Eliot, George "Daniel Deronda" - 1876 I like the style of the 19th century. I especially like George Eliot's style. She describes the characters extremely well, the problems between the different people are very interesting and everyone seems so alive. There are people whom you will like and others whom you will dislike. The novel gives a lot of information about life at the time, a lot of history, the problem the Jews had all through the centuries. A very interesting book, a lot to read, about 750 pages. George Eliot said herself that she expected a stronger resistance to her book because of the Jewish element. She wanted to depict the Jews with sympathy and understanding and felt that her readers would dislike this. Throughout the whole book I was amazed how much George Eliot knew about the Jews and the problems they were facing, she almost predicted WWII. I loved this book. We discussed this in our book club in June 2003. We also read "Middlemarch" by the same author. From the back cover: "George Eliot's final novel and her most ambitious work, Daniel Deronda contrasts the moral laxity of the British aristocracy with the dedicated fervor of Jewish nationalists. Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply spiritual and altruistic Daniel Deronda. But Deronda, profoundly affected by the discovery of his Jewish ancestry, is ultimately too committed to his own cultural awakening to save Gwendolen from despair."
Find "June" in A Child's Calendar, a collection of twelve of John Updike's poems that describes a child's journey through the seasons from January through December (c. 1965). Caldecott award winning artist Trina Schart Hyman illustrated the collection (c. 1999).
#K8approved books featuring: Legend: The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu, Peace in Amber by Hugh Howey, Hawkeye by Matt Fraction, & Compulsion by Martina Boone.
1) “Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.” – Louis L’Amour 2) “Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life.” – Marcus Aurelius 3) “I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 4) “As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise, you will miss most of your life.” – Buddha 5) “When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole
Punctuation comprises certain marks that show the relationship of words, or used to place emphasis on words.
Many years ago, my sister, Debbie, found this poem somewhere and wrote it down and mailed it to me in a letter. She was going through a divorce at the time (I think I was too) and these words real…
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
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A rare look Geisel’s wartime propaganda illustrations, encouraging Americans to invest in war bonds and help defeat the Axis of Evil.
Dream Song by Walter de la Mare from Poems for Boys and Girls I simply love the imagery in this poem by British poet Walter de la Mare and Lois Maloy has illustrated this book in such a beautiful way. Sadly, I could not find anymore information about Lois. The little bats and the owl make this a perfect poem for this month of Halloween posts! The image for 'Dream Song' has been enhanced using the Pixlr, photo app. Hope you all enjoyed the quirky poem! ~~ Diane ~~
Reading comprehension with five exercises related to family, hobbies and daily routine - present simple, have got, making questions - ESL worksheets
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One of the first words my students learned this year was metacognition or thinking about your thinking. (I was pleased to see that some of...
In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.
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Practice pronouncing the German words for colors, and then color in various things with the correct color.
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
thepoeticunderground: "Windows" June 30th. My poetry book.
BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.
Ah! What a day! The sun is shining! The coffee is iced! And the Book of the Month picks have been confirmed (well the main picks anyway)! You know what that means. Its time for our monthly At A Glance…
