KUKILA

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.      There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.      While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look-out for the mendicancy squad.      In the vestibul...

Characters 1)  Types of Characters: Protagonist (hero): the central figure with whom we usually sympathize or identify Antagonist (villain): the figure who opposes the protagonist and creates the conflict Foil Character : the figure whose personality traits are the opposite of the main character’s. This is a supporting character and usually made to shine the protagonist. 2)  The ways characters are portrayed: Flat Characters ( stock, static characters or stereotypes ): they have no depth and no change; we only see one side or aspect of them. Most supporting characters are portrayed in this way, for example, a strict teacher, a helpful policeman, and an evil stepmother. Round Characters ( dynamic character ): they have more fully developed personalities. We expect the protagonist...

Dengan hanya sedikit negara yang peduli pada tindakan China dan bertanggung jawab terhadap puluhan ribu warga Tibet yang mengikuti pemimpin mereka hingga ke pengasingan, beliau menghadapi tugas yang sulit untuk melindungi warga Tibet beserta tradisi mereka. Beliau kini dikenal sebagai salah satu figur pemimpin spiritual, YM. Dalai Lama sangat dikenal sebagai tokoh yang karismatik, sangat toleran, dan mengabdikan hidupnya demi perdamaian. Pemimpin muda Dalai Lama terlahir dengan nama Lhamo Thondup (ada yang menyebut Dhondup) pada tanggal 6 Juli 1935 di Takster, sebuah desa di sebelah utara Tibet. Lhamo Thondup ditemukan pada tahun 1937 oleh partai tradisi Tibet yang memiliki visi khusus mencari calon Dalai Lama. Ketika ditunjukkan beberapa benda kepunyaan Dalai Lama sebelumnya, Lhamo Thondup berkata, “Itu punyaku, itu milikku.” Kemudian anak kecil yang baru belajar berjalan ini dibawa ke kota suci Lhasa untuk memulai latihan. Keluarganya juga ikut serta dan diberi tunj...

TEACHING COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES A.      Proficiency Level Advanced B.       Objectives 1)       To introduce some techniques of cooperative learning 2)       To introduce key components of cooperative learning – positive interdependence, individual accountability, collaborative skills, processing group interaction, and heterogeneous grouping. C.       Cooperative Learning Techniques Jigsaw I (Slavin, 1990), roundtable D.      Learning Materials Three-Step Interview, TGT, one stay-two stray, components of cooperative learning E.       Time 60 minutes F.        Procedures Jigsaw I Step 1 -  Students form groups of Four . This is their home team. Each group, each person has a different letter of A, B, C , D .  Each receives the piece from the handou...