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darling-i-read-it · 2 years

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Red File

Dexter Morgan x fem!reader

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Warnings: murder on both the reader and dexters side, cover ups, mentions of crime scenes but nothings too detailed, the reader and dexter are both serial killers, allusions to smut. This is fictional and I obviously don’t condone any of the actions made in this fic

Author’s Note: i miss him <3 :(

Summary: Dexter realizes one of the recent crime scenes he’s been set up to investigate is one you, his girlfriend, committed

I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director/creator

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Dexter Morgan was a nice man. He brought in donuts in the morning and always remembered everyones favorites. You were fairly certain he did it just to maintain appearances but it was nice regardless. You liked that he had his own little section of blood stuff and you liked that his face went dead when he thought no one was looking. You could only imagine his inner dialogue with the faces he made sometimes.

Dexter liked you too. He liked that your desk was facing his desk instead of Debs. If it was Debra she would mention every two seconds when he wasn’t doing something. You left notes on the edge of your desk and he left them back where he knew you would see them. It was his only form of communication some days when masking was harder.

Today he had a sticky note on his desk that said, ‘two lemon filled donuts?’

You were writing something back when you decided you wanted those lemon filled donuts now so you just got up. You walked over to him and knocked gently on the desktop.

“Come on in,” he muttered, face staring at the computer in front of him. You smiled and slid across the floor to where he was sitting.

“Donuts?” you questioned pleasantly. He nodded, shoving the box towards you. You grabbed a donut and had a bite, wiping the glaze off your lips as you chewed.

“I saved yours. Why weren’t you here this morning?”

“Someone kept me up last night. Waiting. Watching out the window. Wondering if he would ever return,” you said wistfully, giving him a look. He leaned back in his chair.

“You know where I was. I can’t rush that,” he muttered, knowing no one was listening to you two but whispering it anyway. You nodded, swallowing the bite you were chewing.

“Well I’m much faster than you. You’re too meticulous.”

“And I haven't been caught, yeah?” “Neither of I!” you whispered. You crossed your arms.

“You have less of a problem then I do, you know that,” he muttered. He went back to his computer. You sat on his desk, looking down at what he was staring at. There was a profile up on someone you didn’t recognize. No case that you were working on.

“Who’s that?”

“A problem,” he muttered. “You’re getting donuts all over my computer.” He handed you a napkin, which you took gratefully.

“Sorry.” You put the donut down on the napkin.

“You coming by tonight?”

“Of course. Are you gonna be there?”

“Depends,” he muttered. “On if this man goes to the gym tonight.”

“You know Dex, you really are charming.” You brushed his hair back and kissed his forehead. He swatted you away but was smiling warmly as you left. You took your donut with you to your desk and went back to your case. You messed with your ring and flicked at the edge of it where there was a speck of red on it. You rubbed it with your thumb until it was gone from the naked eye. You didn’t realize you had been wearing your rings the other night.

Dexter would kill you for that.

Not literally though.

You really loved Dexter’s place. Sometimes when you were on your way you took a detour to the water and hung out around it. Dexter liked to take forever to get places anyway so you usually had time. But that night you decided to go straight up the stairs through the front door, using your key to get in.

As you suspected, he wasn’t there when you arrived. You didn’t mind. You walked to the kitchen and opened up some cabinets, wondering if you needed to force him to go shopping again. He was a timely guy when he wanted to be. Shopping was never a time he wanted to be. Your phone, which you had placed on the counter, was ringing. You answered it and put it on speaker.

“Heya!”

“Are you at my brother's place?” Deb asked through the phone. You took out a box of Cheez-Its and opened it, trying to determine if they were stale.

“Yes ma’am,” you said, taking a bite. You made a face and threw the box in the trash. Yeah. He definitely needed to go shopping.

“Awesome. Can you do something for me?”

“Depends. What are you offering me?”

“Nothing. Brownie points. I don’t fucking know, aren’t we gonna be sister in laws one day? Shouldn’t we be helping each other out?” You had a mouthful of packaged popcorn.

“Is Dexter proposing?”

“No. Well not that I know of. Anyway, please.”

“Yes Deb. What do I need to do?” She breathed out in what seemed to be relief. You looked out the window. The sun was starting to set over the water.

“Dexter has like, a whole box of paperwork. It should be on his couch or something.” You grabbed your phone and walked over. There was a box of evidence sitting right where she said it would be. You opened it up.

“I see it.”

“Is there a red file? Like maroon. Fucking red.” You picked up the only red file and opened it up.

“It is in my hands.”

“Okay awesome. Fucking fantastic. I’m gonna come over and get it.”

“Why?” you asked, opening it up. You held back a gasp. You knew that crime scene. You knew those crime scene pictures. That was your crime scene. Dexter had a file on a crime you committed here and Debra wanted it.

“I’ve been working on some theories but he’s trying to work this one on his own for some reason. I don’t know why I mean, shit all you know, he’s not even an actual detective. He’s just a blood guy. Not that he couldn’t be a detective I just mean it isn’t his juris-”

“I got it Deb. He’s not here, are you sure you wanna come by?”

“Yeah he won’t mind.”

“I don’t know. You said he was trying to deal with this by himself?”

