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Larissa Case Study-Special Education
Larissa Case Study-Special Education
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When it comes to the delivery of special education services, diversity is an issue that cuts across the spectra of school, culture, and families. When these diversity issues happen at the same time, they make it difficult for the needs of special children to be met. Diversity in families can occur in the form of demographic dimensions such as the differences in ethnicity or race and socioeconomic status. Other examples of diversity in families have to do with parenting behaviors and communication. Different parents tend to have different parenting processes. Diversity in cultures has to do with ethnicity, race, religion, gender, language, disability and even age. In schools, diversity is exhibited through the learners’ language background, economic status, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. When all these issues combine in the classroom set-up, they get in the way of learning. In this case, struggles to express herself and put down her thoughts on paper. Notably, she also lacked organization, and used fragmented sentences and lower-level vocabulary. Larissa’s struggles have to do with the fact that her family speaks multiple languages at home. They are immigrants from El Salvador and as such, they communicate in both Spanish and English at home.
Undoubtedly, understanding that learners with exceptionalities have different and understanding of their development helps teachers in meeting their needs. Because students are brought up differently and come from diverse backgrounds, teachers need to factor in these aspects of learning. For instance, some learners might be Muslims and others Christians. Teachers should train learners to accommodate and respect other people’s religion and tradition. For instance; they should make it known the taboos in Muslim religion such as drinking alcohol and specific animal products such as pork. This way learners will learn to show dignity to their counterparts who practice a different religion from them. Teachers should make the learners understand that although people subscribe to a different religion from them, honoring God is more important.
Collaboration of members of the IEP team is essential for special needs education Teachers need to work alongside the students, parents and guardians as each party adds to the team’s understanding of the special needs child. Each individual knows the student from a unique perspective. Parents and guardians spend the most time with the learner which places them in a position to know the child’s strengths, weaknesses, triggers, personality, and abilities (Rossetti, Sauer, Bui, & Ou, 2017). This information is critical in determining whether a learner with disability gets selected and enrolled on learning disability programs.
Various data types are employed in the development of a student’s IEP. One example of data sources are observations. They are used to help assess the student’s functional performance within a school setting. Observations help tell whether learners can follow classroom routines, their social interactions and if they can handle a complex education environment. Parent input is also another source of data for the IEP process for learners with disabilities. Before the IEP meeting, parents can provide information such as their needs, which will increase their participation in the meeting. Behavioral data is another source of information where the IEP team considers information like attendance and even more sophisticated data from intervention plans of the learners behavior.
When teachers participate in professional development and commit to lifelong learning activities, they are better placed to meet the individual needs of the students with learning disabilities. Professional courses help teachers learn better ways to teach as they collect new and more effective teaching strategies. The teachers can implement new teaching strategies in the classroom and modify their curricula and lecture styles to suit the needs of learners better.
References
Rossetti, Z., Sauer, J. S., Bui, O., & Ou, S. (2017). Developing collaborative partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse families during the IEP process. Teaching exceptional children, 49(5), 328-338.
Suspense and Horror Trailer Analysis
Larinda Griffin
Mrs. Jenkins
ENG 1123
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Suspense and Horror Trailer Analysis
Horror movies are filled with suspense and are scary, thus have an effect of raising the body adrenaline. Suspense and horror movies have similar characteristics that include fear of death, disfigurement, scary places, dismemberment, spooky music, suspense, dark, and mostly composed of creepy and crawling things. Stephen King’s movies are based on suspense and horror as they share most of the horror characteristics and thus are scary movies. Among the selected trailers, suspense and horror characteristics such as creepy sounds, corpse, fonts, screams, lightening as well as shattering glasses and whirling wind are evident.
