Summer Reading Project : Play Program English

Unit 2 – Ways in which Playworkers Relate to, Support and Safeguard Children and Young People in Play Settings.

The weather in this scene is very ominous. “It was a very dark evening for summer: the clouds appeared inclined to thunder,” Nelly tells Lockwood (124). Not much later, a horrible storm begins. “There was a violent wind,” Nelly says, “and either one or the other split a tree off at the corner of the building...but the uproar passed away in twenty minutes, leaving us all unharmed, excepting Cathy, who got thoroughly drenched” (125).

The center I chose to observe was the dramatic play center which is a kitchen. I chose this center because because it's a great way to observe children. The purpose of the dramatic play center is to help develop social, emotional and oral language skills. It gives children a chance to assign roles, self regulate when having to take turns and during all of this children are developing language skills.

1.Briefly explain why it is important that the team work together when supporting children and young people’s play.

In reaction to the one act play “Nine Ten” written by Warren Leight. The research I have done and the evidence found in the play proves that this was written about the day before the events of nine eleven in two thousand and one. This play is about jurors complaining of how bad things were when they were called for jury duty and how a couple characters were going to try to get out of jury duty. At the end, a Court Officer won’t listen to their excuses and makes a statement ending the play. What my reaction to the significance of the statement is that, it was kind of ironic because of what happened the day after, and how the jurors thought that things were bad. The Court Officer said

In 1984, by George Orwell violence contributed to the plot by having three stages of reintegration. The stages are learning, understand, and to accept, Winston was forced to learn that 2+2=5 under torture, understanding that the party is good, and seeks power for its own. Winston accepts and understands the Party as he wishes the burden of torture on someone else who he loves, this allowed Winston to accept that the Party’s leader Big Brother is eternal and that 2+2=5, he comes committed and loyal to the Party and its purpose, he then awaits his execution to prove his devotion to the party.

The story "Life as We Knew It," is about a girl named Miranda and her family trying to survive through all of the problems caused by the meteor and the moon. Some problems may be trying to have enough food supplies or trying to stay healthy. This book was written as a diary, so you can get the perspective of the main character Miranda. It also talks about how her family is, like her mother and father are divorced, she has two brothers and soon a baby sister. The story's theme is mostly about Miranda and her whole family. It shows the readers a perspective of what it is like to live in a world with all of these problems.

Waverly plays many games throughout this story. She is very smart, easily deceiving many of her opponents. Some of her games can be played on a tangible game board. Others cannot be seen, but played through subtle suggestion.

The novel, The Dead and the Gone, written by Susan Beth Pfeffer, has a dark and terrifying feeling. This book has haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage about a young boy who takes charge for something he has never before. It devastates readers with brutal apocalyptic events that are yet, so detailed and descriptive that the novel will knock you off your feet. Alex Morales, a 17-year old boy who comes from a poor, Puerto Rican family. Alex is used to working hard for what he wants, and what he wants is to succeed.

Would you be able to survive worldwide tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions? The book Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a realistic fiction novel about a girl named Miranda and her family’s survival after an asteroid hits the moon causing many natural disasters on Earth. The theme of Life As We Knew It is to always have hope because hope endures hardships, motivates us, and strengthens our relationships.

Life as We Knew It is a realistic fiction novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer. It tells a story about a 16 year old girl named Miranda and her family going through struggles when an asteroid collided into the moon causing the moon to move closer to Earth. There are threats following Miranda and her family around every corner they walk. Tsunamis, earthquakes, starvation, and volcanic eruptions, are just one of the few thing they have to face. The theme of Life As We Knew It is to be selfless because this improves relationship, makes you happier, and makes others happy too.

The narrator in Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a high school aged girl named Miranda, who longs for adventure and has a kind heart, even if she can blow her top occasionally. The motivations behind her actions shift in big ways throughout the book as she matures and fights for survival.

Defining play can be very difficult. The term play can be used to illustrate a wide range of behaviors and activities, and can be perceived as both essential and insignificant to the child at the same time. Santrock (2012, p.437) suggests a definition of play as "a pleasurable activity that is engaged in for its own sake." However, this is argued by Kernan (2007, p.5) who states that none of the potential definitions are broad enough to encompass all of the meanings associated with play. Despite the lack of such universal definition, Rennie (2003, p.22) claims, that "we can recognize play across barriers of language, of culture, even of species", which conveys its importance in the life and development of children, as it is

On June 5th, 2015, at 8pm I went to see the play Barefoot in the Park in the Delray Beach Playhouse. As I was getting close to my destination, I couldn’t help but notice the beautiful houses around me. The Delray Beach Playhouse is located in a waterfront, which makes it a beautiful spot for the theater. As soon as I walked in the doors, I noticed right away that most of the people there were the elderly, I was by far the youngest person there except for maybe two other, who seemed to be around my age. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but as soon as I got in I bought my ticket and the lady even asked me if I wanted to sit in the first row, of course I did, who would want to give up front seats. As soon as the doors opened I went in and found my

Dick and Jane as I mention in the previous slides were a series of books that motivated reading in the years 1950-1970. John and Betty “Playmates” is another series of book that promoted reading were published in New Zealand and Australia by Whitcombe & Tombs. These same books were published in America, however the characters were known as Janet and John. The Palmer Method of cursive writing , was a writing tool utilized to teach proper penmanship in the early 1900’s, however in the year 1950, Palmer was replaced by The Zaner Bloser Method. The Zaner Bloser Method as we know aids in outfitting the kids with a procedure for composing explanation as fast as time allowed. Which one of these materials do you still used in our own classrooms?