Summary: Learning by Fun and Games

Summary

This article was written by Diana Hicks and Andrew Littlejohn in December 2009. It is about the ways for learning by fun and games. There are several ways for learning by fun and games and it is better because people can remember easily when they learn in that way.

Learning by fun is the easiest way to learn as the figures show. There are three popular ways teachers are using it to teach the children in the school. First, vocabulary game; teachers divide the class into 4-6 teams and give each team a letter to write as many sentences as they can in four minutes, the winner will have a point. Second, rhyming game; this game class needs four teams A, B, C and D. The teacher will choose two words to find the rhyme. For example, tea and chair, students will have four minutes to write down as many words as they can that rhyme with the word. When the time is up the teacher checks if there is any rhyme word are similar for tea or chair. For example tea and bee are similar. If there are similar answers they will get half a mark. Finally, miming is the funny game for learning; students acting something for others to guess what it is.

Those are the easiest ways to learn by fun and still there are a lot of other games.

Hicks, Diana, and Andrew Littlejohn. "Fun and Games." EL Teaching Tips 2009: 17. Print.



Main idea

The main idea is talking about learning by fun. Teachers are using these methods to teach their students easily.



Opinion

In my opinion, I tried to use these ways to learn and it was successful.

Design

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Clayton, Mike, and Alan Hashimoto. "Visual Design Fundamentals : A Digital Approach (3rd Edition)." Student Resource Center - Gold. Charles River Media / Cengage Learning, 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.

Part 1 – Referencing Questions
Watch the podcast that is linked under Referencing Links on the LCES N100 webpage. Answer the following questions from the presentation.


1.What is plagiarism?

Copying other people's words and attributing them to yourself.


2.What must you do avoid plagiarizing?

Put the citations, including the author and page no.


3.What style of referencing is accepted at HCT?

MLA style.


4.What are the five types of information that are often included when referencing from various sources?

Author's name – Title – Place published – Publisher – Date published.


5.When creating a reference for a book what comes first?

Author`s name.


6.What is the second item of information in a magazine reference?

Title of article.


7.What is the last item of information in a magazine reference?

Page no.


8.What is the third item of information when referencing a website?

Name of website.


9.What is last item of information when referencing a website?

Web site address.


10.In the case of a database source, what is the third item of information?

Magazine name.


11.What comes before the URL in a database reference?

The date you accessed it.


12.Where is the bibliography?

At the end.


13.What is in the bibliography?

The list of all resources you accessed.


14.When giving the author’s name which part of the name do you put first?

Family name.


15.How do you order items in the bibliography?

Alphabetically.


16.Besides, quotations, where do you use an inline citation?

In reported speech.


17.What information goes in an inline citation?

Name – Date – page no.


18.Name one citation machine that can help you?

www.easybib.com


19.Besides your teacher, who can help you with referencing?

College librarian.


20.In Google type, ‘HCT plagiarism.’ Find the page which describes the consequences of plagiarism at HCT. State what this consequence is.

Immediate dismissal from HCT.

Summary ''Riches await as earth`s icy north melt''

Summary

This article was written by Doug Mellgren, 24 March 2007. It is about the riches that await as the Earth`s icy north melts in the Arctic. It is an uninhabited place; also it is like a desert with lack of food and water. In addition there are few kinds of animals and plants.

Countries are going to fight each other to occupy that place. It is full of oil, fish and diamonds. The U.S Geological Survey shows that 25% of the world`s oil is in the Arctic and it is undiscovered. Some European countries want to cross the Arctic to abbreviate the time of sailing to the east. In addition, a lot of countries such as Germany and Canada went there to see how the life is and they established some camping to settle and study the area. Also, a lot of companies are buying lands for their trades. In addition, some old reports show that it will take 100 years for the ice to melt but the new reports say it will take from 10 to 15 years because of global warming.

Although it is a hard place to live. The goods encourage the countries to race each other to be rich.

Main idea

The main idea is talking about the riches and goods in the Arctic. But it is a problem for the bigger countries which are located near the Arctic because they have to search for oil and diamonds to raise their income. In addition still 25% of world oil lies undiscovered there. So, it is the best reason to occupy that place.

Opinion

In my opinion, countries must cooperate together to study the Arctic area and to prepare that place to live there.