Second Lieutenant

After reading “A Priceless Lesson in Humility” by Felipe Morales from NPR’s This I Believe series, I found that this piece of writing would be beneficial for students who would read and analyze it. This essay effectively explains how the writer was reminded of why he came to believe in humility through a series of past personal experiences, and later, in an incident with an elderly blind woman. In his sightseeing trip to Washington, D.C., Morales acted with prejudice when an elderly blind woman…

When Kayla was questioned by the assessor for the first comprehension question, “What was Sara looking at?” Kayla replied a book, but the answer was the big tree. For the second question “What did Sara want from her mother?” Kayla replied to learn to read, but the answer was string. It was after the second question that the assessor chose to stop the Oral Reading Inventory. Kayla’s comprehension level ranked at frustration, with 4 or less question answered correctly. Overall, Kayla scored…

in September, Wetherell briefed the class about an upcoming research assignment. A boy asked the due date and he immediately replied, “December 19th.” The class murmured quietly in confusion over why the one page analysis would need so much time. Seconds later, he…

The world is connected through a variety of languages and cultures. There are 7 continents on Earth. Each is broken into countries, states, cities, and regions. Each differs from each other in multiple ways. In the united states alone is made up of 50 states, all culturally different. Although all the millions of people who live in the United States are all interrelated due to the fact that we all live in the same country, but we all differ in the language we speak and our culture. Text such as…

the reasons of the Second Intifada, found that the ongoing occupation was the main cause of the intifada (“The second”). From 1993-2000 there was A 117% increase in settlers in Gaza, 46% increase in west bank, and Israel fully controlled all of East Jerusalem, 20% of Gaza and 59% of the West Bank (“the second”). Israel also still controlled taxation revenue, expelled 1600 Palestinians from Jerusalem, and confiscated over 51,000 acres of Palestinian land from 1993-2000 (“The Second”). The…

trapped their pray that just remained shivering, eyes glued shut and frightened. He let out a piercing shriek, which did startle them, but they were used to it. He hoped that they would go away, but they creeped closer, and closer...they were hungry. Second Person The zombie lord was angered by the fact that this immature boy had disturbed their party. “How dare you make such a terrible sin-you must pay for this” “You have ruined the reaping party, and you must pay the price” he exclaimed. He…

“Mother Tongue” is an essay that is elaborating on exploring the disparate ways in which her mother is defined by others because of her English speaking or “mother tongue.” Mother tongue is the interpretation of the English language person who has not been raised to speak English correctly which has been Amy Tan’s mother. Amy’s mother has not been able to have the opportunity of having the same speaking skills as Amy because her mother has been a Chinese immigrant. Since Amy has had more of the…

While the definition of American Sign Language varies throughout institutions and settings, Dr. William Vicars defines ASL as “a visually perceived language based on a naturally evolved system of articulated hand gestures and their placement relative to the body, along with non-manual markers such as facial expressions, head movements, shoulder raises, mouth morphemes, and movements of the body” (ASL: a brief description, n.d.). More specifically, ASL may also vary among individuals. Pidgin…

In “Speaking in Tongues”, Zadie Smith showcases the different aspects that distinguish a person who can only only speak with one single voice and those who have multiple voices. Zadie smith spoke with a formal British accent most of her life, but that wasn’t always the case for her. She discusses how she grew up speaking with a different accent than she is now, in the beginning of the essay, she introduces herself with the language she acquired while attending Cambridge University. However,…

One way to address this problem is to require students to take two years of foreign language to graduate high school. By requiring two years it allows the student to become accustomed with the language; it also mirrors the minimum requirements for entry into college. According to François Grosjean, the author of Bilingual: Life and Reality, most of the world’s population is bilingual. While quantifying bilingualism is tricky, Grosjean reports these rough measures: Europe: 56% Great Britain: 38%…