The document discusses the elements of a mystery genre. It includes a list of 20 websites related to mysteries, crime, investigation, and detection. Some of the websites referenced include ones related to libraries, aviation, law, smoking meats, and silver charms. The high-level purpose is to provide resources for understanding the mystery genre and its common components.
This document provides context and instruction for students to read a mystery story called "The Mystery of the Missing Lunch". It previews vocabulary words, genre elements of mysteries, and strategies for making inferences and identifying problems and solutions in stories. Students are asked to preview illustrations from the story and predict what the problem may be and how it could be solved before listening to the selection.
This document defines key terms and vocabulary used in mystery genres, including alibi, clue, deduce, deduction, detective, evidence, flashback, foreshadowing, hunch, motive, mystery, planted, red herring, sleuth, suspect, suspense, victim, and witness. It provides short descriptions of each term to explain their meaning within the context of mysteries.
The document outlines the key elements of a mystery story: characters including detectives and suspects, a setting, clues, and red herrings. It then analyzes whether the story "Who Stole Grandpa's Teeth?" contains these elements of a mystery. The summary identifies the characters, setting, clues provided in the story, and red herrings presented to determine if the story qualifies as a mystery. Students are then instructed to choose their own mystery book to read, complete a case report, and create a Glog to share with the class.
This document defines key vocabulary terms used in mystery stories, including alibi, breakthrough, clue, crime, deduction, detective, evidence, hunch, motive, mystery, red herring, sleuth, suspect, and witness. It provides short definitions for each term to explain their meaning in the context of investigating and solving a crime.
This document provides a guided outline for writing a mystery story in 17 steps. It prompts the writer to describe scenes such as arriving home from school, receiving a mysterious phone call asking for help solving a crime, investigating clues and interrogating suspects at a crime scene, and ultimately identifying and confronting the culprit. The writer is guided to include dialogue, sensory details, clues, and a dramatic conclusion to reveal "whodunit".
Two men dressed in dark clothing enter a wealthy neighborhood in the early morning hours to collect garbage from each house without breaking the law. They are experts who have worked the neighborhood before and avoid certain houses, coming every week at the same time.
This document discusses various fruits and vegetables, noting that grapes and bananas are fruits, while carrots and peas are vegetables. It also asks questions about what a potato and strawberry are, and invites the reader to match fruits and vegetables.
Sequencing - How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwichgherm6
The document provides instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in 6 steps. It involves gathering the necessary supplies of bread, peanut butter, and jelly. The instructions then guide the reader to spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread, followed by the jelly on the other slice. The two slices are then pressed together to complete the sandwich, which can be cut in half with help from an adult. The document encourages enjoying the finished sandwich.
Shapes - An Introduction for Lower Elementarygherm6
This document lists different shapes including circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, and diamond. It provides basic information about each shape such as the number of sides and angles. The document also contains a link to a video about shapes.
The document contains a list of common similes used to describe people or things in a comparative way. Each simile pairs an adjective with a noun to convey how something is similarly characterized. For example, "as brave as a lion" means very brave, like a courageous lion. There are over 30 similes provided with different adjectives paired with common nouns to metaphorically illustrate their meaning through comparison.
The setting of a story refers to the time and place in which the story takes place. It helps establish the mood and atmosphere of the story and affects the characters and their actions. Common settings include locations, time periods, and environments such as oceans, forests, houses, small towns, deserts, schools, outer space, and more.
Newbery Medal - An Introduction for Grades 4-6gherm6
The document provides information about the Newbery Medal, which is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished American children's book published in the United States. It notes that the award is named after 18th century British bookseller John Newbery and has been given since 1922. The medal itself is made of bronze and engraved with the winner's name and date, with the actual medal going to the author and a replica placed on the book. Selection of the award winner is made by the Association for Library Service to Children, which is a division of the American Library Association. A list of recent award-winning books from 2012 is also included.
This document discusses generalizations and how to identify valid versus faulty generalizations. It defines a generalization as a broad statement about a group that states something they have in common. Faulty generalizations are not supported by facts and use absolute words like "all" or "never." Valid generalizations are supported by facts, examples, and logical thinking. The document provides examples of both valid and faulty generalizations and encourages analyzing whether a generalization is truly representative of an entire group.
