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Passing my pride on to my daughters and my students
Stephanie, , Bio, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Dominican Pride, LUTE-STEM, 2My name is Stephanie Melo and I was born in Brooklyn NY. At the age of 10, my parents...
Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
Israel, , Language, Writing & Communication, Afghanistan, Orange Cove High School, 0The article “Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan (BTW) discusses the current situation in Afghanistan and how certain countries plan on...
Navajo Language in Movies
Yarelli, , Language, Writing & Communication, languages, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Navajo Nation Museum Spreads LAnguage Through Movies”(Mcgraw Hill) I learned that the Navajo language is rapidly...
Teachers
Asher, , Arts & Entertainment, Language, Memoir Photos, NowComment, Oscars, Point of View, Questioning and posing problems, Read/Write Poems, Scratch, Stress, Teachers as Learners, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Writing & Communication, Youth Activism, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Teachers, 1I believe that teachers have a negative impact on student lives such as bad teachers and toxic environments such...
How to speak Portuguese
Roni, , Habits of Mind, Language, Writing & Communication, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, language, portuguese, 2How can people learn to speak Portuguese better, first study the language and then you will be able to...
Nurturing Eyesight
Eleanor, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Language, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #blog, RHS, 0All around the world, people have different perceptions of eyesight. Some people have it worse than others. This could...
In the article, Helping Refugees Succeed (Upfront), I learned that there are people in this world who have seen...
Learning Sign Language
Anna, , Goals, Language, Writing & Communication, communication, rosaryhighschool, Sign Language, 1Although Sign Language is not a language that is spoken with one’s mouth, it can still be as difficult...
Words in Sound and Shape
Hannah, , Fall 2020, Language, Showcase, pen to paper, Power of language, RHS, Thinking out loud, 2The beauty of language reveals itself in how distinctly it touches a person’s identity in both written and spoken...
The Power of Language
Ashley, , Fall 2020, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Power of language, RHS, 2Language isn’t just about words, even if dictionaries state otherwise. Most of us communicate through words, yes, be that...
The Power of Sign Language
Meghan, , Fall 2020, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Writing & Communication, Power of language, RHS, 0Language is one of the aspects of society that sets us apart the most. However, it can also bring...
The Power of Language Involved in Mental Health
Haley, , Fall 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, Language, Showcase, Power of language, RHS, 0Imagine if you woke up one day and no one said a word. The way we talk defines who...
The Power of Language Through Reading
Maria, , Fall 2020, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Writing & Communication, Power of language, RHS, 2When a child is born the parents document everything, first smile, first outfit, and most importantly first word. Almost...
Communication is Key
Maddie, , Fall 2020, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Writing & Communication, Power of language, RHS, 3Growing up I have always admired the way my mom communicated with her various environments. Mainly the assisted living...
The Power of Language in Music
Jessica, , Fall 2020, Language, Music, Quality Education, Showcase, music, Power of language, RHS, 5Music has become such a common occurrence in our daily lives. Whether it be on your car radio, from...
Communicating With Children Through Literature
Izzy, , Language, Literary Essay, Writing & Communication, Literature, poweroflanguage, RHS, 2Children’s literature, with easy to read stories and colorful pictures, has served as a backbone for teaching various lessons...
Power of Language
Isabella, , Fall 2020, Language, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Writing, Writing & Communication, RHS, writing creatively, 2The power of language builds communities that can connect and understand each other. In addition, language forms an aspect...
The Power of Language: An Exploration of Literature
Madison, , Fall 2020, Language, Writing & Communication, Literature, poweroflanguage, RHS, 1It is in language, the ink blotted on a page, the deep rasp of spoken word, or even the...
The Importance of Sign Language
Anna, , Language, Writing & Communication, communication, Sign Language, Thepoweroflangauge, 1As the world grows more diverse and strives to become a more accepting environment overall, the ability to communicate...
“English is our language no exceptions learn it”
Keily, , Fall 2019, Immigration, Language, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Writing & Communication, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 4By observing the imagine and examine the quote i can say that the message is; If you’re an immigrant...
Literacy Skills in Defining Yourself
Catherine, , Fall 2019, Language, Showcase, The Hate U Give, Okemos High School, 1“Literacy is. . .the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can...
At Home in a Strange Space
Ryan, , Art, Fall 2019, Language, Quality Education, Religion, Showcase, Summer 2019, 2019 Summer Invitational Leadership Institute of the New York City Writing Project, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0We moved sometime during the spring, so renewal must have been at the forefront of my mom’s mind: new...
Language, Power, and Society
Mame, , Getting Started, History, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2018, New York City Writing Project's 2018 ELLs Academy, 0How were all these words created?(vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, spelling, term) power colonialism, How did people use to...
Breathe Life Into Shakespeare
Sophie, , Art, Books or Plays, Language, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, hamlet, king claudius, Shakespeare, 0Hamlet 4.5.59-79 The character I played was King Claudius. I learned that tone, inflection, and pacing are very important...
Othello Close Reading
Hannah, , Language, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, #everyone # Love #Acceptance # shakespeare, 0Emilia 4.2.159-169 A halter pardon him! and hell gnaw his bones! Why should he call her whore? who keeps...
