{"id":175833,"date":"2019-10-17T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=175833"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:24:47","slug":"grade-7-8-language-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2019\/10\/17\/grade-7-8-language-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 7\/8 language acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to &#8216;show&#8217; rather than &#8216;tell&#8217; something. 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