the mighty deadshort stories

... sir." Silence, except for the sniffing dogs. And then the sniffing stopped and he heard the pad of their feet, as they raced for the house and the voice in the phone said, " ;The gates will be open ... with the clink of the coin. Then they were seated, the lights all on, and the tractor was pulling the giant to the channelled runway, guarded by the blast walls. Milwaukee, here I come. The whirr ... both of them in the bright comfortable kitchen. They talked about the ridicu- lous price of food in the city and how cool the house was after the heat of the day and what was it like on Venus? Neither...

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... from other texts ………………….………………5 II.1.4. Literature and language teaching ……………………………………….…………… 6 II.1.4.1. Why use literature in language classroom. ………………………….…………… 6 II.1.4.2 Literature in the ... ………………………………………………………………………….……………….2 I.4.Object………………………………………………………………………… …………… 2 I.5.Method………………………………………………………………………… ……… 3 I.6.Design of the study…………………………………………………………….……… 3 Chapter II: Literature Review ……………………………………………….…………… 4 II.1. ... ………………………….…………… 6 II.1.4.2 Literature in the ESL classroom……………………….……………….…………… 9 II.1. 4.2.1.Poetry in the ESL classroom………………………………………….………… 9 II.1. 4.2.2.Short story and its advantages in language...

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... on their background knowledge, the clues given by the author and the situational context to work out the meaning hidden behind the text. So, the more knowledge of the world the readers have the ... the text, they often relate their world of experience to the text. After reading they might be asked whether something similar have ever happened to them. As a result, they get involve in the ... to the theme. • Group discussion about what the title of the story suggests. • Predicting about the story after reading the first paragraph • Matching the important words in the story with their...

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... independent from the text. □ Others……………………………………………………………… f. The activities I like most in post – reading phase □ creating the end of the poem or short story □ changing the poem into a short story ... can get to the bottom of the story and poem. g. Others… 5. What are your suggestions that you think can help you read more effectively: □ The teacher should: ……………………………………………… □ The students ... understanding the content is enough. □ This activity is interesting, we can look at different features of the event. □ It is helpful, we can think in our own ways, we can be independent from the text. □...

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... that they can learn new words and remember them longer in the context of a short story  75% students are interested in interpreting the characters of the story or the figurative language in the ... texts enhanced their reading skills  Many suggestions are given to make the lesson more effective 5 The focus of the study  The potential values of short stories and poems in the ESL classroom.  Arouse ... reading:  The reader and the text  Links between reading skills and literary skills  Efferent reading and aesthetic reading  It is applicable to integrate short stories and poems in the reading...

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... but I answered their questions easily. Then, on the fourth day, the police came. I was not worried when they searched the house. They asked me to come with them as they searched. They looked everywhere, ... still until the great deep voice of the clock died away. Then there was that same strange silence. Then there were those little light and quiet laughs. Then the music began again. The dreams ... watched as the house burned down to the ground. There was nothing left of the building the next morning. All the walls fell down during the night, except one-a wall in the middle of the house....

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... thought the moment they all dreaded had come. He had just “gone up a notch” and was playing the $25 machines for the first time, which added to the tension because the higher the value of the machines, ... access to the user’s data. The team had discov- ered the same kind of error in the programming of the machine. At the same time the boys were working on a computer program that would let them win ... want to be able to verify that they have the right statistics or they feel like they don’t have control over the game. Another thing the designers didn’t realize when they designed this machine is...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 21:15

... the stories rather than expecting the class to invent them with no preparation. Activity 1 In this activity, the class invent half the story based on basic information you give them. Divide the ... that the level of the language contained in the story is slightly higher than the average level of the class. Other factors to check when adapting stories are the time–space relationship, the ... over the year and get the class to select the ones they would like and the order in which they would like to hear them. You can do the same with readers which have simplified versions of stories. ...

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... ready for the action. At this point, the computer-in -the- pocket had found the place in the algorithm that represented the cards just dealt. Since its algorithm was the same as the one in the video ... access to the user’s data. The team had discov- ered the same kind of error in the programming of the machine. At the same time the boys were working on a computer program that would let them win ... create their own group, which they dubbed the “Keebler Elves.” A few additional hackers were allowed into the group’s conversations, but the three original members kept the others in the dark...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 16:20

... reminder of the human significance of the newborn babe. "They have rejected all that, but they have not replaced it, and there remain only the dresses, the laces, the little hands, the little ... lies in the fact that our women are savages. They have no belief in God, but some of them believe in the evil eye, and the others in doctors who charge high fees. If they had faith they would ... wretched, the despised, with the women of the highest society: the same dresses, the same fashions, the same perfumeries, the same passion for jewelry, for brilliant and very expensive articles, the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 09:20

... relative to the other groups on the median earnings front. While minority television writers out-earned their counterparts from the other groups at four of the eight conglomerates in 2004, they did ... (17.7 percent). 4 The “employment rate” for a particular group equals the number employed for the group divided by the number of current members for the group. 5 These figures do not add ... ground since the last report relative to their white counterparts in the industry. Meanwhile, the industry position of older writers is much more complex. On the one hand, the opportunity...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20

... movie, the over- all quality of such adaptations has not been good. The fact is, the better the novel, the less likely it is to be made into a great movie. The unique elements of the novel the descriptions ... Most often, the associate producer works as the PRODUCER ’s assistant. If the producer isn’t on the set while the film is shooting, the production manager will usu- ally fulfill many of the producer’s ... usually referred to as first A.D. The bigger the pro- duction, the more likely there will be a second A.D. The assistant director’s job is not to direct the film in the director’s absence, nor to...

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