Othello Close Reading
Billy, , Language, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, Analysis, Close Reading, Othello, Shakespeare, 0First Passage Paraphrase Desdemona (1.3.208-218) Father This is very hard for me as I am torn between two duties...
Othello Analysis
Mason, , Books or Plays, Language, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, #Shakespear, Literature, Othello, 0Desdemona, 1.3.208-218: In this passage Desdemona is confronting her father about her and Othello’s secret marriage and explaining to him...
Othello Analysis
Sophie, , Art, Books or Plays, Language, Quality Education, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, Desdemona, Othello, Shakespeare Analysis, 0Desdemona 1.3.208-218: This paragraph is about Desdemona professing her love and obedience to her father, but telling her father...
How Can Translation Be Harmful to Understanding?
Jacqueline, , Language, Showcase, Spring 2018, culture, language, linguistics, society, World, 2Translations are an integral part of our world. Books are translated, movies are translated, even live events are translated....
Without Literature, the human mind enters the realm of insanity.
Judge Thomas, , Language, Psychology, Research Help, Science, Wonder, insanity, Literature, 1The process of my research thus far concerning human interaction and the way humans emulate, or try to emulate,...
Why Do Language Barriers Exist?
Jacqueline, , Fall 2017, Language, Showcase, Spring 2018, language, linguistics, words, writing, 1With a near 7,000 distinct languages, there must be significant difference between one speech pattern and another across the...
Does Grammar Really Exist?
Jacqueline, , Fall 2017, Language, Showcase, Spring 2018, culture, language, linguistics, 0One subject at the base of linguistics is grammar. It is the sentence order and the way we speak....
Why memorization doesn’t work
PJ, , Books or Plays, Call to Action, Fall 2017, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Language, Media, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, aplang18, education, teenager, USA, 8US curriculum is one of the worst ways of “grading” one’s intellect. We use these ideas of memory and...
As an ENL student.some time in my another class I don’t ever Know what Teacher saying .because I don’t...
In my opinion, I agree with the idea of using a person’s home language to help them learn English...
A lot of kids in ESL are Spanish-speakers and learning English, but there are other kinds of ESL students...
The problem with education
PJ, , Community, Fall 2017, Happiness, Language, Quality Education, Science, Showcase, Stress, Student-Centered, education, reform, schooling, students, 2America’s education system was created in the nineteenth century and has been weakened throughout the years to a point...
I first learned English in the 3rd grade. I grew up speaking Spanish because my family came from Mexico...
My name is Xuefeng, I am from China, and I came to the US being two-half years. In my...
I define my culture by saying sometimes the stuff we do can be crazy. And sometimes you can...
The most difficult thing you lose through immigration is I lost 5 years of spending time with my dad....
My name is Franciely Paulino. I was born and raised in Samana, a touristy city in the Dominican Republic....
Last month in New Jersey a student was speaking Spanish and told by a teacher, “Speak American.” Maybe...
Learn a New Language, To Learn More Ideas
Ishak, , Language, Showcase, Park Slope Collegiate, yemen, 5My name is Ishak, and I come from Yemen. My parents speak Arabic to me. I came to the...
Every time I look at my parents’ picture of the day they got married, I enjoy it because they...
Can suppressing information and knowledge hinder society in the way it progresses into the future?
Judge Thomas, , Community, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Happiness, Inquiry, Language, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, 1984, brave new world, future, independence, power, questioning authority, society, 11984 and Brave New World contain key attributes that define the way each society behaves. These attributes...
Does us think lesser because internet?
Eric, , Argument, Books or Plays, Community, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Inquiry, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Technology, internet, language, Postmann, thought, 1Every second, the internet transfers over 51 thousand gigabytes of data, and each day Google processes over 3.5 billion...
So, how about my room? Actually, my room is not much big, but...
Once every week, the family gets together to make tamales for the store my grandmother left for us and...
In the picture above are magnets from different places like Orlando Florida, Punta Cana ( Dominican Republic ), Atlantic...
Every time I look at my parents’ picture of the day they got married, I like it because...
My name is Mabel and I was born in the Dominican Republic. I am 15 years old, I lived...
My name is Carlos and it is important to know that I am from Chicago and I came...
There was this teacher and all the students were involved in a situation in a public school in...
Today South Africa decided to rise up against the brutality of a white-only government to change South Africa....
Vianery Cabrera was one of the students involved in this problem. This event took place two weeks ago in...
Mouthwatering Empanadas
Manuel, , Fall 2017, Garza's Art, Latino Power, Showcase, Zero Hunger, #LatinAmericanFOOD, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I remember every Christmas when my mom and I made empanadas. She cooked the stuffing and left in in...
Chicano Folk Art Response
Adam, , Fall 2017, Garza's Art, Showcase, carmen lomas garza faith healer, Park Slope Collegiate, 1Hello, my daughter; You’re on my mind Because you somehow you in poor health But you’re response to any...
Social media play in society today
Chloe, , Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Language, Media, Media and Message, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, language, Social Media, technology, 581 percent of Americans use some sort of social media platform today. 1.96 billion people use social media worldwide...
Speak “American”
Ishak, , American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Language, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Park Slope Collegiate, 2Two weeks ago, in Cliffside Park High School in N.J., the English teacher said to two students when they...