School of Tomorrow. Word Building. 10D, 11D 18.02.2022 Topic: The role of prefixes and suffixes Study the theory block and do the task: Grammaticalization is not only something that creates a word, it is also what creates most prefixes and suffixes. How could someone not knowing any language, figure out what that first language was going to be? A close-up of the word 'prefix' in a dictionary. Prefixes and Suffixes If someone doesn’t know anything about English, French, or Spanish, and tries to figure out how the first language would be, would they stick endings on “I speak”? How likely is it that they would say, “I speak” and then stick something at the end? “Yo hablo,” “Tú hablas,” “You speak.” English speakers are used to dealing with that when learning other languages. Endings in a language start out as free-swimming words, kludging on to another word and wearing away. They’re like the male anglerfish, becoming just a bump in the end. Latin Words Dealing with Latin, w
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Дистанційне навчання. Business English. 11B. 09.02.2022 Topic: Entrepreneurial experience Study the text and write a short paragraph of the main features that a good entrepreneur must have: Entrepreneurial experience and the innovativeness of serial entrepreneurs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of past entrepreneurial experience on the reported innovativeness of serial entrepreneurs’ subsequent ventures. Design/methodology/approach Building on insights from the generative entrepreneurial learning process and from cognition theories, the authors propose that regardless of the type of entrepreneurial experience, positive or negative, such experience enriches the cognitive schemas of serial entrepreneurs leading them to greater reported innovativeness. The proposed hypotheses are tested on a unique sample drawn from a Catalan adult population survey. Findings Results reveal that practical experience is an essential prerequisite for entrepreneurial learni
Дистанційне навчання. Culturestudy. 11B. 09.02.2022 Topic: Socio-cultural features of the development of American culture Study the theory block and write ot all the features of the development of American culture Made in America A Social History of American Culture and Character Claude S. Fischer The Stories We Tell The former drover George C. Duffield, whose memoir of a cattle drive inspired the television series Rawhide, recalled his mother’s life on the Iowa frontier in the 1820s and ’30s. She cared for the babies, cleaned the floors, made the beds, cultivated a garden, dressed turkeys, cured meat, made candles, preserved fruit, spun and knitted to make clothing, cut the children’s hair, taught them to spell, and “did the thousand things for us a mother only finds to do.” Hall of Fame ballplayer Cal Ripken Jr., whose Iron Man career inspired thousands of little leaguers, recalled his mother’s life during the 1960s and ’70s. Because his father was also a ballplayer, she did some
Дистанційне навчання. School of Tomorrow. Science. 10D, 11D. 09.02.2022 Topic: Mineral Resources Study the text and do the task: Minerals ... Everywhere and Everyday | And the Environment | Future Supplies | And the Economy | Learn More Did you know that the average automobile contains more than a ton of iron and steel, 240 lbs of aluminum, 50 lbs of carbon, 42 lbs of copper, 41 lbs of silicon, 22 lbs of zinc, and more than thirty other mineral commodities, including titanium, platinum, and gold? Do you know the cost of a pound of copper or an ounce of platinum? Though you are constantly reminded of the importance of gasoline, and its cost, to keep the car running, do you ever think about the importance and cost of the mineral materials that make up the car? Do we take minerals for granted? Silhouette of high-voltage power lines against the sun. When the power goes out, few of us give a second thought about the copper and aluminum needed to carry electricity from the power plant to
Дистанційне навчання. School of Tomorrow. English. 08.02.2022. 10D, 11D Topic: Prepositions in the sentence Study the theory block and do the task: A preposition is an important part of the English language. It is used to show a relationship between a noun or pronoun in a sentence and another word in the sentence. A preposition must always be followed by a noun or pronoun in a sentence. It can never be followed by a verb. There are many preposition examples that will make it easy to understand how the parts of a sentence fit together and how the rules apply when it comes to using a preposition in a sentence. There are five different types of prepositions: Simple prepositions Double prepositions Compound prepositions Participle prepositions Phrase prepositions Simple Prepositions Simple prepositions are words like at, for, in, off, on, over, and under. These common prepositions can be used to describe a location, time or place. Some examples of common prepositions used in senten
Дистанційне навчання. School of Tomorrow. Word Building. 10D, 11D. 04.02.2022 Topic:The role of prefixes and suffixes Study the theory block and do the task: Prefix definition: an affix attached to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning. Suffix definition: a particle attached to the end of a word to modify its meaning or change it into a different word class. What is the Difference Between Prefixes and Suffixes? In the English language, we often place prefixes and suffixes at the beginning and end, respectively, of a word in order to modify it. The original word does have meaning in itself, but by adding a prefix or suffix to it, we change the word. What is a prefix? Prefixes are placed at the beginning of a word in order to alter its meaning. Janet resubmitted her application after she was initially denied a loan. Resubmitted includes the prefix re which means again. What is a suffix? Suffixes are placed at the end of a word in order to alter its meaning or change the c
Дистанційне навчання.English Literature. 11B. 03.02.2022 Topic: Jack London. Biography. Study the biography of Jack London and make notes of 5 the most famous quotes of him. Jack London , pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney , (born January 12, 1876, San Francisco, California , U.S.—died November 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, California), American novelist and short-story writer whose best-known works—among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)—depict elemental struggles for survival. During the 20th century he was one of the most extensively translated of American authors. Deserted by his father, a roving astrologer, he was raised in Oakland , California, by his spiritualist mother and his stepfather, whose surname, London, he took. At age 14 he quit school to escape poverty and gain adventure. He explored San Francisco Bay in his sloop , alternately stealing oysters or working for the government fish patrol. He went to Japan as a sailor and saw much of the United S
Дистанційне навчання.School of Tomorrow. Social Studies. 10D, 11D. 03.02.2022 Topic: America during the reign of William McKinley Study the text and write out all the main features of William McKinley's reign William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination on September 14, 1901, after leading the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and raising protective tariffs to promote American industry. At the 1896 Republican Convention, in time of depression, the wealthy Cleveland businessman Marcus Alonzo Hanna ensured the nomination of his friend William McKinley as “the advance agent of prosperity.” The Democrats, advocating the “free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold”–which would have mildly inflated the currency–nominated William Jennings Bryan. While Hanna used large contributions from eastern Republicans frightened by Bryan’s views on silver, McKinley met delegations on his front porch in Canton, O