Word: english
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...BEOWULF: The Anglo-Saxon epic, the bane of English majors, looks brand-new and thrilling in a verse translation by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The tale may still strike readers as bloodthirsty, but Heaney's language evokes Beowulf's tragic stature, his helplessness to avoid - and his bravery while facing - the dictates of his fate...
...just been very difficult. I wanted to learn English but I had four young children and no husband," she says. "When I finally did have time to go to school at night, I had no patience. I just survive with the little I have...
...centerpiece of her tenure has been renewed focus on literacy in the early grades, but the fourth grade English scores showed no improvement...
Students in grades 4, 8 and 10 take a battery of multiple-choice and written tests each spring in English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, and Social Studies. The tests are part of the Education Reform Act of 1993, which doubled state aid to education and established MCAS as a way of holding local school districts accountable for their students' performance...
...fourth-grade English is just one part of an overall dreary MCAS outlook. The feeble scores have sparked administrators to question whether a general lethargy toward MCAS in Cambridge is keeping test scores...