

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    Extensive Reading

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    The Internet TESL Journal Extensive Reading: Why? and How? Timothy Bell timothy [at] hsc.kuniv.edu.kw Kuwait University Abstract An extensive reading program was established for elementary level language learners at the British Council Language Center in Sanaa‚ Yemen. Research evidence for the use of such programs in EFL/ESL contexts is presented‚ emphasizing the benefits of this type of input for students ’ English language learning and skills development. Practical advice is then offered

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    The Speed Reading Course By Peter Shepherd & Gregory Unsworth-Mitchell Email: shepherd@trans4mind.com Web site: Tools for Transformation Copyright © 1997 Peter Shepherd The Basics of Reading Introduction We all learn to read at school‚ after a fashion. But for most of us‚ this is not an optimal use of our brain power. In this course you will learn to better use the left brain’s focused attention combined with the right brain’s peripheral attention‚ in close harmony. Good communication

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    Political writing according to Orwell is bogged down in too many vague words and lies made to seem truthful. As this paper was written in the 1946 so‚ politics were a little different‚ but they were also very tense due to World War Two. Although it’s been about 60 years since this piece was written Orwell’s thesis still reins true to this day. Our news broadcasting in today’s society are very controversial and has very highly criticized for the same reasons Orwell was in 46’. Political language has

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    George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant In his essay‚ George Orwell tells a story of what happened in Burma when he served as a police officer. At the time‚ the Burmese citizens did not look kindly upon the English police that protected their city. He describes several instances where he was ridiculed‚ taunted‚ and baited into precarious situations. He goes on to proclaim the cowardice of these citizens‚ and how they waited until the police were out of range before yelling insults towards them.

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    the first years of the revolution. Russia had overthrown its tsar to become a communist country. The only way of achieving an ideal communist society: to control all aspects of every citizen‚ also known as a totalitarian regime. In the novel 1984‚ Orwell creates an incomplete communist society whose party (oligarchical collectivist) controls its citizens mentally and physically. The party uses devices (such as slogans) to brainwash their proletarians‚

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    George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell argues that imperialism ruins and hurts not just a countries’ economic‚ cultural and social structure‚ but has other far reaching consequences; oppression undermines the psychological‚ emotional and behavioral development of mankind. Orwell served his country‚ the British Empire‚ in Burma during the early 20’s as a police officer. The country was colonized by the most powerful economical leader in Europe.

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    In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is conveying the message that imperialism within a society creates an imbalance in power amongst individuals‚ where Orwell came to realize that he was not on the top of the heap but a tool to oppress the Burmese people. Orwell employs the use of metaphors to enforce his message. When Orwell states‚ “conjurer about to perform a trick”. This way of looking at Orwell is contrary to the way that white Europeans would be looked at in ordinarily. In this

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    "Shooting an Elephant‚" by George Orwell is a first person view on living and working as a European police officer in Moulmein‚ Lower Burma. There was a bit of tension between the locals and the foreign law enforcement since the British had taken over the country‚ so Orwell was not thought fondly of. The climax of this essay was when a otherwise tame elephant starts rampaging because is had gone into "must" a term used on page 118 that means in heat. The owner loses track of the animal in the

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    George Orwell’s lower class upbringing‚ positioned him to understand and challenge the political ideologies at the time‚ through satirical writings. Orwell used the allegorical novel Animal Farm to depict the shift in ideologies‚ from capitalism into socialism and then communism. Orwell exploits genre and aesthetic features to position and invite the reader to accept his personal perspectives of the tyrannical leader‚ Joseph Stalin and the cyclical Russian Revolution. The author successfully achieves

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