The document describes 6 different invasive species, including the killer algae Caulerpa taxifolia, Nile perch fish, killer bee, cane toad, Formosan subterranean termite, and European starling bird. Each species is identified by its alien name, common name, type (plant, fish, insect, amphibian, etc.), and the cause of its invasion is listed as human mistake, introduction, or activity.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in ecosystems, including definitions of an ecosystem, different ecosystem types, and interactions within ecosystems. It defines an ecosystem as a place where animals, plants and non-living materials exist together. It then describes several different ecosystem types such as mountains, tundra, temperate forests and deserts. Finally, it outlines important interactions that take place within ecosystems, including predation, symbiosis, producers/consumers, and succession over time after a disturbance like a forest fire.
This document discusses comparing and contrasting topics by finding their similarities and differences. It provides an example of comparing frogs and ducks, noting they both hatch from eggs and make noises, but frogs use their back legs to swim and hibernate in winter while ducks use webbed feet and a beak to eat fish or pond grass. Another example compares characters Harry and Hermione, noting they are both wizards who go to Hogwarts but Harry was born a half-blood wizard while Hermione was born a Muggle. The document introduces comparing and contrasting and provides two short examples.
Characterization is how an author develops characters in a story through direct or indirect means. Direct characterization uses clear statements about a character, while indirect characterization shows a character's thoughts or how others perceive them. The document discusses different types of characterization authors use to develop characters that readers come to know through the story.
Realistic fiction consists of stories that could actually happen in real life, involving realistic plots, characters, and settings. Realistic fiction stories take place in the real world and do not involve magic or fantasy. They explore realistic subjects like family life, friendship, prejudice, and self-esteem through characters and events that are plausible within the real world.
The document discusses three perspectives, or points of view, from which a story can be told: first-person, second-person, and third-person. In first-person point of view the narrator is a character in the story who uses pronouns like "I" and "me". Second-person point of view is told by "you", while third-person perspective uses pronouns like "they", "he", and "she" and the narrator is not a character in the story.
Onomatopoeia are words that echo or imitate natural sounds. These sound words mimic the noises made by objects, things, and actions through their spelling and pronunciation. Onomatopoeia provide a concise way to represent sounds in writing.
Limericks are short, humorous poems that have a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, with lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyming together and lines 3 and 4 rhyming together. An example limerick is provided about a mouse running up a clock, as well as another about an old man with a beard. Instructions are given for writing your own limericks, including a partially completed example and a note that limericks can be set to song.
This document discusses inferences and how readers make inferences when reading. It explains that making inferences involves taking clues from the text and combining them with your own background knowledge to picture what is happening beyond just the explicit words. It provides an example of making inferences about the emotions and perspectives of characters in a cartoon based on visual clues and things implied but not directly stated in the text. The document encourages readers to actively question and visualize what they are reading to make informed inferences.
This document discusses inferences and how readers make inferences when reading. It explains that making inferences involves taking clues from the text and combining them with your own background knowledge to picture what is happening beyond just the explicit words. It provides an example of making inferences about the emotions and perspectives of characters in a cartoon based on visual clues and things left unsaid. The document encourages readers to practice making inferences to better understand implicit details and meanings in texts.
This document discusses idioms, which are expressions that do not literally mean what the words say. It provides examples of common idioms and their meanings, such as "pulling my leg" meaning teasing, "knocked her over with a feather" meaning very surprised, "drop me a line" meaning write me a letter, and "down in the dumps" meaning feeling sad. The document seeks to illustrate idioms and show that their real meanings can be different than the literal meaning of the words through various examples.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Examples provided are band/banned, board/bored, and Sunday/sundae. Homophones can be used in sentences to confuse the reader about which word is being used based on context, such as "the wind blew my board shirt into the pool" or "I ate the bored pancakes that were on my plate." A homophone generator is also included.
Historical fiction tells a story set in the past that uses an accurate historical setting, with some true elements like real people and events blended with fictional elements like imagined characters and adventures. It aims to help readers experience what life was like for people during a particular time in history through engaging stories that could have plausibly occurred.
European challenges through ancient lens: revisiting the 'decline' of the Wes...Javier Andreu
Material de apoyo a la conferencia dictada, en la Universidad de Columbia, el 10 de abril de 2025, por el Prof. Dr. D. Javier Andreu Pintado, en el marco de las actividades organizadas por la University of Columbia European Student Association.
Aviso de la conferencia en la sección de eventos de la Universidad de Columbia: https://sipa.campusgroups.com/ceusa/rsvp_boot?id=1928478
This document discusses various fruits and vegetables, noting that grapes and bananas are fruits, while carrots and peas are vegetables. It also asks questions about what a potato and strawberry are, and invites the reader to match fruits and vegetables.
