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The second section of this paper discusses teaching strategies that use students’ first language, Spanish, to scaffold learning of the second language, English. It also discusses certain areas of the English language where teachers can support Latino students, such as phonology, phonics, vocabulary, sentence structure and writing. Spanish-speaking students enter the classroom with pre-existing knowledge of Spanish, or “linguistic capital” which improves their ability to master a second language…

Muzaffer Izgü’s “Wanted: A Town Without a Crazy”, Hilmi Bey used to work at the mayor’s office. He “[puts] numbers on documents, [kowtows] when [he] [enters] the mayor’s office, and [wastes] all that time for a mere thousand lira a month” (455). Various verbs in the sentence all contribute to the formation of an uninterested and dejected tone, manifesting Hilmi’s dislike of his past job. However, now he “[eats] the best food in the restaurants free, and in addition, [people in the town] gave…

This portfolio contain the two essay that I have been working on throughout the term. My portfolio shows the new technique and style I have throughout in the course. As I reflect at the end of writing 090 class, I am able to see how much I have improve as a writer. I have learned my greatest strengthen and weaknesses. Engaging in peer editing and getting feedbacks from my profession and staff in the learning center help me to improve my mistakes. My portfolio includes my spirit club essay and…

in 1099. Turning to the present day, she states that Malcolm X "became disillusioned with the Nation of Islam … when he discovered the moral laxity of Elijah Muhammad." Well, "became disillusioned with" is one way of putting it, but a more accurate verb might be "expelled from." Likewise, she ascribes to Malcolm X the founding of the American Muslim Mission, an institution that in fact did not come into existence until 1981, or sixteen years after his…

“they fell into a silence.” The whole paragraph on this realisation that the dream could become reality is the turning point for George. “They looked at each other amazed.” The pronoun ‘they’ suggests that the ‘amazed’ stares also came from George. The verb ‘amazed’ suggests George’s astonishment and surprise that the dream which he thought they could never achieve was becoming real. This suggests that George is starting believe that the dream will happen. Candy’s money changes his whole…

During World War 1, the soldiers were willing to participate in the war, however, when they eventually attended it, the majority of them wished to leave the war. In other words, the opinion among the people who did not engage in the war and the people who engaged in the war can be entirely different. This essay will compare and contrast “Who’s for the Game?”, a poem that was written by Jessie Pope, who did not participate in the war, with “Dulce et Decorum Est”, a poem by Wilfred Owen, a soldier…

The ruling tense of the narrative is past tense because the first clause uses the past tense verb ‘slept’ (Babel 1925), although it is unclear when it occurred. The duration is an accelerated summary of where and how the narrator and their companions slept, and the narrator’s dream and its effect. The order is a punctual event, as it moves from…

While, presuppositions that can be derived from part of the dialogue is found in utterance ‘we have a lot of time to talk about it now.’ Triggered by phrase ‘talk about it’, verb ‘talk’ presupposed tried an action so that it include in lexical presupposition type. While pronoun ‘it’ asserted the topic they interest. Furthermore adverb of time ‘now’ in the end of utterance proposed there is something in the past also sketch…

Edward Estlin Cummings, a 20th century poet, painter, playwright, and novelist, impacted literature greatly. Nearly all of his poems challenged the accepted rules of writing through formatting and grammar choices. The topics of the poems created the most controversy, especially the poems he wrote focusing on nature, religion, and his sexuality. Due to his strict religious upbringing, Cummings conveys his inner strife and difficulties forming connections through his eccentric writing style.…

Paris, in Full Bloom and Color, in the Early 1900s. No one is a stranger to the black and white vintage photographs back in the day. Despite that exhausting trend, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier, and Auguste Leon set out in 1909 under the strict instructions of a French banker Albert Kahn and went on a journey around the world armed with only an Autochrome Lumière. Their rule was simple: go out to the world and document it in vivid and alive colors. These photographers took…