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Bell hooks used a variety of strategies and techniques to attract her audience in her book: introduction to teaching and transgress. This paper will focus on the chapter on education as the practice of freedom. The strategies and techniques portrayed in this chapter include drawing readers with the first sentence, strategic formatting, short paragraphs, clear writing and a conversational tone (Hohenshel and Hand, 36). The chapter starts off with Bell Hook explaining why she was preoccupied by…

Reading has always been a part of my life. Starting from a young child all the way up to where I am now I can remember many different ways reading has impacted my life. For some people reading is what they did to pass the time, but for me it has always been different. Being a small child I did not enjoy the outdoors in the same sense other children did. When I went outside I wanted to sit by a tree and read a book instead of run around and play on the playset. As I got older nothing really…

Looking back at being a buddy reader for an entire school year, I truly enjoyed it and am happy that I decided to be a buddy reader. The students I’ve read to all had different personalities and quirks. Some were quiet and attentive to the story, some would make comments as I read, and others wouldn’t pay attention. It taught me that despite the fact that all the students have a disability, they’re all still different and their disability affects them in different ways. It’s never right to make…

Who I am as a reader and writer Did you know reading to your child helps them throughout their entire life? It helps them with their speech development, logical thinking and expressing themselves. As a child my parents read to me and that has helped me grow as a student. Over the years I've come to realize that I am better at reading than I am at writing. Throughout this course I'm hoping to improve my reading and writing skills. As a child my parents would read books to me around bedtime.…

In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a red A for adulterer. She was forced to wear her public shame for the rest of her life. If I had to wear a letter for the rest of my life, it would be an M for mouth. I am a very loud person, and I talk too much and I’m obnoxious. That letter would fit me really well because I have a problem with talking. Ninety-nine percent of my teachers say that I have a problem with talking, and don’t really like it all that much. Talking too much is…

Reading- I will find time to read every night for at least 30 min. This will help me keep a consistent reading schedule that will allow me to manage my time wisely while still getting to read every day. I can do this by making a designated time for myself to read each night before I go to bed. I will need to create a routine for 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…

Does my choice to read Star Wars novels make me better than my son who plays x-box in his free time? According to Cristina Nehring’s essay “Books make you a boring person” (New York Times, June 2004); no. Cristina Nehring has identified a perceived superior nature among people who love to read and has chosen to address the situation by employing the skills she is known for; and while she wrote a charming essay, ultimately the article fails to effect the change she was urging. As I read her…

Herschbach, Dudley. "The Dolphin Oracle." Harvard Magazine, 1993, pp. 57-59. SIRS Issues Researcher,https://sks.sirs.com. This article is from the Harvard Magazine. This article is written by Dudley Herschbach an American chemist who won a nobel prize and who was a chemist at Harvard University. Herschbach shows great knowledge in this topic. The article is very informative and Herschbach gives many quotes from reliable sources. Herschbach clearly knew what he wrought about and it shined…

" 'What if they don 't leave? ' Alek said. 'What if they can 't? ' 'Then they won 't last long, ' Volger said flatly. 'There 's nothing on the glacier, no shelter, no fuel for a fire. Just ice. ' Alek turned to stare at Volger. 'But we can 't leave shipwrecked men to die! '" (Westerfeld 227). This book is full of action and suspense that draws readers into the book. All of the action and suspense is because the setting of the book is in Europe when they were on the edge of war and the…

The most vivid memory I have of reading is when I was in third grade, my teacher use to read books to us at the end of everyday. However, one day she took us to the library and told us to pick out a book to read on our own. The library was set up to where each grade level had their own books so kids were encouraged to pick books that weren't to difficult for them to read. I wanted to prove that i could read a higher level book because I have dyslexia and other kids thought it was funny when I…