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Essay On Extensive Reading
6. Definition of extensive reading
Extensive reading is a language teaching procedure where learners are supposed to read large
quantities of material or long texts for global understanding, the principle goal being obtained
pleasure from the text (Bamford, 2004).
The term of "Extensive Reading" was originally coined by Palmer (1917) and since different terms
have been used to refer to extensive reading; such as: "Supplementary Reading", "Book Flood",
"Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading", "Substained Silent Reading", "Reading because you want
to", "free Voluntary Reading ", "free reading".
Extensive reading is one of the two types: the first type, where language learners read for meaning
that focuses on input. The second type, is to read for fluency development. Extensive reading is also
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This is what students really enjoy about extensive reading, they are also encouraged to stop reading
anything that is not interesting or that find it too difficult.
9–4 Learners read as much as possible:
The language learning benefits of extensive reading come from the quantity of reading. For the
benefits of extensive reading to take effect, a book a week is an appropriate goal. This is a realistic
target as books written for beginning language learners are very short.
9–5 Reading speed is usually faster rather than slower:
Because of the fact that the material is easy understandable for students, their reading is fluent.
Learners are encouraged to ignore or guess the meaning of a few unknown items they may encounter
from the context.
9–6 The purpose of reading is usually related to pleasure, information and general understanding:
Extensive reading encourages reading for pleasure and information. The aim of reading is not
hundred percent comprehension; to meet the purpose of reading sufficient understanding is
satisfactory.
9–7 Reading is individual and
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Reflection On My Reading Skills
Reflection Before taking this class I thought that my reading skills were exceptional, but I was
undeniably wrong about that. Now, after taking this class I can say that my reading skills have
greatly improved. I now know how to analyze works of art and find new meanings behind the
words that I read. Now, with the knowledge on how to use criticism to my advantage, all types of
literature will become wide open to me in a sense that I will be able to understand literature in
greater detail. I would certainly say that I learned more in this English class than any other
English class I have taken so far, even though it was online. I even improved on my grammar
throughout the course of these past six weeks. I learned how to write more comprehensive
paragraphs and how to write essays that stay on topic as well. Before taking this class I had not
read too many poems so I was not too familiar with quoting or citing them. Now, I easily know
how to quote a line or stanza without having to look up what to do every time. I would also say that
I am far more appreciative of literature, more than ever poetry. Before this class I did not take
poetry to seriously as I thought it was silly and for the most part nonsense that was being spat off
by crazy writers. Unbeknownst to me I found out quickly just how deep and emotional some
poetry can be. I found out awfully fast that poetry is more than just dilly dally writings and the
nonsense that I believed it was. Of course, being as old as I
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Reflective Essay About Reading
Reading is important in all aspects of learning. It widens vocabulary, improves imagination, and
is how we discover new things. More than anything, reading develops the mind. It is important to
begin reading with children at a very young age, to introduce new concepts and words creating a
strong basis for the future. Most small children love being read to; they find picture books fun
and enjoyable because of the animated pictures and presentation of the words. After each time
they read a book, they remember the fun pictures or words, looking forward to the next book. If a
good memory of reading is planted in a child, as they grow older not only will reading come more
naturally, it will bring more pleasure. I believe the key to successfully getting a student to read is to
make it as enjoyable as possible. In reading this article, I was able to relate on a few different
levels. I could put myself in the teacher's shoes on some levels, but even more so with the
students. In Middle School, one of our reading assignments were reading cards, for which our
teacher would pick a new genre each month and we had to read chapter books according to the
genre. Reading cards were a tool the students would use to summarize their readings each time
they read. The reading cards consisted of a chapter book the teacher chose, each month a different
genre. After each section we read, a short summary was to be written and we had to write down and
look up any words we didn't know. This was
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Personal Narrative– My Love of Reading and Writing
Reading and writing has always played a vital part in my life. From toddler to adult, pre–elementary
to college, I've managed to sharpen both skills to my liking. However, even though it significantly
helped, schooling was not what influenced me to continue developing those skills into talent. Many
different things shaped and influenced my learning, and now reading and writing have become the
safety net of my life. I know that even if I have nothing else in the future, I'll still have my talent
and knowledge. To ensure my success, I hope to further develop those skills so that I may fulfill my
wishes. I was always a creative child; it was something I just...show more content...
