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Semantic and pragmatic deficits in student language development

Semantics envisages language meaning and the term focuses on the interpretation of individual words and the denotations that arise from word combinations (Chapter 7, n.d.). The word 'song' can elucidate on this definition.

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The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986

EMTALA stands for Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act and was passed in 1986 to guarantee the public has access to emergency services irrespective of the ability to pay. The main reason for its implementation is section 1867 of the Social Security Act.

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Integrating health literature into ESL and adapted physical education curricula

Health and PE literacy is essential for today's students, especially as obesity and the potential for developing diabetes later in life spreads across the globe like an epidemic.

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Covert hate groups operating in New York City

Because of its cosmopolitan sensibilities, many of us forget that New York City also harbors hate groups. Yet according to the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate map," 44 groups from the KKK to jihadist groups operate in the city.

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Using technology and multimedia to support young ESL writers

This week's readings have been helpful in showing that it is important to consider the challenges that new writers face -- especially if those writers are young ESL's.

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Using reflective journals and portfolio assessment to develop student writing skills

The language objective for my students would be to maintain a reflective journal about something they read during the week. This could a blog, a newspaper, a magazine, a book, an e-book, etc. The journal should be about what they read, what they thought about it, why they read it, and so on.

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Modified self-assessment rubric for fourth-grade paragraph writing

The rubric assessment I utilized came from Schrock (2014) -- her website which contains many different rubrics for a number of disciplines.

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Allied and Axis military strategies during World War II

The Allies power were the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. However, the Axis were German, Japan and Italy. The mission of allies was to liberate Europe and the Pacific against German insurgency. However, the mission of Axis power was to take over the world and kill all Jews.

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Weekend summer camp program for low-income children

The social program that targets children from low income families of interest in this context is the weekend summer camp. This is a program within the township that I hail from.

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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in American public education

When it comes to the educational system of the United States, it is clear that there are a number of factors and facets that influence and bounce off of each other.

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