4. Scan the text below and underline the following
words.
assignments, summary, clarify, session, improve, advice,
a distance learner, concept, clear up, structure
Learning from feedback
It is an envelope. Nevertheless, it is not only an
envelope, because inside there is your essay with
the grade: "C". Additionally, there is a feedback:
that is useful. On the other hand, you are not quite
ready to read it. Never mind! Put it away for the
moment and read it at your next study session.
Feedback that tutors give after assignments is
usually about academic things like understanding
the concepts showing evidence and evaluating information; it can be about
structure, spelling and grammar. Moreover, sometimes general feedback or
a summary comes at the end. So, what to do with this feedback? Well,
the first question is: Do you understand it? If not, make a note of what
you do not understand. This is something you can email or call your tutor.
You can chat on your online study group. The next question: Do you agree
with feedback? If you do not agree, again you can contact your teacher
or online study group. If you're a distance learner, your tutor can clarify
her feedback by email, video calling or messaging online. You should make
sure you get everything cleared up. The most important thing is - what
you have learned from this feedback. You should ask yourself: What steps
can you take to solve problems and improve? You should take at least
one thing from the feedback that you will act on. In addition, it is useful
for you to keep the feedback safe, so you can refer to it later. Because
if you follow the suggestions, there's a better chance of getting one
of these in your next assignment.
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1.
What ...a fine day is today!
2.
He usually smokes ... cigarettes or ..a. pipe. 
3.
What do you prefer: ... tea or coffee?
4.
I went to ... Iyanovs, but they weren't at home.
5.
They met at ..the. gate of .a.. school.
6.
In ... our region of ..a. country ... winter is ..a. very cold
season. 
7.
..The. Large steel bridge joins ... two banks of ... river. 
8.
... Rice and ..the. cotton grow in ... Ukraine now.
9.
... People who live in ... Canada speak French and ... English.
10.
Both ... silver and ... gold are metals.
11.
... North America is washed by ..the. Pacific and ..the. Atlantic oceans.
12.
He spent ... summer of 1990 in ... London.
13.
..the. triangle has 3 sides.
14.
the... knowledge is .the.. power.

I name two comic book characters. You then have to connect the two using only shared appearances in comic books (official appearances in comics only – no cameos like Terry Austin sneaking Popeye into the background of a panel and no outside comic book appearances, like cartoons and the like). You have to do so using less than six comics total. Covers and pin-ups do not count – only actual appearances in the same comic book story (so it doesn’t count if they each appeared in separate stories inside the same anthology). Mythological characters, public domain characters (other than public domain comic book characters, they’re free game) and real people (by the way, unless a fake name is used for a real person, like Ronald Raygun or whatever, you can use the person even if they are not officially named in the comic) are unique to their own comic book appearances (so DC’s Thor is different than Marvel’s Thor, DC’s Ronald Reagan is different from Marvel’s Ronald Reagan, etc.). But a licensed character is the same in all of their various comic book companies (so the Marvel Red Sonja is the same as the Dynamite Red Sonja) and approved appearances by a real person can go across comic book companies, as well (so, for instance, you can use Marv Wolfman from his Teen Titans appearance to connect with Marv Wolfman in his Fantastic Four appearance – you just can’t use modern appearances by Jack Kirby from one company to connect to Jack Kirby appearances from Marvel Comics, since obviously Kirby can no longer give approval for his appearance). Approval tends to be the key.