Reading was the new outlet for my imagination and the stories I read fascinated me. They weren't
too unlike the scripts of computer games or the own stories I came up with on my own, but books
actually had the action and emotional aspects written out. And again, while my peers were reading
things about growing up, things that had morals and would teach valuable lessons (I remember one
book about a shoplifter who had to do community service at an animal shelter), I read real fiction:
Jurassic Park, Dragonriders of Pern, Lord of the Rings... Stuff of fantasy and science–fiction that let
my mind stray from reality. Stuff that kept my imagination alive while I was being forced to
learn multiplication and the names of countries. Of course, my teachers encouraged me to keep
reading, as long as I wasn't doing the reading in the middle of their lectures. But it wasn't because
of their influence, however, that kept me interested in books. It was because I loved it. It put
pictures into my head and made me think. So I kept reading. But even then I knew reading wasn't
enough... Yes, the stories were fascinating, but they weren't what I wanted. Back then I wasn't sure
what I wanted, but as middle school came to a close, I found it. All eighth graders had to take a
career class to determine what we wanted to be when we grew up. I remember telling my teacher
that I wanted to be an archaeologist and the strange look she
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Reflecting on my early memories of reading and writing is difficult. I never identified as a strong
reader or writer. In fact, growing up I put little importance on reading and writing because, unlike
most other parts of school, I didn't feel very good at it. Therefore, I never gave my experience as a
reader or writer much thought and when asked to reflect, my mind went blank then filled with
mostly disappointing memories and finally questions of why my mindset was what it was and how I
can take action to identify and rectify the same mindset in myself and in my students.
Reading
My have no early home memories of reading. I always did my homework but I remember lying on
my reading logs about how much I read because I wanted to go play outside or I had to do chores
and didn't have time. My parents had a very busy schedule between raising four children and
working sometimes multiple jobs. When they were home I wanted to spend time with them and
what they did was watch TV. Although I believe the lack of books in my home and adult models
of readers did not help foster a relationship with reading for me, I do not blame my apathy towards
reading on them by any means. My parents always reinforced the importance of and respect for
school. Without them I would not be where I am today. But I recognize their limitations and my
privilege.
I do have memories of reading with my father but it's not how most would assume. In middle school
I began helping my father read in English. He had
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Reading
Drafting Reading is a part of our everyday living. It is a "master piece of art", a skill that we
should cherish and share with others. It is a cognitive process of figuring out a symbols in order to
construct or derived meaning. Reading is also a process of communicating and interacting with
others. It is a means of obtaining language and sharing information. It is said to be one of the ways
that can lead to a better future. It requires continuous practice, development and clarification. In
addition, it also requires creativity and critical analysis. For the readers, they also use different
strategies to assist with understanding and comprehension. They may use the context clues to
identify the meaning of unknown or unfamiliar words. There...show more content...
First they define the advantages of the textbooks. All of its content are proven. It enhances your
vocabulary, keeps your brain functioning, constructs your mind and helps you more to
comprehend. It can also be helpful when it comes to our health. It says that it can help you to
relax your mind or release stress and improves a person's sleeping habit. The only disadvantage of
it is, most of the books are too expensive. Also, some books are heavy and bulky. While the
advantages of the digital books are the following: it may offer lower costs, it is easier to monitor
student progress, and are easier and cheaper to revise when needed. It is easy to carry and
compact. They may offer better access to quality texts in the developing world and an easy way to
look for what are they searching. For this reason, many schools and colleges around the world have
made the performance of digital textbooks a central component of education policy. But in contrast,
it also has it disadvantages. By using it, you may adapt the habits of skimming and scanning, which
can cause a loss in comprehension and can actually make more difficult to focus. It can also be a
distraction and a bad effect when it comes in your health condition. Having a poor eyesight and
sometimes it causes of anxiety and
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Reflection About Reading
Reading
Introduction
Reading is one of the main skills for learning a language. Reading is a skill that requires learning. It
has its own strategies to be mastered. Although reading skills promote at early age by the support of
parents, teachers play an important role in varying strategies of learning reading at children.