“I’ll see you soon!” She hung up the phone. You cursed under your breath. Why hadn’t Dexter told you about this? You sat down on the couch and flipped through the papers, breathing heavily. You didn’t expect to see this crime scene ever again. You had hidden it well.

The door opened. You stood up, expecting Deb but was more than pleased to see Dexter. He let out a sigh at the sight of you and then froze at the sight of what you were holding.

“Were you gonna tell me your sister is investigating this?”

“She’s not. I’m burying it.” He shut the door behind him and walked to the vent. He opened it up. He grabbed the box from inside.

“How the hell did they find it?”

“I don’t know. I told you to dismember-”

“I know you did. I remember the hundreds of conversations we had on the topic. This is not where I left her.”

“Where did you leave her?”

“In the fucking lake,” you muttered. “Why is she not in the lake?”

“She was found in the woods. I was trying to handle it before you found out. The hope was, you wouldn’t find out,” he said. He put his blood slide in and put the box back.

“How are you going to bury this?”

“Things go unsolved every day. Nothing about you was on the body. I just don’t want them investigating.”

“Well your sister-”

There was a knock on the door. You both turned. Dexter carefully put the vent back on the wall. You handed him the file and he walked past you into the bedroom. You opened the door.

“Hey! Is Dexter back?” Deb asked. You nodded, gesturing to where he walked. He came back quickly, a strained smile on his face.

“Were you trying to sneak attack me?” he accused.

“Yes actually. Where’s the files?”

“They aren’t here. She saw the wrong ones,” he explained. Deb let out an annoyed sigh.

“Stop lying to me. What is with you and this stupid case? It’s just one person, I know, but we still owe it to them-”

“I know that. That’s why I was taking the lead on it.”

“Come on Dexter.”

“It’s not here.” He shrugged incredulously. She let out an annoyed sigh and leaned on the door, gesturing to the kitchen.

“You need to go shopping. I’m going back to work and checking your desk.”

“You do that.”

“It was nice seeing you Y/N!” Deb called as she opened the door.

“You too!” But the door was already shut. You turned to Dexter. “You do need to go shopping.” He rolled his eyes.

“That’s what you’re worried about? You could go to jail if she sees anything I don’t.” You scoffed, walking up to him. You put his hands on his upper arms.

“She won’t. You’re Dexter Morgan. She won’t find something you won't find first.”

“You have a lot of faith in my eyesight.”

“Cause I like your eyes.” You shrugged. “Thank you for doing all this. I didn’t even know about this and you were already covering me. Thank you.”

“I like yours too,” he breathed, semi awkwardly. “Your eyes.”

“I figured.” You backed away. “We’re going shopping tomorrow. For food.”

“I figured,” he repeated.

“Your shoulders were tense.”

“Odd thing to note considering my girlfriends murder victim was just found and is being investiagted by my sister.”

“I was referring to your night. Was it eventful?”

“Always.” You walked back to the kitchen and leaned against the counter he followed you.

“Where’d you put the folder Dex?”

“Under my pillow. Well, it would be your pillow if you wanna sleep over tonight,” he said, standing in front of you. You looked him in the eyes.

“Only we would chat about bed arrangements after murder.”

“I like it about us. I think it keeps us fresh.” You smiled gently and shrugged.

“It’s certainly unique.” You kissed him. He hadn’t ever really liked kissing before he met you. Now it was pleasant. He wasn’t obsessed but he certainly never minded when your lips were on his. He put his hand on your hip out of pure instinct. You were comfortable with each other and he always appreciated that.

“I’m gonna shower,” he muttered against your lips.

“I’m gonna head to bed soon anyway.” He nodded once, kissing you gently and then backing away. His hand lingered on your waist until he was too far away to touch you.

“Join me?” he mused as he was walking away.

“Thought you would never ask!”

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evermoremorgan · 3 years

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Do you ever sometimes do something stupid, and immediately regret it? And do you ever sometimes make a big mistake to try and correct the last smaller mistake, then another to try to correct the one before that, but instead, it just snowballs until you’re in an avalanche of shit?

Well, Debra Morgan does, often. And she does it all at the exact same time.

Arguably, her first mistake was becoming a vice cop in the first place. But that life choice aside, the precursor to her current dilemma was undoubtedly getting involved with the most dangerous man on her side of the country. Not only was her physical safety at stake every day she spent with him, but even being away from him was dangerous, especially when the rivals who hated and envied him paid close attention to the associates he seemed to keep closest. She supposed it shouldn’t have been as much of a shock as it was when she was abruptly pulled into a blacked out SUV by two known associates of the local street gang that had been mostly ousted ever since the rise of the Third Street Saints. With her hands zip-tied behind her back, she’d tried to call her undercover handler for help... but instead of managing to hit the name of Sergeant ‘Mordini,’ she, instead, dialed ‘Michael,’ and left the line open.

Probably forty some minutes later, in a dumpy little warehouse that the mules had spent fifteen minutes loudly arguing about its location, and with a bruised, throbbing cheek and split lip earned from that sassy, sarcastic mouth of hers, Debra kneels over one of the men, barely conscious on the floor, her knee in his back and the mouth of her government issued handgun pressed hard against the back of his skull. His partner had left only a few minutes ago, and Debra had taken the opportunity to fight for her life before he returned with the authority to off her. After a brief and somewhat frightening struggle, Deb shot a round right beside his head, and bashed him over it in the recoil. Her ears were still ringing, which is perhaps why she didn’t hear the door open and the approaching footsteps a few moments later.

