a word a day A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg We equate French with sophistication and when we import French words into English, we look at them with rose-colored glasses. We often give them special meanings. In French, concubin/concubine are simply people living together. In English, a concubine has a more specialized sense: a mistress. This week we'll feature five terms from French that relate to love, lust, and sex. risque or risqué (ri-SKAY) adjective: Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety, especially in a sexually suggestive manner. From Fremch risqué (risky), past participle of risquer (to risk). "A woman who was fired from her job at a NY lingerie business says she was fired because her employer complained her work attire was too risque." "The normally pristine Senator Evan Bayh made a risqué joke about a fellow Indianan from a town called French Lick."
Index English Vocabulary Exercises Developmental Reading Assessment®, 2nd Edition PLUS (DRA2+) The Basics The DRA2 Benchmark Assessment measures each student’s reading proficiency through systematic observation, recording, and evaluating of performance. Administer the Benchmark Assessment to identify an instructional plan that will meet the needs of each student. The Process By following the straightforward, four-step process, the DRA2 Benchmark Assessment pinpoints student strengths, abilities, and needs. Step 1: Reading Engagement Observe Student reading habits, preferences, and goals Step 2: Oral Reading Fluency Analyze and record oral reading Step 3: Comprehension Evaluate how well students understand the information they have read Step 4: Teacher Analysis Use Assessment results to personalize instruction to meet the needs of every learner The Package The DRA2+ K-3 Comprehensive Package includes: Download Brochure **Also available in Spanish Evaluación del desarrollo de la lectura®
English Vocabulary Quizzes Using Images a4esl.org English Vocabulary Quizzes Using Images Quizzes to Help You Learn and Review Vocabulary This is a part of The Internet TESL Journal's Activities for ESL Students <HR NOSHADE SIZE=99><h1>Warning</h2><B>These quizzes require a JavaScript-enabled browser</b><BR><TT>You have JavaScript disabled or a browser that doesn't support JavaScript. Start with an Easy One Colors Nouns Verbs Adjectives External Link Visit Charles Kelly's English Vocabulary Games with PicturesLearn and Review English Words Using Images 100 Words for Facial Expressions By Mark Nichol Face it — sometimes you must give your readers a countenance-based clue about what a character or a subject is feeling. First try conveying emotions indirectly or through dialogue, but if you must fall back on a descriptive term, try for precision: 1. Absent: preoccupied 2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented 3. Subscribe to Receive our Articles and Exercises via Email You will improve your English in only 5 minutes per day, guaranteed! 12 Responses to “100 Words for Facial Expressions” Lucia Hello!
e-Anglais.com: cours d'anglais, exercices, tests, ressources, grammaire Reading Assessment Techniques - The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework We have created this summary of the different types of assessment that can be used for measuring development in reading skills in the hopes that teachers will better understand how single skills can be assessed by multiple measures. This description of the various assessment techniques may also help teachers to design their own classroom assessments, and may help teachers to better understand the district or campus assessments that are already being used with their students. Each of the elements of the framework is briefly described, and descriptions of various forms of assessments that could be used for that framework element are provided. Reading comprehension assessments are the most common type of published reading test that is available. Reading comprehension should not be confused with reading accuracy, another very common form of reading assessment. Find published reading assessments that test Reading Comprehension. Find published reading assessments that test Decoding.
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