The Hard Lessons

the first book I would choose would be The Giver by Lois Lowry. The second book I would choose to save would be the The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Lastly, I would choose the Bible. These books are all very special to me and have taught me many lessons about life and how it used to be. The first book that I decided I would save would have to be The Giver by Lois Lowry. The book the Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in an almost perfect world. Everyone is treated, acts, and looks the same

throw materials away when we are done with them. Not all people think of recycling or re-purposing items that could still be useful. Landfills are full of materials that can be recycled or reused in a variety of ways. The following story features a lesson from Jhon and his father about pollution and how one man's trash can be a treasure to another man.* Jhon and his father were scavengers. A scavenger is a person who seeks out materials (metal, food, etc.) that can be resold for money to provide

Valuable Lessons I’ve played softball since I was eight years old, many of the lessons I have learned from softball will be carried throughout my life. Softball taught me one very important thing about life, it may not always be fair, but with hard work you can make your way to the top. Also, it has enforced teamwork and the power of working with others. Not to forget, being healthy is very important. If I did not play softball it may have taken me longer to learn these important life lessons. Life

When you meet someone for the first time, you never know the impact they will have on your life. For example, when taking music lessons with Peter Hix, I never pictured myself crying the day he packed his bags and left for California. I first began taking lessons from Hix when I was twelve and continued learning from him until the age of sixteen. Though I was just learning the ukulele from him, that did not deter him from challenging me with pieces that should in no, way, shape, or form, be played

Throughout time, readers have learned many different lessons from their favourite books. In The Chrysalids, John Wyndam used his story to teach his readers valuable, lifelong lessons. He makes it evident to his readers that prejudging certain people is not right. Also, he relates how change is possible, but hard to achieve. More specifically, religion often influences one’s point of view. John Wyndam’s, The Chrysalids was written with a purpose that teaches his readers about discrimination, about

there are many lessons that are to be learned as there are in many other fairy tales. The authors, such as William Goldman, put these lessons in the book so the readers can learn them and become better people. William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride shows multiple life lessons that Nifty Lance covers in his writing about in 11 Content Lessons I Learned From The Princess Bride. There are five lessons from his eleven that I have found most applicable in life. The five lessons can apply to multiple

In the novel A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines there are many themes and motifs to be taught. A reader could acquire so much knowledge from reading this book but if anything they will learn the most important lesson to learn before dying. The most important lesson to learn before dying is that everybody can make a difference in life. Three characters that learned this lesson includes Vivian, when she helped Grant when he was having hard times, Grant Wiggins, when he knew that he accomplished

The HPL checking student understanding during and at the conclusion of the lesson was a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. To begin with, I know that I did not do the “check for understanding” pieces that I had incorporated into my lesson. Before reading the book, I was going to have students give me a thumbs up if they could describe to me what a problem was in a story and a thumbs down if they didn’t know how to describe what a problem in the story is. I still asked students to explain

learned various of teaching strategies at Molloy College and was able to apply it in both of my placements. Some of the teaching strategies I used in both placement that I thought was important was active learning and integrating technology into the lessons. It is important to have active learning because it allows the student to grow individually and learn from doing, instead of just listening to the teacher speak all day. Also, I realized that the students learned the best when having a class discussion

Every kids goal is graduate from high school, go off to college, and live the luxurious life they have always dreamed of. They don't realize all of the hard work they need to put forth, and obstacles to overcome in order to fulfill those dreams. Over the last 4 years, I have set myself certain goals so I can be the first of my family to earn a high school diploma, and move on to pursue a higher education. Some of those goals included; maintaining above a 4.0 cumulative GPA, ranking #1 in my class