Jessica A. English 12a 12 February 2013 Literary Analysis "I can't read. I don't know how to read or write, and I'm askin you to help me…" "The First Day," written by Edward P. Jones, is a short story about a little girl, who has grown up in a poverty stricken family, and her first day of school. In the story, the girl narrates her experiences with her first day of school while concurrently revealing clues of the story's bigger picture, so to speak. By showcasing a mother's desperate yearning for a life-better than the life she has had-for her daughter, Jones reveals some of the problems that are faced in today's society. Jones expresses these dilemmas within his story through an immense selection of literary devices and techniques.
Akeelah is a young black girl from south Los Angeles living with her widowed mother, her sister, and her niece. Needless to say, Akeelah is in a low-income household. However, although Akeelah lives in a poor household, she is extremely intelligent as this is evident through her unique ability to memorize and spell a vast majority of words at her young age. Without the consent of her disapproving mother, Akeelah enters her school’s spelling bee and wins. The movie continues with Akeelah gradually reaching the national level of spelling bee tournaments with the help of her coach, Dr. Larabee, her principal, and the community she lives in.
She wants these people to understand what it’s like to grow up in a situation like she did, and to be able to recognize when they are using an unfair stereotype. Tanya does a great job painting a picture of her situation by giving several examples from her life. Here are a couple examples: She opens the essay walking the reader through her experience the first day of a Spanish class. She shows the audience how because of her Latin descent and physical attributes, both the instructor and the Caucasian students expected her to be fluent. Tanya paints the picture with her observations with an example where after she introduced herself pronouncing her last name by rolling the r; she states, she picked up on the Hispanic instructor’s “Silent snag, the momentary hesitation I’ve come to expect.” (Barrientos, 2011) This hesitation makes her feel awkward like she may have to explain why she is Hispanic and taking an introductory Spanish course.
They share their science journal entries with the class. Teacher Suzy then sings a song about how germs
Pictures: Pictures are used alongside words to make communication more easier and understandable. In fact in my placement school, the reading scheme that is used starts the children off with ‘picture only’ books so the children are encouraged to talk about the pictures in the book and make their own story up and ask questions. Technology: Computer programmes (apps and games), interactive whiteboard, story tapes, cds are all ways of stimulating a child’s communication development. These days a lot of programmes are interactive and children can hear and respond to different applications made specially to help develop their
Analysis of “Snow” by Julia Alvarez In this short story, the main character, Yolanda, is a young girl who has just immigrated to the United States. She is still trying to learn the language and get accustomed to the cultural difference. She goes to a Catholic school and sits in the front of the classroom so that the teacher, Sister Zoe, can tutor her personally and teach her English. Unfortunately, this occurs during the Cuban missile crisis era and many of the words Sister Zoe teaches her have to deal with that such as “nuclear bomb” and “radioactive fallout”. In order to better describe these words, she draws a picture of a mushroom cloud on the blackboard with little specks near it, representing
There are assessments when a child is aged between 2 and 3 years and at the end of the academic year when they turn 5. The assessments are based on EYFS practitioners’ observations. Information from the assessments is used for parents, practitioners and teachers to support children’s learning and development. The 7 areas that early years learning concentrates on are: * communication and language * physical development * personal, social and emotional development * literacy * mathematics * understanding of the world * expressive arts and design Teaching is often done through play, where the child learns about subjects and other people through games. At the end of the academic year when a child turns 5, the practitioner records each child’s development by watching the child playing and in the classroom.
Child with Special Needs Observation Report 1 By April Arevalo Child 68 October 1, 2010 General Information Hawthorne Elementary School 705 West Hawthorne St Ontario, Ca 91762 Inclusive Early Childhood Education Program that is government funded for preschool age children (ages 3-5). This school (program) in an inclusive classroom that has placed students with disabilities in a normal classroom; “Majority of my disabled children have a hearing impairment, down’s syndrome, or a suspected form of autism, but these children are taught in a regular classroom, and have the capabilities to learn basic knowledge as any other “regular” child in this room!” as Mrs. Kamaski puts it. Mrs. Kamaski’s 3-year-old class, who is the head teacher Ms. Sutton, co teacher (seemed to mainly work with the disabled students) Tracie, aid Christopher Age 3 The child I chose to mainly observe is a 3-year-old boy named Christopher. Christopher has long dark shaggy hair, warm brown eyes, medium brown skin, and appeared to be of Hispanic decent. He had a red shirt with blue jeans, and Thomas the Train sneakers.
* Preparing the classroom each morning * Tidying up and putting resources away at the end of each day * Planning, delivering and evaluating teaching and learning activities * Motivating and encouraging the children * Ensuring children have access to and are able to use materials needed to complete tasks, confidently and competently * Helping pupils who need extra support to complete tasks, individually and in groups * Support literacy and numeracy activities in the classroom * Observing pupil performance, making and reporting observations to the teacher * Supervising art and craft activities and displaying work * Looking after children who are upset or have had accidents, logging in accident book and relaying to parents * Playing educational games with children and encouraging younger children to learn through play * Setting up information and communication technology (ICT) resources and supporting teaching and learning through the use of ICT * Reading to children and telling them stories * Working with children in the early stages of learning English * Translating and interpreting for the class teacher when dealing with Urdu & Punjabi speaking
Language Development Final Assignment– Observation and Analysis of a Child’s Oral Language Development. Introduction Ouek Jia Hui is a cheerful and energetic girl who is 3 years and 9 months old. She attends a half-day program at a childcare center and is currently in a Playgroup class. She retold the story The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats to her English teacher Ms Michelle Ting in the classroom. They were sitting on some large cushions next to the bookshelf when I observed them.