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Instructional Strategies and Rigor During my observation of Ms. Perry I was impressed by her use of scaffolding with the students to ensure that all students were learning, below are a few examples of how she used instructional strategies and rigor in the classroom: Ms. Perry had the students who needed additional help with their diction worksheets to review the sound/letter cards to decide which vowel rule to use for their spelling words. Ms. Perry explained the concept clearly to the…

Black Oak is a small farm town in far northeast Arkansas. The books setting was in Black Oak for the entirety of the book until the end. Black Oak is also where Grisham lived when he was young, although his parents lived in Black Oak he was born in Jonesboro because it was the closest town with a hospital for him to be born in. The book and his real life do have a few years…

I applied during my junior year at Arkansas State University (ASU) in Jonesboro, Ar. I was excited to apply for the BSW program at ASU. Unfortunately, I was not accepted into the program for the Fall 2015 at first. I was devastated, and I had cried as soon as I got the news. Therefore, I decided to change my major to interdisciplinary…

M.D. Roberts is a fine arts and magnet middle school in Clayton County, and located in Jonesboro Georgia. Clayton County has a population of 264,211. 15.8% of this population is unemployed and 18.1% has a Bachelor’s Degree. The population is mostly African American and has a large amount of children and teenagers. English is the language mostly spoken. The 84% that is employed drive to work and own two cars. M.D. Roberts is a Title I school because Clayton County is a Title I district. The…

The Military Conflict of the Revolutionary War During the Revolutionary War, the British and the Americans both had a variety of goals that they wanted to accomplish and implemented a wide range of tactics and strategies in attempt to achieve each of their goals. Although there were a few times during the war where the British probably should have won, ultimately, the Americans triumphed and were able to establish the United States as an independent nation. The Battles of Lexington and…

The second debate was in Freeport, Illinois on August 27, 1858. The third debate was in Jonesboro, Illinois on September 15, 1858. The fourth debate was in Charleston, Illinois on September 18, 1858. The fifth debate was in Galesburg, Illinois on October 7, 1858. The sixth debate was in Quincy, Illinois on October 13,…

Effects of Violent Video Games on Children Video games have appeared and become popular since the 1970s. Since then, it has become a form of entertainment across the world. It was firstly designed for the purpose of creating a visual entertainment, where people could do anything as they want as the video games allow them to. That way, people can get entertained and relax after a tired day of working and school. The popular video games which we could probably know such as Tetris, Mario, these…

during the senatorial campaign. Douglas was up for reelection in the U.S. Senate and Lincoln was running to take his place as a Republican. (History.com staff, “Lincoln-Douglas Debates”, Paragraph 2) The first debate was in Ottawa, then Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton. In Charleston, Lincoln opened his speech talking about when a gentleman asked him if he really was in favor of making whites and african americans perfectly equal. Lincoln answered the gentlemans…

Hattie Caraway was best known for being the first woman to serve in the United States Senate. Her life before, during, and after the Senate was all very important. She was a very important woman in Arkansas history. Hattie was born on February 1, 1878, in Bakerville, Tennessee on a farm. Her full name was Hattie Ophelia Wyatt when she was born. Her father, William Carroll Wyatt, was a shoekeeper and a farmer. Her mother, Lucy Mildred Burch Wyatt, raised three children plus Hattie. When Hattie…

whirl of air hit my face and all I hear is “TORNADO”,! I ran and got my jacket and emergency backpack, while getting out the door. We decided to head east because that was the safest route and the fastest. I thought, “I just moved from Nebraska to Jonesboro, Arkansas for this to hit us this hard”! We got into Howards car and tried to start it up but it didn't come on. We had very little time to get out quickly so we took the bikes. As we were riding I pulled out my emergency radio and it said…