Cell phones are not just for calling and texting, but mini-computers with access to information and technology to write documents, reports and even print. ... They could warn others in the school or in other buildings by texting someone. ... If the student/students were sick they could text someone in the group. ... Distractions could be in the form of students playing games, laughing (out loud) at jokes received in text messages, or spending time socializing on Facebook. ... If a student is texting or posting when they should be paying attention to the teacher, then the phone should be tak...

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• Grade Level: High School

Besides family life, the texts books preach a lot about patriotism. ... (Ibid: 152) Lastly, in China, the texts books focus on social services with a focus on Marxist ideology, which is different than texts books in Taiwan that focuses on family services. ... (Ibid: 141) The Chinese stress the importance of manual labor in their texts. ... The texts books give an image of society continuously working. ... (Ibid: 145) In China, politics are taught through the texts books. ...

• Word Count: 1006
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• Grade Level: High School

All throughout the modern world, an individual will encounter texts- texts of many different genres, of many different topics and of many different purposes. ... The first text to be analysed is an extract (p12-13) from the novel Wilt by Tom Sharpe. This literary text servers primarily to entertain, but as with all texts, also tries to give insight into the discourses present. ... The author of this text is positioning the reader to accept these mainstream discourses if they have not already. ... Through an analysis of three texts of differing genre, it has been shown that an aut...

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STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING COMPREHENSION OF FICTION/NONFICTION TEXT A. ... Teacher list on the board what he/she knows about the text of chapter. ... Teacher lists in another column what he/she wants to find out about the text or chapter. ... Teacher reads outloud 2 pages of the text to the class d. ... Before/During or After reading K-W-L should be used before and after reading expository text. ...

• Word Count: 457
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• Grade Level: High School

Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

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• Grade Level: High School

"President Obama proposed that American school children extend their time in class, either by lengthening the school day, or spending less time on summer vacation" (Text A). ... Failing to do our best to educate all of America's children is a mistake that will hurt this country for years to come" (Text B). ... "Some parents noted that students in school longer would have to stay up later to complete their homework" (Text C). ... "American children spend the least amount of time in the classroom when compared to other countries"(Text A). ... " (Text ...

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The high emotion can be sensed throughout the text; this seems to be Carson's point by letting us into her thoughts. ... Although Carson does not have a text entitled education, I do gather she likes to read and she uses wording to show her intellectuality throughout her text. ... " Anne Carlson and Paulo Freire have shown to be compassionate and emotional based writers in their texts. ... These texts should be read more than once by readers to get a better understanding of what the author is trying to convey. These are not simple texts to read and require inquiry for sure when re...

• Word Count: 1015
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• Grade Level: High School

Readers purposefully adjust their interactions with texts according to different goals and purposes. Strategic comprehenders think about what they already know and use their knowledge to make sense of the text. ... This helps students to comprehend and construct meaning from the text. ... Reading strategies says that students are on the same playing field as writers and those who produce texts. ... Relating prior knowledge about language and world to text information (Pressley,2010). ...

• Word Count: 3505
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The text shows a great deal of material in a single frame. The reader sees a box of text to the left side with the name of the comic "The Joy of Learning" (Roanoke Times 2009). ... This text is clearly showing one error in our methodology of instruction to students. ... The author of the text is bringing light to this. ... The Joy of Learning is one text to open our minds to begin to contemplate such thoughts....

• Word Count: 1312
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• Grade Level: High School

The lesson I was supposed to teach as reflected in the lesson plan (see appendix) had theatre as the theme and was based on text types. There was a text book to refer to as well as worksheets supplementing it. ... The lesson: Introduction My instructional goals for the lesson was for the pupils to recognize a particular text type (a programme) and observe and identify the components of the text type. ... These objectives are similar in previous chapters; only the text type is different. ... Most times, however, I had to submit to the expectation that the required texts and accompanyi...

• Word Count: 1751
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• Grade Level: High School

According to the text, "the purpose of schooling is (1) academic (reading, writing, arithmetic), (2) vocational (preparation for world of work), (3) social and civic (preparation to participate in a democracy), and (4) personal (development of individual talent and self-expression)."" ... According to the text, "The most powerful socializing influence of the school lies in those who translate program goals into action "the teachers."" ... According to the text, "Studies show that boys have more interventions with teachers than do girls. ...