“You stupid dirtbag, calling me a fucking whore. You don’t know who the FUCK you’re talking to—!”

Her attention is drawn abruptly by a shadow that extends over the body, and with a gasp she quickly retrains her weapon onto the intruder with a precision that no simple street girl would have. It takes less than a full second for her to feel her stomach drop and her heart fill her throat, jaw dropped in shock.

“W--What the fuck?” She says, so softly it’s nearly imperceptible to her own ears. “How... uh...” Stunned, she looks down at the body sprawled under her as he releases a pained groan, and then quickly moved her sights off of the ‘friendly’ face before her and back toward the male’s head. When she looks back up, and clears her throat to speak a little louder. “M-Michael... baby,” she tries to sound relieved, happy, despite feeling nothing but horrified. “I’m-- thank God you found me...” Worth a shot. It’s been a nice life. // @torfol !!!

#SORRY THIS IS SO LONG #as always i need lots of fucking set up for shit but no pressure to match it #torfol

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cdga · 4 years

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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 22nd CDGA

Annual Ceremony to Be Held on January 28, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 10, 2019) – Nominees were announced today for the 22nd CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) celebrating excellence in film, television, and short form Costume Design. Executive Produced by JumpLine and sponsored by Westfield Century City and Campari®, winners will be announced at the ceremony which will take place on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

As previously announced, this year’s host will be Emmy-nominated writer, producer, author, director and actor Mindy Kaling, while the honorees will include Mary Ellen Fields (Distinguished Service Award), Michael Kaplan(Career Achievement Award), Adam McKay (Distinguished Collaborator Award), and Charlize Theron (Spotlight Award). Presenters joining J.J. Abrams on stage will be revealed in the coming weeks.

"On behalf of the Costume Designers Guild, I’d like to congratulate all of our 22nd CDGA nominees. This year is a particularly exciting year for television as we have updated our rules of submission. Designers now submit a single episode that best represents their work on a series. We are looking forward to celebrating all of our talented costume designers, as well as our amazing honorees in January, and are so thankful to our premier sponsors, Westfield Century City and Campari®, for making our awards gala possible,” said Salvador Perez, President of the Costume Designers Guild Local #892.

Following is the list of final nominees:

Excellence in Contemporary Film

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Arjun Bhasin

Hustlers – Mitchell Travers

Knives Out – Jenny Eagan

The Laundromat – Ellen Mirojnick

Queen & Slim – Shiona Turini

Excellence in Period Film

Dolemite is My Name – Ruth E. Carter

Downton Abbey – Anna Mary Scott Robbins

Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips

Rocketman – Julian Day

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film

Aladdin – Michael Wilkinson

Avengers: Endgame – Judianna Makovsky

Captain Marvel – Sanja M. Hays

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Ellen Mirojnick

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Michael Kaplan

Excellence in Contemporary Television

Big Little Lies: “She Knows” – Alix Friedberg

Fleabag: “2.1” – Ray Holman

Killing Eve: “Desperate Times” – Charlotte Mitchell

Russian Doll: “Superiority Complex” – Jennifer Rogien

Schitt’s Creek: “The Dress” – Debra Hanson

Excellence in Period Television

Chernobyl: “Please Remain Calm” – Odile Dicks-Mireaux

The Crown: “Cri De Coeur” – Amy Roberts

Fosse/Verdon: “Life is a Cabaret” – Melissa Toth & Joseph La Corte

GLOW: “Freaky Tuesday” – Beth Morgan

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” – Donna Zakowska

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television

Carnival Row: “Aisling” – Joanna Eatwell

Game of Thrones: “The Iron Throne” – Michele Clapton

The Handmaid’s Tale: “Household” – Natalie Bronfman

A Series of Unfortunate Events: “Penultimate Peril: Part 2” – Cynthia Summers

Watchmen: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” – Sharen Davis

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television

Dancing with the Stars: “First Elimination” – Daniela Gschwendtner & Steven Norman Lee

The Late Late Show with James Corden: “Crosswalk the Musical: Aladdin” – Lauren Shapiro

The Masked Singer: “Season Finale: And the Winner Takes It All and Takes It Off” – Marina Toybina

RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Whatcha Unpackin?” – Zaldy for RuPaul

Saturday Night Live: “Sandra Oh / Tame Impala” – Tom Broecker & Eric Justian

Excellence in Short Form Design

Katy Perry: “Small Talk” music video – Phoenix Mellow

Kohler Verdera Voice Smart Mirror: “Mirror, Mirror” commercial – Ami Goodheart

Lil Nas X: “Old Town Road” music video – Catherine Hahn

Madonna: “God Control” music video – B. Åkerlund

United Airlines: “Star Wars Wing Walker” commercial – Christopher Lawrence

For 22nd CDGA ticket and sponsorship information, please visit: www.jumpline-group.com/cdga.

