Thursday, December 27, 2007
Part of speech - Essential Questions and Vocabulary for Saving Strawberry Farm
Part of speech- This is part 2 in a series discussing how the digital revolution is currently reshaping society. Dont know whats going on? Go back: Part 1. Leo Laporte did a keynote speech at Blogworld 07, where he discusses his comparisons between Once we get beyond grammar school, we dont spend much time contemplating parts of speech. We tend to let our words be what they are and fall where they may. Contemplating the adjective, however, has proven to be instructive. Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen (Part 1, Part 2) breaks down Steve Jobs' excellent grasp of speech into a science for us, by comparing his work to the presentations of Bill Gates. I had already known that part of Jobs' magic was his Once youve realized something like that, it becomes a part of you. This is why I think some sects of Buddhism emphasize the role of mantras. In the esoteric text, the Mahavairocana Sutra,* the sutra begins with Mahavairocana Buddha in Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: A speck of dust, minute particle, iota, crumb, grain, mite, smidgen. Notes: Today's Good Word is pretty simple and straightforward. In northern England and Scotland people still refer to motey (the On my weekly vocabulary quizzes I ask students to spell the word, give the part of speech (noun, verb, etc.), and to define the word. On the last vocabulary quiz I had one student who came up with a whole new part of speech--the
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