Reading is probably one of the most beneficial and feasible activities that a man can do. It is through reading that a person is going to be able to discover new ideas‚ concepts‚ places‚ and people. Some people even describe reading as a journey that starts as the opening of a page‚ and finishes as the last page is turned. The reason why reading is so important is because reading is relaxing to our mind and soul; it is a way for children to reach out to the world‚ and it improves our thinking process
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Response Reading: An American Childhood My first reaction to An American childhood was a lot like my own memories when I was a child. I have vivid memories of throwing snowballs at cars driving by‚ playing football‚ and hanging with the boys. I related to Annie Dillard more than any author I have ever read. Dillard was not the average type of girl growing up and neither was I. I’m sure though that this relates to many children when growing up and not having a care in the world. She was much more
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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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kinds of reading material? Today‚ we enjoy such a wide array of reading materials – books‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ comics and others. Yet we do not seem to make an attempt to read. In a recent survey to find out about the reading habits of our students we discovered that a majority of students hardly read. What a shame! Obviously‚ students do not realize the pleasures and benefits of reading and that is why I am standing here in front of you all – to tell you about the benefits of reading. It has
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Rading is not just not the average young person’s (or even adult’s) idea of a pleasant pastime! Many would‚ instead‚ prefer to hang out in groups at shopping malls‚ watch movies‚ play video games or chat over Internet chat-rooms. That done with‚we now come to the next question:why should we read?READING is a good habit as it empowers the reader with all kinds of information and facts. Some people might claim that they read the dailies without fail and that was enough READING.Unfortunately‚this is not
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THE COMMONWEALTH June 2006 DANA GIOIA Chair‚ National Endowment for the Arts On the Importance of Reading Gioia warns that as increasing numbers of Americans put down their books‚ they also invest less in the nation’s civic and cultural life. In a program moderated by writer Jewelle Gomez‚ Gioia calls for a revival in reading‚ beginning in the schools. Monday April 10‚ 2006 E very 10 years the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) does a survey among American households. It’s the
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method of classes but I do enjoy my 105 class out of all of them‚ because of this I am always given tons of reading material! In my 100i class I recently read an article called “O.K. Glass” by Gary Shteyngart which is an article about the glasses developed by Google that can take pictures‚ record video‚ enable video chat with another person over Skype‚ and many other functions. When I was reading this article about 2 weeks ago it became extremely confusing to figure out who was talking either the author
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Reading a book is perhaps the greatest source of pleasure to a cultured person. Reading broadens his outlook‚ drives away his narrow prejudices and lightens up his mind with truth and knowledge. Books are our best friends. They never deceive or desert us in our hour of need like so many of our human friends‚ and the advantages once received from the reading of books remain with us throughout our lives. It is a great pleasure for us to read the books of the master minds of the past that have brightened
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Reading has many benefits. What are they? Introduction Most of us have been exposed to reading since we were young but not many of us have the habit of reading for leisure. - read only because they have to study for their examinations but reading is not only limited to study materials - fun to read storybooks‚ novels‚ magazines‚ comics‚ newspapers and any other reading material that is of interest to us Main body a) Reading enhances our general knowledge. - learn about various and cultures
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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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