ABOUT THE COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD

The Costume Designers Guild, IATSE local 892, is a union formed for the promotion and protection of the art of costume design. Members, including costume designers, assistant costume designers, and illustrators, use their artistry and technical expertise to create believable characters within the narratives of motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and new media. Over 1,100 members strong, the CDG is a proud affiliate of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @CDGlocal892.

ABOUT JUMPLINE

JumpLine Group: The intersection of live production and original content. JumpLine specializes in high-touch events and premium lifestyle brand activations. Its content division, BehindTheLine develops film, television, and digital content, and produced the feature-length documentary about Saturday Night Live, Live From New York!

SOCIAL MEDIA

Find the CDGA on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and use #CDGA. For updates and live tweeting during the show @CostumeAwards.

MEDIA CONTACT

Caroline Stegner, Rogers & Cowan

[email protected]

310.854.8149

For more information about the awards visit: www.jumpline-group.com/cdga

NOTE: Please do not abbreviate “costume designer” by using “costumer.”

These are two different union locals, referring to completely different job descriptions.

If it is necessary to abbreviate “costume designer” for space, please use “designer.”

#CDGA

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paranormaltaskforce-blog · 5 years

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The Big Paranormal Round Up will be hosted at the Big River Ranch in Lexington, MO under the Full Harvest Moon on September 13 & 14!

Besides the other great festive activities being held in conjunction with this great event, there is also a line up of speaker presentations from very knowledgeable people within the paranormal field! You will be able to learn from them as they share their knowledge, experience and stories!

Speaker presentations will take place on Friday September 13 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday September 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost for single day presentation passes is $15 for Friday and $20 for Saturday or you can get a two day presentation pass for the discounted price of only $30. For more info or tickets please visit www.bigparanormalroundup.com

These speakers include:

1. The infamous Kinge Brothers from the paranormal show "Ghost Lab" who are coming all the way from Texas to share with us all!

2. KD Stafford who has been dubbed as the Paranormal Mad Scientist due to his experimentation and creation of paranormal investigative devices! He is also featured on the new Travel Channel show "Ghost of Morgan City"!

3. Jason Offutt who is a renowned local Missouri author who has a plethora of paranormal experience as well as paranormal related books! Jason will take you on a journey into Cryptic Creatures of Missouri!

4. Jason Haxton who is not only the director of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO but also the long time past owner of haunted Dibbuk Box which the horror movie "The Possession" was based upon! Jason also is the author of "The Dibbuk Box" which details his accounts with this mysterious item!

5. Tony and Debra Pickman who are the iconic survivors of the terrifying haunted Sallie House in Atchison Kansas! They have appeared on a multitude of television and radio shows and Debra has authored the book "The Sallie House Haunting: A True Story"!

6. Mike Couch who is the founder of the awesome non-profit organization "The Lost Limbs Foundation" which provides financial assistance to the families of amputee children who are in need of medical and prosthetic assistance! Mike is also the owner of the very haunted Roads Hotel in Atlanta, Indiana!

7. Margie Kay who is not only the Assistant State Director of MUFON in Missouri, but also an experienced paranormal investigator and author! Margie will share her extensive ufology knowledge about UFO crashes in Missouri including one that happened before the iconic Roswell incident!

8. Robbin Terry who is the owner of both the haunted Ashmore Estates and Haunted R Theater in Illinois! He also has years of experience in the paranormal field and is the owner of the original Mystery Machine that Hanna-Barbara used to promote the original Scooby Doo cartoons!

9. David Glidden who is a very seasoned paranormal investigator and also an expert with the spook light phenomena. He has also directed and is in the amazing documentary "Into The Light: An Exploration of the Spook Light Phenomena"!

10. There will also be various speakers from the paranormal organizations Paranormal Task Force, Afterlife Investigations and Supernatural Ink which will present some of the basics and not so basics of Ghost and Haunting including investigating, equipment used and even some of their more notable paranormal encounters during their quest for such! You will hears about and see and/or hear evidence from such locations as Zombie Road, The Exorcist House, Tri-County Truck Stop, Ray County Museum, Hall of Waters and more!

#paranormal #supernatural #ghost #sallie house

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joeschap · 3 years

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LEARNING DISABILITIES

Name of strategy: Repeated and monitored oral reading

Use of strategy: For use in all content areas and grade levels

Focus of strategy: Fluency, comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetics

Explanation of strategy: Repeated reading is simple to execute and can be done with any type of book. As a sample, you can follow these guidelines for choosing the right text.

Choose a text that is approximately 50-200 words.

Select a passage that is decodable but not predictable.

Use a text that is between the student's instructional and frustration levels—they should mostly be able to read it without your help but this will mean that decoding and mistakes will be made.

Introduce the passage to them and provide background information as needed. The student should read the passage aloud. You can provide definitions for difficult words that they encounter but let them pronounce them on their own and try to figure them out for themselves first.

Have students re-read the passage up to three times until their reading is smooth and efficient. The goal is for their reading to come as close to authentic language as possible. You may choose to use a fluency chart to track their progress.

Supporting articles: Alber-Morgan, Sheila R. (2006)). Ten Ways to Enhance the Effectiveness of Repeated Readings. Behavior Analyst Today, 3(3). 273-279.

