Announcements
Parts of an Announcement – Language Focus Reading Aloud List Synonyms and Antonyms Practice MORE HERE
reading comprehension
Reading: Main Idea and Details
Main idea or gist is the most important thought or message in a sentence, paragraph, or text. It tells you what the text is mostly about. Details, on the other hand, are specific facts, examples, statistics, quotations, or explanations that clarify, support, or develop the main idea of a text. TOPIC SENTENCE = Main idea …
Reading: Skimming and Scanning
Reading is one of the best ways to acquire new vocabulary and learn grammar structures. When reading, it engages the imagination. It is like having motion pictures in your mind. With this, details are printed deeply in memory that retention and recall may be long term, and comprehension may be achieved. Frequent and thorough reading …
Vaccination
Getting a vaccination could soon be as simple as eating a potato. Researchers at the University of Maryland, led by Dr. Carol Tacket, are developing edible vaccines that could grant immunity against some diseases. To be inoculated against a virus, bacterium, or toxin, the antibodies of our immune systems must be exposed to the illness-bearing …
Mobile Phones
Just a few minutes’ chatting on a mobile phone reduces the brain functions of children for almost an hour, according to new Spanish test results quoted in Norwegian media. The tests, conducted by the German investigator Michael Klieeisen at the Spanish Neuro Diagnostic Research Institute in Marbella, are the first to show how children’s brains …
Past Stories
Dear Diary Story by Mitchelle Juaban Dear Diary, I ran into the kindest person in the world yesterday. I didn’t see him coming as I walked hurriedly into the university canteen. I bumped unto him and hit my face hard unto his chest. I felt dizzy for a while, and as I looked up to …
Announcements
Vocabulary oversee prior accept invaluable asset announce track record construction GUIDE QUESTIONS source: HR Forms New Hire: Human Resource Announcement 2. First Day of the Week Guide Questions MORE HERE