Sequencing - How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwichgherm6
The document provides instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in 6 steps. It involves gathering the necessary supplies of bread, peanut butter, and jelly. The instructions then guide the reader to spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread, followed by the jelly on the other slice. The two slices are then pressed together to complete the sandwich, which can be cut in half with help from an adult. The document encourages enjoying the finished sandwich.
Shapes - An Introduction for Lower Elementarygherm6
This document lists different shapes including circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, and diamond. It provides basic information about each shape such as the number of sides and angles. The document also contains a link to a video about shapes.
The document contains a list of common similes used to describe people or things in a comparative way. Each simile pairs an adjective with a noun to convey how something is similarly characterized. For example, "as brave as a lion" means very brave, like a courageous lion. There are over 30 similes provided with different adjectives paired with common nouns to metaphorically illustrate their meaning through comparison.
The setting of a story refers to the time and place in which the story takes place. It helps establish the mood and atmosphere of the story and affects the characters and their actions. Common settings include locations, time periods, and environments such as oceans, forests, houses, small towns, deserts, schools, outer space, and more.
Newbery Medal - An Introduction for Grades 4-6gherm6
The document provides information about the Newbery Medal, which is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished American children's book published in the United States. It notes that the award is named after 18th century British bookseller John Newbery and has been given since 1922. The medal itself is made of bronze and engraved with the winner's name and date, with the actual medal going to the author and a replica placed on the book. Selection of the award winner is made by the Association for Library Service to Children, which is a division of the American Library Association. A list of recent award-winning books from 2012 is also included.
This document discusses generalizations and how to identify valid versus faulty generalizations. It defines a generalization as a broad statement about a group that states something they have in common. Faulty generalizations are not supported by facts and use absolute words like "all" or "never." Valid generalizations are supported by facts, examples, and logical thinking. The document provides examples of both valid and faulty generalizations and encourages analyzing whether a generalization is truly representative of an entire group.
The document describes 6 different invasive species, including the killer algae Caulerpa taxifolia, Nile perch fish, killer bee, cane toad, Formosan subterranean termite, and European starling bird. Each species is identified by its alien name, common name, type (plant, fish, insect, amphibian, etc.), and the cause of its invasion is listed as human mistake, introduction, or activity.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in ecosystems, including definitions of an ecosystem, different ecosystem types, and interactions within ecosystems. It defines an ecosystem as a place where animals, plants and non-living materials exist together. It then describes several different ecosystem types such as mountains, tundra, temperate forests and deserts. Finally, it outlines important interactions that take place within ecosystems, including predation, symbiosis, producers/consumers, and succession over time after a disturbance like a forest fire.
This document discusses comparing and contrasting topics by finding their similarities and differences. It provides an example of comparing frogs and ducks, noting they both hatch from eggs and make noises, but frogs use their back legs to swim and hibernate in winter while ducks use webbed feet and a beak to eat fish or pond grass. Another example compares characters Harry and Hermione, noting they are both wizards who go to Hogwarts but Harry was born a half-blood wizard while Hermione was born a Muggle. The document introduces comparing and contrasting and provides two short examples.
Characterization is how an author develops characters in a story through direct or indirect means. Direct characterization uses clear statements about a character, while indirect characterization shows a character's thoughts or how others perceive them. The document discusses different types of characterization authors use to develop characters that readers come to know through the story.
Realistic fiction consists of stories that could actually happen in real life, involving realistic plots, characters, and settings. Realistic fiction stories take place in the real world and do not involve magic or fantasy. They explore realistic subjects like family life, friendship, prejudice, and self-esteem through characters and events that are plausible within the real world.
The document discusses three perspectives, or points of view, from which a story can be told: first-person, second-person, and third-person. In first-person point of view the narrator is a character in the story who uses pronouns like "I" and "me". Second-person point of view is told by "you", while third-person perspective uses pronouns like "they", "he", and "she" and the narrator is not a character in the story.
Onomatopoeia are words that echo or imitate natural sounds. These sound words mimic the noises made by objects, things, and actions through their spelling and pronunciation. Onomatopoeia provide a concise way to represent sounds in writing.
Limericks are short, humorous poems that have a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, with lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyming together and lines 3 and 4 rhyming together. An example limerick is provided about a mouse running up a clock, as well as another about an old man with a beard. Instructions are given for writing your own limericks, including a partially completed example and a note that limericks can be set to song.
This document discusses inferences and how readers make inferences when reading. It explains that making inferences involves taking clues from the text and combining them with your own background knowledge to picture what is happening beyond just the explicit words. It provides an example of making inferences about the emotions and perspectives of characters in a cartoon based on visual clues and things implied but not directly stated in the text. The document encourages readers to actively question and visualize what they are reading to make informed inferences.
