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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Tuesday 01/15 Introduction/Syllabus/ “Where I’m From” poem Thursday 01/17 Read “Brainology” by Carol Dweck Week 2 Tuesday 01/22 Read “Ain’t I a Woman” and “The Men We Carry In Our Minds” Thursday 01/24 Active Reading and Analysis Standards (posted on Blackboard under writing and reading tools) Week 3 Tuesday 01/29 Read “Narration” in Patterns; Read I Love Yous Are for White People Ch.1-3 Thursday 01/31 Read I Love Yous Are for White People Ch. 4-5 Week 4 Tuesday 02/5 Read I Love Yous Are for
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Being Wrong In the book Being Wrong by Karthryn Schultz‚ wrongness‚ or “err” as Schultz puts it‚ is explained and exposed as being a part of our everyday lives. There are many reasons for our wrongness which most people don’t recognize. These include trickery of the senses‚ Confabulation‚ or making thing up even if we don’t know we are‚ mistreating evidence‚ societal influence‚ prior beliefs‚ and the need to feel certain. These mistakes may seem detrimental to learning and understanding. However
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leaves an unforgettable sense of community within. Overall‚ the purpose for any pilgrimage‚ near or far‚ is to have a physical experience to help us better understand what we cannot come to know through our senses. Reading about pilgrimages is far different from actually taking one. Reading about the powerful emotions and feelings taken from this experience makes me wonder what triggers these reactions. The author of this article said that on one of her journeys‚ she‚ “I felt that I connected with the
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Reading Reports Description: • Please read two books from the Penguin Reader collection or another source. • Write one book report for each book you read • When choosing a book‚ if there are more than 2 or 3 words on a page that you do not understand‚ then the book is too difficult for you. If you understand all the words on a page‚ then the book is too easy for you. • Do not choose books that are too difficult or too easy for you. If Level 5 has too many vocabulary words per
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1. Briefly summarize the article (2-3 sentences). What is it about? What happens? It’s a film review about the famous movie Forrest Gump.It mainly talks bout some impressive parts of the movie . 2. Respond to the article (3-4 sentences). Ideas: How did I like it? Why? What experiences/memories did it remind me of? What comments do I have? I like it very much .The reasons are as follows :First of all .it reveals the great parts about the movie and it has some really deep research.for
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There are few things people really learn. Many claim to learn‚ but in reality these are empty claims and they haven’t learned anything at all. One of the few things I truly learned is that plagiarism is wrong. Although this is drilled into our heads year after year most don’t heed these warnings. Weirdly enough this lesson was learnt in math classes not the typical Wikipediang of history or English. In Mr. Smith’s class I learned this valuable lesson with the aid of some nefarious peers and the iron
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The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach Author(s): Wolfgang Iser Source: New Literary History‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 2‚ On Interpretation: I‚ (Winter‚ 1972)‚ pp. 279-299 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/468316 Accessed: 18/08/2008 13:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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“A Child’s Christmas in Wales” is the story of a man retelling certain events from the past Christmases in his life. He describes many activities an experiences through his eyes when he was a young boy as if they were miracles‚ some things that many adults overlook and take for granted. “A Christmas Memory” tells the tale of Christmas traditions between a seven year old boy and a grown woman‚ who the boy views as his cousin and best friend. Each of these stories was written with a certain purpose
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Davis (1959): Cab driver and his fare – facets of a fleeting relationship Method: Notes and observations made by researcher over a six-‐period in 1948 when he worked as a cabdriver for one of the largest taxicab firms in Chicago. • Brief contacts with unrelated person of whom he has no foreknowledge‚ just as they have none
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