Book of Concord

These days, less kids are reading for pleasure because they are more attracted to the digital media platforms. Studies do not prove that kids are reading for pleasure less because they spend more time online, but Steyer believes that it is part of the problem. In the article, there is a quote from a kid saying that they don’t generally read for pleasure instead they talk on the phone or watch Netflix. Other excuses that kids have given include the fact that they have too much homework, or that…

Surveys were put out in between 1937 and 2002 to see the percentage of people who read books. The survey concluded that the earlier years the percentage was high and people read. When it came in the 20th century that percentage became higher and higher. In “Twilight of the Books” the author, Caleb Crain argues that people are beginning to be looser on reading in the twentieth century. There are arguments in multiple paragraphs that conclude that Americans are reading less and they are losing the…

As a student, I am better at reading rather than a writing, or listening. I am more interested in fantasy books due the adventurous vibes it gives you while reading. The first fantasy book I read was, Eragon, written by, Christopher Paolini. This book was absolutely phenomenal just like the rest of fantasy related books. This is because not only the character development was great, but the story actually gives you enough detail to visualize the background sequence of the tale. I rejoice in…

The story choose to develop Alfonsos’s vocabulary will be “The cat and the hat” by Dr Seuss for first and second grader level. This story is very popular book story that will help a child like Alfonso’s vocabulary improvement since he has difficulty with words meaning and connecting the words. One of the learning activity strategy I would design to help him improve his vocabulary skill by the end of his first grade year, so he can learn more words meaning and connection will be by doing…

While Alexandria would have wanted nothing more than to explore every inch of her newly acquired home, reality struck. If she hit the local supermarket, she could stock up on the necessities and not have to eat restaurant food every day, but she needed to get back to Beau Chênes before nightfall. With her arms overflowing with the structured paper bags containing her purchases, she rushed out of the store and barged into a customer entering through the automatic door. Wonderful. She thought.…

Many kids around the world have become less interested in books, because they have become more engaged in TV, Phones, Apps, Video Games at a young age. Fahrenheit 451 is a book with a very directed message in the importance in reading and what could happen if we don’t. Fahrenheit 451 is a book that talks about the death of books because no one reads them. The current generations have a decrease in reading because of media, like apps, console gaming and social media. This leads to many common…

act of banning books with the following statement: “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight” (“A Quote by Stephen Chbosky”). Challenging books usually comes from trying to protect people, mainly students, from “inappropriate” material found in the book. This can effect teachers by making them lose their flexibility to teach of teaching subjects to their students (“About Banned & Challenged Books”). Even…

Everyday, we read books. Instruction books, books for our own pleasure, books for school work. Books printed in ink on paper. Books like the very book you’re reading were printed using a giant, efficient, mechanical printer. While we owe technology for that high-tech printer, the concept of word processing today is all based off Johann Gutenberg’s genius idea of movable type. During the Renaissance, most books were hand-copied and took years just to complete a single book. Later, block printing…

I’m going to talk about books. Banned and Challenged books. These are all books that have been banned or Challenged to be banned by schools and libraries across the country. These books have been accused of Ruining younger audiences minds with unsavory ideas and bad language. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. frequent use of a bad term for African-Americans, and the bad view of the pre war South. William Shakespeare. He’s got suicide, and homicide in his plays. How about Romeo and…

myself to follow in regards to my reading. When I read, I will make sure I slow down enough to fully absorb all the details the author has put in the book. I often become so caught up in the plot that I end up skimming the pages just to find the resolution. To fix this I can take small breaks while reading to force myself to slow down and review the book. Writing- I would like to be able to better form smoother paragraphs…