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ENTRY 10: Essay (to hand in)

ESSAY BY COMPARISON or CONTRAST (you compare SIMILARITIES, you contrast DIFFERENCES).  Whether you include a balance between/among similarities or differences >>> this should be present in the thesis statement (be careful with LINKERS). The similarities and/or differences can be in EVERY body paragraph, OR you may include (for example): - Similarities in body paragraphs 1 & 2 - Differences in body paragraph 3. Title: NOUN PHRASE that summarises contents ("Refugees", "Migrants in Europe" and the like, DO NOT seem appropriate  titles!) Paragr 1: INTODUCTORY PARAGRAPH (last sentence: THESIS STATEMENT) Paragr 2: TOPIC SENTENCE 1 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material. Paragr 3: TOPIC SENTENCE 2 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material. Paragr 4: TOPIC SENTENCE 3 (related to Thesis statement) + supporting material. Paragr 5: CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH (TS 1, 2 & 3 >>> NO Topic sentence!!)

ENTRY 09: Refugees / Essay Writing and Thesis Statement

Poems "We refugees" by Benjamin  Zephaniah A poem written and performed by Year 5 pupils at Avenue Junior School, Norwich in response to Benjamin Zephaniah's poem We Refugees. "Refugees" by Brain Bilston Essay Writing and Thesis Statement (Paddle) Article about refugees A South American Migration Crisis: Venezuelan Outflows Test Neighbour's Hospitality : The deepening of Venezuela's social, economic, and political implosion has resulted in the fastest movement of people across borders in Latin American history. Neighbouring countries have responded with a patchwork of policy measures, though the scale and growing diversity of Venezuelan arrivals have challenged regional actors, as this article explores. Class Group  Julieta Dattoli Remón. María de las Nieves Bazán. Mariana Gimenez Foth. Florencia Martínez.

ENTRY 08: THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE

BOOK: Yule, G. (2010). The study of Language. U.K.: CUP. Chapter 1: " The origin of Language" There is not register that can indicate how language originated, but it is suspected that some spoken language must have developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago. THE DIVINE SOURCE In most religions, there appears to be a divine source who provides humans with language. The hypothesis is that if infants grow up without hearing any language, they would spontaneously begin using the original God - given language. The experiment had been tried by letting babies grew up without language but this theory has not been proven. The Natural Sound Source This theory set that primitive words may have been imitations of the natural sounds early humans heard around them. What supports this theory is that modern languages have many words that sound like their names. However, it does not explain what happens with soundless things or abstract objects. Social Interaction Source Also called the ...