Articles for tag: Homonyms, Homophones

Pass a Transcription Test

After all the hard work you put into your resume and job applications, you finally have a chance to test for a transcription job you can do at home. Then the reality hits. You have to take a test for the job. It does not matter how much past experience or the amount of good ...

Karla News

10 Tips for Proofreading Articles for Mistakes

I have been writing for Associate Content for about two months now, to say that I practice these tips at all times myself isn’t true, and I have had my share of spelling errors and typos, but I am trying my best to learn from my mistakes. One thing I have learned after eighty plus, ...

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Reading Strategies for Elementary Students

Reading is a fundamental skill that children should acquire in their primary years in order to understand the world around them and pursue further knowledge. The National Council of Teachers of English recommend twelve standards including understanding perspectives, exploring genres, implementing strategies, identifying words, recognizing text features, using communication, conducting research, incorporating resources, respecting diversity, ...

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Homonym Lesson Plan

Rationale: Students can improve their writing by learning about the correct use of homonyms, words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings. Students Goals and Objectives: • Use a variety of modes of communication to promote learning (8.2) Students will be reading, writing and speaking about the subject to build on their understanding ...

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James Baldwin’s Another Country: A Masterpiece by a Fighter for Civil Rights

James Baldwin’s “Another Country” (published 1962) really seems to give the reader a lucent glance into the author’s own view of America and Baldwin’s feelings on how America handles diversity. Baldwin’s character Rufus Scott in my judgment has some striking similarities to the character Sonny in Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues.” Like Sonny, Rufus struggles ...