The seed of honesty. A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.
Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you.” The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. Leaf-white1.pdf (application/pdf Object) How are you building your life? An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.
He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. What a shock! So it is with us. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. Author Unknown If you find this story useful, please share with a friend! The Morals of Aesop's Fables collection at Together We Teach. Manifold Greatness. Aesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales.
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Telling Stories -- Writing Stories Read to the class the Ashanti fable from West Africa, "Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom in the World. " Go over the following vocabulary from the story: Wise, clever, wisdom, outwit, gourd, chuckle, suitable, journey, creature, progress, proceed. Point out the last line of the story as folk wisdom, a typical ending feature of Ananse stories: "And this is how wisdom came to the world.
" Have students identify characteristics of this story and use this list of elements to collaboratively devise a definition of a fable or trickster tale as a short narrative that uses animal characters with human features to convey some universal truth about human nature and human behavior and to pass down wisdom from earlier generations in ways that can be used for present-day situations. Grimms Fairy Tales Table of Contents. Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page. Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page This CLN Theme Page has links to two types of resources related to the study of Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales.
Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. Please read our disclaimer. Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By. Greek and Latin Roots Words Games. Creating a Board Game Review.
The most important thing I learned... by cdavis. Getting Started: Outlining. Outlining It might prove useful to organize the ideas that suggest themselves during the freewriting and clustering exercises into a preliminary outline form.
It is possible to write a paper without an outline, but it might suggest that your paper lacks organization if it proves impossible to write an outline that describes the thinking process behind your paper. Outlining never hurt; how helpful it is depends on what kind of thinker you are. At the least, a tentative outline can suggest areas in which your paper needs additional work or supporting details to bolster main ideas or, on the other hand, areas which have too much emphasis and need to be pruned down to avoid an imbalance.
Logic in Argumentative Writing. We use logic every day to figure out test questions, plan our budgets, and decide who to date.
We borrow from the vocabulary of logic when we say, "Brilliant deduction" or even "I don't want to argue about it. " In the study of logic, however, each of these terms has a specific definition, and we must be clear on these if we are to communicate. Vocabulary Proposition -- T or F in an argument, but not alone. Can be a premise or conclusion. Is not equal to a sentence. Listen to your roommate, the T.V., and even your profs. Exercises 1-11 (from Copi, Introduction to Logic pp. 85-87) Identify the Fallacies in the Following Passages and Explain how each Specific Passage Involves that Fallacy or Fallacies: 1.
This document is part of a collection of instructional materials used in the Purdue University Writing Lab. Prefix Study. Study Motivation. The reference to study motivation may send shivers down your spine, although it really comes down to what your motivation is in general.
What do you wish to come out of your life and what do you find purpose in? I can tell all of you students this: education is the one material that you will always have linked to you. Beauty and strength will fade… but, education is infinite. Inspirational Quotes - Motivational Quotes - Inspirational Stories. Templates. Language_Arts_Overlay_Gr_6-8_Speaking_and_Writing.pdf (application/pdf Object)