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Graca Martins

Chronology: History of English - 0 views

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  • Graca Martins on 23 Jul 11
     
    Chronology of Events in the History of English pre-600 A.D. THE PRE-ENGLISH PERIOD ca. 3000 B.C. (or 6000 B.C?) Proto-Indo-European spoken in Baltic area. (or Anatolia?) ca. 1000 B.C. After many migrations, the various branches of Indo-European have become distinct. Celtic becomes most widespread branch of I.E. in Europe; Celtic peoples inhabit what is now Spain, France, Germany, Austria, eastern Europe, and the British Isles. 55 B.C. Beginning of Roman raids on British Isles. 43 A.D. Roman occupation of Britain. Roman colony of "Britannia" established. Eventually, many Celtic Britons become Romanized. (Others continually rebel). 200 B.C.-200 A.D. Germanic peoples move down from Scandinavia and spread over Central Europe in successive waves. Supplant Celts. Come into contact (at times antagonistic, at times commercial) with northward-expanding empire of Romans. Early 5th century. Roman Empire collapses. Romans pull out of Britain and other colonies, attempting to shore up defense on the home front; but it's useless. Rome sacked by Goths. Germanic tribes on the continent continue migrations west and south; consolidate into ever larger units. Those taking over in Rome call themselves "Roman emperors" even though the imperial administration had relocated to Byzantium in the 300s. The new Germanic rulers adopted the Christianity of the late Roman state, and began what later evolved into the not-very-Roman "Holy Roman Empire". ca. 410 A.D. First Germanic tribes arrive in England. 410-600 Settlement of most of Britain by Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, some Frisians) speaking West Germanic dialects descended from Proto-Germanic. These dialects are distantly related to Latin, but also have a sprinkling of Latin borrowings due to earlier cultural contact with the Romans on the continent. Celtic peoples, most of whom are Christianized, are pushed increasingly (despite occasional violent uprisings) into the marginal areas of Britain: Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Rick Beach

AP Classes Are a Scam - John Tierney - The Atlantic - 12 views

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    How AP courses enhance stratification within schools between AP versus non-AP courses.
Van Piercy

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • “Who could have known that, unless someone taught them?”
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      Or unless you read more.
  • Some writing experts caution that championing expository and analytic writing at the expense of creative expression is shortsighted.
  • formulaic instruction
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  • foster creativity
  • to find their voice
  • The school’s success suggests that perhaps certain instructional fundamentals—fundamentals that schools have devalued or forgotten—need to be rediscovered, updated, and reintroduced. And if that can be done correctly, traditional instruction delivered by the teachers already in classrooms may turn out to be the most powerful lever we have for improving school performance after all.
  • Research has shown that thinking, speaking, and reading comprehension are interconnected and reinforced through good writing instruction
  • writing
  • that I could say and write the things I know
Van Piercy

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • teaching the basics of analytic writing, every day, in virtually every class.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      So they were going to a WAC/WID curriculum? Makes sense.
  • a coherent, well-turned paragraph
  • the essay questions were just too difficult. Many would simply write a sentence or two and shut the test booklet.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      So they just didn't know how to think? No one had taught them to think. Cf. Philips-Exeter and the Harkness table.
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  • bad writing
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      The centrality of writing
  • inability to translate thoughts into coherent, well-argued sentences, paragraphs, and essays
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      Formalism?
  • on teaching the skills that underlie good analytical writing,
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      The skills underlying good writing--not just formalism?
  • To be able to think critically and express that thinking, it’s where we are going,”
  • the importance of formal writing instruction
  • constructing personal narratives, memoirs, and small works of fiction—
  • write informative and persuasive essays.
  • David Coleman
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 25 Mar 13
       
      So wait, is Coleman the architect of New Dorp's success? No.
  • Students’ inability to translate thoughts into coherent, well-argued sentences, paragraphs, and essays was severely impeding intellectual growth in many subjects
  • teaching the basics of analytic writing, every day
  • DeAngelis
  • ­roughly 40 percent of students are poor, a third are Hispanic, and 12 percent are black
  • Her decision in 2008 to focus on how teachers supported writing inside each classroom was not popular.
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