UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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English 132-10 29 November 2014 Conflict and Segregation in Song of Solomon There ’s a lot of of conflict and segregation featured in Song of Solomon‚ by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison emphasizes the country ’s state of racial injustice and mentions racial uplift groups and makes note of segregated hospitals to create a focus on race in Song of Solomon. I wanted to look into how different conflicts affected the characters lives in Song of Solomon. I also wanted to see how segregation made life harder
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Philosophy Class and level: 6th grade (14 year-olds) Number of students: 20 + Teacher-mentor: Milica and Nina Student-teacher: Jovana Spasic 3055‚ Jovana Petrovic 3095‚ Andrijana Jankovic 3076‚ Milena Stojiljkovic 3068 Lesson: based on songs Objectives: By the end of the class the Ss will: ➢ have acquired dream-related vocabulary (daydream‚ dreamland‚ like a dream‚ “sweet dreams”‚ pipe dream); ➢ have practised their listening‚ speaking‚ writing and reading skills; Aims:
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Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background
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to keep writing and writing until we had a full poem and song. We all worked really hard putting the poem and song together. Everyone had different roles to take a part in; so if one person slacked off their job‚ then we were going to be in a bad position. So that everyone had a role‚ we decided to break the job down into three different jobs. One person created the tune‚ one person did the lyrics and making the tune sound right with the song‚ and the other person made sure all the questions were
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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White America is a song in which Eminem creates many contradictions to show inconsistencies in the American social structure. These contradictions are important because they reveal a critical flaw in the American society that disillusions both immigrants and natives into thinking America is a leveled playing field for capitalistic ventures. In his introduction‚ Eminem makes a contradictory comparison that later becomes apparent in the second part of the verse‚ describing America as "the stripes and
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“Siren Song”. The change of tone‚ point of view‚ and diction between the two sends a different portrayal of the sirens. The tone and point of view play a big roe in both of these writings. In the Odyssey the tone is suspenseful. Odysseus tells the event from his point of view‚ so in first person. This gives the story more action because it is a closer encounter of his feelings. What he feels and experiences from the sirens is best perceived from the person who experiences it. In the “Siren Song” the
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In the song‚ Run the World‚ by Beyonce‚ it indicates how this song is a feminist song; it encourages women to take control of their world and not be dominated by men. Because women women are capable of so much more in this day in age. Women could perform the same tasks that men perform. For example womennow could do construction‚ bodybuilding‚ and etc. Women are evolving in different ways to keep up with men. Women has come a long way when they used to do small things such as cooking‚weaving‚ and
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good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick out a book‚ 10 minutes before I had to go to bed. When I was growing up this was the best book in the world to me. Each time I wanted a story read to me‚ I would pick this book up and ask my mother to read it to me. This book brought so much hope and wisdom to me‚ it made me think about everything
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