Dyslexia

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett “At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.” Genre: Children’s Novel / Classic Rating: ✰✰✰✰✰ Started: 09.08.2015 Finished: 10.08.2015 There’s a mug in my room, full with little pink reading challenges. My hand randomly picked one for this month and it was ‘read a classic’.…

According to “The National Assessment of Adult Literacy” (2003), it has been estimated that fourteen percent of adults in the United States have bel¬¬¬ow the basic level of prose literacy. A well functioned society should consist of well functioned community, and knowing how to read and write is a necessity for the perfect society. Reading and writing are skills acquired in our everyday life such as, reading the newspaper, and writing emails. Nevertheless, many people are still illiterate. In…

I graduated from kindergarten as a non-reader. I was the eldest child in my family with two younger siblings. My mother was always occupied both with work and with three children under five, so she didn’t realize that there was anything amiss until the summer after my kindergarten year. She recounts how she was shocked and concerned when she found out that all of her friend’s children were already reading. She would tell you that I had not a sight word in my wheelhouse. That summer my parents…

REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT TOOL The phonological awareness test is appropriate for children ages five to nine or in grades Kindergarten to fourth grade. Phonological awareness is defined as, “…an understanding of the sound structure of language—that is, that language is made up words, syllables, rhymes, and sounds (phonemes)” (Chapter Two: Phonological Awareness, n.d.). Phonological awareness is important because it is a strong and reliable predictor of future reading and writing success. The…

Hoping to find something to write about, I rummaged through the short stories I received in my four years of literature class. Although I never read, let alone considered reading any of the novels they required for us to finish, I insisted on keeping all the short ones because of how much I enjoyed them. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ was written in bold on the first line of the well-kept brown paper. I don’t recall the story itself but I knew that I wanted to write about it as I held the papers in my hand…

Literacy and Individual Consciousness by Akinnaso, The Dead by James Joyce, and The Dark Child all share a character that has a close relationship with literacy along with the impact it has had for the character and their surrounding. In the Literacy and Individual Consciousness Akinnaso’s journey in learning how to read and write, literacy as he states “ literacy had to come to mean, for me,a way of life...knowing,...talking, and a way of doing It gave me pleasure” (Akinnaso 154). Literacy…

To be honest I don't remember learning to read. It just seems like I've always known how to. I don't remember the struggle and determination little kids have trying to pronounce words that I can say with just a snap of my finger. It seems like reading is something I've always known how to do. If it's something I've known for awhile why don't I engage in this activity more? My mom always told me that when teaching me to read I caught on rather quickly. This makes a lot of sense because it…

Based on the interest inventory test, Shevaun has an interest in books relating to sports, family, friendship and jokes. I decided to use lexile.com to assist me with choosing books based on Shevaun’s interest and instructional reading level. According to the Lexile measures for his grade, Shevaun’s Lexile measure ranges between 360L and 720L. The results from lexile.com also shows that Shevaun can be instructed using the following books that will provide him with the most appropriate challenge…

I was born in Germany, where I was surrounded by rich European art. Most of my artwork represents places, buildings, and artists that I was exposed to while living in Germany. I was introduced to art at an early age by my mother who took me to an art museum where I began taking art lessons at. Throughout the years I developed a heartfelt passion for art and the medieval era. When we left Germany my art was still in a cartoonist style, but when we came over to the US my elementary and high school…

Reading is the process of constructing meaning from text. Whether it be written, graphic, paper-based or digital, we use our contextual knowledge to assist us in understanding what we read, based on our social purpose and cultural background (Winch et al., 2014, p. 5). Traditionally, reading was viewed as a simple visual-cognitive skill and good reading was considered being able to read letters and pronounce words correctly. Comprehension was never the focus; however, we now see the purpose…