Question

i need help with my English assignment

Answer 1

Step 1: Read an Article

Read this excerpt from the article about William Kamkwamba:


Malawi windmill boy with big fans

Former Associated Press news agency reporter Bryan Mealer had been reporting on conflict across Africa for five years when he heard Mr Kamkwamba's story.

The incredible tale was the kind of positive story Mealer, from New York, had long hoped to cover. Sometimes from the humblest beginnings, great things are achieved. This is not just a story of paraffin lanterns being put out and replaced with light bulbs; this is the story of a village saved by one of their own.

The industry of Mr Kamkwamba includes using nails and magnets off an old stereo speaker to create a circuit breaker, and a light switch cobbled together from bicycle spokes and flip-flop rubber.

The author spent a year with Mr Kamkwamba writing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind which has just been published in the US.

Mealer says Mr Kamkwamba represents Africa's new "cheetah generation", young people, energetic and technology-hungry, who are taking control of their own destiny.

"Spending a year with William writing this book reminded me why I fell in love with Africa in the first place," says Mr Mealer, 34.

"It's the kind of tale that resonates with every human being and reminds us of our own potential."

Can it be long before the film rights to the triumph-over-adversity story are snapped up, and William Kamkwamba, the boy who dared to dream, finds himself on the big screen?

Answer 2

Step 2: Things to Do When Reading

Track where you needed to look at the context carefully to find meaning.

• Identify three words where context seemed to help you understand the meaning of what you were reading.
• Write out these words and the context that helped you. Now look up dictionary definitions for your three words. How did you do?

Which words had positive connotations?

• Do you see words in the excerpts that have really positive connotations?
• Write out five words that make you feel good about William Kamkwamba's story.

Step 3: What to Submit

Reflect on how your new tools for reading aided you in understanding the article about Kamkwamba.

1. Write a paragraph of five or more sentences in which you explain how you used context clues and connotation to better understand words in the article.

2. Include at least three instances in which you used context clues to understand specific words in the article. Explain how the context clues helped you understand each word's meaning.

Answer 3

3. Identify three words from the article that have a positive connotation. Briefly explain their connotations. Explain how knowing the connotation of these words influenced your interpretation of the article.

Answer 4

can someone please help me i got to get this done asap

Answer 5

can anyone help pleaseeeee

Answer 6

lol i am not reading allat , break it down ma' .

Answer 7

Oh okay, I did this one!

Answer 8

Its not a hard assignment, I bet you can do it... it took me about 30 minutes

Answer 9

its so hard for me i did the first question but the second one and third one is kinda hard im really good at this stuff in till i start with context clues

Answer 10

i can't figure out how to explain context or connotation

Answer 11

easy

Answer 12

for number 2 pick out 3 words that you found hard or other people might find hard and simply explain how the sentence structure helped you find them. I will help you with 1 and see if you cant find 2 more. ok?

Answer 13

okays

Answer 14

Sometimes from the humblest beginnings, great things are achieved. lets do humblest

Answer 15

alrighty

Answer 16

i dont know what that means, but the text can help me. what are some things or words in that text that might help me understand what humblest means?

Answer 17

um...humblest meaning being modest context clue great things?

Answer 18

sorry it logged me out

Answer 19

and yes that is a great context clue. one part of the sentence helps a bit more thought. great things are achieved. this tells us that humblest means something opposite of great things

Answer 20

sorry this taking long this computer is buggy

Answer 21

its ok

Answer 22

great things are achieved. that part of the sentence tells us that humblest means the opposite

Answer 23

so that context clue helps us get an understanding of what type of word humblest means.

Answer 24

so we know from the text it means opposite of achieved. so we can piece together that humblest or humble means low. so

Answer 25

Sometimes from the humblest beginnings, great things are achieved. or Sometimes from the lowest of beginnings, great things are achieved. do you get it?

Answer 26

how would i write it on my paper?

Answer 27

im going to send it to you so you cant be accused of plagiarism. is that OK?

Answer 28

yea

Answer 29

cool? anymore questions just ask me

Answer 30

and if your done with the question remember to close it.

Answer 31

im not done with the assignment my computer would not let me back on the site till now
and im still stuck on number 2 because i dont know how to type it up

Answer 32

i just recived the message thank you now just got to figure out some more words thank you

Answer 33

any other questions? sorry doing yard work. could not respond