This document defines and provides examples of different forms of drama, including plays, skits, operas, musicals, and monologues. It then provides a short exercise that tests the reader's ability to identify whether a given theatrical rehearsal scenario involves a play, skit, opera, musical, or monologue based on brief descriptions.
The document provides information about the key differences between comedies and tragedies in drama. It notes that comedies emphasize the renewal of human nature and end with freedom, make light of high spirits, evoke recognition of the ridiculous, and suggest cynicism but offer hope for improvement. Tragedies on the other hand emphasize human suffering, end with rigid finality, have a solemn and foreboding mood, evoke pity and fear in audiences, criticize arrogance and complacency, and offer some hope but highlight humanity's limitations. The document then provides brief descriptions of 7 famous plays and asks the reader to identify each as a comedy or tragedy.
This document discusses the three levels of moral dilemmas: individual, organizational, and structural.
Individual moral dilemmas involve personal conflicts of interest. Organizational dilemmas exist between personal and group interests within an organization. Structural dilemmas involve conflicts between sectors, groups, and institutions affected by certain decisions.
Examples of structural dilemmas include differentiation vs. integration when divisions become more complex, gaps vs. overlaps in responsibilities, lack of clarity vs. lack of creativity in job roles, flexibility vs. strict adherence to rules, and centralized vs. decentralized decision making. Resolving moral dilemmas may involve finding alternative options, choosing the greater good, or applying situation ethics.
This document provides a template for analyzing characters in a story by having the reader fill in a character's name and then providing examples or quotes in different categories like words, appearance, thoughts, what others say about the character, and their actions to reveal traits about that character.
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.pdfrooo4
The document provides historical context about Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea". It discusses that the novella was published in 1952 and considered Hemingway's greatest work, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. It also influenced Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novella was part of the Modernist literary period. It then discusses Hemingway's life experiences, including fishing and hunting, that influenced the novella. After years of criticism, "The Old Man and the Sea" was a success that boosted Hemingway's career. Since publication there have been three film adaptations that tried to do justice to Hemingway's story.
This document provides a template for students to identify and analyze two character traits of a character from a story. The template includes spaces for students to write the character trait, and then explain how each trait is revealed through the character's thoughts, words, and actions. Filling out the template helps students understand characters on a deeper level by analyzing specific personality traits.
This document provides instructions for several electronics experiments using basic circuit components like batteries, wires, switches, resistors, diodes, LEDs, motors, and buzzers. The experiments include making a fan, adding a resistor or diode to a fan circuit, making a light with an LED, and constructing a simple noisemaker with a buzzer. Diagrams illustrate the circuit layouts and component connections for each experiment. Brief explanations of electrical concepts like current, resistance, and diode directionality are included. The overall document demonstrates hands-on ways to learn about basic circuits and electronic components.
This document defines and provides examples of different forms of drama, including plays, skits, operas, musicals, and monologues. It then provides a short exercise that tests the reader's ability to identify whether a given theatrical rehearsal scenario involves a play, skit, opera, musical, or monologue based on brief descriptions.
The document provides information about the key differences between comedies and tragedies in drama. It notes that comedies emphasize the renewal of human nature and end with freedom, make light of high spirits, evoke recognition of the ridiculous, and suggest cynicism but offer hope for improvement. Tragedies on the other hand emphasize human suffering, end with rigid finality, have a solemn and foreboding mood, evoke pity and fear in audiences, criticize arrogance and complacency, and offer some hope but highlight humanity's limitations. The document then provides brief descriptions of 7 famous plays and asks the reader to identify each as a comedy or tragedy.
This document discusses the three levels of moral dilemmas: individual, organizational, and structural.
Individual moral dilemmas involve personal conflicts of interest. Organizational dilemmas exist between personal and group interests within an organization. Structural dilemmas involve conflicts between sectors, groups, and institutions affected by certain decisions.
