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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A Close Reading Exercise From: http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Literature/21L-003Fall2003/E3B42E8B-1A45-447E-938E-7CC3C79F6FC2/0/notes_on_close_reading.pdf What does it mean to read a text closely and analyze it? Why do we do close reading in literary study? The answers to these questions emerge more from the doing than the talking. Briefly‚ close reading is a basic tool for understanding‚ taking pleasure in‚ and communicating one’s interpretation of a literary work. The skills employed
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Alternative/dominant and resistant readings Dominant readings are the most common and widely-accepted interpretations of a given text. An alternative reading is any reading that differs from the commonly-accepted interpretation. A resistant reading is an alternative reading that contradicts the dominant reading. Think about the words resistant (the noun form of the verb to ’resist’) and dominant (the noun form of the verb to dominate) and it will help you to retain the meanings of the terminology
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ENGLISH 090 BASIC COMPOSITION: CRITCAL LITERACY The Reading Writing Connection & College Success READING LOG Successful college students spend many hours each week reading a variety of texts including common textbooks‚ journal articles‚ source documents and assignment guides. Additionally‚ daily exposure to print‚ radio/television‚ online/internet‚ and other media requires “reading” and understanding information presented in many different formats. Advertising‚ news‚ entertainment‚ and online
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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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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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The Importance of Reading Imagine walking in for a job interview; the supervisor hands you an application to fill out and after sitting down and staring at it blankly for a couple minutes the humiliation gets to you and you finally admit that you cannot read. The supervisor then politely thanks you for coming in‚ but says there is no way he can hire anybody who cannot read. Reading is more important than ever in today’s society. If you cannot read well than you will find it hard to have a successful
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Proficient reading is an essential tool for learning a large part of the subject matter taught at school. Reading is the gateway to learning: without it‚ children cannot access a broad and balanced curriculum. Reading difficulties are associated with negative educational‚ employment and economic outcomes‚ making reading- related issues relevant to various policy domains. The negative effects of reading problems are well documented. There is evidence that reading disability is associated with social
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Running head: GUIDED READING Module 2 Multicultural Education Kimmy Taylor Ktaylor34655@mygcu September 16‚ 2009 Rdg. 525 Grand Canyon University Instructor: Dr. Jamie Petrilla Abstract This paper will describe the leveling process and how leveled books fit into the reading classroom. It will also describe how to use tools yourself‚ to locate lists of leveled books‚ how the listed levels of a title compare between one you leveled‚ what the publisher class the level
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91 PROMPTS FOR READING LOG 1. After reading‚ I wonder… 2. Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be read people)? Why or why not? 3. Describe a character that you would like to meet (which doesn’t mean that you think you would like the character‚ but that you think the character would be interesting). List 4 questions that you would ask. 4. Describe something you have read that is similar to this. 5. Describe the main characters. How do you feel about them personally?
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