Creepy Show is one of the trailers that is based on Stephen King’s work that exhibits characteristics such as creepy sounds and loud explosions making it a suspense and horror trailer. The film incorporates various themes that are full of suspense and horror ranging from the sounds to graphics. Sounds are introduced from the beginning of the trailer to the end, but it is not a single sound all over as there are other mixed horrific and creepy sounds produced by the characters and objects. Eerie sounds are heard from the background which is an indication that the movie is a horror film. The whirling of winds is a good indication of a horrific incident as well as loud explosions that creates suspense. In the combination of the human screams, the trailer becomes full of suspense. Concerning language, the narrator in the trailer uses a language that is full of terror and suspense from the way he introduces the characters and scenes to the way he keeps the audience waiting for the next moment to see what will happen. In regards to iconography, the trailer incorporates such items as corpses, cockroaches, monsters and terrified humans. These characteristics indicate a terrific suspense film.
The Cat’s Eyes is another suspense and horror trailer based on the works of Stephen King, exhibiting characteristics as cat’s growls, horrific sounds and human screams. The trailer introduces horrific events through a storyline of events as they happen as witnessed through a cat’s eyes. The movie trailer is suspenseful and at the same time horrific in that it has some aspects of horror movies. Sound is one of the main characteristics of horror; Creepy sounds follow the soft background music used in the introduction while the rest of the trailer is filled with horrific sounds such as cat growls and human screams. Concerning the language, the narrator uses a terror and suspense language, for example, he says that “The master of murder and horror” a quote that it is full of terror. In regards to iconography, various incidences include a cat growling out of fear, cars colliding, women screaming out of panic, cigarettes smoke coming from the ears, cracking walls as well as a giant cat’s eye that is used to indicate horror. Horrific graphics have as well been used in the trailer that includes gothic fronts and the use of weapons such as guns indicating that crime and murder is a common theme in the film.
Misery 1990 is the next trailer in Stephen King’s series showing horror characteristics loneliness, mockery and mistreatment of a man by a female. The man has been bedridden since his legs has had fractures and thus have remained confined in bed on the mercy of an inhuman female. The trailer ‘Misery’ notes Stephen King as the author of the novel and incorporates various elements of suspense and horror movie that include sound and language. Various sounds, including screams, loud bangs, high voices, and screeching sounds have been used as an indicator of suspense and horror and therefore the trailer can be classified as both misery and horror. Horrific language has also been used in the dialogues that are full of terror and suspense with the narrator making the highest contribution in introducing the trailer. For example, the woman says that “You better hope that I don’t die, because if I die, you die” indicating threats of death which has been at times made real as the woman injects the man against his will and also almost cripples his legs with a hammer. The use of fonts as well makes it a suspense trailer and thus, ‘Misery 1990’ therefore is a suspense and horror trailer.
In conclusion, all of Stephen King’s trailers are full of suspense and horror in that they share common themes and horrific elements from sounds to language. This paper is significant because it helps the viewers identify suspense and horror movies; for example, creepy and screaming sounds, gothic fonts, and lightening are common characteristics that introduce the films are horror movies.
Works Cited
Cat’s Eye (1985) Official Trailer – Drew Barrymore, Stephen King Horror Movie HD. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/rqzTazrYx5M?t=4Creep Show (1982) Official Trailer – Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen Movie HD. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/owdnnaNs2RI?t=29Misery (1990) – Original Trailer. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/cWVxFKn7qx4?t=87
PART 1 INITIAL
La’richia Gould
PART 1: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS AND HYPOTHESIS (10 pts)
Review the information on the “Part One” module then complete the prompts below. Submit your work to the designated D2L dropbox.
Observations (6 pts):
The western margin is mountainous.
It drops steeply into the Pacific Ocean.
It is bordered by an ocean trench.
The shoreline is rocky.
The continental shelf is narrow.
Hypothesis (4 pts):
The western margin of South America is mountainous as a result of compression associated with the oceanic-continental convergent boundary. This results in uplift of the crust which results in the formation of a mountain range.
The area is also characterized by volcanism on the surface of the overriding continental plate which also contributes to the formation of the mountain range.
The area is characterized by significant tectonic activity in the form of earthquakes due to the continued deformation of the subducting oceanic plate.
The shoreline is narrow, steep and rocky as it experiences frequent earthquakes which move sediment to the ocean waters.
The ocean trench that is along the edge of the continent marks the subduction site at which the oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate.