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    Running head: SUPPORTIVE OF VOCABULARY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Supportive of Vocabulary Learning Environment Daniel Bowen Grand Canyon University Curriculum‚ Methods‚ and Assessments: Literacy and Language Arts EED-475 August 07‚ 2013 Supportive of Vocabulary Learning Environment In the year 2000 the National Review Panel (NRP) stated that vocabulary was essential skill that was needed in improving reading achievement. There are four types of vocabulary those identified by the

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    . . Gothic texts appear as scaled-down simulations of literary tradition that was itself being reconceptualised in terms of seriality‚ sequels‚ and resurrections.” Clery connects boom of Gothic literature and the number of works issued over a short period with another consequence‚ which is an evolution of a strange relationship between reader and

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    Reading Response/Analytical Task Explain how the writer‚ Angela Carter‚ has created the gothic in the text and how she has subverted (to do the opposite of) it? How effective is this text? In the story ‘The Lady of the House of Love’ Angela Carter uses gothic elements like using the themes of supernatural‚ a prophecy‚ setting‚ a damsel in distress and tyrannical figure. The theme of supernatural/inexplicable events is very prominent in this story. The protagonist is a vampire who is a creature

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    Stevenson uses a range of techniques to make this passage of the novel dramatic and horrifying. This passage is significantly horrifying due to the melodramatic language‚ emotive imagery‚ and an array of language techniques‚ which were extremely common in gothic fiction‚ which was very popular during the 1880’s. This popularity could have been due to the Victorians nature of evasion‚ and how this novel allowed them to venture into the unknown. This passage vividly describes Hyde’s attack on his victim‚ witnessed

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    In most literature that involves gothic literature they all have a dark storyline to them and a vast majority of them involve death. In the Story And Then There Were None and “Morella” they both have a dark storyline in them. Both of these stories involve the death of at least one person in them. Murder is one of the main topics in gothic literature‚ it shows up in a lot of Christie’s and Edgars stories. In Christie’s story she has a plot line that everyone ended up dying in and in Edgar’s story

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    First Gothic novel: horror‚ romance‚ fiction‚ fear. Motto of the book: Fathers’ sins are hereditary. Gothic novel - an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries‚ characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting. (shocking people‚ gloomy‚ dark‚ depressing‚ also mental fog‚ different symbols‚ voices‚ plot based on some crime). The Castle of Otranto‚ by Horace Walpole‚ is generally viewed as the first Gothic novel

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    Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Brontë‚ is considered by many to be a "gothic" novel. The use of "supernatural" incidents‚ architecture‚ and a desolate setting helped to decide this classification for Jane Eyre. <br> <br>Many cases exhibited the use of "supernatural" occurrences. For example‚ when Jane Eyre was ten years old‚ she was locked in a room called the "Red Room" for misbehaving. In this room‚ it was written that her uncle passed away there. Because of being told this‚ Jane Eyre believed

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    Vocabulary Quiz - "U" Words 1. The brother of your mother or father is your ___ 2. If something or someone is one of a kind we say they are ___ 3. What "U" word’ means "dirty"? 4. If it’s normal or customary‚ then it’s ___ 5. When the top is where the bottom should be then it’s ___ 6. Something that isn’t new but has had previous owners is ___ 7. The subway system or tube in London is known as the ___ 8. The top part of a shoe or things that are higher are ___

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    Day 24: Vocabulary Workbook Chapter 3 Due View Act II (00:35:30 – 1:05:00) 30 Mins. HW: List 5 Main Events For Act II (Captions/Summary) Day 25: Review 5 Main Events For Act II (Captions/Summary) Introduce Visual Chain Of Events Project Discuss Accused & Accusers (Via PowerPoint) Begin Review (Question 1-12) HW: Review - Be Sure ALL Act I & II Study Guide Work (?’S‚ Vocabulary P. 4 & 5‚ Characterization P. 12‚ Dramatic Plot Map P. 14) Is Complete *Begin Project

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    1. Take any sample of 100 words in complete sentences. 2. Count only full sentences. If the last sentence ends short of 100 words‚ stop at that stage. 3. Count the number of words in the sample with 3 or more syllables‚ omitting capitalised words. Call this X 4. Divide by 100 the number of sentences to give an answer Y. 5. Add X + Y to give an answer Z. 6. Multiply Z by 0.3 to give an American grade equivalent. 7. Add 5.0 to your answer to give a British reading

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