event that occurred in her childhood titled “An American Childhood.” The premise of the story is when seven-year old Dillard and a friend were chased relentlessly by an adult after they had thrown a snowball at a passing car. While in the process of reading Annie Dillard’s “An American Childhood‚” I was interrupted numerous times‚ therefore I had to read “An American Childhood‚” several times before I could understand the meaning of her story. I cannot relate very well to her quote by she was terrified
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As reading the play Emilie and the documentary. I saw the society of the time in my mind. I saw Emilie as this brilliant outsider and mind ahead of the times. Pre-revolution France was a period of Newton and Emilia thought profoundly and curiously. This quotes from pg. 40 “Like Newton’s God resetting the planets. An imperfect equation‚ that works for now.” Shows here spirit and drive. This scene is from when Emilia and Voltaire win an award from the academy from an article Emilia finished without
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What is the importance of assessing the aspects related to the alphabetic principle and reading fluency? The alphabetic principle is the building blocks for literacy; it is the basic foundation on which all other reading skills are built. If we do not assess what the students know about the alphabetic principle‚ then we will not be able to give them the best‚ most effective‚ and appropriate instruction. Students need to be able to make connections between the sounds they hear and the printed letters
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References: Ashmen‚ A. & Elkins‚ J. (1990). Educating Children with Special Needs. Victoria‚ Australia: Prentice Hall Bartel‚ N.R. (1986). Teaching Students Who Have Reading Problems. In D.D. Chan‚ A.S.C. (1996). The Motivation‚ Self-Esteem‚ Study Habits and Problems of Normal Technical Students Currie‚ H. (1990). Making Texts More Readable. British Journal of Special Education‚ 17‚ 4‚ 137-140. De La Paz‚ S. & Graham
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followed by reading sentences and simple stories. In teaching ELL students‚ this method allows that student to have a background of sound that allows them to build words upon. As they go further in reading their word development will improve. However‚ when teaching special needs and the gifted student population the technique may vary depending on the level of need. Either way you will have success. In conclusion‚ phonics and phonemic awareness are great options to use in teaching reading skills to
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learners who possess the literacy skills needed for the 21st century. Therefore‚ one should know that Content area literacy is the ability to use all the literacy skills (reading‚ writing‚ listening‚ speaking‚ viewing‚ questioning and thinking) for the acquisition of new content in a given discipline. It relates to the challenges of reading in the academic area for example Geography and Social Studies. It is the means of providing students with scaffolding (support) which
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help foster his love for reading. Like many people in prison‚ he spent time reading books‚ the issue was that many of the words in the books he did not understand. He decided to expand his vocabulary and each day copied a page from the dictionary by hand and then read it aloud to himself. By doing this he was better able to understand the words and retain them. After he finished the dictionary‚ he enjoyed reading a lot more as he was able to understand what he was reading. He would spend many hours
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Alexie inherited his passion for reading from his father. Books covered every room in his childhood home‚ and while reading these books he came to a breakthrough‚ realizing the purpose of a paragraph (78). Alexie blossomed into a smart‚ young Indian boy‚ pushing through the stereotype set by the Indian culture’s expectation that their youth should be unintelligent. Different
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The Four-Pronged Approach in Reading Instruction By Raidis Laudiano‚ M.A.* The four-pronged approach was first developed by Professor Basilisa Manhit of the College of Education‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman. The philosophical foundations of the four-pronged approach are the following: literature-based‚ holistic‚ and places emphasis on the process of transfer. This approach has evolved through the years with the consistent use by the teachers of the University of the Philippines Integrated
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Reading Strategies Mindy Tyson ECE 311 Jennifer Ashton 9 Sep 12 Learning development is different for every child and teachers and caregivers should make sure we acknowledge that fact. When creating a curriculum we should make sure that we develop ones that focus on each type of learner and not just the children that “get it.” Peer Assisted Learning Strategies reading (PALS-R or PALS) is a method that is helping teach children the importance
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