Cunningham, Patricia, Allington, Richard L. (2011). Classrooms That Work: They can all Read and Write. Pearson.

Conderman, Greg, Strobel, Debra. (2006). Problem Solving with Guided Repeated Oral Reading Instruction. Intervention in School and Clinic / Sage Journals, 42(1). 34-39.

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Name of strategy: Modeling fluent reading

Use of strategy: For use in all content areas and grade levels

Focus of strategy: Fluency, comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetics

Explanation of strategy: In order to read fluently, students must first hear and understand what fluent reading sounds like. From that they will be able to transfer those experiences into their own reading. The most powerful way for you to help students is to read aloud to them, often and with great expression. Following a read-aloud session, ask students: "After listening to how I read, can you tell me what I did that is like what good readers do?" Encourage students to share their thoughts. Also, ask students to think about how a fluent reader keeps a listener engaged. Choose selections carefully in order to expose them to a wide variety of subjects including poetry, excerpts from speeches, and folk and fairy tales with rich, lyrical language. These are all texts that will spark students' interests and draw them into the reading experience with enthusiasm.

Supporting articles: Blau, Lisa. (2021), 5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency. Scholastic Teacher.

Yaghoub Zadeh, Z., Farnia, F. & Geva, E. (2012). Toward modeling reading comprehension and reading fluency in English language learners. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25(1), 163–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-010-9252-0

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Name of strategy: Use of graphic organizers

Use of strategy: For use in all content areas and grade levels

Focus of strategy: Comprehension, organization, investigation, recall

Explanation of strategy: Graphic organizers are useful and easy tools that can visualize and organize information. They are often used as prompts for students to construct ideas, organize and sequence information, plan what to write, increase reading comprehension, brainstorm, organize problems and solutions, compare and contrast ideas, show cause and effect, and more. What the students need to do in most cases is to fill in the blanks. The ability to color-code thoughts in a picture can help significantly in understanding and remembering the information. Graphic organizers benefit students who use them in the following aspects:

Help students structure the writing project.

Encourage students to judge the pros and cons of making decisions.

Generate, classify ideas easily, and communicate in brainstorm.

Examine relationships.

Guide students to demonstrate their thinking process.

Increase reading comprehension

Organize and compare essential concepts and ideas.

Sequence and break a story into the main elements (intro, rising action, climax, and more).

There are many types and varieties of graphic organizers that can be utilized, the one below is but one of many.

The cause and effect diagram, also known as an Ishikawa or fishbone diagram, refers to a graphical tool used to display a list of causes related to a specific effect. It organizes these potential causes in groups.

Supporting articles: Praveen, Sam D., Premalatha, Rajan. (2013). Using Graphic Organizers to Improve Reading Comprehension Skills for Middle School ESL Students. English Language Teaching, 6(2), 155-170.

Wise, Mark, Cooper, Carl. (2019). Increasing the Value of Graphic Organizers. Edutopia. Lucas Educational Research.

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Name of strategy: Summarization

Use of strategy: For use in all content areas and grade levels

Focus of strategy: Comprehension, recall, organization

Explanation of strategy: Summarizing teaches students how to pick out the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way. Teaching students to summarize improves their memory for what is read and can be used in virtually every content area. Begin by reading OR have students listen to the text selection. Ask students the following framework questions: What are the main ideas? What are the crucial details necessary for supporting the ideas? What information is irrelevant or unnecessary? Have them use key words or phrases to identify the main points from the passage.

· It helps students learn to discern essential ideas and group together the important details that support them.

· It enables students to focus on the key words and phrases of an assigned text that are noteworthy and should be remembered.

· It teaches students how to take a large section of text and reduce it to the main points for better understanding.

There are numerous ways to handle summarization, from simple to elaborate. A good summary is short and to the point. The following easy summarizing strategies will help students choose the correct details from the text and write about them clearly and concisely.

SAAC Method

The SAAC method is another useful technique for summarizing any kind of text (such as a story, an article, or a speech). SAAC is an acronym for "State, Assign, Action, Complete." Each word in the acronym refers to a specific element that should be included in the summary.

State: the name of the article, book, or story

Assign: the name of the author

Action: what the author is doing (example: tells, explains)

Complete: complete the sentence or summary with keywords and important details

5 W's, 1 H

The Five W's, One H strategy relies on six crucial questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details, and main idea.

Who is the story about?

What did they do?

When did the action take place?

Where did the story happen?

Why did the main character do what s/he did?

How did the main character do what s/he did?

First Then Finally

The "First Then Finally" technique helps students summarize events in chronological order. The three words represent the beginning, main action, and conclusion of a story, respectively:

First: What happened first? Include the main character and main event/action.

Then: What key details took place during the event/action?

Finally: What were the results of the event/action?

Give Me the Gist

When someone asks for "the gist" of a story, they want to know what the story is about. In other words, they want a summary—not a retelling of every detail. To introduce the gist method, explain that summarizing is just like giving a friend the gist of a story, and have your students tell each other about their favorite books or movies in 15 seconds or less. You can use the gist method as a fun, quick way to practice summarizing on a regular basis.

Supporting articles: Ozdemir, Serpil. (2018). The Effect of Summarization Strategies Teaching on Strategy Usage and Narrative Text Summarization Success. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6(10), 2199-2209.

