Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Primary education

Globalization is a fundamentally economic process of progressive global integration of markets and companies.

Characteristics of the Global Economy:

• Use of telecommunications, creating a global market
• Applying liberal economic policies: creation of free trade areas and common markets
• Internationalization of companies, transportation, and production: multinational

Globalization in Our Life:

• Technological advances
• Financial transactions
• Transport

Cultural Homogenization:

Diffusion of Western cultural customs and habits

Cultural Hybridization:

Process in which cultural practices that stay separately combine to form new objects and cultural practices, such as music

Problems:

• Socioeconomic inequalities
• Natural environment damage
• Fundamentalism and intolerance
• Organized

Stress

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Office Skills Assessment

True or False

1. Ms. Ellis is sending a quote for office equipment. False
2. Ms. Ellis is a special client. False
3. The order includes large envelopes and staplers. True
4. Paul Carter doesn’t accept the payment terms. False
5. They will send the goods by the end of April. True

Answer the Questions

1. What is the purpose of the letter? The purpose is to inform about a quote for office equipment.
2. Have the two companies done business before? No, they haven’t.
3. What discount is offered? It’s 10%.
4. Is the discount offered to all customers? No, it isn’t.
5. What must Ms. Ellis do to get the items requested on Monday, April 30th? She must confirm her order within the next 48 hours.

Circle the Word That Doesn’t Belong in Each Group

1. invoice - subtotal

Transitivity Alternations

The Middle Alternation

The middle alternation involves a change in a verb's transitivity. Transitive verbs with an agent subject and a patient object can have an intransitive pattern. The subject of this intransitive pattern takes on the role of the object in the transitive use, followed by an adverbial or prepositional phrase.

Example:

• Transitive: The carpenter sawed the wood.
• Intransitive: The wood saws easily.

Verbs allowing the middle alternation express a change of state in the object. The middle construction emphasizes the subject being affected by the action (affectedness constraint). Verbs like pat or touch, where the object isn't affected, don't allow this construction.

Example:

• They hit the ball.
• *The ball hits easily.

Continental Drift

Pangaea

Plankton

Holoplankton

Zooplankton

Meroplankton

Shark Anatomy and Physiology

Spiracles

Swim Bladder

Lateral Line

Cartilage

Operculum

Marine Reptiles

Crocodile Mothering

Marine Reptile Features

Omniscient: (he and she are used; BUT the narrator not only lets characters speak, but can also “get inside their heads” to read their thoughts) Pete woke up first, feeling somewhat alarmed that he might have overslept and missed his chance. He looked at his brother’s bed and was glad to see that Sam was still asleep, snuggled up under the covers. 

Repetition - the author purposely repeats words or phrases; the author is trying to create rhythm or suspense, or is trying to really emphasize a certain idea.

Example: It was all gone. Burned to ashes. He had no clothing, no blankets, no bow, no hatchet, no map. It was all gone.

Simile - a comparison between two unlike things, using like, as as, or than in the comparison

Example: the leaf spun

1. Main Genres of Literature

1. Name the 3 main genres of literature in general

• Poetry, Drama, and Fiction (or Prose).

2. Defining Children's Literature

2. Define children’s literature in your own words.

• Children’s literature typically consists of short stories that are appropriate for children in terms of emotional and moral value.

3. Children's Literature Sub-Genres and Examples

• Adventure: Robinson Crusoe

• Toy: Winnie-the-Pooh

• Fantasy: The Hobbit

4. What is a Fable?

• Fables are humorous short stories featuring animals as main characters, each conveying a particular moral lesson. Aesop, who lived around the 6th century BC, is credited with writing many well-known fables.

5. The Works of James Janeway

• James Janeway wrote A Token for Children in 1671 (not 1692)