Karen Plemel English 242 D Leisl Sackschewsky 5/18/14 Reading Response #4 A theme is the string that ties to entire story together. It is constant throughout the entire plot and connects the concepts to a bigger idea. However‚ the theme can do more than just that. Themes have the power to make a statement about a greater idea. It allows the story to be applied to some type of real world scenario. In “Mrs. Sen’s” by Jhumpa Lahiri the theme is able to be applied to a larger scenario regarding
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After reading “When Handouts Keep Coming‚ The Food Line Never Ends”‚ it got me thinking why this article was even written. Everyone knows about poverty and people going hungry at Thanksgiving time. Everywhere you go in the month of November you see the salvation army collecting money‚ different work places and schools having food drives‚ homeless shelters and soup kitchens offering meals‚ as well as churches taking extra donations to help local families in need. The main idea in this article is to
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dictionary helps a student to be more efficient at learning. It means students will achieve their academic goals without wasting time or doing useless work. First‚ having a dictionary can save a lot of time for students. For instance‚ when a student is reading a paper and gets stuck on an unknown word‚ he can just pick up a dictionary an check it. In addition‚ students will learn things independently. For example‚ they can always learn things alone with help from a good dictionary. Thus‚ students will learn
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I h8 txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language Reading Humphrys so troubled by the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary has removed the hyphen from thousands of words because he think that the author is trying to adapt to the new generation of writing as what he called fashion. Like shortening the word or using abbreviation as many people use on email and SMS. He thinks that this makes people care less in proper spelling and grammar. The reason for this change is because we are changing the
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A Response to “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” Summary: John Holt is a former teacher who shares personal anecdotes in his essay “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading.” Holt remembers taking a traditional approach to teaching as a beginning elementary school teacher. He initially thought that quizzing students over assigned readings and requiring them to use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words was a best practice. However‚ a conversation with his sister challenges him to think critically
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Gatto and Holt In the essays “Against School” by John Gatto‚ and “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” by John Holt‚ both authors discuss their views on education and schooling. In both essays the authors analyze education and state their opinions about what is wrong with our schooling system. The authors explain the issues surrounding teachers‚ teaching styles‚ and curriculum in our schools. In John Gatto’s essay “Against School‚” he explains how he does not believe that forced schooling
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11th January 2011 Jenny White “Reading – Response to Prose” “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck 1937 The novella “Of Mice and Men” was written by Nobel prize - winner John Steinbeck in 1937. It was a written genre of a novella so it could be transposed as a stage play. The story is structured in six sections which could be six scenes if it were a script for a play. The title of the book comes from a poem by the 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns “To a Mouse”. The poem
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the essay ’s "School is Bad for Children" and "School ’s Out" John Holt and Daniel Pink think there are many flaws in the United States ’ educational system. They also feel that there is a need for a change. They recommend and think that the teachers should have different types of teaching techniques‚ the curriculum should not just be taught in the class room‚ but taught with example‚ and that standardized test should be abolished. Holt believes that the curriculum doesn ’t allow children to become
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Spring 2014 SOCSC-120 Response Paper #1 Documents: Letters to Carolyn Van Wyck & Letters to Deidre In a column of Photoplay magazine‚ one of the first film fan magazines created in 1911 in Chicago by Mcfadden Publications‚ Carolyn Van Wyck encouraged women to have fun flirting while remaining classy. In the 1930s‚ San Francisco’s New World Sun newspaper also ran a column answered by Historian Valerie Matsumoto which inspired women to balance both their Japanese and American values. Both of these
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The short story A&P by John Updike‚ takes place in 1961‚ at a grocery store called "A&P". Sammy‚ the narrator‚ is a cashier at A&P. One particular day‚ three girls came in they looked like they were fresh from the beach still in their bathing suits and did not have any shoes on‚ this was not the typical attire at the usually plain and very “cookie cutter” store. Sammy can’t help but notice them‚ he watches as they walk around and get the stuff they need. He also talks about how the “regulars” react
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