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English Words Class Learning
832 wordsI chose to do my observation on a small (12 students) elementary ESL class. The students in this class ranged from second grade up to fifth grade and all are fairly fluent in English, but come from homes that use Spanish as the primary language. The day began with a rehearsal of a play this class will be performing for the first graders. This play calls for the children to read, understand, and memorize the parts of such characters as the narrator, a donkey, cat, rooster, robbers, police, dog, a...
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Female Personnel Conducting Style Choir
768 wordsEnsemble size: Approximately 20 members Division of parts: The music structure sounded like it was in four or five parts. There were 7 sopranos, 6 altos, 1 tenor and 4 basses singing on this occasion. Layout: To the left of the conductor were the sopranos, infront of the conductor was the tenor and behind the tenor were the basses, that just leaves the altos who were to the right. (see fig 1) Sopranos (7), Tenor (1) Altos (6) Repertoire: All Creatures Now J. Bennet, Of All The Birds That I Do Kn...
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Music In This Movie Singing And Playing Mood
432 wordsThe film that I chose to do my report on is Jerry Maguire. The basic style of music in this movie varies. There are some scenes in the movie that plays rap music in the background. The styles of music differs from scene-to scene. For example, at one point in the movie Jerry is in his car changing the radio stations and some of the styles included rock, vocal, and country. It effected the mood because Jerry was in a very happy mood and all his problems went away, he was singing as loud as he coul...
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The Celtic Voice In Walter Scotts Waverley
1,128 wordsThe Celtic Voice in Walter Scott's 'Waverley' One aspect of this novel which may not have received its due attention is Scott's emphasis on the strength and vitality of traditional Scottish culture, especially folk poetry and music. The presence of such an element is hardly surprising, in as much as Scott's first important literary work was an edition of Scottish folk ballads ('Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border', 1803). The Celtic cultural aspect of 'Waverley' is scarcely mentioned by the author...
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Mi Gale Research Detroit Gale Research
1,840 words... The trials and tribulations that Frank had to go through to receive his first Holy Communion was an ordeal in itself. Now on his special day, his grandmother makes a spectacle out of him. But these problems were minor. Every child goes through embarrassing moments in their life, but Frank's problems with the Church continued. Frank never received the same opportunities that other children had. On two different times, the Church slammed the door on Frank's face. We don't have room for him say...
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Dramatic Effect Good Idea
777 wordsIf you were directing Act 2 Scene 2, how would you do it? This is how Act Two Scene Two may be directed in an excellent, effective way. Including some different usages of facial expressions, speech expressions and including the set design. A good set design would be a dark forest at night. There would be a full moon. It would be good to use nightly sounds like crickets. This would not just make this scene work but it adds a good effect to the whole play. In this scene, Titania is a very calm cha...
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Band Members One Meaning
1,144 words... flow together. .".. The lights are getting brighter, the radio is moaning, calling to the dogs, there are still a few animals- left out in the yard, and its getting HARDER, to describe... ." This is where you get an idea of where the origins of this song are. This clearly depicts a really hard LSD hallucination. It gives the listener at this point an incite into where Morrison is coming from. The next few lines Morrison does in a way that adds to this feeling as well. Morrison sings them in ...
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Britney Spears A Woman I Admire
528 wordsThere are many women that have an impact on my life; however, the question is how many of them do I look up to? Of course the most obvious person is my very own mother, but that made me think who else deserves to join this circle of reverence. Some names entered my mind, but do I really admire them? It is clear that women that enter my daily life like Oprah Winfrey have an impression on me, but impact and admiration do not always go hand in hand. Then I realized who I really admire: Britney Spea...
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The Odyssey And Lysistrata Lust
1,389 wordsLust is defined as an intense longing or a sexual desire. It is a common theme in literature; particularly in classic Greek literature. The reason it is so prevalent in literature is that is prevalent in our daily lives. Everyone lusts after something or someone. It is an interesting topic to examine closely, and classic literature is an excellent medium for such an investigation. Two works I have studied, in which lust is a theme, are an epic, Homer's The Odyssey, and a play, Aristophanes Lysis...
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Play Football Quality Education
773 wordsSo those places which have different latitudes receive unequal heading by the sun, and that is the fundamental reason of producing wind... ' One afternoon of early winter, the geography teacher systematically talks on why we have wind, bringing a lot of sound of making notes. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the window open, like an unexpected guest, gently touched my face, and I realized I was absent of mind. Then you were indeed absent of mind just now? Oh, well yes. What were you thinking about ...