Bales, Kris. "5 Easy Summarizing Strategies for Students." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-students-4582332.

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Name of strategy: Peer tutoring spelling game.

Use of strategy: For use in all content areas and grade levels

Focus of strategy: Written expression, phonological awareness, fluency, comprehension, recall, interpersonal skills.

Explanation of strategy: The game was designed to improve spelling accuracy on weekly tests by increasing "opportunities to respond" through the use of several procedures (social and token reinforcement, team competition, distributed practice, error correction, peer tutoring, and team competition). Vocabulary words are chosen to assist the students with their daily quizzes. Students should be randomly paired with other students and placed on either the red or blue team each week that the game is employed. Students participate in tutoring for a total of 20 minutes a day. Students act as both tutors and tutees, switching roles after ten minutes. Points are earned for correct answers and added to their team’s scores after each day’s session. This exercise has been consistently very effective in raising spelling test scores as well as improving students’ ability to work with their peers.

Supporting articles: Lundberg, A. (2020). Applying peer tutoring to spelling at the elementary level [Doctoral dissertation, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1034

Delquadri, Joseph C., Greenwood, Charles R., Stretton, Kathleen, Hall, R.Vance. (1983). The Peer Tutoring Spelling Game: A Classroom Procedure for Increasing Opportunity to Respond and Spelling Performance. Education and Treatment of Children, 6(3), 225-239.

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— what happened to dexter morgan that made him a serial killer?

A happy childhood ended in tragedy, to create two boys who would grow up to be serial killers. ... His now adoptive sister Debra asks their father why he never told them what happened to Dexter's real parents, something Dexter looks to his father about for answers as he knew they died but didn't know the true facts behind it … [Dexter Wiki]

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST famous fictional serial killers in modern history is Dexter Morgan, from the American tv-series Dexter. With over one-hundred victims spanning over the course of twenty years, he is one of the most successful killers. An important question is why he became a serial killer in the first place.

childhood: from a happy childhood to a traumatic memory When Dexter Morgan was still a toddler he witnessed the murder of his mother. This was the starting point of what was going to happened to him in the future. Before his mother's murder, however, he enjoyed a relatively normal childhood. He was born as Dexter Moser on 1 February 1971 to Laura Moser and Joseph Driscoll. He had an older brother, Brian, who he lived with together with their mother on 1235 Mangrove Drive, Miami, Florida.

Dexter would later state his earliest memory was his time spent at his mother's house, playing hide-and-seek around the house together with his mother and brother. As a child, he was energetic, happy, who always seemed to be laughing. In contrast, Brian was more quiet, more reserved, but he showed strong affection for his "baby brother" often holding him in his arms, as of protecting him from an unknown force. This type of childhood would continue, for instance, after Dexter hurt himself while riding a skateboard, Brian comforted him with putting a band-aid on his scraped knee.

It was not always great, however. Laura Moser was a drug addict, likely stemming from her boyfriend, Joe Driscoll, returning from the Vietnam War, starting his drug problem just after. It would never affect her relationship and love for her sons, but it would put her to risk with law enforcement. Eventually, she would meet Detective Harrison "Harry" Morgan, leading to her being his informant in the Estrada cartel. Laura would provide information that would help bring down the kingpin. She was, in the beginning, worried that it could be a risk to both her sons and herself if she excepted, but Harry assured her that nothing dangerous would happen.

Seemingly, Harry Morgan could not be more wrong. On 3 October 1973, Laura, her sons and other drug users were hurdled into a shipper container, by Estrada's henchmen. While the unnamed drug users become victims to a chainsaw, used by Santos Jimenez, Laura did not want her sons to see her be slain right in front of their eyes. The henchmen did not comply with her begging. As a last resort, she turned to Dexter and told him: "Close your eyes […] Mommy loves you" before she was murdered.

The three henchmen managed to exit the area, while Dexter and Brian sat there for two days before the first human opened the container door, Detective Harry Morgan. He eventually spotted the two boys, holding each other by hand. Harry only picked up Dexter, and as the boys were separated from each other they tried to hold on to one another, eventually slipping away. Harry looked into Brian's eyes and saw, what Brian himself would say, "a fucked up kid" and left the container.

Brian was recovered immediately after Harry told the other officers, however, he held onto Dexter, reassuring to the little boy that everything would be alright. As he walked to his car, Dexter looked upon the crime scene without any emotion, a look of a boy who had changed.

adolescence: new family, new memories, new personality Dexter was taken in by the Morgan family at the age of three, but he was not formally adopted until the age of seven. When he was shown the birth certificate, Dexter looked confused, saying that he always thought he was a Morgan. Harry responded that to them he was always one, the difference was that it was now official.

Because of what he has gone through; the loss of his biological mother in a massacre and sitting in her blood for about to days, it is bound to have side effects. Which it did, but the effects did not become evident until his adolescence. The first sign, that at least Harry saw that something was wrong, was the time Dexter had killed a neighbour's dog. Dexter's reason for killing the dog and later burying the body was because it was a "noisy little creep" and that it disturbed his ill mother's sleep. Harry then asks if he ever wanted to kill something bigger, like a human. Dexter answers that yes, he wanted to, just no specific person, but he never did it because he was scared they – his parents – would not like it. Harry from this point in time wanted to shield and help Dexter from killing someone.

