To make the activity of Picture Stories successful for beginner learners I can consider each of the three principles. In terms of providing something to talk about, this lesson can be adapted to give students a guidline of what to talk about by asking specific questions to help students formulate a story. Such a question could be, “choose one person in the picture, where do you think they are going?”, or “what do you think those people are talking about?”, or “what city do you think this is.” These types of questions can help initiate the creation of a story. Second, students can easily be put into groups or pairs depending on their personality types. If students are into pairs the teacher could utilize the inside outside circle with a
Picture books are one of the first mediums of learning that children encounter. The picture book was first created in 1657 by John Amos Comenius. Comenius’s book was entitled Orbis Pictus (The world of Pictures) and was an alphabet book (Martinez 57). Picture books are used to lay the foundations of the histori...
Falls are the way they are today, the reasoning behind why the whales live in the ocean now and not in fresh water,in addition, another purpose might be is to elucidate the importance of loyalty to family. Okanogan storytellers’ purpose of telling this story is to state that the reason the Kettle Falls have a powerful force is, due to the whale head turning over repeatedly. Furthermore, the reasoning behind the whale living now in the ocean is, due to it wouldn't be able to wander in the small waters and steal other persons wifes. In addition, the purpose for telling this story might be to inform others about family loyalty, due to Fox did everything
The purpose of the speech provided by Chimamanda Adichie is to portray the various impacts a single story can have on both an individual and a society. This is because of the usage of stereotypes provided by the media which creates an overall image, that everyone believes to be true. This is prominent when she says “A single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” Having a single story also confines the world to generalized outlooks on cultures, religions and nationalities. Due to this, individuals must seek for diversity and different perspectives, in which everyone should be able to see the world as it is, not just the aspect that the media portrays. Through
lead two of the characters to make a fool of themselves, and it cost another
The Woodlanders is a story with a complicated plot. George Melbury, a timber-merchant of Little Hintock, the place where the events take place, decides to marry his daughter Grace to Giles Winterborne, an honest woodsman and the son of an old friend. For Giles, Grace is his childhood sweetheart and the ever object of his affection despite himself being loved by Marty South. However, When Mr. Melbury considers the educational status of his daughter, he changes his mind concerning marrying her to Giles. He has the ambition to marry her to a man of a higher status and treats Giles with an unaccustomed coldness. In the meantime, Dr. Edred Fitzpiers comes on the scene. He seizes Grace’s fascination with him and the opportunity that Giles is no longer favoured by Mr. Melbury to step into the vacant place in Grace’s heart (Sherren, 1902). He falls in love with her, asks her father for permission to marry her and they get married. Soon after the marriage, Fitzpiers blames himself for marrying a woman who is beneath him and becomes more interested in Mrs. Felice Charmond, a fashionable widow. They meet in secret and finally decide to leave for the continent. He just leaves Grace a note about his departure. Grace becomes interested once again in Giles but her father’s efforts to get her divorced by the new law and set free fail. Finally, Fitzpiers gets separated from Mrs. Felice Charmond who is reported to be killed in Germany. He comes back to Little Hintock and is asked by his wife Grace to save the life of Giles. He does his best but Giles dies. After the death of Giles, Fitzpiers asks Grace for forgiveness and they get reconciled. The novel ends with a romantic note with Marty standing at the grave of Giles and saying: “If ever I forget...
What do you think of when you hear the words “air pollution?” Many of us believe air pollution is dangerous to our health and believe in enacting stricter laws. As West Virginians, we deal with air pollution every day due to the several chemical plants in the area and the number of people driving. Likewise, there are air pollution problems in other parts of the United States. However, in other countries such as China, severe air pollution is a major problem and needs to be addressed. Photographers such as Robert Nickelsberg and Kuang Yin help us visualize the health and environmental effects of air pollution on the human population. Robert Nickelsberg is a Times Magazine photojournalist, while Kuang Yin is a photojournalist through Greenpeace. Nickelsberg’s photograph, authorized through Getty Images, is captioned “Bad for Health, But Good for Planet,” and describes how chemical plant pollution can stop global warming. Kuang Yin’s photograph, titled “Severe Air Pollution” was authorized through Greenpeace to document China’s major air pollution problems. A close look at these two photos shows their skillful use of focusing and framing. Robert Nickelsberg and Kuang Yin capture the emotional and physical realities of air pollution in the world.
In the short video, “The Story of Stuff”, the narrator, Annie Leonard, explains the story of material “stuff.” Annie examines how materials are produced and consumed by people, and how this process degrades the natural world and also can have health effects on humans. She first explains how natural resources are exploited by corporations. She also spends a minuets explaining how the government has lost power to huge corporations. Additionally, she notes how one-third of the earths resources have been consumed in the last three decades. She explains how degrading these resources is polluting the air, water, and hurting biodiversity. The next part of the linear system she describes is production of materials— factories. She argues that we are
I agree with the webinar when it stated that picture talks are important to do the day after a group read aloud for re-exposure to the vocabulary and content they heard. Picture talks are supposed to be facilitated by teachers but provide the students with many
After viewing Stories We Tell, I felt that the documentary satisfied my film watching desires through the many perspectives it used to tell its story. At first I tried to keep track of all the people by writing down their name with a short descriptor. My notebook quickly filled up with names and descriptions that became worthless, which gave the story a confusing feeling. It was hard to figure out the relation to the story and the timing of what was happening. However, as the story went on all of the perspectives gained a sense of clarity. The story began to feel whole. Granted, I don’t believe this story can truly be considered to be whole without having hearing the story from
I’ve spent the past ten years of my life pushing my body to the max. Sore muscles and blistered toes have become common for me. In fact, I can’t remember the last time a week’s gone by without one body part or another hurting. My blood, sweat, and tears are probably embedded in the floorboards of my studio — but I wouldn’t trade it for a thing. No matter how much pain it causes me, I keep coming back. Dance has truly become my life. It’s a form of self expression that I’ve learned to use as a method of self improvement for every part of my life. I often use it as a coping mechanism. When I’m upset, the barre is there for me to lean on. When I’m angry, I can put on my pointe shoes and prance my problems away. I could be in the worst possible
I agree that I am an auditory and visual learner. I learn best hearing and seeing things for myself. I have been an auditory learner since I was young, for instance, when I was young all my mom had to do was make whatever she wanted me to learn into a song, and I would have it mesmerized in a day. Also, I am a visual learner because I have always enjoyed in class lessons vs. online courses. I believe I lean towards these learning styles due to how I was taught growing up. I was homeschooled my whole life leading up to college and due to the fact that my mom relied online programs, that are verbal by nature, as well as herself, I believed this greatly influence the learning style I have.
Not if he lives or dies without my approval. Sam picks me up and helps me get into the car as I turn to look at Mr. Hatzel, his white hair shining against the sun, his blue eyes gives away the pain, sadness and pity he feels. Empty and broken, we head back to the hospital as I promised Sam I would after breaking out.
In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin expresses many themes through her writing. The main themes of this short story are the joy independence brings, the oppression of marriage in nineteenth century America, and how fast life can change.
My goals were to eat better, and by better, I meant three times a day and sleep more because I was not getting a full night’s rest. I choose these goals because they supported my goal to lose weight. My mom always told me that you should eat regular and have sleep to lose weight. I was afraid to say lose weight because I think it is embarrassing and since I am very aware of my weight. This topic has been heavy on my mind for some time now, I have always had low confident in myself and since my sister has a small curving figure that I am jealous of.
The second step in developing an engaging lesson is to focus on the instructional strategies used to help the students understand the material. It is at this point, the teacher decides what activities they will use to help address the “big ideas” or the “essential questions”.