The way I learned English I learned to read English by scaffolding the long words to know which
part of speech they are. I started by reading words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs then whole pages.
At the start, I realized the mistake I was making by stopping at each difficult word to translate. This
interrupted my whole understanding of what I was reading. Then I moved to guessing difficult
words from the context. I...show more content...
The second strategy is scanning. It is a primarily quick reading through that allows me to break
reading into pieces or scaffolding to reach the main ideas. Scanning is to review what you have
read to understand your reading. Deconstructing the material of reading is a direct purpose of
reading. It allows to get specific details to connect with general ideas to get a full picture of what
is being read. The third strategy is summarizing. I used to give the reading passage again but in my
own words to make sure to what extent I mastered it. This develops my understanding of the reading
material. Then I answer reading questions and try to get answers from my summary and from the
original reading material to make sure my summary lacks nothing.
Summarizing makes me understand what I am reading using a simpler language. The fourth strategy
to learn English reading is discussing. I used to discuss what I read which an adult or a teacher.
Discussing my reading will add assurance and full understanding of it. It will make me more able
to apply what I read in life through discussing and analyzing looking for positive and negative
aspects in the reading passage. Discussion based reading can also be tested through answering
questions related to the passage if reading and commenting on them. The fifth strategy is extracting.
It is very important to use it for getting information out if visual charts or timetables. I
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Essay on The Importance of Reading
Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge, of happiness, of pleasure and
even moral courage. In today's world with so much more to know and to learn and also the need
for a conscious effort to conquer the divisive forces, the importance of reading has increased. In the
olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged, there was a substitute for it in the religious
sermon and in the oral tradition. The practice of telling stories at bed time compensated to some
extent for the lack of reading. In the nineteenth century Victorian households used to get together
for an hour or so in the evenings and listen to books being read aloud. But today we not only read,
we also want to read more and more and catch up...show more content...
There is then the serious reading undertaken for research and for satisfying one's longing for
knowledge. It may be a subject of scientific significance, or a subject of historic or philosophic
importance – varying according to the taste of the person. This kind of reading disciplines the mind
and trains one for critical and original thinking. There is yet another kind of reading –reading for
pleasure. Though serious reading is also a source of pleasure, reading which is devoted mainly to it
differs in one respect. It grows upon one, it gives before demanding and it soothes and relieves
tension and loneliness. The only kind of reading which neither stimulates thought nor provides
knowledge is one which is approached negatively, with the simple motive of escape and of "killing"
time.
A person who is widely read is able to mix with others: he is a better conversationalist than those
who do not read. He can stand his ground. Reading broadens the vision. it is in a way a substitute
for travel. It is not possible to travel as much as one would like to and reading can fill in the gap
created by the lack of travel. "Reading", as Bacon wrote in his essay. 'Of Studies'. "maketh a full
man: conference a ready man: and writing an exact man". Thus a widely–read man is a better
conversationalist and is able to see the other point of view.
Literature is a form
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The Importance Of Early Reading Skills
Reading is a skill often taken for granted but it is essential in order to progress in life. For a child
being able to read well helps them learn new things, give ideas and enables use of imagination.
National literacy trust (2015) suggests that children's early language skills can have a major impact
on a child's development of literacy skills. Five–year olds with poor language and literacy have a
higher risk of underachieving at age seven and beyond. Reading skills encourage more opportunities
in life and it can affect a child's wellbeing if they do not achieve this effectively (Finnegan,2015).
