READING STRATEGIES -If we know something about a text we are going to read‚ our perception‚ interpretation‚ and understanding of that text will likely begin before we start to read. Even if we do not know anything about a text‚ our mind tries to make sense of what we are attending to We may have experienced frustration with trying to read something that we did not understand; we may have tried to tackle it‚ or we may have given up discouraged because it seemed too foreign‚ too inaccessible. A
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in front of a great throng of white people. The humiliation is great as you are poked and inspected. Eventually you are shackled and loaded onto a horse-drawn cart. The ride is long and uncomfortable and the destination more frightening. You have no idea what is going to happen to you and are very much afraid. You come to a great house and are taken to the fields around the house. You are given into the custody of a great white brute. He puts you into a small cottage with other black men. You have
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Hungry for Reading As we all grow older‚ there are moments in our lives that are never forgotten. One of my favorite memorable moments was related to reading. A book based movie The Hunger Games taught me that reading can be enjoyable‚ habit forming and a great way to expand my vocabulary. “The Hunger Games” movie is based on the first book of a trilogy of science fiction novels written by Suzanne Collins. The book and movie are about a 16 year old girl name Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in a post-apocalyptic
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The book The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien is about the account of himself and his fellow soldiers who served with him at the Vietnam war. The book starts with O’Brien describing everyone around him and just like the title reads listing out everything they carried‚ standard military issued equipment and few small personal belongings they got from the people close to them. Later in the story he talks about the life they have after the war and how the war affected everyone differently
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inclusion of such sensory detail helps place the reader in the scene. Not until the final stanza‚ however‚ does the reader recognize the narrator’s true inner sadness‚ when Rossetti writes‚ "From perfect grief there need not be/ Wisdom or even memory/ One thing then learnt remains to me/ — The woodspurge has a cup of three." Lending such great importance to the woodspurge in the poem’s final line‚ Rossetti emphasizes the mundane details that people remember in times of acute emotional pain. ‘The Woodspurge’
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Writing idea Writing is like building a house. * Consisting of many steps * Strong foundation support the rest of the construction * It take step by step * It can collapse * It have different kind of model * Once it is built all will hold together ------------------------------------------------- Writing is like riding a bike. * Learn how to use them * Going to crash a lot at first * When you fall off‚ it hurt * Take time to get good at it *
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[pic]Effective Reading skills Reading daily‚ Reading deeply‚ Reading widely are the few important skills of reading from which we can enhance our understanding of passage‚ ameliorate our vocabulary‚ correct our grammatical mistakes‚ increase our thinking capacity and helps in improving or learning any part of a language. The more you read the one thing you realize the key to doing well in the examination‚ and the key to perform or present any task in a well equipped way. There are many techniques
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MANAGING GROUPS AND TEAMS It is often remarked that groups are everywhere‚ whether in our social lives‚ our work lives‚ or even our families. In each of these situations‚ sets of individuals decide to work collectively to achieve particular goals. However‚ although groups are everywhere and we participate in them constantly‚ we do not understand them very well. Many of us can tell stories of groups that seemed perfect for a given task‚ but which failed. And we all have reasons (or excuses) that
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A TERM PAPER WRITING ON READING FAILURE IN NIGERIA I DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this write up to the almighty God for giving me the privilege and knowledge to make this a success‚ to my parents for their sponsorship in all aspect of life and to my pastor‚ for being a great mentor in terms of hard work
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Nikita Keenan 7/14/12 Throughout Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ the persona of the author often serves as a medium between the translation of emotion felt by characters in the story to the reader of the book. By developing fictitious versions of events that transpired while serving in the Vietnam War‚ O’Brien’s character is able to revive memories from the past as well as spark feelings of understanding and empathy in others. Surprisingly‚ the tone of the narrator rarely peals
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