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    Song Selection

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    We have chosen a song entitled ‘Miss Polly had a Dolly’ and our target group is Year Two students. Basically‚ this song tells about Miss Polly‚ a little girl who desperately wants her father to play with her. She makes her doll sick and finally manages to get her father’s attention. This song is selected because it meets the requirement of exposing students with ‘World of Stories’ theme. Therefore‚ as students watch the video clip and sing along the song‚ they will be immersed with the characters

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    Song of the Hummingbird

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    Jon Ryan Professor Orona-Cordova Chicano Studies 115 17 September 2012 Expository Essay #1 Throughout the course of his novel Barrio Boy‚ Ernesto Galarza does a superb job of capturing the many intricacies and emotions that were associated with his culture during the time period in which he lived. Galarza’s story encompasses his own personal experiences as well the condition of his surrounding environments and neighbors. Galarza also goes in depth about the terrain and location of

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    believed that the soul was made of three parts. The Three Parts of the Soul in Plato’s Republic and Phaedrus are mans Appetite (Black Horse on Left)‚ Spirited (White Horse on Right)‚ and Reason (Charioteer). Each part of the soul has it’s own virtue as well as its own vice. Temperance is the virtue of Appetite‚ Courage the virtue of Spirit‚ and Wisdom is the virtue of Reason. It was Plato’s belief that goodness and justice come from the correct balance of the Three Parts of the Soul. We will uncover

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    Siren Song

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    Amber Wi 11/17/14 Period 2 “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood The speaker in Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” is one of the three sirens of Greek mythology. The sirens are known as half-woman‚ half-bird monsters who sing songs to lure sailors to their death. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker makes it seem as if she needs the sailor’s help. As the poem comes close to the end‚ it is apparent that the whole poem is actually the deadly song of the sirens. Margaret Atwood employs allusion‚ diction

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    Trey Songs

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    trey songs November 29‚ 2009 Music The Petersburg‚ Virginia celebrity didn’t always have a musical career in mind. As a child‚ there were no voice or piano lessons. In fact‚ all through high school‚ Trey was doing what most kids his age were doing: playing basketball‚ throwing parties‚ and getting dragged to church by his grandmother‚ who sang in a gospel choir . “I wasn’t even paying attention to R&B at

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    The Song of Lawino

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    The song of Lawino speaks about a wife Lawino‚ who argues her husband Ocol about his bad behaviour to her and his tribe. Firstly we will see Lawino’s strengths and weaknesses in her song‚ secondly Ocol’s strengths and weaknesses in his answer. The story of this couple was at the colonial period .When Africa was colonised‚ that’s when all begin. Ocol started to follow the colonisers‚ whose leaded him to despise his tribe his wife his way of life. Ocol was comparing his wife to dirty things like pit

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    Songs of Silence

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    Jamaica Language is a reflection of the diversity of the people of Jamaica. The wonderful blend of various races and cultures has affected the languages spoken in Jamaica. The immigrants from outside Jamaica have brought with them their language as well and languages like Spanish‚ Irish‚ and Scottish. The other two significant languages of Jamaica are Taino and Arawak‚ specific to particular regions. Jamaican Patois‚ known locally as Patois (Patwa or Patwah) and called Jamaican Creole by linguists

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    The Song Of Montreal

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    had sent some of the tracks on Cherry Peel to a recording label called Bar/None Records‚ who had loved the songs and requested Kevin send more. The first show played by Of Montreal was at a place called the 40 Watt Club‚ with two other members of the band‚ Derek Almstead‚ and Bryan Poole. Since Cherry Peel‚ the band has recorded 19 more albums‚ all different from the next‚

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    The Song of Moses

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    Jessica Mejeuro 10/12/2013 The Song of Moses The Song of Moses is a rather long poem found in chapter 32 of Deuteronomy. This poem is proposed to have been written by Moses as a witness for God against the Israelites. In the old age of Moses‚ just before his passing on Mount Nebo‚ Moses was instructed by God to write down and recite this poem to the Israelites before they entered the promise land. After Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt‚ they acted in a manner that was very

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    Free! Body and Soul Free!

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    “Free! Body and Soul Free!” Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Heather Sharpe ENG125: Introduction to Literature Mrs. Kristina Stutler November 7‚ 2011 “Free! Body and Soul Free!” – Analysis of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin To be completely unfettered and unrestricted; to live free from the pursuit of meeting someone else’s expectations… this is what Kate Chopin writes about in The Story of an Hour. Using mostly a historical approach‚ I will highlight the connection

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