Examples of structural dilemmas include differentiation vs. integration when divisions become more complex, gaps vs. overlaps in responsibilities, lack of clarity vs. lack of creativity in job roles, flexibility vs. strict adherence to rules, and centralized vs. decentralized decision making. Resolving moral dilemmas may involve finding alternative options, choosing the greater good, or applying situation ethics.
This document provides a template for analyzing characters in a story by having the reader fill in a character's name and then providing examples or quotes in different categories like words, appearance, thoughts, what others say about the character, and their actions to reveal traits about that character.
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.pdfrooo4
The document provides historical context about Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea". It discusses that the novella was published in 1952 and considered Hemingway's greatest work, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. It also influenced Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novella was part of the Modernist literary period. It then discusses Hemingway's life experiences, including fishing and hunting, that influenced the novella. After years of criticism, "The Old Man and the Sea" was a success that boosted Hemingway's career. Since publication there have been three film adaptations that tried to do justice to Hemingway's story.
This document provides a template for students to identify and analyze two character traits of a character from a story. The template includes spaces for students to write the character trait, and then explain how each trait is revealed through the character's thoughts, words, and actions. Filling out the template helps students understand characters on a deeper level by analyzing specific personality traits.
This document provides instructions for several electronics experiments using basic circuit components like batteries, wires, switches, resistors, diodes, LEDs, motors, and buzzers. The experiments include making a fan, adding a resistor or diode to a fan circuit, making a light with an LED, and constructing a simple noisemaker with a buzzer. Diagrams illustrate the circuit layouts and component connections for each experiment. Brief explanations of electrical concepts like current, resistance, and diode directionality are included. The overall document demonstrates hands-on ways to learn about basic circuits and electronic components.
The document provides summer reading suggestions for 9th grade students at Maryville Junior High School. It encourages students to make time for reading over summer break and lists benefits such as relieving stress, building skills for college and careers, and developing empathy. The document then provides a list of over 100 book recommendations organized by genre. It provides brief descriptions and suggests titles that would appeal to reluctant readers.
The document compares and contrasts expository and persuasive essays. It provides information on the key elements of each type of essay. Expository essays explain or inform the reader using facts without opinion, while persuasive essays attempt to convince the reader of a position using evidence and reasoning to support an opinion. The document includes examples of thesis statements and paragraphs for each essay type.
The document defines the key components of an argument: claims, reasons, and evidence. A claim is a statement that can be argued, such as "Bob should be elected class president." A reason provides logical support for the claim, like "Bob should be elected because he's a natural leader." Evidence proves that the reason validly supports the claim, for example an anecdote about Bob leading the class on a trip. Readers should evaluate claims for being arguable, reasons for being logical and fair-minded support, and evidence for being relevant and convincing proof.
By recycling aluminum cans, new cans can be made with only 5% of the energy that it takes to make aluminum cans from new material. Americans waste millions of tons of food and other recyclable materials each year, which has negative environmental impacts. If Americans increased recycling rates, it could significantly help the environment by reducing waste and energy usage.
This document provides instructions for students to sort details about gas giants into two paragraphs. It includes two topics - "Gas Giants" and "Jupiter" - for the paragraph topics. Under each topic are letters A-H, which correspond to individual details sentences about gas giants and Jupiter that need to be sorted into the correct paragraphs. The goal is to organize the details sentences under the matching paragraph topic.
Phoebe has an assignment to write an essay about which animal makes the best pet. She has completed research and taken notes. The introduction paragraph will use her notes to discuss how she will argue that the Bombay cat is the best pet by describing its personality traits and why it would be a good companion.
Paul is writing an essay about the pyramids at Giza and has organized his notes into an outline with headings for each pyramid. The introductory paragraph will discuss that the pyramids were tombs for pharaohs, they came in different shapes and sizes, there were about 80 pyramids in Egypt, and the Giza pyramids are the largest and best preserved. The section on the Pyramid of Khufu will discuss its construction timeline, its status as the tallest structure for millennia, how it was built, and that it was built for Pharaoh Khufu. For the Pyramid of Khafre, it will discuss its smaller size than Khufu's,
The document discusses two introductory paragraphs about Tutankhamun and Pharaohs in ancient Egypt. Paragraph one would be about Tutankhamun, summarizing that he became ruler at age nine, ruled for about ten years until his death as a teenager, and scientists still debate the cause of his death. Paragraph two would be about Pharaohs in general, summarizing that there were 225 Pharaohs total, they served as both political and religious leaders, they spent their lives preparing for death, and some were buried in pyramids.
