In "A Teachable Good Book: Of Mice and Men" by Thomas Scarseth, the professor argues that "Of Mice and Men" is a tragedy, in which it is simple, yet complicated as it provides wonderful examples of realism and problems in the world, despite being a short read. Scarseth provides many claims and examples supporting the thesis of his paper, which will be highlighted in this essay. The claims are: every story doesn't have to have a happy ending, objectionable elements are necessary as they make stories more realistic, and not everything someone wishes for comes true. Scarseth's first point states that every story doesn't have to have a happy ending. Scarseth made this claim by stating in his paper, "...literature is not always only mere sugar candy; it can sometimes be a strong medicine: sour perhaps- at least to the untrained taste- but necessary for continued health.…
This assignment re-introduces us to the framework of 21st Century Skills. MAED program learning outcomes’ or student outcome expectations are as follows. The MAED graduate designs appropriate and challenging learning experiences informed by analysis of how learners develop individually across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical patterns to promote student learning and growth. The MAED graduate employs differentiated instructional practices aligned with learner strengths and differences, diverse cultures a diverse community to promote student learning in a safe, collaboratively, engaging, inclusive, 21st century learning environment. The MAED graduate designs a variety of evidence-based assessments used for ongoing evaluation of student progress and to guide teacher and learner decision-making.…
Chapter one of the novel, "How To Read Novels Like a Professor", by Thomas C. Foster, discusses the importance of page one of a novel. He explains how many literacy elements can be identified in the first page of a novel and even the first paragraph. He goes on to state the important literacy devices that should be identified in a novel. These include: style, tone, mood, diction, point of view, time management, place, motif, theme, and characters.…
Pre-Semester Reading Response In Santos F. Ramos’s article “Building a Culture of Solidarity: Racial Discourse, Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Social Justice,” Ramos focuses on what it means to be in solidarity with communities to address social issues, like, racism. He discusses that solidarity is “…a process of more fully putting the works of communities of color into relationships with one another” (Ramos 7). He explains about how solidarity means for different groups of people to be involved in issues outside their cultural community. He uses Black Lives Matter as an example to support his claim.…
* For the Fall for the Book assignment, I chose to attend Janet Mock's event. Last year, she was supposed to come; however, she was unable to make it to George Mason University. Before learning about the Fall for the Book assignment, I heard about the event through my Introduction to Woman and Gender Studies class. The upcoming topic that we were going to discuss in class was transgender women and men, so my professor encouraged my class to attend the event. *…
Personal Background When I administered the Qualitative Reading Inventory-6, I chose to work with Elijah Tyler (nephew), a 5th grader at P.S. 194, The Raoul Wallenberg School. Elijah is 10 years old, he lives in Brooklyn, New York with his mother, father, older sister (16 years old) and little brother (6 months old). Elijah is very close with his siblings and cousins. He loves playing video games and playing with his cousins.…
Over the course of the last few centuries, Christianity has been a driving force in the development of western culture. From igniting Crusades in the Middle Ages to introducing new words to the English vocabulary, the Christian religion has had a considerable influence on every aspect of the western culture known today; arguably, the arts and literature specifically were the most heavily impelled by Christianity. As Thomas C. Foster states in his book How to Read Like a Professor, writers of all forms of media are at least aware of the stories of the Bible, and use them in their works, whether it be a story structure or the names of people in biblical anecdotes. Because of this, it is interesting to notice that most classic novels (and even present works) use the idea of Jesus, or the Holy Spirit, in their narratives to create new yet familiar characters. Nathaniel Hawthorne…
Reading Response Paper #1 In the formulating of a “hierarchy of differences,” German physician Johann Blumenbach created a socially constructed classification of races. At the top of tier, the race that was deemed superior was Caucasians. At the bottom of the tier, the race that was deemed inferior, were African decent.…
Made it through another semester This semester I learned that some of us read and write more then we think we on a daily basis. There are different ways of reading and writing outside of the classroom. After we did the reading and writing journals earlier this semester I noticed that I read more then I write in my free time and for class, like text, social media, ESPN updates, books, and flyers.…
Ms. Fox's college English class is hard because it’s a lot of work. A lot of work means multiple things to do each week such as reading and writing every week for the entire semester. According to Fox's syllabus, students can expect about 4 hours of homework each week. Four hours for one class is a lot because students may have other classes and jobs each week. Juggling and making time to do the work is what makes the class hard.…
My favorite book to read is Tell Me Three Things By Julie Buxbaum. This is my favorite book because it tells a relatable story. Although it is fiction it could happen in real life to someone. The story tells about a girl that just moved to a new city because of a family death. She then moves in with her new Stepmom and Step mother, She has had worst first day at her new school and to make it worst she keeps getting anonymous emails from a so called student at her school.…
It feels like so long ago when I first began this English course. I can remember being so excited about the class topic, racism and social justice, which I felt that I had a lot of passion for. Little did I know that I would have to gather up even more enthusiasm and passion to be able to continue writing papers about the same topic all semester long. This course has tested my endurance, and at many times my patience, and for that I am thankful because I know in the end, it has made me a better writer. Despite various minor challenges this semester I believe that I have put in the hard work that it takes and I have achieved the course goals and will complete this class feeling fulfilled and accomplished.…
To ponder, is to think about a specific something carefully. I had many thoughts on what I as a missionary could do better, to focus or to meditate on. Yet there was one specific term that clearly spoke to me in General Conference, which was to ponderizing. This week I felt impressed to select a scripture to help me do such a thing. I chose a passage that has always touched my heart, and even more so now that I am serving others as a missionary.…
“Passing” was a story about a race that was there physical appearance to pass off another race. The story talks about two light skinned African American women, Irene and Clare, trying to pass off as white people. The story starts off by Irene receiving a letter form Clare, a friend of hers that she wants no part of. From here the story goes into a flashback to Irene’s summer vacation, when she run into Clare in the Dayton, in Chicago. They are both in an all white restaurant, which they got in due to their light skinned color.…
5 Slowly return to the starting position using just your left / right hand. Repeat __________ times. Complete this exercise __________ times per day.…