Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback
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Dear Diary‚ My name is Faustina and I am ten years old today. I received this diary as a birthday present from my paedagogus. Technically he not actually mine but my little brother Scipios. However Clement my brother paedagogus spends just as much time with me as he does with Scipios. Clement is terribly educated and speaks Greek so well. I’m jealous. My mom however tells me that this is because Clement was actually born in Greece and was brought to the great city of Rome. However in her
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Explain what is involved in ‘knowing a word.’ With reference to a specific group of learners‚ discuss some of the ways in which a teacher can help learners acquire the appropriate knowledge. Louisa Curry. MA ELT and Applied Linguistics‚ 2009 I. Introduction Prior to the 1980s vocabulary acquisition was neglected as an area for second language research and in dominant teaching theory. Traditional language teaching tended to place the emphasis on structure and syntax. Since then‚ however‚ much
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Jackson‚ “Louisa‚ Please come home.” is about a teenager by the name of Louisa‚ decides to run away from her family because she feels she doesn’t fit in with them. Louisa carefully plans on running away. At age 19‚ she runs to Chandler. She is lucky and runs into an old lady‚ Mrs. Peacock‚ who owns a stationary shop and gives Louisa a job and a place to stay. Louisa has many attributes and character traits throughout the story. I will talk about cautious‚ brilliant and judgementful. Louisa is very
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"Time to get up!" "Okay!" I answer back‚ while rolling out of bed‚ and standing up. I look at myself in the mirror a girl who has wavy‚ curly brown hair looking back. I have blue eyes‚ the colour of faded dark denim. I sighed. ’Yep‚ that’s me’ I thought. I sighed again‚ and got ready for school. My name is Adriana McPherson. I am 15½ years old. I live with my mum‚ dad‚ and my two older brothers. I am in Year 10 at Angel’s Catholic Secondary School‚ a co-ed school in which Years 9-12 attend. I am
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English 101 November 18‚ 2010 Character Analysis/Wish you well Wish you well Wish You Well is a book that is superbly written by David Baldacci‚ the basic story line revolves within the life of Louisa Mae Cardinal‚ insecure girl aged twelve years surviving in the extreme life of New York City in the wake of 1940s with her much-admired but poorly paid father‚ her loving mother and her younger brother. Looking at the nature of the characters employed in the novel‚ it would be imperative to
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The body of 9-years-old Vietnamese girl was founded in Abiko city‚ Chiba Prefecture‚ Japan on Sunday (March 26) morning. The cause of death was identified by strangulation‚ her body showed signs of sexual assault. On March 24‚ Japanese newspapers reported on a Vietnamese girl gone missing on her way to school. The original information came from a Facebook post supposedly written by a family member of Le Thi Nhat Linh (who later closed the account). Family members turned worried when the school announced
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Kim is a very outgoing three-year-old little girl. She is very thoughtful and loving. Kim attends the childcare center called Globbykidz where she has numerous friends. I chose Kim to observe for my case study because she is a lot of fun to watch. She is average size compared to the other children in her class and she has very good posture. According to her histories‚ Kim is in good health. She has not missed any days of school and has only been to the doctor’s office for check-ups. When it comes
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Maggie May‚ written by Rod Stewart‚ is a classic rock song that tells the story of a young man who was convinced to skip town with the girl of his dreams named Maggie. Now that he’s left‚ he realized what he is missing out on back home and he blames her for making him leave but he loves her too much to abandon her. This story is told through the different music conventions that help tell the story‚ not through words‚ but through sound. For example‚ the form of the song is split up into four repeating
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1841 Fruitland experiment by Amos Bronson Alcott‚ the importance and notion of a society that makes trade and create jobs without paying attention to social matters and issues was created. Critique: For many decades and centuries‚ people have had the same dream at one point or another to achieve a perfect world without crime‚ pain‚ poverty and greed. However‚ the variety and diversity in people’s thoughts made it difficult to achieve it. Amos Bronson Alcott had many kinds of skills and occupations
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