1. The document provides instructions for writing introductory paragraphs for two essays. The first essay discusses how being healthier is easier than one may think by focusing on diet, exercise, sleep, and emotional health. The second essay addresses the key components of training for a marathon, including base mileage, long runs, speed work, and rest/recovery.
2. Sample introductory paragraphs are provided that include a topic sentence stating the main idea and outlining the topics to be discussed in each essay.
The document provides summer reading suggestions for 9th grade students at Maryville Junior High School. It encourages students to make time for reading over summer break and lists benefits such as relieving stress, building skills for college and careers, and developing empathy. The document then provides a list of over 100 book recommendations organized by genre. It provides brief descriptions and suggests titles that would appeal to reluctant readers.
The document compares and contrasts expository and persuasive essays. It provides information on the key elements of each type of essay. Expository essays explain or inform the reader using facts without opinion, while persuasive essays attempt to convince the reader of a position using evidence and reasoning to support an opinion. The document includes examples of thesis statements and paragraphs for each essay type.
The document defines the key components of an argument: claims, reasons, and evidence. A claim is a statement that can be argued, such as "Bob should be elected class president." A reason provides logical support for the claim, like "Bob should be elected because he's a natural leader." Evidence proves that the reason validly supports the claim, for example an anecdote about Bob leading the class on a trip. Readers should evaluate claims for being arguable, reasons for being logical and fair-minded support, and evidence for being relevant and convincing proof.
By recycling aluminum cans, new cans can be made with only 5% of the energy that it takes to make aluminum cans from new material. Americans waste millions of tons of food and other recyclable materials each year, which has negative environmental impacts. If Americans increased recycling rates, it could significantly help the environment by reducing waste and energy usage.
This document provides instructions for students to sort details about gas giants into two paragraphs. It includes two topics - "Gas Giants" and "Jupiter" - for the paragraph topics. Under each topic are letters A-H, which correspond to individual details sentences about gas giants and Jupiter that need to be sorted into the correct paragraphs. The goal is to organize the details sentences under the matching paragraph topic.
Phoebe has an assignment to write an essay about which animal makes the best pet. She has completed research and taken notes. The introduction paragraph will use her notes to discuss how she will argue that the Bombay cat is the best pet by describing its personality traits and why it would be a good companion.
Paul is writing an essay about the pyramids at Giza and has organized his notes into an outline with headings for each pyramid. The introductory paragraph will discuss that the pyramids were tombs for pharaohs, they came in different shapes and sizes, there were about 80 pyramids in Egypt, and the Giza pyramids are the largest and best preserved. The section on the Pyramid of Khufu will discuss its construction timeline, its status as the tallest structure for millennia, how it was built, and that it was built for Pharaoh Khufu. For the Pyramid of Khafre, it will discuss its smaller size than Khufu's,
The document discusses two introductory paragraphs about Tutankhamun and Pharaohs in ancient Egypt. Paragraph one would be about Tutankhamun, summarizing that he became ruler at age nine, ruled for about ten years until his death as a teenager, and scientists still debate the cause of his death. Paragraph two would be about Pharaohs in general, summarizing that there were 225 Pharaohs total, they served as both political and religious leaders, they spent their lives preparing for death, and some were buried in pyramids.
1. The document provides instructions for writing introductory paragraphs for two essays. The first essay discusses how being healthier is easier than one may think by focusing on diet, exercise, sleep, and emotional health. The second essay addresses the key components of training for a marathon, including base mileage, long runs, speed work, and rest/recovery.
2. Sample introductory paragraphs are provided that include a topic sentence stating the main idea and outlining the topics to be discussed in each essay.