Kate Winslet

As college students, textbooks serve one of the most important jobs in understanding the material that the class is covering. However, sometimes students do not use their textbooks and only focus on the lecture to study. Using only the lectures makes the purchase of a textbook seem pointless and the lack of use of a textbook raises questions about the reasons for not using it. In the social problems class offered here at the University of Oklahoma, the textbook used is Social Problems written by…

The Four Resource model was created by Freebody and Luke in the 1990s as previous literacy models were essential, but not sufficient. Previous approaches include the skills approach, whole language approach and genre approach (Anstey, 2002). The Four Resource model assists with the development of the ability to analyse tasks, solve problems, identify resources and self monitor which are essential to being a competent reader (Anstey, 2002). This model aims for balanced content for the development…

What first appears to be a film about war and the separation between the two Koreas is, in actuality, a heartfelt comedy that touches on the innocence and good that exists in all people. Park Kwang-hyun uses not only technical camera movements and graphics to explain these themes, but he also incorporates symbolism and thoughtful timing in dialogue, presentation, and delivery. Park Kwang-hyun has a cinematic style all his own. Although Hayao Miyazaki inspired his film, there are clear…

Alexie, Sherman. "A Good Story." The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, edited by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, 9th ed., Bedford St. Martin's, 2010, pp. 557-560. In "A Good Story" written by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, talks about the stories that Sherman writes and tells. His mother tells him that his stories are to sad and that life in the reservations are not always bad. He tries to ignore her, but cant because what his mothers tells him is true. That life can not always be…

The elements of reading a play verses watching it has similar elements, it also has its differences. Reading and watching a play both share the elements of having a setting, theme, plot and characters. The tone and language can be hard to understand at times, but there is no limit to the imagination one can have when reading a play. Reading a drama is only an outline of the play and allows you to visualize the story line in your mind. When reading a play you do not get the full effect as you…

Jim Carrey is one of the best comedians of our time. He has been in many amazing movies and has made many people laugh. He is now an extremely famous and popular comedian but he was not always this successful he had a very humble start. Jim Carrey although now a famous comedian he started just like anybody else. Jim Carrey grew up in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; he was born on January 17, 1962 (Biography.com). Carrey got his start at a stand up spot in a club in Toronto (biography.com). In 1978,…

Introduction Many tasks, such as walking to a known location or riding a bicycle, are considered to be part of a cognitive controlling system called the automatic level. Tasks that are performed as a routine are controlled by the environmental stimuli. Reading, unless put under pressure due to environmental factors, is viewed as an automatic level as it is a task that does not require a lot of effort. Automatic reading, for instance, is not based upon controlled attention and concentration, but…

The Man Watching Book Review Readers will feel like they are living Anson Dorrance's life with him as they read this intricate biography about america's greatest collegiate minor-sports coach. This book, The Man Watching, is full of twist and turns as it navigates through Anson Dorrance's journey as a soccer coach for what would become one of the best women's college soccer teams in the world. Anson Dorrance is strongly admired by many for his coaching style, The Man Watching adequately…

On the deep blue ocean there is a gigantic boat, named Titanic, up on it, there is a handsome man that holds a slim waist of a beautiful women spreading her arms to the sea at the large deck. This man was one of the most famous male actor in the 90s, Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo DiCaprio is a man who is in his 40s that has a long beard, brown hair, and blue eyes. When he was the most famous actor in the Box Office, he was very handsome, tall, and simply the man that all female loved to watch.…

Americas’ mom wanted what’s best for america, but what she thinks is best i not necessarily what America thinks is best. America lives in Illea with her mom, dad, little brother, and sister, as a five. There are eight classes in Illea. Ones are the highest, the class that the royal family is in, eights are the lowest, which includes peasants and beggars. The Selection, a “contest” in which thirty five girls get picked from all eight classes to live in the palace and compete to be the Prince's…