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    Summer Reading

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    Summer Reading Assignment 2013                                    MYP Year 5‚ Honors English 10 AREAS of INTERACTION: Human Ingenuity Health and Social Education Environments Community and Service Approaches to Learning  Essential Questions: How do humans endure traumatic situations in life? How do our values and beliefs shape who we are as

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    The Art of Slow Reading

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    The art of slow reading Patrick Kingsley If you’re reading this article in print‚ chances are you’ll only get through half of what I’ve written. And if you’re reading this online‚ you might not even finish a fifth. These are the two findings from two recent research projects‚ which both suggest that many of us no longer have the concentration to read articles through to their conclusion. The problem doesn’t just stop there: academics report that we are becoming less attentive book-readers‚ too

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    Reading Among Students

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    Reading Among Students   Reading Among StudentsByAbdullah I. Al FaifiIntroductionReading in general is a big word that branches into so many topics. Nations advancement is based on education which includes reading as a main part of its elements. Therefore‚ whenever a nation wants to advance‚ reading must be one of its characteristics. Reading is not dedicated to certain people indeed. It is a gift for anyone can read and understand as well. But‚ there are places where reading must take place. In

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    Say With Readings

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    "They Say / I Say With Readings" is written by Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. It was published in 2015 by W.W. Norton and Company. The Preface of "They Say/ I Say" is essentially about how the goal of this book is to make the writing process simpler for people and to break down the topics and methods that will be discussed in the textbook. According to the Preface‚ all effective arguments are created using the "they say/ I say" format. The authors of this book encourage the

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    Close Reading

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    I have chosen to do a “close reading” on the first poem in the book‚ “Land To Light On” by Dionne Brand‚ for Reading Journal one. After reading this poem‚ I cannot help but find myself correcting the English grammar in some of the phrases. Such as “If I am peaceful in this discomfort‚ is not peace‚ is getting used to harm. Is giving up.” It should be “it is not peace‚ it is getting used to harm. It is giving up.” Also the last line in the poem should be “My eyes are not mirrors”. Maybe the poet’s

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    Reading Reflection

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    01/09/2013 Reading Reflection At first‚ I think literacy has two meanings. The first meaning is culture or civilization and the second meaning is the ability to write and read. Both meaning are very similar‚ they are related to cultural knowledge. But in today’s society‚ literacy not only means culture. The concept of information literacy is people can effectively use and recognize the information. Besides‚ people can redefining and evaluate themselves in today’s information society. By reading Nunberg’s

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    SEMESTER 2013 ESSAY QUESTIONS & READINGS Please submit TWO copies of your paper: one hard copy and one electronic copy by the deadline. Submission of the electronic copy without the hard copy will count as no submission; similarly‚ submission of a hard copy with no electronic copy‚ will count as no submission. Essays can be submitted at the Honors Program Office at 109 Harry Johns Hall; email copies should be sent to jdunbar@centralstate.edu SECTION 1 Please choose ONE essay to answer from

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    Summer Reading

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    SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta‚ the son of a baker‚ has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story‚ Peeta is a shy and closed guy‚ who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words‚ “Well‚ there is this one girl. I’ve had

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    Laura Mulvey ’s article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" argues that in classical hollywood cinema there exists a different viewing expierience for male and female spectators. explain the basis of the theory. Do you agree? Since 1970 ’s Laura Mulvey has been regarded as one of the most famous and well known feminist in film critic. through out histry‚ women ’s body has been used as a vision of pleasure by men. women ’s bodies have been used to make profit for the males sexual desire. the women

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    Sociology Reading

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    Qualitative research in nursing. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley. Tiefer‚ L. (2000). Sexology and the pharmaceutical industry: the threat of cooptation. The Journal of Sex Research‚ 37(3)‚ 273e283. Tiefer‚ L. (2004). Sex is not a natural act‚ and other essays (2nd ed.). Boulder: Westview Press. Tiefer‚ L. (2006). Female sexual dysfunction: a case study of disease mongering and activist resistance. Public Library of Science Medicine‚ . 11 April. Vertinsky‚ P. (1998). “Run‚ Jane‚ Run”: central tensions in

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