Bader Salman English 1A Professor D.Carlander September 27‚ 2011 Reading is Important Nowadays‚ understanding literacy is a very important issue that receives too little attention or priority; the reason that literacy is important is that it has a civilizing effect on societies. Generally‚ young-adult novels with supernatural‚ fantasy‚ and urban aspects hold many appeals to teens. They always try to pull the teens into their creative world. Presently‚ technology plays an important role in
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VERIFICATION COVER SHEET MATL Student Name and NSU ID ARP School Site Where Project was Implemented: ___________________ Elementary School Dates of Implementation: AUGUST 2008 – JANUARY 2009 School Site Address and Phone: ARP One-sentence Problem Statement: By incorporating cooperative learning‚ guided reading and Reader’s Theatre‚ this research educator improved nineteen second grade at risk students reading comprehension levels by increasing their Oral Reading Fluency levels by 30% after ten
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Summer Reading * Bronx Masquerade * The Silver Kiss * Canyons Title: The Bronx Masquerade Author: Nikki Grimes Point of view: First Person Setting-Time and Place: Present Day‚ in theBronx‚ NY All Main Characters and Descriptions * Tyrone Bittings: Dad Died‚ doesn’t like white people. * Chankara Troupe: Abused by her boyfriend‚ writes very good poems. * Raul Ramirez: Painter‚ Writes a well-written Zorro Poem. * Diondra Jordan: Painter‚ father wants her to
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Robot waiters never lose patience Last updated 05:00 23/12/2010 ROBOT WAITER: Robots serve as entertainers‚ servers‚ greeters and receptionists at the Dalu Robot restaurant. Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant‚ where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips. The restaurant‚ which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province‚ is touted as China’s first robot hotpot eatery
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Close Reading Close reading is an essential task that demonstrates key skills; it is used throughout the Language and Literature course. Specifically‚ it is used mostly in Part 4 (Detailed Study of Literature) where students complete an IOC (Individual Oral Commentary) on a text studied. Process Skills 1. Read the passage/extract 2. Reread it 3. Annotate for key areas 4. Plan a response 5. Write your response 6. Edit your response Understanding – show the teacher/examiners that you understand
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Art of Critical Reading REA 1205 Text Answer Key to Textbook Pages Chapter 4 Page 142 & 143 (answers will vary) 1. defined as‚ called 2. categories‚ groups 3. but‚ but 4. For example‚ for instance 5. And‚ likewise‚ similarly 6. because‚ because 7. first‚ then‚ finally Page 147 (answers will vary) Classification and Division 1. classify 2. grouping 3. divide 4. category 5. split 6. classes 7. combine Page 148 Cause and Effect
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Survey on the Reading Habits of Students in Hong Kong Education Department December 2001 Abstract ‘Reading to learn’ is an essential tool for life- long learning. Promoting a reading culture among students is therefore one of the key tasks in the curriculum reform with the aim to strengthen students’ learning capabilities. To understand the current situation of the reading culture of students‚ the Education Department conducted a survey in February 2001. The objective is to investigate
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small group of students‚ usually four to five‚ and works with them for 10-15 minutes on reading and comprehension. She strategically chooses the group based on the reading ability of the students. For example‚ there are a handful of students who excel at reading. She picks out more challenging books for them to read together during small group and then discusses the book with the children. They take turns reading each page‚ and ask higher-order thinking questions based from their reading. On the other
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Reading theories Of the two approaches mentioned in reading research and literature‚ the bottom-up approach focuses on language elements such as grammar‚ vocabulary and cohesion‚ while the top-down approach includes a focus on background knowledge about content and organization‚ generally referred to as content and formal schemata respectively. A combination of these two approaches is generally known as the Interactive Model of Reading. The pedagogy in this study was based on the Schema Interactive
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It is difficult to discover any ability in the school‚ in the home‚ in business‚ or in any other field of endeavor today that does not require reading. People read to get information‚ to buy things wisely‚ for recreation‚ and for a great many other reasons. More reading is being done today than it ever was in the past. According to Smith (1988) reading is an important factor that greatly affects an individuals’ adjustment in life. It is a key to success in school‚ to the development of out-of school
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