involved two waves of Polynesian migration. Historians believe that the Polynesian explorers came from the South Pacific centuries before Cook arrived in Hawaii. First were the Marquesas that settled in Hawaii in 600 or 700 AD. The second wave came from the Society Islands in about 1100 AD. “Lacking instruments of navigation or charts or any kind‚ the Polynesians sailed into vast oceans. They staked their lives on their knowledge of the sky and its stars‚ the sea and its currents‚ the flight
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In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates there is bad parenting and it costs Connie at the end. Throughout the entire story there is little or no parenting‚ or sometimes there is a little parenting but it is not very good parenting. For example‚ “their father was away at work most of the time and when he came home‚ he wanted supper and he read the newspaper at supper and after supper he went to bed. He didn’t bother talking much to them” (Oates 1). So even
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Analysis Article The writer of the article “Overprotective parents stifle growth”‚ Jane Brown a retired school principal‚ claims that parents are too protective of their children whilst the writer of “Reality Check”‚ Jack Lee‚ indicates that parents aren’t taking enough precaution with their children. The writers use different persuasive techniques to persuade their readers such as emotive writing. The tone that the writers use is pleading and the style of both pieces are simple. There is a picture
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Fluency disorder is a communication disorder that involves speech with many disfluencies‚ which interrupts the flow of communication. To have this disorder means that you have some trouble speaking fluently. Some symptoms of a fluency disorder are pauses‚ interjections‚ and revisions. Primary features of a fluency disorder are part-word repetitions‚ sound prolongations‚ and blocks. Secondary features are lip tremors‚ tensing‚ eye blinking‚ negative feelings‚ head jerking‚ and fist clenching. (Kurth)
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Correction in Second Language Writing: Teachers’ Beliefs‚ Practices‚ and Students’ Preferences Victor Albert Francis S. Corpuz Supervisors: Lynette May Annette Patterson Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Education Master of Education (Research) September 2011 Abstract Error correction is perhaps the most widely used method for responding to student writing. W hile various studies have investigated the effectiveness of providing error correction‚ there has been relatively
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I have never been to a school board meeting before‚ so I am not entirely sure what to expect. I know it is an open meeting‚ so I am sure there will be several parents of students in the district as well as citizens of area that will be affected by decisions made by the school board. In terms of the agenda‚ the board will undoubtedly discuss future school functions and the associated budgets‚ as well as personnel matters. This is a policy-making meeting so I do not expect there to be much input from
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of the internship was shadowing the principal. Like we model for our students‚ it was good to see a typical day for a principal. While I was not able to shadow for a whole day‚ I was able to select items that I wanted to participate in. These included attending Board Meetings‚ Parent Teacher Association‚ Intervention and Referral Services‚ IEP/504’s‚ budget planning‚ hiring‚ discipline and supervising sports events. These activities showed what events a principal participant in when they are not observing
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of learning a second language? Learning a foreign language can take many months of dedication‚ however the venture will more than likely open the door to many opportunities. Learning a foreign language is an investment for the future that can produce many benefits whether it is for ones career‚ travel adventures or personal growth. Learning a second language takes time‚ patience and sometimes money. However‚ French‚ Arabic and Mandarin Chinese‚ among many others‚ are all languages that can provide
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being a great kid‚ even the best kid. I worked ten times harder than I ever did before in every area of my life‚ taking more responsibilities and more work. If AVID wouldn’t have been there to catch me fall I would have hit the ground. Going into highschool I thought I would just coast by in class like I had in middle school. I got a rude awakening at the end of first semester when my report card came back with straight B’s. It was in that moment that I knew‚ I had to try harder to get
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What Does Your Handwriting Say About You Good morning to all my fellow friends. Today‚ I’m going to talk about what your handwriting says about you. How you craft letters and words can indicate more than 5000 different personality traits. To introduce students to the field‚ graphologists have them write ‘she sells seashells by the seashore’ in cursive. Why cursive? Graphologists say it gives them a better read on a person. Try writing a same sentence now in cursive and see how graphologists might
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