After this is where the special code comes in; the Code of Harry. Fearing that someone was psychologically wrong with Dexter, Harry sought help from Dr Evelyn Vogel, a neuropsychiatrist who specialises in profiling psychopaths. After evaluating the stories Harry had told, she not only diagnosed Dexter with the classic traits of a psychopath – the killing of small animals and shallow emotions – but that he had the traits of a will-become killer.

Dr Vogel, recognising that it would be impossible to control all his urges, instead suggested that they could try to control specific ones. Originally, the idea was to control his urges to kill animals, only for them to realise that the killing of animals would not be enough to satisfy Dexter. Thus the Code was created. Harry handled the majority of the details, Dr Vogel created the guidance.

Harry, from the guidance of the Code, trained his son to be normal during his adolescent years, helping him blend into society as well as he could. One of these aspects was the capability of feeling and showing emotion, which Dexter was incapable of doing. An incident that was really important was at the beach. A photo was being taken, a family photo of the Morgans. it is a warm, sunny day, everyone is smiling, except Dexter. Harry catches onto this, and he asked Dexter what is bothering him. His answer is that he does not like the beach, refusing to smile because of the slimy, nasty, sandy feeling. Harry explains that he has to deal with it, not just to make his mother happy, but to also blend in. Dexter nods in understanding, going back to his family, taking the photograph of his first successful "fake" smile.

early adulthood: his first human victim During his first years as an adult, his father had fallen ill of coronary artery disease. Harry was for a time confined to a hospital bed. During Harry's time there, Dexter spotted a nurse named Mary. He noticed that something was off about her. She murdered her patients by slowly overdosing them on morphine, delusional with thinking she was helping them by "taking their pain away."

As Harry was one of her patients, he gave Dexter his permission to kill her, in order to stop her from killing anybody else. He waited inside Mary's house to strike. His method would be mostly the same one he used in his later murders, such as covering everything in sheets of plastic and strapping the victim to a long and flat surface. While Mary did put up a fight, he managed to strap her down and stab her to death, to later dispose of her remains in the Everglades swamp. This was Dexter's first murder.

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"What happened to Dexter Morgan that made him a serial killer? - Google Search", Google Search.

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"Dexter Morgan/Early Life | Dexter Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", Dexter Wiki. (retrieved: 14.04.2018)

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"The Code of Harry | Dexter Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", Dexter Wiki. (retrieved: 14.04.2018)

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J.P. Morgan and Oxford Properties Team Sell Leasehold Interest in 60 State Street in Downtown Boston

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Boston— Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) announces the completion of the sale of the leasehold interest in 60 State Street in Downtown Boston on behalf of institutional buyers encouraged by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Oxford Properties Team to Starwood Real Estate Income Have confidence in, Inc., a nontraded REIT managed by Starwood Funds Team.

Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Robert Griffin, Vice Chairman Edward Maher, Executive Managing Director Matthew Pullen and Managing Director Samantha Hallowell of NKF’s Boston Cash Markets group oversaw the transaction of the 38-story business/retail tower and associated 240-house parking garage in conjunction with NKF Govt Running Director Debra Gould and Senior Handling Director Gilbert Dailey. The transaction marks the most significant sale value recorded for an business office asset 12 months-to-day in Boston’s Central Business enterprise District

Comprising 911,394 square ft of business office and retail area, 60 Condition Street is anchored by legislation agency WilmerHale, asset supervisor Amundi Pioneer, promotion engineering solutions provider Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO) and asset supervisor BlackRock (NYSE: BLK). The retail element is highlighted by a brand-new, 3-amount Samuel Adams Tap Room, which opened before this yr. The setting up also characteristics the iconic State Area party place on Floors 33 and 34.

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Positioned in the heart of Downtown Boston, 60 State Street features immediate, on-web page obtain to the MBTA’s Blue and Orange Strains. It also offers walkability to the Eco-friendly Line at Authorities Center, South Station and North Station complemented by swift entry to Interstates 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) and 93 as well as Logan Worldwide Airport.

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Fall TV Preview 2017: Time To Tune In

