The New York Times 50 Fancy Words (defined and used) 1. Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; I am glad your inchoate proposals for integrating the company were not accepted this time‚ thus saving us face. 2. Profligacy: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant‚ profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. 3. Sui Generis: being the only example of its kind‚ unique; Mr. Bill Tandy generated his
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There are many different mechanisms that a teacher can use to have a successful reader. Three of the components are fluency‚ word recognition‚ and reading comprehension. Reading can be something that is fun if it is taught correctly. Children need to be excited about what they are reading‚ so using these tools to help them be more successful at it will be beneficial to them throughout their lives. Reading is the foundation‚ so teachers need to make sure they are using effective measures to make
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Goals: 1. To teach the students how to sequence events. 2. To teach students the importance of friendship. 3. To teach the students how to identify and describe the main characters of a story. Day 1 Essential Question: What vocabulary words can we learn by reading Frog and Toad Are Friends? Who are the main characters of this story? Objective: With assistance from the teacher (as a whole class)‚ the students will be able to fill in their character web and vocabulary quilt with the
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Got Swag? 1. What is “swag”? Being a commonly used word in the 21st century‚ “swag” has arisen from song lyrics and populated through postages on popular online websites such as “Facebook”‚ “Twitter”‚ and “Tumblr”. It has stemmed from the word “swagger”‚ which is a noun that means a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive manner. This manifestation of the word “swag” has caused most teenagers to use this term to define themselves. Swag is utilized as a noun to describe a person’s mannerisms
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Persuasive Words and Phrases I am writing to... I am speaking to you today because... I have heard a rumor that... This needs to be dealt with We can do without this... It will ruin our quality of life. How unfair! No-one but a complete idiot will believe that... Now... Surely... Obviously... Of course... We can solve this by... Try to use some of these words and phrases in your writing. Local people feel that... I believe that... This will mean that... This will cause..
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come to an end. Microsoft then came out with Microsoft Office in 1990‚ which was a bundle of other products such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Shortly after Windows 3.0 was launched‚ which was capable for the Intel 386 Processor. Both of the new software packages proved to be a great success in their own areas. Novell‚ which was a previous competitor of Microsoft Word‚ filed a law suit claiming that part of their programing undocumented to gain an advantage. The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust
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According to Swati Jena and Nidhi Chandna‚” the origin of the word ‘team’ can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon word for ‘family’ which referred to harnessed animals to pull a load thereby implying common goals and cooperation. With time‚ the concept of team-work gained importance with organizations taking measures to ensure that a team is equipped and empowered enough to function on its own. This situation today is perhaps best described by the term ’self-managed teams’.” “Self managed teams are
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01.10 Macbeth: The Power of Words Worksheet Step 1: Character Interpretation Earlier in this lesson you read two different interpretations of a scene featuring Lady Macbeth. You were asked to view a stage performance of the same scene in order to answer this question: How does this interpretation compare to the others? In a response of at least five sentences‚ comment on the stage interpretation and explain your impression of Lady Macbeth in this scene. Use specific examples from the clip to support
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Tracing a Word in Macbeth (hand) 1. Sergeant: Which ne?er shook hands‚ nor bade farewell to him‚(1.2.22) - Which never shook hands‚ or said good bye. - No comparison yet. ?Shook hands? is in reference to the peaceful gesture or greeting. 2. Duncan: Give me your hand‚ (1.6‚29) - Give me your hand - Both of these are gestures of good will and friendliness. Generally act one has displayed good will and kindness in the use of the word ?hand?. 3. Macbeth: The handle toward my hand? Come let me clutch
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Words: Tools of War Words are held to a high standard. The tone in which you say a word‚ or maybe the context in which you say a word completely changes its meaning. Today‚ we use words as tools to provide information and inform others as well as a way to feel superior to others‚ but in a war time crisis words such as name calling can be the key to a killing spree. Soldiers all around the world for ages‚ since the Greek and Romans‚ have learned to use nicknames as a way to deliberately taunt
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