A Watchamacallit and a Thingamabob When I was little during the summers that I spent with other kids playing out in the Catskill Mountains at a summer place some Latvian friends of my parents owned I learned a lot of interesting things. It was information that kids pass to kids and of course if you asked the grown-ups they would say don’t listen to such nonsense. Well two very interesting words I learned were watchamacallit and thingamabob. Looking up in the search I just discovered that my friends knew what they were talking about because watchamacallit is a term you use for things you don’t know or can’t remember the name of. Thingmabob refers to things you don’t know the name of or things that don’t actually exist. So they are pretty
of statistics because it does not ridicule or make its consumers feel bad for needing the product. Instead of being a product of necessity, it can be seen as a useful product used to avoid or prevent digestive issues. Even though both commercials are effective, they differ in regards to how Go-Gurt uses choice words whereas Activia uses pertinent statistics.
The Boys in the Boat gave me a little shock. Actually, I have had a little expectation to read an English book before, so I was so excited and worried. However, the book describes very elaborately, with lots of words I haven’t seen before, what the rowers did. I realized that there were lots of words I don’t know. Moreover, it was hard to memorize the descriptive words because those are too many. Nevertheless, by reading the book again and again, it is getting better, and even it is fun now. I like the feeling that I’m learning the vocabulary every day by just reading instead of memorizing. Anyway, I have learned a lot of words from the The Boys in the Boat, and I like the story in the The boys in the Boat. One of the elements that makes me
I remember when I was in grade six the native chief of the reserve back home in Parry Sound came to our public school and did a big speech on the native medicine wheel. He showed us pictures and diagrams of it and taught us about all the different beliefs and meanings of the colours. They still teach this stuff to children in public school today which is really great considering how long it has actually been around.
books until my eyes became blurry. At my age, studying a new language was indeed not
When I was younger, my mother taught me quite a bit about the world and how it worked.
During adolescence, I began reading and writing through a fundamental learning program called, "Hooked on Phonics." This program consisted of long hours spent reading short novels and writing elementary phrases which were commonly taught in the second and third grade. With the motto, "Improve your child's reading and writing skills in just four weeks!" I was bound to become the next Mark Twain. The method of this course specialized in the improvements of word acquisition rates as well as reading speed; however, it lacked in the area of teaching comprehension. At a young age, I was instilled with the dire need to be highly educated and although I was unable to experience a fun and adventurous childhood like many other children, I am grateful for being raised with a greater knowledge and wisdom than that ingrained in many.
Since kindergarten, my extensive reading also originated my various interests, especially in science. Living within walking distance of the library, I went there every day, enabling me to dabble in a different subject during each visit. By the fourth grade, I had read all the chemistry books containing fewer than 200 pages, by the fifth grade I was reading about Einstein's Theory of Relativity. During that time period, I became so interested in astronomy through Odyssey Magazine that I sold holiday cards door-to-door in order to buy a telescope.
My preschool years are a little fuzzy, but gave me a memory i’ll never forget. I was about 4 years old, me and other children would stand in a big circle while our preschool teacher read to us the book In a Cave. When
Starting second grade, my cousin and I had the same teacher, Mrs. Hrenko. She assigned us text to read, so later that day I went to my cousin’s house to practice the reading. We were sitting in her room and the word island was in the text, and we kept pronouncing it as two separate words, is and land. The following day we went to school and I was called
Vocabulary:This semester,I read the Aesop’s Fables,I learned many new words from those stories. Lots of useful verb and animals’ name,although there still are many words not used in nowadays.
exploring the ways in which I was taught as a child, examining what framework was used for
My parents instilled a passion for reading in me even as a toddler; years later, an excellent,
etc. I always learn something no matter what it is always stays in my mind; on the other hand,
I can credit my mom for giving me the joy of learning. I spent my first five years of life growing up in a small town called Plain. Given the name of Plain I’m sure I don’t have to waste your time explaining the ins and outs of this small community. The one colorful part about Plain was the people who lived there. Being that an elementary school was so far away, the community set up a home school system and my mom was one of the teachers. Having my mom as a teacher in kindergarten was like having recess all day long. However, she could always get me involved using her amazing imagination. When our family had to move to North Fork, Colorado to follow my dad’s job, my mother continued to teach me as well as my brother Andy. Her creativity never stopped...
The ability for children to discover is innate. From birth children discover all sorts of different things about the world around them. It has even been said that "babies are as good at discovery as the smartest adult" (Gopnik, 2005). Discovering is the natural way that children learn. By interacting with the world around them, they ar...