This document discusses inferences and how readers make inferences when reading. It explains that making inferences involves taking clues from the text and combining them with your own background knowledge to picture what is happening beyond just the explicit words. It provides an example of making inferences about the emotions and perspectives of characters in a cartoon based on visual clues and things left unsaid. The document encourages readers to practice making inferences to better understand implicit details and meanings in texts.
This document discusses idioms, which are expressions that do not literally mean what the words say. It provides examples of common idioms and their meanings, such as "pulling my leg" meaning teasing, "knocked her over with a feather" meaning very surprised, "drop me a line" meaning write me a letter, and "down in the dumps" meaning feeling sad. The document seeks to illustrate idioms and show that their real meanings can be different than the literal meaning of the words through various examples.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Examples provided are band/banned, board/bored, and Sunday/sundae. Homophones can be used in sentences to confuse the reader about which word is being used based on context, such as "the wind blew my board shirt into the pool" or "I ate the bored pancakes that were on my plate." A homophone generator is also included.
Historical fiction tells a story set in the past that uses an accurate historical setting, with some true elements like real people and events blended with fictional elements like imagined characters and adventures. It aims to help readers experience what life was like for people during a particular time in history through engaging stories that could have plausibly occurred.
European challenges through ancient lens: revisiting the 'decline' of the Wes...Javier Andreu
Material de apoyo a la conferencia dictada, en la Universidad de Columbia, el 10 de abril de 2025, por el Prof. Dr. D. Javier Andreu Pintado, en el marco de las actividades organizadas por la University of Columbia European Student Association.
Aviso de la conferencia en la sección de eventos de la Universidad de Columbia: https://sipa.campusgroups.com/ceusa/rsvp_boot?id=1928478
A measles outbreak originating in West Texas has been linked to confirmed cases in New Mexico, with additional cases reported in Oklahoma and Kansas. 61 individuals have required hospitalization, and 3 deaths, 2 children in Texas and 1 adult in New Mexico. These fatalities mark the first measles-related deaths in the United States since 2015 and the first pediatric measles death since 2003.
The YSPH Virtual Medical Operations Center Briefs (VMOC) were created as a service-learning project by faculty and graduate students at the Yale School of Public Health in response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Each year, the VMOC Briefs are produced by students enrolled in Environmental Health Science Course 581 - Public Health Emergencies: Disaster Planning and Response. These briefs compile diverse information sources – including status reports, maps, news articles, and web content– into a single, easily digestible document that can be widely shared and used interactively. Key features of this report include:
- Comprehensive Overview: Provides situation updates, maps, relevant news, and web resources.
- Accessibility: Designed for easy reading, wide distribution, and interactive use.
- Collaboration: The “unlocked" format enables other responders to share, copy, and adapt it seamlessly.
The students learn by doing, quickly discovering how and where to find critical information and presenting it in an easily understood manner.
A measles outbreak originating in West Texas has been linked to confirmed cases in New Mexico, with additional cases reported in Oklahoma and Kansas. 61 individuals have required hospitalization, and 3 deaths, 2 children in Texas and 1 adult in New Mexico. These fatalities mark the first measles-related deaths in the United States since 2015 and the first pediatric measles death since 2003.
The YSPH Virtual Medical Operations Center Briefs (VMOC) were created as a service-learning project by faculty and graduate students at the Yale School of Public Health in response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Each year, the VMOC Briefs are produced by students enrolled in Environmental Health Science Course 581 - Public Health Emergencies: Disaster Planning and Response. These briefs compile diverse information sources – including status reports, maps, news articles, and web content– into a single, easily digestible document that can be widely shared and used interactively. Key features of this report include:
- Comprehensive Overview: Provides situation updates, maps, relevant news, and web resources.
- Accessibility: Designed for easy reading, wide distribution, and interactive use.
- Collaboration: The “unlocked" format enables other responders to share, copy, and adapt it seamlessly.
The students learn by doing, quickly discovering how and where to find critical information and presenting it in an easily understood manner.
