Tracy Hall Professor Thompson ENGL 310 Reader Response Essay January 26‚ 2011 Why Aren’t Women Funny? In his Vanity Fair essay‚ “Why Women Aren’t Funny” (2007)‚ author Christopher Hitchens purports that women are not as funny as men because they don’t have to be; that men must be funny in order to attract women‚ but women don’t need to be humorous to be appealing to men because they are already alluring by simply being women. In the essay‚ Hitchens comes off as quite the chauvinist
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Into the Wild Reader Response Into the Wild‚ written by Jon Krakauer‚ is a memoir about how living in the wilderness and how Chris McCandless lived nearly two years in the wild. Throughout the novel‚ Krakauer relates Chris’ adventures to his own experience in mountain climbing and living on his own. This is not your typical memoir where the author tells a story about their lives. Jon Krakauer is not the main character; however he tells a story of this boy who leaves his well-developed family for
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Charm Name: The Fast Reader Description / Summary: It makes you read really fast (triples the caster normal speed of reading) basic information that don’t need special reflection on your part‚ which means that you would be able to memorize what you have read‚ but not to think about it in the process‚ so the spell is only worth performing if you need to read something that will not require this moment of reflection on your part. After the spell is complete‚ if it was performed properly‚ the information
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my “emergent reader book plan”: (1) the I like Myself book‚ (2) leveled book about topic‚ (3) list of words (different parts of grammar/traits/descriptive words)‚ (4) chart paper‚ (5) markers‚ (6) magazines‚ (7) index cards‚ (8) glue‚ (9) scissors‚ (10) crayons‚ (11) paper‚ (12) writing utensils‚ (13) and pictures. In regards to space‚ my lessons will be taking place in the classroom‚ on the rug‚ on tables and the hallway. I will use several forms of assessments for this emergent reader book plan:
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A NATION OF NON READERS It is very important to develop our individual reading ability in our country. Not only on how to pronounce the words but also how to spell it in a correct spelling and if you can really understand the meaning of this words. Reading is one of the major problems in our education‚ it’s because people are lazy to read‚ and some are no reading materials at all. We are lack on reading materials that we used. If the government was focused on our education and if they give much
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Hatchet Reader Response 1. Paulsen‚ Gary. Hatchet. New York: Puffin Books‚ 1987. Character: Brian Robeson 2. Thirteen year old Brian Robeson is traveling on a small aircraft traveling to Canada when the pilot has a sudden heart attack leaving Brian in control of the plane. Brian brings the air plane to a crashing landing where he miraculously survives while the pilot has perished. Brian is faced with countless problems involving human survival‚ extreme isolation‚ and a dangerous environment
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READER’S RESPONSE STRATEGY/ READER’S RESPONSE CRITICISM Applying Reader Response Strategy in Appreciating Literary Works The appreciation of the short story applies seven reader response strategies posed by Beach and Marshall (1990); they are describing‚ conceiving‚ explaining‚ interpreting‚ engaging‚ connecting and judging. The guiding questions are constructed based on the responses. NO | Response | Explanations | Indicators | Questions to guide | 1 | Engaging(Include) | Getting involved
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Reader Response: 1984 The novel 1984 made me paranoid and suspicious of the government’s power and intentions. I became aware of the potential manipulation of which the government could impose upon us. The very thing which I depend on for security and protection may be a conniving entity which feeds off of it’s own power and corruption. As I flourished in my naivety‚ I was unaware that the people I trusted‚ whom I believed to be wholly dedicated to our well-being as a society‚ could betray
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Being a “Critical Reader” Most of the people want to become a “Critical Reader”‚ but not many of the people can do it because they don’t have the characteristics and/or qualities. Here‚ I am going to explain the top five characteristics and/or qualities that a “Critical Reader” should have. First‚ whether you are reading for pleasure or academia‚ it’s important to understand basic structural and content elements about the text you are studying. These questions and idea generators should help you
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A Leap Reader is a product which allows children to learn how to read and write by sounding out words and guiding letter step-by-step interactively‚ designed by Leap Frog in 2008 (Frog‚ 2008). Leap Reader engages kids in imaginative stories with lively character voices while building vocabulary skills and increasing reading comprehension skills. Collaborative handwriting helps children to write step by step on a mess-free‚ no ink Leap Frog learning paper. Also‚ Leap Reader has a built-in audio player
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