Seven dirty words

1. Broken People - message: Someone is injured and they need a doctor. - shining moment: repetition of “I’m a doctor”, looks like a robot. And the patient said, “ok, I’m healed.” LOL 2. Group 2 - message: The transformation from the high school life to the marriage of a high school couple, and the teacher is a witness of their love story. - shining moment: distracted class looks so realistic (being late, playing phone, passing notes...) 3. Girl Scouts - message: writing a dramatic story…

“There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job". This quote from the critically acclaimed movie Whiplash. In the scene, the main character Andrew having conversation with his once was band director Terence Fletcher, in a jazz bar. The two-started talking and the famous quote spilled out of Fletcher’s mouth to explain why only, “Good job” is one of the most harmful phrases of the English language. After depicting this quote, points can be made that Fletcher’s…

Blasphemy. These are just a few of the many words that are used to define profanity. As taboo language, profanity holds a powerful position in our society. Throughout the various languages in this world, there are almost always words that are considered to be taboo. These profane words have a different place in the minds of people than those that fill their daily lexicon. The way that these words are used is often very different that day to day words and they have come to hold a special place in…

Zodiac (2007) is a American Neo-noir mystery-thriller based on the real events of the Zodiac case. It is an excellent mixture of nerve-racking suspense and desperately obsessed police procedural work. Director David Fincher is famous for his interest in experimenting and exaggerating with mystery and anticipation in his films, and Zodiac successfully keeps viewers on the edge with its elusive and uncertain narrative. However, the plot of the film is not about the actual killer, but more of the…

In the movie Seven directed by David Fincher in 1995, two detectives: William Somerset played by Morgan Freeman and David Mills played by Brad Pitt get called to solve a case of various murders representing the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy. The personalities and personal struggles of both detectives begin to develop throughout the process of extensive investigating and high stresses of the case. The main take away from the movie is how the stressors and…

From the beginning, Genie was at a far greater disadvantage than Helen Keller. Genie endured a decade of severe abuse, neglect and social isolation. While their situations are both similar, their life experiences are what made their paths to discovering language very different. Genie had to learn how to trust and form relationships before she could embark on her journey. She would have to overcome her life experiences to progress forward. After Genie was found and went through the process of…

Different styles of writing can be created but you cannot change the grammar. In his essay “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words”, Paul Roberts shows us we can correctly use the English language in our writings. He believes “the principles of good writing should remain constant”. (Roberts). In most colleges, most students do not possess the level of writing and reading skill…

age and grade expectations for children her age when administered the expressive section of the MAVA Test and the Told I;4. The expressive section of the MAVA examines the child’s speaking skills and their ability to use tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 words. This test is administered to children via pictures and prompts, and then the child is asked to answer questions and give information based on the pictures or what has been asked by the examiner. This half of the MAVA test also takes…

out unknown words they encounter whilst reading and also to gain meaning from the text, this can be seen in the graph below. Cueing Systems Graphophonic Syntatic Semantic • Phonics • Phonemic Awareness • Letters • Sounds • Spelling • Vocabulary • Grammar • Tenses • Comprehension • Making sense of texts (Graph adapted from Dr Ali Cullerton, Ph.D (2015) Semantic The semantic portion…

amount of words in a semantic domain. This helped me look closer at things like phrases a culture creates like the “time is money” phrase. Before I never would have looked deeper into the meaning of the phrase and thought about how it reflects a culture of people trying to get stuff done. Also I now have a more in-depth knowledge of how languages change. It helped me understand the factors that go into language change. Like how kids help drive language change. Before I didn’t know that a new…