Reading comprehension

African-Americans choose to follow the road of poverty in the wrong direction by being caught in armed robbery, abuse, and prison. According to the 2000 US Census of Population, 15% of African-American in the poverty level are below the 8th grade reading level. An illiteracy study which focused on African- American communities to research the job opportunities, proper education, and drug usage in the urban area stressed that lifestyles have a dramatic influence on academic levels. The…

Overview  Working title: “Readers of the Holocaust”  Tagline: This brief documentary follows a graduate student’s exploration of an unusual choice of textbooks in a high school classroom: graphic novels.  Estimated length: 15-20 minutes  Proposed date of completion: April 21st, 2016 Introduction: Goals and Voice of the Documentary  The overarching question I ask in this film is how graphic novels about Holocaust and other events of genocide are enabling experiential learning in high school…

Think back to when you were a child, did you enjoy reading and writing, or despise it? What about now that you have grown up, has your outlook on literacy changed? Everyone has a different story behind their answers each of these questions. Personally, I never enjoyed reading or writing growing up. However, literacy has slowly grown on me throughout the years, especially since I will be teaching children in just a few short years. My first experience with literacy was when I was still a baby.…

Survey 2003, Green and Riddell report that approximately 42 % of Canadians between the ages of 16 and 65 years fail to achieve reading level required for high school completion in Canada (Green, Riddell, 2003). This reading level requires the respondents to understand a sentence and perform the corresponding action based on their understanding. For instance, when reading directions printed on a package of pastille, one should be able determine the daily recommended number of pills based on the…

following items: a reading bell, index card ring, magnetic/chalkboard, and the book. When questioned, Mikel feels joyous about reading in school and at home, as well as writing at home. However, he mentioned how he doesn’t like writing in school for the reason that he doesn’t know the right words to use. After introducing the story, The Stray Dog, I heard the timidity in Mikel’s voice, causing me to put my ears closer just to hear him read. When he knew the words, he flowed nicely reading in…

About six years ago, I moved to the United States together with my family. After having been here for one week, I started my ninth grade. I learned English in Vietnam for a couple years before moving. However, my skills weren’t good enough for me to understand and talk to my teachers and peers. I struggled for a long time to fit in. Everything to me was unfamiliar. Beside having a difficult time to understand the new language, I was also having a hard time to getting used to other aspects of the…

seat that they will need to use finger and touch each word, read 3 times and then read with a partner. When you are listening to your partner it is important that you do not interrupt them when they are reading. When they have finished reading they can color their books. 3. As the students are reading and coloring I will walk around and work one on one with a few low students who have difficulties with…

We all know that in order to do great things in life we need to take big steps and make sacrifices. After reading the autobiography of Malcolm X its admirable that he became such an intellectual man even thought he didn 't finish school and had a difficult time pronouncing words. He was someone that went through many changes in his life to fight for equality and never give up on his dreams. His passion and his aspirations in life to fight against racial discrimination in America help him face…

Literacy as we know today is a basic fundamental human right and is the foundation for a lifelong learning experience. Literacy is more than just the ability to read and write, but it is more on the side of being able to comprehend what you are mainly reading and writing. For someone who cannot read nor write is called an illiterate person, and what illiteracy means is not having the ability to read or write. But with literacy, I feel like it gives me more confidence, and ambition in life, which…

Reading is a complex process that needs to be taught. For beginners, an essential part of learning to read involves an understanding of alphabetic principle that directly links to phonics instruction (Adams, 1990; Brish 2011; NRP, 2000; Snow et al., 1998). It is important to distinguish between phonemic awareness and phonics instruction because they are not the same; phonics instruction requires grapheme-phoneme correspondences, spelling patterns, and applying this knowledge in reading. The NRP…