Copyright John Schacter‚ Ph.D. Teacher Series Descriptive Writing by John Schacter‚ Ph.D. The Master TO PURCHASE THE BOOK AND CD-ROM GO TO WWW.TEACHINGDOCTORS.COM OR CALL 650.323.1378 Master Teacher Series The Descriptive Writing Contents Preface LESSON 1: Pretest and Portfolios LESSON 2: Introduction to Descriptive Writing LESSON 3: The Snow Person (Attribute Charts) LESSON 4: The Storm (Where Topic Sentences) LESSON 5: The Storm (Top to Bottom Paragraph Frames) LESSON 6: The
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“I never saw a Moor-” The poem “ I never saw a Moor-” by Emily Dickinson is a speaker professing their religious beliefs through comparison. In the first stanza she says that she has never seen a moor or the sea‚ but she knows that they exist. The first stanzas states the axiom that just because a person has never seen something does not mean that it doesn’t exist. In the last stanza she states that she has never spoken with God or visited Heaven‚ but again she knows that they exist. In response
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I Saw A Chapel All Of Gold‚ written by William Blake‚ describes how a church has become corrupted by the serpent‚ how the serpent destroyed the purity of the church. Blake uses imagery to get some of his points across‚ and he also talks about bread and wine‚ referring to the church. The poem at first seems to be referring to the churches struggle against its enemy‚ but as it continues‚ it seems to look like a rape‚ but it could mean that the church is being raped by the devil. In the first stanza
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“What I Saw and How I Lied” Theme Essay Why do we go through love‚ deceit‚ the pains of growing up‚ and figuring out who we are? The four things I have listed are not only themes in the book “What I Saw and How I Lied” by Judy Blundell‚ but some basic parts of life. Love is a complicated feeling‚ not only for you and the person you’re in love with but the people around you. Sometimes when you are in love with somebody‚ not everyone approves‚ and that brings complication because you want to
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The first time I recognized him was from across the cafeteria of my old high school. He was decent looking‚ had nice eyes‚ and an amazing smile. I had met him at a party a few weeks ago and we had exchanged numbers. My friend told me that Tim had liked me since the beginning of the school year but just never acted upon it. Once I showed interest in him he leaped at the chance and asked me out. On our first date he took me to a lake and brought his guitar with him. With his beautiful voice he
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compliment cool waters and cold drinks. I remember my first time traveling to the Middle East. It was there‚ that I met my first love‚ my only escape. Tel Aviv‚ Israel‚ 2006. It’s the sweet summertime‚ I am at the prime of my childhood and eager to explore but too shy to venture away. Driven by my human desire for beauty‚ I indulge into this foreign landscape‚ differing from my landlocked home town. The city walls trace the sandy shores‚ a nice contrast. I love the way the towering sky scrapers
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I Swear I Saw This is a record as visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig quotes in his own book ‘...you feel impelled to write in your fieldwork diary a few hours or days after a diary entry.’ This is a combination of fieldwork notebooks that also have a series of sketches in them which constitute Taussig’s impressions kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. The book tees off from a drawing he made in Medellin in 2006‚as well as its caption‚ “I swear I saw this” Taussig has always
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first time I saw snow My sister and my brother have always dreamed going to the Disney World. I have had different kind of dreams since I was a child. I used to dream about having a good job and earning my own money. I have dreamed having my own apartment‚ my own car and living by myself. Another dream was to taking trips to places that I was used to seeing it in the movies. However‚ the most wonderful of all the dreams was to see snow. I was born in Brazil. It is a tropical place and I have never
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The last time I saw my Grandfather he was walking along the beach with his metal detector. Actually it was not the last time I physically saw him‚ but it was the last time that I would see him and be able to talk to him person to person‚ eye to eye. I remember my surprise as I stood at the rail on the boardwalk looking down upon the steaming sand‚ noting nothing remarkable until‚ from the corner of my eye‚ I spied his figure. He had a figure that I had grown up knowing in silhouette distinct
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attempt to make sense of it all. They may notice the overlap of religion and science and have many questions pertaining to these two areas. Phyllis noticed this and began to question how faith and science go together‚ or if they do at all. Particularly‚ she was curious if scientists pray‚ and if so‚ what for. In order to attempt to find an answer for Phyllis‚ Einstein shared some of his past experiences and knowledge‚ along with his own view on the situation. Einstein answered her in a letter by
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