Speed reading

this year there are going to be many obstacles in English class, but if I just push myself I know I can reach my goal. As a reader and writer, I believe that I have grown stronger over the years. In the past, I did not like reading at all I would try to get by with reading as little of the stories as possible in order to pass. I felt this way until this summer when I started to read the books for English. I realized that not all books are boring and feel as if it takes forever to get through.…

After reading Adler’s book, I found some helpful information about studying or reading different types of materials that can help me become a better reader and learner. Reading has not been one of my strongest points in school. I have not learned how to read the meanings of important words that the other expects the reader to know. I have not mastered picking out the words that are meant to be clues or forshadowing to information the author expects the reader to catch. I try to be an exceptional…

was a wretched idea and I refused to participate. For a few months this is how our Sundays played out. I remember the day it clicked for me. My dad and I were playing out our traditional charade until he decided that was enough practice. We were reading Dr. Seuss’s book Hop on Pop. “We’re only halfway though the book!” I said. “If you…

certainly support active learning. My preschool classroom is set up in a manner that will assist me in promoting literacy effectively throughout each of the learning areas. Within each of the areas there are bookshelves that contain a variety of reading materials, such as read aloud, picture books, story books, recipe books, magazines, genres, and informational context that will capture the interest of the students ( Seefeldt, C., & Galper, A., 2001). Students should have access to interesting…

It was October of my seventh grade year and I found myself sitting in Ms. Keyes’ reading class. One Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Keyes put us in groups based on our reading levels and interests. What interested me the most were books that were suspenseful, full of action, and ones that moved at a fast pace with a colorful cast of characters. Her goal was to get me to enjoy reading again; she made that her personal mission. When I walked into her fifth period class, she had the desks in groups of six.…

the Educational Leadership publication, and he makes a valid argument that informational text is as important as literary readings in the English classroom. Shanahan builds on his standing with facts clearly built from his research, citing compelling facts and data. Shanahan’s “You Want me to Read What?!” effectively persuades that teaching informational text and literary readings are equally important by presenting an optimistic view combined with strong evidence, research and statistics. In…

In the Expository Reading and Writing course, we read Fahrenheit 451 as a whole class. We took notes on the different themes and/ or characters while reading the book. Both themes were in forms of questions and I chose to answer this question: Are we happy or just distracted? I chose the theme about happiness and distractions because I thought that it was very realistic and connected to the real world. To answer the question, we were assigned to write an analytical essay. To analyze means to…

There is more than one side to every story, and it is important to listen to more than one perspective. That was the main theme in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk. She started the talk by explaining her love for reading and how she began reading American and European literature. She couldn’t identify with books until she was introduced to African literature. Another example of only looking at a story through one lense is when her roommate in college was expecting her music choice to be…

Enid Blyton is a famous children’s writer who endeared herself to growing children with almost 600 books. She also created a series of books on a set of characters like the Famous Five and the Secret Seven. Her novels always cantered on children as the main characters who solved many crimes and mysteries, much before the Police could do. Enid Blyton was born in 1897 and died in 1968 of Alzheimer’s disease. Enid Blyton and Writing of “Children of Green Meadows” Enid Blyton also loved animals…

Introduction One of the first quotes that IB students learn from their TOK books is “Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge” (Khalil Gibran). This quote, better than anything, explains that gaining knowledge begins with disagreement. Multiple people may see the same thing differently having different thoughts and ideas about it. Some of these people’s ideas will turn out to be true depending on the evidence that they get, others seeing that their theories have no backing will agree that what…