• Word Count: 445
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• Grade Level: High School

Started in fall of 1996, Alabamas text books must include a disclaimer inserted, stating that evolution is a "controversial theory", accepted only by "some scientists". ... Even Macmillan/McGraw Hill whom publishes text books for schools, agreed to custom publish a version of its Changing Earth text that eliminates a chapter called "Birth of Earth", to accomidate schools, and agrees that there is complete scholary merit to it. ...

• Word Count: 585
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• Grade Level: High School

Related Objectives • read a variety of texts and analyze their rhetorical situations (i.e. context, audience, and aims) • write papers with a clearly developed thesis and support designed to appeal to various audiences and contexts • read for various purposes Outcome 4: Rhetorical Strategies Students will read and write a variety of nonfiction expository and argumentative genres. Related Objectives • summarize, analyze, respond to, and evaluate print and digital texts • compare and contrast various genres, including essays (academic and popular), lit...

• Word Count: 6229
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A few years later when I was in grade 10, I dropped by my friend's home and accidentally read a text book for secondary school students belonging to my friend's younger sister. And what a surprise that I found my poem in the text book. ... A few months before going to Japan, he texted me and thanked me for my teaching. ...

• Word Count: 714
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• Grade Level: High School

Cell phones aren't just used for texting and calling anymore. ... Cell phones can be a distraction in school and that is when drama is started with texting in school, also when students are on social media, sites and are getting distracted and not completing their schoolwork. ... If we were aloud to have our phones out and check a text message here or there it would be less of a fight with students everyday and teachers could focus on the students learning. ...

• Word Count: 641
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• Grade Level: High School

We read the required text and the teacher restated what the text already said. ... The professor didn't require us to buy the normal text instead she had us purchase different books and newspapers on world events. ...

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Glasser's novel closely relates to key terms in the Social Problem text book. ... Students in a higher level of the course are taught in much more depth about a topic, then the students of a lower level class would be learning a more simplistic version of the text. And in some cases have a completely different text book altogether. ... The text book and the novel that I picked both coincide with each other in ideas like, students are being put under more stress then what is necessary by these exams that categorize the student body even more. ...

• Word Count: 1318
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• Grade Level: High School

One of the problems that we need to point out is the problem of autoethnographic texts. An autoethnographic text is one that "people undertake to describe themselves in ways that engage with representations others have made of them." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some are doing homework for other classes, and some are on their phones texting, the teacher is either unaware or does not care. ... This is more of a class that the teacher just stands in one spot, talking about the bold words in the text. ...

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This is important because if readers are to busy decoding text they will not comprehend what it is they are to be learning. 6.) ... Basal Block: teacher and children selectively use materials and suggestions provided in the student's texts or basal readers. ...

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Our image of teaching English as a second language is that of a tapestry. The tapestry is woven from many strands, such as the characteristics of the teachers, the learners, the textbooks, the settings and the relevant languages (i.e. English and the native languages of the learners and the teachers...

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The writer's purpose in this text is to motivate as a result but his main purpose is to inform about his experience and about the prison that changed his entire life through his narration and discription for the details he lived and showing that dedication and hardwork will lead to a gleaming point.He used simple vocabs"bunk,corridor,tablet,inmates"and phrases "I was so fascinated that I went on-I copied the dictionary's next page."(paragraph 8 p.73) that are familiar to his audiences.The style of his text in addition to the tone of his language is greatly optimi...

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• Grade Level: High School

Northern Caribbean University College of Education and Religion Department of Education MTED 201: Primary Mathematics Methods Factors that influence how children learn Psychological influences Professional influences Technological influences Language influences Societal influences Research influences Psychological influences: The essence of this theory is students construct their own understanding of math ideas (by interacting with physical models of these ideas). Professional influences: Its emphasis is back to the basics, the 3 R's were emphasized (reading, wr...

• Word Count: 5657
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• Grade Level: High School

Another section in chapter two of our text describes an English teacher using cooperative learning groups to discuss a novel they are studying (50). ... I have learned from the text that this is much more appealing to middle school students than high school. ... I believe, as our text mentioned, that creating the right environment from the time students enter the classroom is so important. ... Before reading the text, I was unsure about using class work as a form of punishment. ...

• Word Count: 2071
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Professor X is an outstanding teacher because he generously spends so much time outside of class counseling students with personal problems. EVIDENCE FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: What distinguishes Professor X out is that he is always ready to counsel students outside class with our personal problem...

• Word Count: 265
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• Grade Level: High School