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The Significance of Surnames Today, we have grown to take last names for granted. They’re just always there, no one really questions them. But how did humankind reach this point? What was the original significance behind surnames? This question of importance also branches between The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, where we see the curious tales of two fascinating fellows, Roger Prynne and James Gatz, who revised their last names, causing scholars to inquire as to whether or not surnames could perhaps have some negative impact on an individual’s very existence. Altogether, there is a plethora of inquiries to make about these curious cognomens and their importance to humanity’s experience on earth, including both positive and negative…

Filed previous papers, grade reports etc. Graded a quiz Cut materials for a class Distributed quizzes, papers, etc. Checked math individual work Read quiz to a student Walk the students to related arts and back Watch the students when the teacher was gone taught a math lesson did mini read alounds with indivisual students during reading 1 day Other 5th grade teacher was absent, therefore a half of her class came to miss Martin 's math and social studies. They sat at the carpet. The teacher…

Group Reading Inventory & Anticipation Guide Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ESL 603 – ESL Methods By Alicia Johnson 4-19-2015 Group Reading Inventory Directions for Students: Read the passage Burger Battles and answer the following questions: Word Meanings: Briefly define or explain the meaning of the following words used in the passage Burger Battles: (1) calories, (2) obesity, (3) diabetes, (4) advertising, (5) healthy, (6) sodium…

Cold and dreary. This is the feeling that Ava Perkins woke up to every morning. She dreadfully got out of bed and put on her rusty slippers that were immersed in dirt. Everything Ava received was handed down to her from the other children of the orphanage. Ava's parents had left her when she was two months old. Ava always wondered why her parents didn't want her, and where could they be? Ava's daily ritual was to gaze out her shared rooms tiny window, and think about her future aspirations. Ava…

The worker arrived at Mrs. Elizondo’s house and proceeded to ring the doorbell. Mrs. Elizondo answer the door and told the worker that Eileen was still in daycare and was heading to pick her up because she though that the worker was going to see Eileen on Thursday. Mrs. Elizondo told the worker that she will pick up Eileen since the worker was at her house. The worker waited until Mrs. Elizondo arrive with Eileen. Mrs. Elizondo walk to the kitchen with Eileen and when Eileen saw the worker she…

I started reading in preschool because I was fond of the pictures and I really enjoyed listening to my teacher read out loud as we followed along in the book. In the first grade, my class would always begin by copying the notes written on the chalkboard. My classmates and I would sit in front of the chalkboard and just write in our notebooks word for word on what was the board. I was very curious about what the purpose of it when I couldn’t even understand it. My hand would eventually hurt from…

While reading “The Osage Firebird,” I saw how the structure of the text, led to one another. Meaning, when the author, Sudipta Bardhan, wrote this passage she made it connect really well to each other. While reading the passage, I observed how she did it. She did it by adding one detail in one section, then that one detail becomes the main idea for the next section, or for any section. I saw the connection of each section near the end, since in the beginning of the passage, I didn’t see any. …

The House of Usher is a story with many themes and elements in it. They include the theme of entrapment. There is also the theme of the dead’s power over the living. The narrator has many traits of which he is characterized by cowardice is shown when he leaves the premises of the house with such speed that people would think he was being chased by a “monster” and in a way he was. The narrator was also characterized by being extremely loyal he dropped everything he was doing and went to…

The section begins in Amir's home country in the year 1976. Amir is engrossed by the guilt over his inaction during the rape of Hassan, and he is constantly in distress, but has nobody on his side. He tries to distance himself from Hassan, who reminds him of his egoism and lack of self-assurance. Thinking that punishment would at least be a compensation for his blameworthy behavior towards Hassan, he provokes him, but Hassan proves his permanent loyalty. Amir’s greatest fear is realized because…

Amir faced risk factors at the individual, family, and societal levels. For the individual level, there were two risk factors, Amir keeping quiet during and after his best friend Hassan got raped and then sneaking his watch under Hassan’s pillow. For the first part, Amir chose to keep quiet because he didn’t know what he could have done for Hassan in his situation and he was afraid he also would get hurt. He didn’t want to mention anything after because he didn’t want Hassan thinking of him as a…