SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta‚ the son of a baker‚ has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story‚ Peeta is a shy and closed guy‚ who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words‚ “Well‚ there is this one girl. I’ve had
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01/09/2013 Reading Reflection At first‚ I think literacy has two meanings. The first meaning is culture or civilization and the second meaning is the ability to write and read. Both meaning are very similar‚ they are related to cultural knowledge. But in today’s society‚ literacy not only means culture. The concept of information literacy is people can effectively use and recognize the information. Besides‚ people can redefining and evaluate themselves in today’s information society. By reading Nunberg’s
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READING PASSAGE 1 Lost for Words Many minority languages are on the danger list.In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west‚ the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-age or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo‚ the schools are run in English. Street sign‚ supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly‚ linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in
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CHAPTER 1: THREE OLD WORLDS CREATE A NEW‚ 1492-1600 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS 57 terms Introduction Know: Old World‚ New World Are the terms old world and new world biased? Old World : Europeans fleeing poverty & religious persecution. New World: North America 1. What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? Abundant natural resources Prior inhabitance & cultivation of the land by the Native Americans The Shaping
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Wrecking Our Language Reading Humphrys so troubled by the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary has removed the hyphen from thousands of words because he think that the author is trying to adapt to the new generation of writing as what he called fashion. Like shortening the word or using abbreviation as many people use on email and SMS. He thinks that this makes people care less in proper spelling and grammar. The reason for this change is because we are changing the way we communicate with each
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Survey on the Reading Habits of Students in Hong Kong Education Department December 2001 Abstract ‘Reading to learn’ is an essential tool for life- long learning. Promoting a reading culture among students is therefore one of the key tasks in the curriculum reform with the aim to strengthen students’ learning capabilities. To understand the current situation of the reading culture of students‚ the Education Department conducted a survey in February 2001. The objective is to investigate
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The Benefits of Reading Reading is the best thing we can do for ourselves. Not only does reading enrich our lives‚ it can also enrich the world around us. It has been stated that‚ “The more you read‚ the better you get at it; the better you get at it‚ the more you like it; the more you like it‚ the more you do it. And the more you read‚ the more you know; the more you know‚ the smarter you grow”. The benefits of reading last a lifetime. Reading well affects a person’s academic
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Reading maketh a man. Today‚ we enjoy such a wide array of reading material ranging from books‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ comics and the latest e-books. However‚ we still do not make it a habit to read. This fact can be consolidated by a recent survey that has singled out that a majority of citizens hardly read. What a shame! Obviously‚ we do not realize the importance of reading. In this era of modernization‚ in order to become a successful person or a top-notch student‚ we should enrich ourselves
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virtual fields trips to bulid up a vocab and build up a background knowledge. family story bk reading at home helps.. reading allowed. The key predictors of long term lit learning.. start children off to a good start and ensure continue success Julie Bowtell - Proessional Leas: Primary Eng‚ School of edu‚ uni of herefordshire - teachers tv ITE lectures - Early reading teaching lit. - reading and writing are mutually beneficial‚ one impacts positively on the other. Primary currciulaum
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