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In Spradlin’s textbook specifically, various minority populations and the struggles they face are discussed. Before writing the Talk to the Texts, I understood that these were important issues, but I never realized the extent to which they are present in a classroom. Writing these forced me to consider how I can tackle these issues in my classroom, as well as helped me understand where my future…

It appears that the Pyramid Texts are indeed reflective of ancient Egyptian society at the time of the OK. Distribution and usage of funerary texts indicate how strongly the upper and lower classes were divided. (At this point in history, the middle class did not exist yet). The political and religious dominance of the pharaoh was firmly established and never questioned. The PT also reflected religious beliefs but altered to better the perception of kingship (Simpson 2003:247). To further…

Meaning, is the core of literacy and therefore, literacy is far more than just reading and writing text as meaning is conveyed in many other forms such as visual literacy, auditory literacy, spatial literacy, critical literacy, tactile literacy, and many more. Multiliteracies are now incorporated into the Australian curriculum, not only in the English learning area but extended in other learning areas as students engage in a range of literacy rich activities (Australian Curriculum, 2013). The…

Our text indicates that Medea was first performed in the spring of 431 B.C.E during a period in Athenian history that prospered with political pride, artistic and intellectual achievement. The intersection of ideas from other societies shaped the culture in a way that advocated for creative expression, cleverness and wisdom. Therefore, for its time Medea takes strides in provoking conventional societal parallels. As a protagonist Medea highlights both the challenges of finding feminine identity…

Year 7 common assessment task Text response Essay Runner “but after the lessons were over i returned home and stepped into the long In the novel “runner” by Robert Newton the protagonist, Charlie Feehan, is a 15 year fighting to survive after the man at the house died. The Feehan family were struggling for food and money, luckily the redmonds were standing by their side through all those rough times. Charlie was finding it hard to step into the long pants of adulthood. One day when Charlie…

The essay titled Writing, in the book The World Is a Text, by Patty Strong, the autothor explains how she believes "writing is thinking". She informs us how in highschool writing, students do not, as well are not, expected to put as much thinking into their writing compared to students that attend college. Strong points out that though teachers those of a college do care that their students do well, the students are on their own when it comes to their success. College students are expected to…

benefits of a dam, op-ed contributor Yvon Chouinard and magazine contributor Bruce Barcott feel differently; they want dams to not exist. Chouinard’s Text 1 is a persuasive paper, making use of cold-hard facts and allusions to the fearsome global warming and America’s beloved economy, in order to convince us that dams are bad in all perspectives. Barcott’s Text 2 takes a different path to a similar conclusion: he utilizes the American love of freedom and shocking metaphors to show that dams…

with those who are physically far away from us. Additionally, devices that permit transmission of instant messaging and texts became a large part of the youth’s interaction in everyday life (Luo & Tuney, 2015, p.671). Some of them maybe want to share up to date information with peers while others need to feel closer to their significant others. The reason and recipients of text messages might vary from one group of people to another; however, this study particularly focuses…

Have you seen the word ‘woot’ used by someone online to indicate that they are excited about something? I have, but I have also seen ‘woot’ used as text language, particularly as an acronym for “waste of our time”. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, however, has recently included ‘woot’, defining it as an exclamation of triumph or success (“‘Retweet’ and ‘woot’ Make Oxford Dictionary Debut”, 2011). The word ‘woot’ has been used to express enthusiasm, victory, desire, and irritation in music,…

Through the survey method, this study examined if and how texting behavior affects students’ relationship satisfaction. Various questions were used in order to investigate what kind of words students use in their text conversations, who texts first, how often and what is a usual length of the messages. As well, different questions combined from Relationship Assessment Scale, the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale and the Couples Satisfaction Index assisted to examine students’ satisfaction in…