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    1 Explain how to create assessment opportunities that meet the needs of learners Assessment is a process of measuring the knowledge‚ skills and attitudes of students. This helps to monitor the learner’s progress in and understanding of a subject. Assessment should be planned. An assessment plan should address the variety of student learning styles and personalities. Many students dislike particular types of assessment‚ for example‚ examinations‚ tests‚ or essays. In an extreme case‚ having

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    Wilmot Proviso Tension

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    order to prevent antislavery petitions. Slavery became a huge focus politically. Not only did the Wilmot Proviso make slavery a politically huge discussion‚ but it also was a step towards the Compromise of 1850. Lastly‚ the Wilmot Proviso caused the tension between the North and the South to increase‚ because the South depended on slavery the Proviso would prohibit slavery to expand to the newly gained territories‚ resulting in much more power for the North. Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster

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    came mostly from subsistence farming families in Salem’s area‚ and aimed at property owning women. This hysteria eventually ended in 1693 when the governor’s wife was accused and he prohibited any further trials. Bacon’s Rebellion is an example of tension that people tried to fix by taking matters into their own hands. They revolted and openly fought for what they thought was right. The Salem

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    ) Steinbeck presents crooks as a law abiding man. He is described as ‘proud’ and ‘aloof’ and having a copy of the ‘California civil code for 1905’. The adjective ‘aloof’ has connotations of unfriendliness and being protective. This could be because of the lonely lifestyle of the workers but is more likely that it is the effect of the racism towards black people at the time. They were treated as a minority group and preyed upon as unworthy people. Crooks would have had to put up with this for most

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    In The Pearl‚ John Steinbeck describes pearl diving consisting of two ropes tied one to a stone and the other to a basket. The basket remained in the canoe while the rock went down under and lead him to the bottom of the water. "Kino had two ropes‚ one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe. The water was oily smooth. He took his rock in one hand and his basket in the other‚ and he slipped feet first over the

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    AP 20 March 2016 Biography John Steinbeck decided to become a writer at the age of fifteen years old and did not let anyone stand in his way. Steinbeck is now considered to be one of the best American authors of all time. John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck in Salinas‚ California. Steinbeck’s father worked as an accountant and his mother worked as a schoolteacher to provide for the family. Steinbeck was the third of four children.

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    How does Shakespeare create dramatic interest for the audience in the trial scene‚ Act 4 scene 1 in ‘The Merchant of Venice’? In the trial scene (act 4 scene 1)‚ Shakespeare uses many different dramatic techniques to make the tension in the court room rise and build. He also uses dramatic irony and many other techniques to engage an audience in this particular scene in the play. These techniques would work have worked on an Elizabethan audience or a modern day audience. Although‚ these two eras

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    tension in the 1920's

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    life was profitable during the post war economy boom. However not everyone could be pleased with this shift into modern practices. The 1920s was a period of tension between the push for modernity and the struggle to maintain traditional values. This tension was present particularly in the economic‚ social‚ and political realms. The tension between old and new was relevant in the social lives of Americans mainly due to the backlash from Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan (which had reemerged stronger

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    To create a whiskey‚ the grain used must first be germinated by soaking it in water and allowing it to sit. Once a sprout is formed‚ the grains are dried in a kiln to stop germination. The peat used to power the kiln can affect the final flavor of the whiskey. This process is called malting‚ and the newly formed product (no surprise) is the malt. Malting releases the soluble sugars in the grain that are needed for fermentation. Once the malt is made‚ it is ground down and cleaned‚ forming what is

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    black lady for whom he shows respect the same as he does to white ladies‚ is raising him and Scout. One of the first instances in which Jem comes face-to-face with racism is when Calpurnia takes him and Scout to the black church with her. One of Calpurnia’s friends‚ Lula‚ tells Calpurnia‚ “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here—they got their church‚ we got our’n. It is our church‚ ain’t it‚ Miss Cal?” (Lee 100). Jem senses the tension and tells Calpurnia that they need to go.

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