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    Teacher: Grade: Kinder ELP Level: ELL 1 Performance Objective: Reading Domain Standard 1: The student will demonstrate understanding of print concepts of the English language. Activity: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat. Using the book have students follow along with the story and have students identify the parts of the book. Basic: B-1: identifying the front cover‚ back cover‚ and title page of a book to establish directionality. Using the book as a guide tell me the parts of the

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    Literary Analysis of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” “When Pelayo and Elisend first find the fallen man‚ they regard him as human‚ he is “dressed like a ragpicker”” (McFarland). Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a fabulous story about an angel in “pitiful condition of a drenched great-grandfather” with “Huge buzzard wings” (Marquez 294). Marquez uses magical realism to express the literary elements of the old man‚ in third person point of view‚ and

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    Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading

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    Little Paper with Enormous Clarity                             Flipping through the hundreds of pages in the Norton Sampler lead me to a beautiful story‚ that most would find too fantasy for the adult imagination. Although‚ my adult imagination pieced together the images in this story and made it clear that it is an overlooked treasure. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ contains many important qualities that a child‚ although it is a more childlike tale‚ would overlook

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    Unexpected Gabriel Marquez’s fantasy short story‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”‚ transpires in Pelayo and his wife Elisenda’s yard on the beach after a stormy three days. While throwing dead crabs from the rain into the sea‚ Pelayo stumbles on a very old man with gigantic wings lying in the mud. On the same day‚ he tries to take care of his son who is running a fever. When Pelayo comes across him‚ he notifies Elisenda. Not knowing exactly who the man is‚ the two lock him up in Pelayo’s chicken

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    their love...unfortunately for her she needed more and she longed for something different...unsure of what that was she began her search. While still being sexually and emotionally involved with this original love she still searches...being as amazing as she is‚ it doesnt take long for someone to see how amazing she is. She possesses this hook that snags you...you dont know why but it does. She begins to develop new feelings for this new person...while keeping it a secret from her previous love she

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    start new ventures and findinnovative ways to start an enterprise. Thus‚ innovative entrepreneurs are those who introduces new products‚ newmethod of production techniques‚ or discovers a new market or a new service or reorganises the enterprise. It is theinnovative entrepreneurs who built the modern capitalism. They are commonly found in developed countries. Theyare aggressive in nature who exhibit cleverness in putting attractive possibilities into practice. 2. Imitative Entrepreneur: There is

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    In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago an old Cuban fisherman‚ after 84 days without a fish‚ catches the largest marlin ever seen in his waters and although he loses it to sharks he achieves a moral victory. What sustains him in his dire struggle is his intimate connection with nature‚ his relationship with the fish itself‚ and his complete devotion to his vocation as a fisherman. Though his gains and lost‚ maintain both challenges and soothe him. Santiago treats nature as a family

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    Sibling Love Hana 9B Macy Her scream pierced through the air‚ as I plunged the knife into her clothed stomach. I quickly shrugged off the eerie feeling of being watched as I stared down at my latest victim‚ the apple she was eating moments earlier laid on the ground‚ just as unmoving as she was. She deserved it‚ I thought to myself. The guilt I once felt while ending lives was long gone by now‚ masked by the sadist in me. It all started three years

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    A Pair of Silk Stockings "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is a story about a woman who loves her children‚ but through an ordinary pair of stockings‚ realizes that she must do something for herself. The stockings gave her some freedom from just being a parent. They introduced her to a world of fantastic rewards that she greatly deserved. Mrs. Sommers didn ’t really change‚ she became a better person. The author uses imagery to describe her shopping spree and her entire day‚ as I will point

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