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Chapter Summaries of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending As our story opens Severus Snape and fellow Death Eater Yaxley are on their way to a meeting at Lucuis Malfoy’s palatial mansion. When they get there they are seated at a long table with their fellow Death Eaters. Voldemort sits at the head, and anxiously awaits Snape’s report on when Harry Potter is to be moved from his safehouse. He is planning to attack Harry on his way to a secret location, where he will be constantly guarded by members of the Order of the Phoenix. There is a woman dangling upside down over the table, but no one pays any attention to her. She is a professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts and is doomed to die by Voldemort’s hand. Draco Malfoy, however, can’t bring himself to look at her. When Voldemort finally does kill the poor woman, Draco falls out of his chair. It’s obvious that he, as well as his father, Lucius, and his mother, Narcissa, are not happy that Voldemort is back in power and staying at their home. Chapter 2: In Memo...

Ten Commandments for Motivating Language Learners

1. Set a personal example with your own behaviour 2. Develop a good relationship with the learners 3. Increase the learners’ linguistic self-confidence 4. Make the language classes interesting 5. Promote learner autonomy 6. Personalise the learning process 7. Increase the learners’ goal-orientedness 8. Familiarize learners with the target culture 9. Create a pleasant relaxed atmosphere in the classroom 10.Present the tasks properly Dörnyei, Z. (1998) ‘Ten Commandments for motivating language learners: results of an empirical study’ Language Teaching Research  2,3: 203-229.    

Shirley Ellis - The Name Game

The name game! Shirley! Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! Lincoln! Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln! Come on everybody! I say now let's play a game I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there But a B or an F or an M will appear And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a fo And then I say the name again with an F very plain and a fee fy and a mo And then I say the name again with an M this time and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme Arnold! Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold! But if the first two letters are ever the same, I drop them both and say the name like Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary That's the only rule that is contrary. Okay? Now say Bo: Bo Now Tony wi...

The Promise by Pilipino By Heart

I am Japanese and I live here in the Philippines for almost 10 years. When I first arrived here in the Philippines,  I was robbed by two Filipinos, they robbed my wallet and all the things that  I have, they beat me to death, and they left me with clothes only. I called for help that time, but no one help me. I called a taxi to bring me to the nearest hospital, but the taxi driver forced me to give him 2 thousand pesos, but i wasn't able to give him the amount he wanted, then instead of bringing me to the hospital, he just left me in a very dark street. I was very disappointed to going here in the Philippines during that moment. But there is one beggar with a very dirty clothes and barefooted approached me and asked me what's wrong. I thought he will just rob me so I run. But i was wrong in my judgement to him. I run but he followed me, and offered me some help.  He brought me to the hospital and he went to the police station to seek assistance. Unfortunately, I was not a...

How to Examine Your Dog!