Fall TV Preview 2017 Time To Tune In 1. Biggie: The Life Of Notorious B.I.G. This documentary, authorized by Biggie's estate, explores the life and career of the rap icon. The miniseries features interviews with his widow Faith Evans, his mom Voletta Wallace and a who's who of rap legends, such as Nas, Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs. (Monday, September 4, 8 p.m., A&E) 2. The Deuce: Go back in time to New York City, specifically Times Square in the 1970s, when the area was a haven for porn. The show stars James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal and was written and created by David Simon ("The Wire"). (Sunday, September 10, 9 p.m., HBO) 3. The Orville: Seth MacFarlane created and stars in this live-action sci-fi comedy series that offers the "Family Guy" guru's take on the likes of "Star Trek." He plays the captain of the ship, who is paired with his ex-wife (Adrianne Palicki) as his first officer. (Sunday, September 10, 8 p.m., FOX/5) 4. The Vietnam War: The legendary documentarian Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the story of the Vietnam War in this 10-part, 18-hour series that culls from almost 80 interviews, tons of footage, and more. (Sunday, September 17, 8 p.m., WNET-13) 5. Star Trek: Discovery: Finally, after too many years, we get a new "Star Trek" series. The show has faced some issues, delays and staffing changes, but the early footage has been pretty great. The show, set before the original series, stars Sonequa Martin-Green as Spock's half-sister. (Sunday, September 24, 8:30 p.m., CBS/2, CBS All Access) 6. Young Sheldon: Spinning off from "The Big Bang Theory" comes this prequel following Sheldon Cooper at age 9 (Iain Armitage), a boy genius attending high school. (Monday, September 25, 8:30 p.m., CBS/2) 7. Me, Myself & I: Follow Alex Riley from childhood in 1991 at age 14, to now in 2017 at age 40 and in the future in 2042 at age 65. Starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Bobby Moynihan and John Larroquette. (Monday, September 25, 9:30 p.m., CBS/2) 8. The Brave: Anne Heche takes the lead in this new military drama about undercover soldiers tasked with saving innocents all around the globe. (Monday, September 25, 10 p.m., NBC/4) 9. The Good Doctor: Not a spinoff of "The Good Wife," this medical series, based on a South Korean show, is brought to the states from producer David Shore ("House") and certainly shares a bit DNA with "House." Freddie Highmore stars as a super surgeon with autism, working in pediatrics at a California hospital. (Monday, September 25, 10 p.m., ABC/7) 10. The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Former "Daily Show" correspondent Jordan Klepper is the latest funnyman to take the former slot of "The Colbert Report," and aims to mock the alt-media on both sides. (Monday, September 25, 11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) 11. Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders: The long-running franchise hops onto the anthology trend with this new spinoff that will chronicle real-life cases, starting with the trail of Lyle and Erik Melendez. Starring Edie Falco, Anthony Edwards and Heather Graham. (Tuesday, September 26, 10 p.m., NBC/4) 12. Seal Team: David Boreanaz's post-"Bones" career begins with this military drama about one of the Navy SEALs' elite units, focusing on the tight group of soldiers as well as their family life. (Wednesday, September 27, 9 p.m., CBS/2) 13. Will & Grace: More than a decade since going off the air, the popular comedy starring Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes is revived, allowing you to catch up with the characters for this 12-episode run. (Thursday, September 28, 9 p.m., NBC/4) 14. Marvel's Inhumans: This Marvel series begins unusually - with the first two episodes getting a limited run in IMAX movie theaters starting on Friday, September 1 (and then run again on TV). The series follows the powerful Inhuman Royal Family and your sure-to-be favorite character is the giant teleporting dog named Lockjaw. (Friday, September 29, 8 p.m., ABC/7) 15. Ghosted: The awesome duo of Craig Robinson and Adam Scott take the leads in this series about a skeptic and a believer who are brought in by the government to explore unusual occurrences going on around Los Angeles. (Sunday, October 1, 8:30 p.m., FOX/5) 16. Wisdom of the Crowd: An inventor comes up with an app that helps crowdsource murder investigations to help find out who killed his daughter. Starring Jeremy Piven, Richard T. Jones and Monica Potter. (Sunday, October 1, 8:30 p.m., CBS/2) 17. Ten Days in the Valley: Kyra Sedgwick stars in this drama about a television producer who is searching for her missing daughter. Also starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kick Gurry, Erika Christensen and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. (Sunday, October 1, 10 p.m., ABC/7) 18. 9JKL: This new comedy, based on the life of star Mark Feuerstein, follows a New York family living in three consecutive apartments. Feuerstein plays Josh Roberts, a divorced actor moving back to the Big Apple, taking an apartment wedged between ones inhabited by his parents on one side and his brother and sister-in-law on the other. Also starring Elliott Gould, Linda Lavin, David Walton and Liza Lapira. (Monday, October 2, 8:30 p.m., CBS/2) 19. The Gifted: This Marvel series in the "X-Men" world focuses on a family with young mutants forced to go underground to keep away from the government in this series. Directed by Bryan Singer, who is no stranger to the Marvel mutants. Starring Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung and Coby Bell. (Monday, October 2, 9 p.m., FOX/5) 20. The Mayor: A young rapper runs for mayor of his California town for publicity and wins. Hilarity ensues. Starring Brandon Micheal Hall, Yvette Nicole Brown and Lea Michele. (Tuesday, October 3, 9:30 p.m., ABC/7) 21. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World: The great Jason Ritter stars as Kevin in this series about a man who returns home to live with his widowed twin sister and her daughter. And then he gets divine intervention, telling him to save the world. (Tuesday, October 3, 10 p.m., ABC/7) 22. Valor: Yet another military show, this one following a team of helicopter pilots tasked with secretive missions. (Monday, October 9, 9 p.m., CW/11) 23. Dynasty: The long-running 1980s prime time soap opera about bickering rich families gets rebooted, starring Grant Show, Nathalie Kelley, Elizabeth Gillies, Alan Dale and more. (Wednesday, October 11, 9 p.m., CW/11) 24. Mindhunter: This streamer is based on the book "Mind Hunter: Inside FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit" by Mark Olshaker and John E. 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