Sarsar Title: Adopting a Multimodal Approach to Address the Multiliteracy Needs of My Students Publication Date: June 2008 Note: 13 pages Pub. Type: Research Paper Descriptors: new literacies‚ new digital divide‚ multimodality‚ print-based literacy‚ reconceptualizing literacy‚ out-of-school literacy Abstract: The technological advance that has dominated various aspects of our daily life has led to the emergence of new literacies. This created a need for reconceptualizing the old notion of literacy
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Dillard admires many personal qualities in her mother. Although there was many she favored one out of them all. This quality that stood out to Dillard the most was how her mother made a life lesson out of everything she did. One way her mother would try to teach them a life lesson was by having them spell hard words. For example‚ in the book it says‚ “Spell ‘poinsettia‚” Mother would throw out at me‚ smiling with pleasure. “Spell ‘sherbet.” The idea was not to make us whizzes‚ but‚ quite the contrary
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Burst and Frozen Pipe Repair in Frederick Gaithersburg and Rockville‚ MD Two of the most catastrophic plumbing disasters you can encounter is a burst and frozen pipe. Though the root causes of these problems are different‚ their outcome can end up being the same. A burst pipe is a result of a clogged sewage system. When there’s hair‚ soap residue‚ or clumped up toilet paper blocking the pipes‚ water has a difficult time flowing down the drain. This creates a lot of pressure‚ causing the affected
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Washington ’s Farewell Address 1 Washington ’s Farewell Address William Davis Post University Washington ’s Farewell Address Davis 2 George Washington delivered vital and practical advice to early America upon the end of his second term as President. George Washington ’s farewell address of 1796 warned of seven dangers to avoid for a healthy and prosperous country‚ 1) The Importance of Unity‚ and The Danger of Sectionalism 2) The Authority
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The Gettysburg Address: Why‚ how and what happened? On November 19 of 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address that the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since
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perform better when they have a male teacher‚ and girls perform better when they have a female teacher. If we want to do something about boys’ often sluggish classroom performance‚ more male teachers could be a useful step. Third‚ we especially need black male teachers in the classroom. As Education Secretary Arne Duncan has argued‚ "All of our students benefit from having a black male in the classroom. But particularly our young black males." Yet black males represent a mere 2% of the K-12 teaching
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and emotion goes hand in hand. In order to bolster my intelligence I must be passionate without bring my emotions to the table‚ which will help bring the best and the brightest qualities out of my co-worker. Instead of reacting with my emotions‚ I need to process the information and respond after I have thought about the situation. I must be able to manage my stress by learning to receive disturbing pieces of information without letting this information override your thoughts and self-control I realized
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be expected to know what I want for myself‚ I can’t be expected to be confident to make those decisions on my own‚ or to even trust in my own parents to make them for me. I need to have mass media make those decisions for me. A teenager seems to always know which brand is the better brand‚ not based on what anything to do with quality; it has everything to do with the saturation of the market. Now as teenagers‚ they have no idea what that is‚ but what they do know is what is being showed to them
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that their united colonies should become Independent States and that every political connection between them and Britain should be put away. Our fathers have succeeded with this resolution giving us the freedom we have today in America. This made the 4th of July an anniversary day we properly celebrate every year. Patriotism and Pride prompt us to celebrate this day in remembrance of the Declaration of Independence. Douglass’s words say to stand by those principles made by the Declaration of Independence
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points of view regarding going to college and earns a college degree. Some people say that college degree is not important‚ others says that it is important to each person. Nowadays‚ college degree is important to the person’s life‚ and it gives the person several positive things which affect their future life in a better way. Therefore‚ going to college and gets a degree is important. To begin with‚ most of the people who have a college degree have better jobs. According to the U.S government info web
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