Carrie Greynolds
I am an English teacher in the mountains of West Virginia. Currently I'm taking an online course to create a virtual field trip.
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Cuba. My Trip to Cuba. Descriptive Essay. Summary: The Modes of Discourse—Exposition, Description, Narration, Argumentation (EDNA)—are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes.
Although these genres have been criticized by some composition scholars, the Purdue OWL recognizes the wide spread use of these approaches and students’ need to understand and produce them. Contributors:Jack Baker, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth AngeliLast Edited: 2013-03-10 01:34:44 What is a descriptive essay? Descriptive Writing. More than many other types of essays, descriptive essays strive to create a deeply involved and vivid experience for the reader.
Great descriptive essays achieve this affect not through facts and statistics but by using detailed observations and descriptions. What do you want to describe? Descriptive/Narrative Writing. To write a narrative essay, you’ll need to tell a story (usually about something that happened to you) in such a way that he audience learns a lesson or gains insight. To write a descriptive essay, you’ll need to describe a person, object, or event so vividly that the reader feels like he/she could reach out and touch it.
Tips for writing effective narrative and descriptive essays: Tell a story about a moment or event that means a lot to you--it will make it easier for you to tell the story in an interesting way! Narrative Writing. Summary: The Modes of Discourse—Exposition, Description, Narration, Argumentation (EDNA)—are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes.
Although these genres have been criticized by some composition scholars, the Purdue OWL recognizes the wide spread use of these approaches and students’ need to understand and produce them. Contributors:Jack Baker, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth AngeliLast Edited: 2013-07-30 01:39:00 What is a narrative essay? When writing a narrative essay, one might think of it as telling a story. Here are some guidelines for writing a narrative essay. If written as a story, the essay should include all the parts of a story.
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Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation. Day 1: Touring the Island. Interactive Map of Cuba. Cuba Travel Information: Lonely Planet. Trapped in a time-warp, Cuba is like a prince in a poor man's coat.
Behind the sometimes shabby facades, gold dust lingers. Mildewed Magnificence There ought to be a banner in the arrivals hall at Havana airport that reads 'Abandon preconceptions, all ye who enter here.' Prepare yourself to be shocked, perplexed, confounded and amazed. Cuba is a country with no historical precedents: economically poor, but culturally rich; visibly mildewed, but architecturally magnificent; infuriating, yet at the same time, strangely uplifting. Historical Heritage. Cuba Travel Information: US Gov. Cuba Travel Information: BBC. Cuba has survived more than 40 years of US sanctions intended to topple the government of Fidel Castro.
It also defied predictions that it would not survive the collapse of its one-time supporter, the Soviet Union. Old Havana. Day 2: Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico covers a surface area of 579,153 sq miles (1.5 million sq km), and is measured 994 miles (1,600 km) west to east, and 559 miles (900 km) north to south. Though somewhat shallow along the coastal continental shelf areas, it plunges to an (estimated) maximum depth of over 13,123 ft (4,000 m) in the Sigsbee Deep, a flat abyss portion in the southwestern Gulf. Sea water from the Caribbean Sea enters the Gulf through the Yucatan Strait; it then circulates (rather quickly) in a clockwise loop current before exiting the gulf through the Florida Straits into the Atlantic Ocean, forming the Gulf Stream, one of the most powerful water currents on the planet. 20 major fresh-water river systems drain into the Gulf, and near 65% of all river volume (and pollution) flows into this massive body of water through the Mississippi River Delta.
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The Current TV staff has appreciated your interest, support, participation and unflagging loyalty over the years. Your contributions helped make Current.com a vibrant place for discussing thousands of interesting stories, and your continued viewership motivated us to keep innovating and find new ways to reflect the voice of the people. We now welcome the on-air and digital presence of Al Jazeera America, a new news network committed to reporting on and investigating real stories affecting the lives of everyday Americans in every corner of the country. Gulf of Mexico Deep Diving. Santiago Shows You the Sights. Santiago. Day 3: Virgin of Cobre. The Virgin of Charity (La Virgen de la Caridad) is a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary in the mining town of El Cobre, outside Santiago in southwest Cuba.
Her shrine is the most important religious site on the entire island. A focus of intese popular devotion—not just for Catholics but also for followers of Santería and even those who aren't otherwise religious—the beloved Virgin of Charity was declared the patron saint of Cuba by the pope in 1916. History. Virgin Of Charity of Cobre: Cuba's Patron Saint Is A Dominant National Symbol (PHOTOS)
EL COBRE, Cuba -- She's 400 years old and stands just over a foot (35 centimeters) tall, but the petite wooden statue housed in a small-town church in eastern Cuba is among the most powerful Catholic icons in the world, and an object of pride and reverence for hundreds of thousands of island faithful.
The Virgin of Charity of Cobre is also responsible, at least partially, for persuading Pope Benedict XVI to make Cuba the second stop on his Latin America tour, despite the fact this Communist-run island is the least observantly Catholic country in the region and that it received a papal visit just 14 years ago. The Vatican has said Benedict is making the trip to honor the quadricentennial of the appearance of the diminutive relic in what Catholics believe was a miracle.
Day 4: Joe DiMaggio. Joe DiMaggio Game Footage. Joe DiMaggio Baseball Hall of Fame. Joseph Paul DiMaggio Born: November 25, 1914, Martinez, California Died: March 8, 1999, Hollywood, Florida Played For: New York Yankees (1936-1942, 1946-1951) Elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers: 1955 Biography:
Day 5; Lions in Cuba's National Zoo. African Lion Facts. Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. Prides are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride's lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male.
African Lion Video. Lions Quiz. Lion Symbol. Day 6: Blue Marlin. Blue Marlin Fishopedia. Blue Marlin Facts. Fish Facts. Blue Marlin Fishing Tips. The blue Marlin is a large game fish that naturally lives in saltwater. The average weight of the blue Marlin ranges from 100 to 500 lbs. They have an average body length of six to ten feet and can be found mainly in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Blue Marlin: Adventure Fishing. Blue Marlin Fishing. Blue Marlins are characterized as big game saltwater fish. The average weight of a blue marlin is anywhere from one hundred to five hundred pounds or possibly more. Blue Marlin Tough Catch Video. Day 7: Mako Shark. Shortfin Mako Shark. Mako Shark: Perfect Predators.
Fish Match Game. Shark Jigsaw Puzzle.