Hindu texts

representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc.” For this class I had to step outside of my comfort zone to edify myself as an educator. Through the experience of a summer music camp and Hindu temple I have acquired perspectives that have impacted me as a teacher permanently. As someone who grew up in the rural towns of Zephyrhills and Lake Alfred, Fl I did not have much more than a simple Southern-Baptist childhood. I was…

A single, all-knowing entity is central to the religion that I had grown up with. A god named God a figure of perfection who cradles the world. Watching over the people of Earth and holding control of what goes on with no-one sitting at his level sharing such an amazing power of creation. God made it all and holds so much faith from the people and for the people, but no matter what anyone says, I cannot bear the thought of giving all of my faith to someone or something so inhumanely “pure”.…

is a book about depression, despair and ultimately, hope. The book follows a girl struggling with depression who, at the end of the book, finds hope in the form of a red tree. For a picture book to be successful, both the illustrations and written text generally can exist independently, but complement each other. There is a strong marriage between the written and visual language in Tan’s book that creates a harmonious connection to powerfully and effectively represent depression. The…

to write an information text. I chose to do a lesson about “What am I good at.” I felt that the time that I had to complete this lesson, twenty minutes, I didn’t have time to require them to write about something that they would have to research. From earlier classes that I have taken at USC, I knew that using the knowledge that the students’ already possessed was the best place to begin. Just like the reading lesson I opened with a class discussion on what information text was and how it was…

both in and through a text in order to receive a more sustained understanding of the concept. The two approaches are closely linked and, as a result, complement each other to quite a large extent. James Bradley’s novel Wrack and Raymond Carver’s short story So Much Water So Close to Home (So Much Water) contrast the effects of the process of deliberate discoveries evoked by necessity with sudden physical discoveries on an individual’s relationships. Similarly, through the texts Bradley and…

where teams have developers with different native languages (my first language is Portuguese) we all need some help. In this post, I 'll provide an overview of some techniques and tools that developers (or anyone else!) can use to write better texts. Why is writing so important? Do you think a developer only writes code? Communicating with clients/partners via email, giving updates in bug trackers and stories, writing the stories themselves, creating documentation, comments and help files…

for balanced content for the development of resources used in reading practices (code breaker, meaning maker, text user and text analyst) (Anstey, 2002). The first part of the Four Resource, code breaking, requires using semiotic systems used within texts to make sense of the “marks on the…

In order for students to achieve optimum learning, it is paramount for one not to underestimate the selection as well as usage of relevant and appropriate texts. It is through the use of suitable strategies and available resources that one can implement an effective learning program in order to satisfy the needs of the students within the context of the Syllabus. The Fisher curriculum library presents itself as a valuable stepping stone for pre-service teachers to hone their skills in gathering…

Even though the two paragraphs the author writes differ in communication, both had one clear point - attempting to change the North Carolina education system. The purpose of this essay is to examine the effectiveness of using informal or formal writing when communicating to two different audiences, a close friend and a respected senator. The writer effectively uses her critical literacy skills to understand the audience’s need for informal or formal writing, and use descriptive language to fit…

are overwhelmed and need help. As of the genre consisted of minimalistic text and a link leading to a donation webpage. For my metacognition I wrote about how I might offend people with my ideologies and how they might disagree with me. My Facebook post stated “Please donate to the Red Cross and help the Syrian refugees. Everyone deserves Sanctuary. LINK”. Unlike the Facebook post, my Twitter post surprisingly had more text even though they have a 140 characters restriction. My tweet said the…