Popular history • Biography is a popular way to write history. • We try to tell a larger story though a sort of case study of one individual. • We are interested in biographies of celebrities or famous people from ...
A Brief Biography Born in West Virginia, but raised primarily in Harlem, Walter Dean Myers has led an interesting life that is reflected in his writing. His books, which stem largely from his background and interests, are written for children ...
OBJECTIVES By the end of this presentation/lecture , we should be able to understand; Economic planning in Ghana before independence. Economic planning in Ghana after independence. Some limitations to and problems of economic planning in Ghana. TOPIC OUTLINE • Aims/objectives 1 ...
Biography • Dr. Kuei-Min Chen is a professor and Division Chief of the Research Development at the College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. • She earned her Ph.D. degree in Nursing from School of Nursing, University of ...
IN THIS WEBINAR YOU WILL LEARN: • Types of information to share • Making bios user-friendly / unique • Different approaches for presenting the information • Style and formatting basics WHY ARE BIOS IMPORTANT? • Traffic: Everyone loves a picture ...
Parsing the “grammar” of references Each reference is a paragraph. Each reference has four “sentences”: 1.Author 2.Publication date 3.Title 4.Publisher information Find the 4 “sentences” Kozulin, A. (1990). Vygotsky's psychology: A ...
What is recount? • We use recount writing to retell events and describe things that have happened. • Lots of different types of text can recount events and describe things that have happened. Some of these include letter, diary, newspaper ...
Biography • Soumya Banerjee has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico, USA. He worked in Los Alamos National Laboratories while he was in graduate school. Prior to graduate school, he was a software engineer working ...
Aim Modern electrochemistry is a discipline at the interface between chemistry, physics and biology. The lecture series will cover the breadth and depth of modern interdisciplinary electrochemistry. The aim is to provide the students with the knowledge to understand and ...
Biography Dr. Pant is the Director of Interdisciplinary Environmental Science Program, Lehman College, the City University of New York , USA He received Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada in 1998. Research Interest Biogeochemical cycles of Carbon ...
HR Strategies Key to Leader Success Dr. Rita Fields Copper Phoenix Consulting, LLC Biography of Dr. Rita Fields Dr. Fields has nearly two decades of experience in human resources management in information technology, research and education, consulting and healthcare. She ...
Biography George (Georgios) Xydis worked on various projects mainly in Greece that range from a single 10-kW turbine to a 486 MW offshore wind farm. He did work in the wind sector together with developers, utilities, universities, and research institutes ...
What is Memoir? • a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation Examples of Famous Memoirs Memoir vs Autobiography Memoir Autobiography • Centralized around a • Detailed story of the ...
METAPHOR • Metaphor is an important characteristic of human. • Human uses metaphor to explain abstract, new, and difficult concepts. • Widening meaning of metaphor can give new meaning which is influenced by personal interpretation forming socio and cultural-based pattern ...
Does your citation look like this for a book? Title Publisher Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex. New York: Modern Library, 2001. Author Citations are double spaced Location Year Indent This biography of Theodore Roosevelt helped me understand the way in which ...
Today’s Objectives • I can identify the main idea and supporting details from what I read. • I can create a summary using those supporting details. Reading a Biographical text • Text: Chicago Changer Chicag • Task 1: Find ...
Ruskin Bond - Biography th • 19May, 1934 Born • Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh • Now lives in Landour, Mussoorie • The Room on the Roof • The Night Train at ...
Biography A branch of nonfiction: •tells the story of the life -- or part of the life -- of a real person •Focuses on the person’s relation to historical events going on at the time Now Writers ...