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    Paleolithic Stone Tools

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    from adhesives to hold things together to the creation of bow and arrows for a precise shot on their prey. One of the unique characteristics about the bow and arrow is that it had a balance weight on the end of the arrow. This weight was not just an ordinary weight, for example one of the weights was a wood carving of two elks holding each other. The weight will give the arrow a longer and faster throw. The first appearance of these type of bow and arrows were found in Africa and to be believed…

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    Disney and Pixar created this movie in 2012, which portrayed a young princess Merida who was coming to the age of marriage. This teenage girl did not want to get married though! She was more interested in riding through the forest shooting her bow and arrows at targets. The princess is not your typical “pretty girl.” Merida is a red head girl who likes to do things with her hands and be in the outdoors. Then one day, in order to change her mother’s mind about having her be wedded, she gives her…

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    NASP also knew as National Archery in the School Program is now the largest growing school sport in the United States. My school district offered a club called HYOC, Hartland Young Outdoor Club, to teach student how to shoot bows and compete in competitions. I had been part of the HYOC for six years, and learned everything about archery. The HYOC introduction to archery program to archery is considered education. The program covered everything that had to do with archery also it followed the…

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    Second, Brian learns to do new things by trial and error. Brian uses trial and error when he was making a bow and arrow. The author tells us that Brian tries to make a bow and arrow for hunting, but the arrow broke and mostly hurt his eyes. His first bow and arrow didn’t work as he thought, but he never gave up. In the book, it says that “He made a new bow, with slender limbs and a more fluid” (118). This shows us that Brian is determined and never gives up on anything that didn’t…

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    heavy duty hunting or fighting, traditional weapons, such as the bow and arrow, tomahawks, spears, war clubs, and blow darts, were a part of their everyday lives (Native American Weapons, n.d.). The bow and arrow was one of the most popular amongst the Natives. They were used in warfare and for hunting small and large game. Most bows were made out of wood and carved into a double curve (Native American Weapons, n.d.) To strengthen the bows, the natives would blacken them with sinew and add…

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    flint (rock) for weapons or tools. They didn’t have any fishing rods or fishing hooks like we do, so they used their arrows and traps to fish. The Karankawa's favorite weapon, the weapon they are famous for, is the long bow. The Karankawa used powerful bows that were as long as the bow user was tall. Remember, the Karankawa men were often over 6 feet tall. The arrows they used were long lengths of slender cane. These arrows were often 3 feet or more long. Long arrows like these are better than…

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    1. The name of the technique, the chapter and the pages. The name of the technique presented in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook is called the phonological medley. The phonological medley equips students with the ability to use two syllable compound words. This lesson model assists students in becoming familiar with blending, deletion and segmentation. It is presented on chapter five titled Phonological Awareness and the lesson is on page 132. 2. Why did the approach appeal to you? What…

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    LIN 3010 Word Formation Processes - Compounding o Obamacare: 2013 noun: term for the Affordable Care Act that does not have the same meaning as when the terms are broken. o Humblebrag: 2011 verb: when the two words are combined, the term’s meaning changes to an expression of false humility, especially be celebrities on Twitter. o Lumbersexual: 2014 noun: when the morphemes are stick together, the term means a fashionable rugged man who adopts the stereotypical dress and facial hair of a…

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    Theme Of Ambiguity In Beowulf

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    In the compound “slaughter/fall” (125) the second element can not only mean “a fall in battle” but also “feast” or “fill.” So there is sometimes doubt about accuracy in translating. In the Finnsburh Episode the Danes are fighting the Frisians, and the poet says: “So they offered terms [of peace]” (1085). The “they” (hig) is indefinete and could refer to either warring party – intentional ambiguity; there is debate among scholars as to the proper referent of “they.” In line 1149 a sea-journey is…

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    Guided Reading Lesson Plan

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    words. Therefore, the students were able to understand that words and syllables are made up of sequence of sounds. The word work activity in the informative text got the students to increase their vocabulary and spelling knowledge by working with compound words. The word work activities in both lessons also involved systematic and explicit phonics since the students had to identify syllable patterns in the words in addition to me modeling to the students how I decoded words that were difficult…

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