Orthography

My Search As I trudged to the library, I dreaded the weeks to come in my English class. We were beginning the research papers on our names. Apart from trivial inquiries to my dad as a little boy, I knew nothing about my name, and I knew nothing about writing research papers. When class began, Mrs. Beddingfield had each of us stand up and say our name, casually commenting on a unique trait each name held. Then, after a brief moment of reflection, she gave us a quote: “It was Juliet that…

At age five, we learn the alphabet, learn songs to remember each letter, and know it backwards and forwards. At age 6, we are learning sight words and reading small sentences and passages. By age 7, we are taught how to read very simple stories, which eventually turn into small chapter books, then larger books, until we're eventually reading great novels written by the greatest minds in history, such as Aristotle, Victor Hugo, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, and Jules Verne. However, once we…

The ability to read is critical for student’s literacy development and is crucial to developing their future learning. Learning is a lifelong journey (Gray, 2012, p.221) and teaching is imperative for reading development. Teaching students to become independent and successful readers is a complex process that requires educators to have explicit knowledge of the six main elements involved in the reading process. It is fundamental for teachers to prepare their students to gain meaning from what…

As a 7th grader at Fowler Middle School’s state of the art Gifted and Talented program, Nitish Baskar has recently written an analytical CBAP over a revolutionary invention. After a couple of weeks, he revisited this CBAP along with his classmates and looked to find improvements that will help them with the writing STAAR. To enhance their understanding of expository passages, they were assigned writing stations which focused on ideas, organization, development of ideas, word choice/conventions,…

Neuropsychological Treatment of Dyslexia in the Classroom Setting Due to the differences in learning and the range of deficits presented, it has been difficult to diagnose and treat dyslexia, a prevalent reading disorder. Some of the methods currently used for treating this learning disability focus on strategy and cognitive development instead of brain process relationship and have not produced steady outcomes. Since dyslexia appears to be caused by neuropsychological deficiencies and…

Jackson works well in English and has achieved some good results. He has been working hard at improving his reading stamina and reading independently. Jackson draws on a variety of skills when reading and can retell events and describe characters in a story. He can write short texts consisting of one or two sentences. During Term 4 Jackson has been working hard to develop a neat and consistent handwriting style; however, he still has trouble reversing some of his letters. Jackson displays the…

The Alphabetic Principle involves the understanding that sounds of letters and that letters represent sounds are combined to form represent sounds are combined to form words. Between the spoken sounds and the written language, a connection is made. Based on a relationship between systematic sounds, written letters, and spoken words, letters and their combinations are the symbols used to represent the speech sounds. The Alphabetic Principle is composed of three parts. They are letter naming,…

Growing up I did not have it easy. I lived in a household full of abuse. My father would beat on my mother every night. I would take all the emotions that i was feeling and just write about them. If I was happy, sad or scared I would write about it. As I got older the writing showed me how to let my feelings out without holding everything in then exploding. It made me a better writer with my school work. Writing is important to me because it was my way out. I never would let my feelings out…

Response to Allington Latrisha Easey Please answer ONLY four of the following questions regarding the Allington fluency article. 1. What does the study by Marsha Buly and Sheila Valencia (2002) tell us about putting too much stress simply on rate and accuracy? Marsha Buly and Sheila Valencia’s study found that one of five students who failed a state fourth-grade reading test were automatic decoders but had little comprehension. (pg.95) Putting too stress on rate and accuracy is not helping…

There are many ways people define the term “laziness”. For example, as we discussed in class, we touched on how the older generations describe the younger generations as lazy due to the advances in technology that make what was once a difficult task an easy one to complete and out of jealousy. Laziness is viewed by many people as a negative characteristic to have, but after reading and analyzing Christopher Morley’s essay, we see how he views “laziness” and how he uses syntax and satire to…