Reflexive verb

‘Burger’ is a word used by Americans to describe a beef or chicken patty stuffed between two buns and cheese. However, in Pakistan it is used to describe someone who wants to be, or is, ‘westernized.’ Westernized here refers to someone who can fluently speak English, goes to a private school, is ‘modern’ and wears jeans. On the other hand is the ‘Bun Kebab’(local food) who can be defined as someone who attends a local school or university with other Bun Kebabs, knows more Urdu than English, may…

English speakers describe aspect in Ancient Greek by exploring how the ancient Greeks described this concept themselves. In the Platonic dialogue The Sophist, the verb is defined as “the word indicating action,” or simply the action word. Aristotle defines the verb as “a sound compounded with meaning and indicative of time”. A verb, according to the Greeks, describes action, from which we can deduce further that it has a subject, and it indicates time. Most often, the Indo-European languages…

A scarf activity is a great activity for a story time class. It acts as an extension of the story and can really help with inciting some movement as well. Our students always react with such excitement at the sight of the scarves. We're sure it's the same with yours. Given the fact that we are still working through our "Ocean" themed ideas, we created this fun and simple song\rhyme, with jellyfish in mind, which works really well with scarves. It illustrates the movement of the jellyfish using…

2. The story you wrote talks about how important your dad is to you. His death is very important to you and changes your life. Although I am able to come to this conclusion after reading the entire story, I am unable to point to a specific sentence that states this. I would add a sentence that clearly summarizes this idea as your thesis statement. 3. This essay is organized like the narrative essays discussed in class. 4. The introductory paragraph is interesting. I would suggest adding more…

Carmen is in second-grade student, she is currently having challenges reading and is performing at a kindergarten reading level. When starting the assessment with Carmen, based on previous assessments, I knew her reading level was below second-grade reading level. Her reading over assessment has seen improvement and she is able to apply skills she has learned. Carmen was able to read Walk in the Fall and The First Snow. She demonstrated improvement in her reading based on the reading techniques…

images and drawings so that her readers could better engage with and understand what she is trying to deliver. “My teacher used the word ‘environs’ as a verb as in ‘video art easily environs the viewers’ Moods environ us” (Life Breaks In, 41). Here Cappello is even criticizing her teacher for using a noun as a verb. So, she uses the same word as a verb in a sarcastic way describing how moods control and enclose us. She is warning or actually teaching her readers the appropriate way of using that…

used to describe a negative and vulgar object, person, or circumstance. It’s considered inappropriate to use in formal settings and is widely viewed as the most derogatory word in the English language. This word can be used a noun, adjective, or verb in a wide various phrases. It’s also used to express frustration, contempt, or spite. The ninth word is “shit”. It is another overly used profanity term in the English language. It can be an exclamation of disgust, surprise, frustration, or…

My short story is aimed at adults, it was influenced by the book Burn the Dead: Quarantine by Steven Jenkens. I aimed to create a distorted image of the new world that was plagued by an abyss of loneliness to represent the enmity and depression felt by the main character. I wrote in a first person narrative to place the reader in Lillias shoes and to evoke pity for her confusion disorientation and despair. My style model is also written in first person narrative for example “I can’t breathe; the…

Participant and Setting The participant was a six-year-old, first grade female named Mary. Mary did not have any diagnosed disabilities. She attended a private school Monday thru Friday for an average of 35 hours per week. While at school, Mary participated in an in-school tutoring program for students identified by their teacher as struggling readers. The in-school tutoring occurred twice a week for one hour each day. In addition, Mary’s parents paid for her to go to private tutoring for…

Have you ever wondered how the noun and verb form of the word camp could differ? How is it possible to have a noun and verb for of the same word? Although that may seem outrageous there are plenty of words that have a noun and verb form that are closely related to each other. For example; record, escort, insult, crash, phone, shop, etc all have a noun and verb form and this list could go on-and-on. Today we will focus on analyzing the word 'camp'. To begin our analyzation on the word 'camp' we…