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    Aerobic Activity

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    What counts as vigorous-intensity aerobic activity? Examples of activities that require vigorous effort for most people include: •jogging or running •aerobics •swimming fast •riding a bike fast or on hills •playing singles tennis •playing football •hiking uphill •energetic dancing •martial arts Vigorous-intensity aerobic activity means you’re breathing hard and fast‚ and your heart rate has gone up quite a bit. If you’re working at this level‚ you won’t be able to say more than

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    Extensive Reading

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    CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Reading Comprehension 1. The Definition of Reading Comprehension There are many experts who give the definition of reading. One of them is Aebersold and Field. They say: “...‚ reading is what happens when people look at a text and assign meaning to the written symbols in that text‚ further‚ the text and the reader are the two physical entities necessary for the reading process to begin (1997: 15).” It means that when someone sees written symbols in

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    Close Reading

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    Close Reading There are those things in life that hardly take any time to become an expert at. Close Reading is not one of those things. Close reading can most simply be defined as the technique of taking a piece of writing piece by piece and hyper-analyzing every little bit of it. The concept may not seem too difficult and complex‚ however‚ most of the thinking behind it is metacognition. Metacognition is the word for thinking about the way you think. Both of these concepts are incredibly important

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    Reading Habit

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    1. Reading habit- When there were no televisions or computers‚ reading was a primary leisure activity. People would spend hours reading books ‚ traveling to far away lands in their minds. With time‚ people have lost their skill and passion to read as there are many other exciting and thrilling options available these days‚ aside from books. And that is a shame because reading offers a productive approach to improving vocabulary and word power‚ it helps to learn things that are not taught in school

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    Reading Development

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    something about reading‚ writing‚ and literacy. In fact‚ our understanding of what literacy is varies widely. Jeanne Chall concluded in Learning to Read: the Great Debate (1983)‚ that children get a better start in reading if they are taught phonics because they break the code that links what they hear with what they see in print. Harvard Professor Jeanne Chall has outlined the stages of reading development that begin at preschool age and continue until university age. The stages of reading development

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    Fluency Activity

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    4. Fluency Activity • Genesis scored a 2 for both oral and written language for her SOLOM results. To help Genesis with her fluency I provided her with 2 different stories. One story focused on “th” sounds and the other focused on “sh” sounds. Genesis is only 5 years old and does not know how to read many words so I helped her with this activity. For both of the stories‚ I read out loud and Genesis had to find and circle the words that started with “th” and “sh.” After she circled all of the words

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    Benefits of Reading

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    Expository Essay: Reading has many benefits. What are they? Most of us have been exposed to reading since we were young but not many of us have the habit of reading for leisure. Most students read only because they have to study for their examinations but reading is not only limited to study materials. It is fun to read storybooks‚ novels‚ magazines‚ comics‚ newspapers and other reading material that is of interest to us. Reading is a good hobby. It is a form of pastime which brings many benefits

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    Reading Skills

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    Topic: “Reading” Submitted To: Ma’m Neelma Submitted By: Ayesha Munir BBA ITM (21) Contents Topics: Pg. No. * Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….…2 * Importance of Reading……………………………………………………………..…...3 * Fluent reading……………………………………………………………………..………...3 * Three Stages of Reading…………………………………………………………………4

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    Promotional activities

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    Unit 10 PR O O F IN THIS WE INVESTIGATE HOW BUSINESSES select and deliver promotional activities. You will develop an understanding of the relative advantages and disadvantages of different types of promotional activities. This unit is a very practical one‚ and you are encouraged to think about how promotional activities are used by a range of different businesses. The assessment for this unit requires you to produce a plan of a promotion campaign‚ working within a realistic allocated

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    Importance of Reading

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    Why is it important to Read ? Reading‚ I believe‚ is something that many of us practice (perhaps) daily‚ but often unreflectively‚ if not even unconsciously—much like breathing. If only we lived as dependently on reading as we do on breathing for the continuance of life. By way of metaphor‚ to aid your consideration of active‚ engaged reading‚ I point out that in many forms of meditation this usually ignored activity of breathing should be at the forefront of consciousness. With similarly heightened

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