In Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning Christina Haas and Linda Flower target experienced and inexperienced readers with the intention of extending the constructive, rhetorical view of reading to share with others, and therefore helping them to become better writers. By studying the thinking strategies of experienced readers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Study of Writing using a ‘thinking aloud’ method, Haas and Flower were able to see a correlation between strong reading ability and strong writing ability: rooted in comprehension. By thinking aloud readers were forced to use not only what they understood about the text, but also their own personal knowledge to create their own inferences and hypotheses…
Ellen C. Carillo’s “Reading & Writing are Not Connected” challenges and disproves the fallacy claimed in her title. Carillo, a professor of English, speaks from her experience as an educator to articulate the importance of a comprehensive reading-writing education. Drawing from the historical and modern scapegoats for student illiteracy, Carillo debunks these theories and concludes that reading and writing are best learned when taught in conjunction. This point is effectively communicated through the numerous examples of the “real world” implications of poor reading/writing skills, like an inability to analyze and interpret their surroundings. The idea that a lack of these abilities connects with television consumption because much like reading,…
Growing up in Poland I spent my youth horseback riding on Arabian horses and eating the sweetest strawberries from family garden. Early on, I was exposed to jazz and theater. The storytelling for adults; it is the oldest oral tradition on passing the universal message face to face. Where the audience deeply experiences their humanity.…
- Gain a deeper understanding of the ancient Mayan culture’s custom. -Compare and contrast the theme of the movie “El Norte” with the reading “El Nanual”. - Gain a deeper understanding of the ancient Mayan culture’s custom. -Understand the meaning of the Mayan Calendar.…
Assessment Analysis Assignment for Sydney - Description of the assessment results. o Sydney did a good job on the upper middle school word list getting almost all correct. She also did a very good job reading the “Biddy Mason” story, having only a few errors. However, Sydney did struggle with retelling the story and listing detail that occurred in the story. She also struggled giving explicit answer at the end of the assessment.…
Craft of Acting and Sweet Smell of Success The ability for an actor to successfully, skillfully enrapture the audience’s attention to the scene and overall production is not simply one skill but rather various dynamics that are pieced together for the creation of his character. Similar to a handy man, an actor utilizes his or her set of tools of the craft of Acting to accomplish the ultimate goal of the character. In the Sweet Smell of Success, Tony Curtis, who portrays Sidney Falco, utilizes his tools of presentational acting, obstacles, objective, given circumstances, environmental condition, and actions to successfully embody his character.…
The Differences between Reading and Watching The Giver. All around the world, some people prefer watching movie versions of stories, while others enjoy reading books. Students like to read or to watch The Giver. At UMBC, both reading and watching The Giver are the requirements for the students, who learn the English language. In general, both versions are popular.…
Even from reading from plays parts, short readings, even a paragraph. Those are types of reading stuff that I don’t like. Like in my English 3 class at Fort. We just finished the movie, “The Crucible”. Tremendous play and movie.…
My project will be about teaching young students how to read. I really want to do this as a project because a lot of my classmates and teachers have told me that they envision me to be a teacher when I grow up. I wanted to see if I enjoy teaching and this is one method that I can do to see if I enjoy teaching a group of students. My target audience will be my teachers, peers and parents. They will be my target audience because teachers and parents are the ones who take a major role of their child’s education.…
It is through my personal education that I will receive the necessary tools to create a thriving classroom. I will accomplish this by studying and understanding good reading instruction, goals for student learning, teaching methods and assessment practice. First, I must define reading instruction for myself and my students. “There’s no one best way to teach reading and writing; instead, teachers create a balanced literary program using two or more approaches.” (Tompkins, 2014 p.327)…
Drama is a term used in literature that can catch some people’s eyes. “A drama is a composition in verse or prose presenting a story in pantomime or dialogue, containing conflict of characters, particularly the ones who perform in front of audience on the stage” ("Drama - Examples and Definition of Drama”). It is a performance based fictional illustration. Drama is a type of illustration that can depict a play in theaters or on televisions. It is based on action.…
I do: 1. Hook/Engagement Ask students what they remember about summarizing. Explain that you will tell them a story and they will have to summarize it afterward. Tell students to listen for just the key details and main idea. 2.…
Theatre has played a vital role in the history of the world. Theatre was founded upon explicit basic structural features which have evolved into what is seen in modern theatre. Although many of the structural features from its original founding have transformed, the basic rules needed to stage a production have not changed. Euripides’ Medea and Andrew Miller’s Death of a Salesman are plays from different times but the basic format and the roles needed to stage a production are quite similar. The roles of the playwright, the actor, the Director, the producer, and the functions of the theatre space and costumes are vital to have a complete theatrical experience of both Death of a Salesman and Medea.…
Through the use of settings, Bernhard Schlink emphasises the central ideas of the novel The Reader. The central ideas of human behaviour and guilt, responsibility and justice, looking beyond actions and insight are each explored through the use of settings. Settings such as Hanna’s bathtub, the concentration camp and the courtroom and the woods are each used to emphasise a central idea. Schlink uses stylistic devices such as symbolism, analogy, allusion and narrative point of view to communicate these ideas and accentuate the central ideas conveyed in the novel through setting. One of the central ideas explored in the novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is human behaviour and guilt.…
Observation 1 Grade/Subject: 10th Grade English Topic: Short Story Objective: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to identify he essential elements of a story. As I entered the classroom, the teacher was beginning her bell ringer.…