Lisa Englard is a math teacher who takes her job seriously; when her class presented trouble with word problems she began to research. Upon doing so she found that students had trouble solving problems when key words are left out. Singapore corrected this by developing the model method which has proven to be useful seeing as they rank among the best in math. When using the model method students draw pictures to represent quantities and their relationships this helps them choose operations and sequence
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In some music videos‚ the theme of the song and the theme of the video can have totally different meanings. The video for J Cole’s “Crooked Smile” starts with a man in a police car at night looking unhappy. Then it switches to a comparison of the routine of a drug dealer‚ played by J Cole‚ and a DEA cop. The drug dealer is cleaning the house for his daughter’s birthday party and the cop is getting ready for his day‚ eating breakfast with his daughter at one point. After the birthday party‚ the cops
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Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli‚ is about Will Tuppence and is the story of his life. This is the story of teenage chess champion Will Tuppence‚ whose life is turned upside down by a series of seemingly random events. When high school freshman Will Tuppence was five or six years old‚ he learned from a science-savvy neighbor that protons are “unsmashable” and last forever. Since that revelation‚ Will has been obsessed with astrology and believes that‚ because he is made up of zillions of protons‚ he
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Lisa from The Girl Who Owned a City and Annie from Directions are similar in many ways. One similarity is that they both are very determined. A quote from the story says‚ “Although business was slow‚ those first days Annie was determined”. This quote helps the reader to understand how hard Annie works everyday‚ and how determined she is. Lisa is also a very hard worker‚ and also is very determined. We see this when Lisa doesn’t give up‚ no matter how many times she has to do it. "But for some reason
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Twitter is a social media platform where people can tweet about their lives and read about the news all over the world. In the story “Twitterholics Anonymous‚” author Mona Eltahawy says that she loves and hates Twitter even though it has become an important part of her job as a reporter. Twitter has become essential for people to find new ideas‚ but to some it is becoming an unhealthy obsession. Author Eltahawy brings up how social media sites like Twitter are good for people because it gives them
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Mona Vale‚ NSW‚ Australia) Mona Vale Dental proudly announces the opening of a new state-of-the-art dental facility in Mona Vale. The mission of the dental practice is to provide the highest quality of evidence-based care to all members of the family in an environment that is friendly‚ supportive and professional. The staff members remain committed to providing every patient with comprehensive and modern treatment that is appropriate to their needs while helping to ensure their
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HW# Q.: Evaluate Lisa Aham’s current strategy regarding senior citizens. Does this strategy improve this McDonald’s image? What should she do about the senioor citizen market – that is‚ should she encourage‚ ignore‚ or discourage her seniors? What should she do about the bingo idea? Explain. McDonald’s “Seniors” Retaurant Lisa Aham is manager of a McDonald’s restaurant in a city with many “seniors.” She has noticed that some senior citizens have become not just regular patrons – but patrons
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As a grandchild‚ the greatest feeling in the world is spending time with their grandma. This is especially true when a grandchild has been away at college and has not seen their grandma in an extended period of time. The way Lisa Parker uses imagery and opposition allows readers to visualize the country setting where the grandma resides‚ along with the relationship between the grandma and granddaughter. The moment the grandma questions the granddaughter about college creates a tempting yet uneasy
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Democracy: The Path to Smiles? Something that is usually not given much thought on a daily basis for citizens of developed countries is the quality of life and the amount of freedoms that they possess. It is not of concern to those who live in countries with high levels of individual freedoms and political rights why or how these qualities exist. Though to other individuals who live in poor conditions with little freedoms‚ this can be a question that is asked often. We usually point to the
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Why Women Smile: Forced Smiles In the essay‚ “Why Women Smile” by Amy Cunningham‚ she brilliantly argues the fact that women have been heavily influenced by society in the way that they show their emotions. Amy analyzes the fact that women in today’s society aren’t still being treated equally but are still letting society control how women should act. She refers not only to her personal experiences with smiling but gives historical take on it‚ and gives a psychologist perspective. Her assertion
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