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old man with enormous wings conveys to the third world because repeatedly countries such as Africa and Latin America are being oppressed economically. They don’t get rewarded for the amount of things they do, since money is an issue. First world and second world countries such as USA, India, Japan, etc, get most of their supplements from the third world countries. This conveys to the real world, since the way they are treating the angel is soulless and homeless like. They mention that he was…

Introduction So much emphasis is being placed on standardized academic scores that time for physical activity is shrinking in our school system. In Florida, students in grades K - 5 shall have the equivalent of two 30-minute physical education classes per week taught by certified physical education teachers and provide a daily 15-minute recess for all students. According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Children and adolescents should do 60 minutes (1 hour) or…

to use, or at least was able to mirror, the sign language used by her peers to say good morning without understanding the English meaning. Tabors (2008) states that there is usually a common developmental sequence for children learning English as a second language. It begins with the child trying to use their home language to communicate with other people that are speaking English. When they discover this does not work the child will usually enter a non-verbal period. After my experience working…

Sudderth Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” is a short story describing Maya Angelou’s high school graduation from her own point of view. In this story Maya does an exceptional job in making the reader feel the same emotions that she felt during this major event in her life. The way Angelou describes her surroundings and the emotions felt during the event makes the reader feel as if they were right next to Maya watching her class graduate. Angelou sets a sense of importance when describing the…

structure located at 813 Baugh Avenue in East St. Louis. There are five classrooms on the first floor as there are two grades of students taught by one teacher. While one class is being taught the other is working on their assignments. On the second floor of the school, there is a spacious hall. In addition, the basement is used for society and club meetings. Mass usually starts the day at 8:00, but the actual school day begins at 9:10 and ends at 3:30. From 1915 through 1924, the five…

Reflection Paper The lesson plan that I did for the assignment has many of the 12 principles put forth by Rod Ellis in Teaching English as a Second Language. Additionally, the lesson’s objectives are specifically chosen relating to some of the 12 principles. I chose several different teaching methods/approaches for my lesson as students in an actual classroom can benefit from a variety of methods and approaches. Lesson Objectives For my lesson plan, I have three lesson objectives. The first…

In my culture, we always have to learn to speak Russian at home and around family, but English at school and around friends. It’s a difficult time switching between two languages in two different places and types of people separating the two languages. There are two essays called “The New Bathroom Policy at English High School” by Martin Espada and “Hunger of Memory” by Richard Rodriguez which both explain different perspectives of bilingualism. In bilingualism, there is a private language for…

In the autobiography Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, Rodriguez uses the term “private language” to depict the difference his heritage, culture, and spanish language, have with the American lifestyle, and english language. “Private language” to Rodriguez signifies the private spanish language his family and himself shared at home. Outside their home he considered it to be public, because everybody shared the same common language that is english. His family however stood out because of…

The Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and Wayne E. Wright provide crucial and thorough understanding of Bilingualism at an individual, group, and global level, offer insight in regards to what Bilingualism is, the development of Bilingualism, the impact of the educational system on promoting or obstruct Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. The authors introduce language revitalization, types of effective schools and classrooms for Bilingual students,…

Introduction: When thinking about learning a foreign language people always think of the mainstream languages, French, Spanish, German, but what about Greenlandic? “Death by Monoculture” by Stephen Pax Leonard is about how globalization and consumerism is slowly getting rid of some cultures and languages. However according to Leonard the internet might help save these cultures and languages. This article was effective because it was understandable and to the point, Leonard did not go off on…