AI-based Information Retrieval from Structured Text Documents.pdfAmritha Premkumar
The rapid expansion of unstructured and semi-structured textual data in technical documentation,
industrial datasheets, and regulatory reports has created an urgent need for automated knowledge
extraction and representation systems. Traditional rule-based and keyword-driven approaches
often fail to capture semantic relationships, hierarchical structures, and contextual dependencies,
limiting their effectiveness in structured data retrieval. This thesis explores AI-driven structured
knowledge extraction using Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4o and Gemini
2.0 Flash, to generate XML-based knowledge graphs from unstructured PDFs.
The proposed methodology consists of a multi-stage AI pipeline that integrates text extraction,
structured representation, confidence-aware entity extraction, and question-answering (QA) capabilities:
• Text Extraction and Preprocessing: A layout-aware text extraction using pdfplumber accurately
retrieves textual content from multi-column, tabular, and graphically embedded
PDFs. The system ensures context preservation, structural consistency, and efficient handling
of complex document formats.
• Structured Knowledge Graph Generation: Extracted text is processed using GPT-4o and
Gemini 2.0 Flash to transform unstructured content into hierarchically structured XML
representations, ensuring that extracted information is machine-readable and semantically
rich.
• Confidence-Based Entity Extraction: Gemini 2.0 Flash introduces a confidence-aware extraction
framework, where each extracted attribute is assigned a confidence score (0.0–1.0),
allowing for uncertainty estimation, ranking of high-confidence attributes, and filtering of
unreliable extractions.
• Question-Answering (QA) over Structured Data: The thesis implements QA systems: (i)
Rule-Based Querying which directly maps structured queries to XML elements for fast
and precise information retrieval, and (ii) AI-Powered Semantic QA using GPT-4o and
Gemini 2.0 Flash which interpret natural language queries, by extracting relevant information
dynamically from structured knowledge graphs.
• Performance Benchmarking and Evaluation: The structured extraction and QA models
are evaluated using: (i) precision, recall, and F1-score to assess extraction accuracy, (ii)
processing time and scalability to measure computational efficiency, (iii) schema compliance
to ensure adherence to predefined XML structures, and (iv) confidence-score reliability
to validate uncertainty estimation in entity extraction.
Digital Counters Demystified: Fundamentals & JK‑Flip‑Flop DesignGS Virdi
Join Dr. G.S. Virdi—Former Chief Scientist at CSIR‑Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani—as he walks you through the essentials of electronic counters in digital logic. In this concise, example‑driven presentation you’ll learn:
What a counter is and why it’s indispensable in computing and embedded systems
How sequential digital logic circuits (using JK flip‑flops) implement divide‑by‑2 and ripple counters
The role of cascade connections in multi‑bit counting
Interpreting timing diagrams to visualize count sequences (0 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4…)
Ideal for electronics students, hobbyists, and professionals brushing up on digital design.
Administration of medication.Medication administration: the direct applicatio...DR .PALLAVI PATHANIA
Medication administration: the direct application of a prescribed medication—whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means—to the body of the individual by an individual legally authorized to do so.
CLINICAL SYMPTOMS & MANAGEMENT OF POISONING.pptxAshish Umale
The above slides indicated the detailed study about the poisoning conditions and its types.
There are three main categories of the poisoning such as corrosive, irritant, neurotics , which describes the various type of poisoning.
There are many different types and compounds are responsible for causing the poisoning conditions inside the body.
Some of the main categories that creates poisoning are mercury, lead, arsenic, organophosphorus, barbiturates etc.
All the above conditions caused poisoning conditions inside the body by performing various mechanisms on various receptors and various parts of the body which creats harmful effect and even may lead to death condition too. To cure these harmful conditions various drugs are used to treat them. Management of these diseases are important by which the spredispeed of these will reduce and the condition will be free from the impact o poison on the body.
7. The Case
Two men dressed in dark clothing enter a rich neighborhood
in the early morning hours. They move quickly from house
to house, taking everything they can. A policeman sees the
men – but does not approach or arrest them.
The Mystery
Who are the men?
Clues
The men wear gloves and leave no fingerprints.
The men avoid certain houses.
The men have worked this neighborhood before and are experts
at what they do.
The men aren’t breaking the law.
The homeowners are ready for the men to come.
The men come every week at the same time………..*****
**Garbage men collecting trash!
8. The Case
A man captures a wild animal and brings it back to civilization.
Most days, the man leaves the animal alone and the animal
ventures out on his own. The animal often gets into trouble, and
the man must intervene to set things right. The man is
distinguished from other by his distinctive clothing, which he
appears to wear every day.
The Mystery
What color clothing does the man wear
Clues
and what is the animal’s name?
The man has dark hair.
You can read about the animal in books at Pinewood.
The man always wears a bright color.
The man is known by the color of his hat.
The animal likes to monkey around….***
**The man always wears yellow; the
animal’s name is Curious George.