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One of the many writers occasionally involved in the Oxford literary group The Inklings was Dorothy L. Sayers. The Inklings met weekly to enjoy each other’s company and discuss their latest writing endeavors (Zaleski). As a woman, she was not only a minority in the group but also as a scholar and Oxford graduate as well. The Inklings influenced each other’s writings and brought forth the creativity in each other. Dorothy L. Sayers was born in Oxford, England on 13 June 1893 to Helen Mary Sayers…

Models of Reflection There are various types of reflection models but for the purpose of this essay, the author will use Gibbs’, Johns’, Kolb’s and Driscoll (by Borton). Gibbs Model of Reflection (1988 cited in Siviter 2013) involves: describing the experience accurately, the feelings involved, evaluating the good and bad of the experience, including what influenced it; Making analysis of the experience and lesson learnt; Conclusion which looks at ways of improvement. Action; if faced in the…

origin of the term, the usage of the term, and the contradictions of the term must be examined. Although the exact root of the term “queer” remains unclear, what is known is that “queer” was often used to describe strangeness in a negative sense (Somerville 2), hence the fact that “queer” was used as a derogatory term towards anyone…

Reflection is a practice of recalling and analysing an event that has already took place, and speculating about what has occurred and finding different and more appropriate approaches that will help improve your decisions in the future (Daly, Speedy & Jackson, 2014, p. 120). The main focus of this essay is to discuss my reasons for choosing nursing as a career, along with discussing the importance and benefits of reflective practice in nursing, and also how I might use reflective practice in my…

Henderson, O. (n.d.). I Can Hop. Reading A-Z. Being able to decode is pivotal, especially when it comes to teaching students how to read. Decoding is when children have the ability to apply his or her knowledge of graphemes (letters) and phonemes (sounds) to pronounce print correctly (“Word Decoding and Phonics,” n.d.). Nevertheless, having child understand the relationship between graphemes and phonemes allow him or her to identify acquainted words quickly, as well as learn new words (“Word…

Ahlberg, A. (2008). The Baby in the Hat. Somerville: Candlewick Press. Historical Fiction, Grade Level PreK – 3. Can one action change your life? For the boy who caught the baby in a hat, one action changed his life forever! Though the story is simple, the captivating illustrations elevate the sense of adventure and capture the historical London setting. The boy hero takes his reward and the adventure begins! In a twist of luck or fate, he falls from the London Bridge and into a ship where…

III. Adults on social media are also narastic too as the college age students. A) More and more adults are using social media. 1) According to Tiffany A. Somerville, 74% of adults use social media. 2) This proves that many adults are starting to use more social media to update people about their life. B) Adult use social media in diferent ways than students do. 1) According to Unviersty of Minosta Study, adults…

Fox, Mem. (2008). Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. Boston, Massachusetts: HMH Books This book is intended for infants. It says that a baby was born far away and another was born in town. Another baby was born the day after and another baby was sick with a cold. But “as everyone knows” all of the babies have ten fingers and ten toes. The pictures in the book are of babies from different countries. The main point of this book is to tell babies that regardless of where you’re from or what…

This act of defence adopted by a plant in view of harsh environmental changes is termed as stress tolerance. Tolerance of a plant to low temperatures ranging from 0-15 0C without any loss of function is termed as chilling tolerance (Somerville, 1995). Another aspect is cold acclimation which may be defined as heightened endurance of a plant to the physical and physicochemical antics of freezing stress (Thomashow, 1999).In response to cold stress, a plant experiences a stress that inturn…

“Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are you aren’t.” Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first ever Prime Minister. She used her cast iron will to help change the face of Britain. She created a particular school; of right-wing politics. Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a grocer; she had very little as a child. Yet she was successful at Oxford University and later on became the 1st woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. Margaret was born in Grantham Lincolnshire on…