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    Student Name Rahul kumar das _______________ Class Section __Eng 032__________________ Reading Module #1 On Your Own This activity in Reading Module 1 gives you two reading passages to practice applying the Active Reading Strategies you have learned. Directions: Complete the activity by reading each passage and answering the questions. Do not forget to spell check and proofread your work. When you have completed this activity‚ please upload it to the Dropbox for this week. Reading

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    Simon Jeruchim In the history of the world there are very few events that are more horrific than the Holocaust. The Holocaust started when Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. The Holocaust means the destruction or slaughter of people on a mass scale. During this time‚ it was the Jews. Simon Jeruchim was a Jew during this time‚ and he was a Holocaust survivor. (Rice‚ Earle p.38-51) The Nuremberg law was created in 1935. The law said that the German Jews were no longer citizens

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    decode print (Hirshorn‚ Dye‚ Hauser‚ Supalla‚ & Bavelier‚ 2015). Decoded print relies on oral language and vocabulary that are essential components for reading comprehension. As a main factor for mastery in early reading skills‚ phonological awareness skills at the word level is a critical milestone in the development of reading (Hirshorn et al.‚ 2015). For hearing children to become proficient and successful readers‚ they need early skill abilities that include foundational phonological awareness

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    discussing different events that happened to us in different years. The United States history in such a matter is similar to that. Many years had to pass in order to make America what it is today. Since the beginning of American history many people and events had made each year differ from one another. When you are talking about the United States History and discuss about the year 1787 an important that occurred this year was the signing of The Constitution. Or if we mention the tragic event of the twin towers

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    The books will provide several different sources written by professors on the subject. The library will provide several computers where they can get unlimited information on the subject. Also‚ the library is a quiet environment that can enable maximum concentration on the subject. In this example‚ an argument is an idea that one is trying to prove to their audience The author of Read‚ Reason and Write‚ Dorothy Sether claims that an argument’s purpose is to inform and persuade its reader about an

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    When I was little I liked to watch cartoons‚ but I absolutely loved to read. On Mondays I would spend hours at the library gathering a pile of books I would read that week. I always enjoyed reading because I would usually learn a few new words per day. As some one with English as their second language‚ this meant a lot to me. I learned how to figure out what a word meant from context clues‚ and after that I almost never had to pick up a dictionary. Reading was my way of passing the time till my parents

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    How to Read Literature Like a Professor Essay  By: Naomi Brooks    Introduction        How’d He Do That?  Professors use memorization when reading a new book because they are always  looking for correspondences between new and old books. Everything is a symbol until proven  wrong‚ since symbolism is used when they are reading‚ thinking‚ and asking questions such  as: is this an analogy‚ metaphor‚ or what might it signify? With time professors remember  significant events‚ and patterns in novels and will recognize them while reading other novels

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    Tenth Grade Literature Composition 04 September 2012 Santiago’s Journey How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ by Thomas C. Foster‚ is like painting a picture; with painting the first step is to paint inside the lines‚ but an advanced artist understands that a picture is made up of not just color‚ texture‚ and shapes‚ but also considers the purpose behind each stroke. Foster brings a different meaning to reading a book and draws attention to the author and his or her intention. While applying Fosters

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    learned to read and write‚ one’s memory isn’t momentous as it once was. Although activists Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X are two different men with two different stories written more than a century apart‚ they share a common perspective about the importance of basic reading and writing skills that so many take for granted. These simple tools lead to immeasurable and eternal‚ personal and social changes. In fact‚ Frederick Douglass’ “Learning to Read and Write” and Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”‚ collectively

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    By: fred The book ALIVE‚ by Piers Paul Read identified many possible themes‚ although I do think there are two that stand out. These two themes are survival and cooperation. Survival plays a major throughout the entire story. The most gruesome part in the story occurred when the remaining 28 passengers of the Fairchild were forced to cut up and eat there deceased friends and family members so that they would be able to survive. This drastic action was long disputed. This group of people went

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