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Brothers And Sisters University Of Michigan
1,083 wordsMadonna Louise Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan. Madonna is one of the most successful artists in the history of popular music. No other female singer in music has been as successful over such a long time. At the age of five, Madonna lost her mother to breast cancer, this had an effect on her music throughout her life. After the death of her mother, her and her brothers and sisters were sent to live with various relatives. After a couple of years her father remarried an...
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African American Blues Jazz
1,108 wordsAlthough the enslaved African people who were brought to America could not bring their musical instruments with them, they did not forget their musical traditions. Some slaves were not allow to speak their native language in American and added their own traditions styles to European American songs and Dances. They passed on traditional African musical styles from generation to generation. Gradually, several styles of African American music emerged in the United States. Today, two of the best sty...
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Recording Artist R Amp
722 wordsMariah Carey was born and raised in New York by her mother. She began singing at the age of four. By the time she was in junior high, she had begun to write songs. After her high school graduation, she got her fist big break, singing backup for Brenda K. Starr, a break that led to her signing with Columbia Records. Mariah always knew that she would be a singing star. Mariah's father was black and Venezuelan. Her mother, the daughter of Irish immigrants, was an opera singer. Mariah took after her...
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Holden Finds Holden Notices Child
256 wordsCatcher In The Rye: Holden's Break Happiness Abbreviated Happiness After Holden Caulfield returns to his native New York and rents a room in a sleep hotel, he makes a date with Sally Hayes. Before this date, Holden finds himself wandering the streets of the naked city. He is feeling depressed and finds himself on Broadway trying to purchase a record for his sister. After making this purchase, Holden notices a poor family walking in front of him. This unit is composed of a father, mother, and lit...
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V Chip Good Point
856 wordsCensorship The song [Cop Killer] is fiction, not fact. At no point did I go out and say Lets do it. I am singing in the first person as a character who is fed up with police brutality. I aint never killed no cop. I felt like it a lot of times. But I never did -Rapper Ice-T, National Review, July 20, 1992. Statements such as that has started an on going debate about censorship in the television and music industry. What exactly is censorship? Some feel censorship is a violation of the their rights...
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Cigarette Ads Cigarette Companies
916 wordsWhat are cigarette advertisements really selling you? When we look at cigarette advertising in today s society we see that it portrays smoking as a non-harmful addiction. If you spend some time looking through a magazine, I guarantee that you will stumble upon at least seven different cigarette ads from such popular companies as Camel to Marlboro. Each ad gives you a different perspective at each brands ideal image of cigarette smoking. Of course we all remember Joe Camel, the retired mascot for...
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Louis Armstrong King Oliver
924 wordsKnown as the King of Jazz, Louis Stachmo Armstrong was one of the most important figures in early jazz. He was said to have defined jazz music. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on jazz as Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900 in New Orleans. He grew up singing on the streets of New Orleans at a young age and had a troubled childhood. At the age of twelve he was placed in the Waifs Home For Boys for firing a gun into the air. However, at this home for boys...
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Chelsea House Publishers Life And Times
697 wordsThe Life and Times of Frank Sinatra By Esme Hawes Chelsea House Publishers Philadelphia &# 61651; 1998 Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. He later became known as Frank Sinatra and one of the greatest entertainers of his time. American singers, Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday, influenced Frank. Sinatra then developed a vocal phrasing in his music that influenced generations of popular vocalists. Sinatra anticipated the decline of big-band instrumental ja...
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Concept Of Voodoo Death Concept Of Voodoo Sorcery
698 wordsVoodoo Death and the Mechanism for Dispatch of the Dying in East Arnhem, Australia This article talks about how among the Margin of Australia, many illnesses and death are caused by witchcraft or sorcery. Voodoo death has seemed to be the most common usage and it is said that sorcery may be associated with this practice. The term voodoo death is usually referred to as psycho cultural or death by suggestion. In the past, many reports on voodoo death have been anecdotal because they were not being...
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Deserted Rural Lane Person Has A Flat Tire Group
868 wordsLast week while visiting the Whitney Museum, in Manhattan, I made a point of it to sing as I walked amongst the exhibit. This sort of behavior is usually discouraged in museums because one normally wouldn t care to hear another person singing while they were trying to view the artwork. It just so happened that because it was the middle of the day, on a Thursday afternoon, the museum had very few people in it, and I don t think any one expressed discomfort or dislike to my singing! Two of the gua...
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