For a child who is just starting to learn to read, they need sufficient practice in reading a variety of
different books to achieve fluency. Reading can be complex and has many different aspects
(Burns,1999). It is suggested that children who have problems reading and writing at a young age
will find it hard to catch up as they get older and will not reach their full potential as adults, many
will withdraw from school or society and some becoming involved with crime (MacBlain,2014). 40
percent of children find learning to read a challenge but with early help, most reading problems can
be prevented (Reading Rockets, n.d.).
This resource had been created to encourage a child to learn to read through play. It is in the form of
a game and it is aimed at helping a child repeat the words that extra practice is needed from a book
that has been read. The resource created is a game that incorporates play and praise in which are
essential skills to support a child that is learning something new. Games enable all children to
develop skills without pressure and are particularly important for children who may be less
confident (Lindon, 1993). The 'Let's Read' game can be used for a variety of ages as the words
can be changed and personalised depending on the child's reading ability. This game is a good
way of helping to teach a child to read and improve on words that they struggle with because it is
taught by learning through play, therefore the child is less aware they are learning and it is a fun
way to practice. The child is also receiving praise and reward through the star reward sheet that
comes with the game. By
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The Importance of Reading and Writing
The Importance of Reading and Writing Reading and writing are both important; you can't have
one without the other. They are skills that are increased constantly due to little things that most
times are not noticed. Whether it is from a book to a poem, there will always be a way that it
helps out your school performance. Reading and writing in general only helps absorb
information, and enhance leisure or school related writing tasks. It has also made life itself so
much easier because reading and writing are so beneficial for school and for life. How much you
read and write today, will somehow affect your future job, family, position, or even your salary.
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So writing itself is a form of art, I'd say because it has to appeal to the reader, you won't be writing
something to put it on shelves only or for your literature teacher to read, it's for the people so they
can get enlightened. Reading comes as the second commandment, you write first and then you
read, and the more you read what you write, the more you get better in writing. Reading helps in
mental development and is known to stimulate the muscles of the eyes and it is also an activity
that involves greater levels of concentration and adds to the conversational skills of the reader. The
habit of reading also helps readers to convert new words and phrases that they come across in
everyday conversations. It helps us to stay in–touch with contemporary writers as well as those from
the early times and makes us sensitive to global issues. Reading develops a person's creativity.
Unlike movies where everything is determined by the producer, writer and director, books allow
students to create in their minds how a particular character looks like or imagine how a scene plays
out. In conclusion, writing and reading can't be created in vain, there was a fine good reason behind
it and of course it was to help the humanity acknowledge life
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Reflection On Academic Reading
Reading is one of my favorite pastimes. I am a tuned–in Reader, and I appreciate well written
biographies. Enjoyable reading takes my mind off school work and relaxes me. I enjoy academic
reading as well, but sometimes it is intense and requires much concentration. Moreover, I am a
tuned in reader when it comes to academic subject's such as; psychology, nutrition, health and
history. Every spare moment I have; I pick up a book or magazine, and get carried away, by the
text. I visualize the story and its' characters as if, the story is taking place right next to me.
Furthermore, I predict the outcomes of the stories and pose questions in my mind about the
characters. I enjoy reading biographies about famous people like Charles Dickens and Anne
Frank. Additionally, I enjoy reading short stories and magazines such as; Binah, Ami, and
Mishpachah. I am fascinated by the astounding articles in the Ami. For example, the article about
a "Journey to North Korea", makes me feel as if I had experienced it myself. Academic reading
gives me a sense of accomplishment and joy. Generally, I am a tuned in reader, when it comes to
reading information. When I am reading, I analyze and visualize the ideas of the passage. When I
stop and think of what I am reading, it enhances my level of comprehension. My appreciation is also
increased, to understand and learn new information. Furthermore, I enjoy taking my academic
reading to a different level, by discussing and asking questions to my
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The Importance Of Reading And Writing As A Person
In life we always think about the different skills a person has. As human beings our curiosity starts
evolving more and more, but what are the two most important skills that we all carry and
progress? The two most important skills are reading and writing. It is a talent that every single
person has and become very important developmental skills that progress as a person gets older.
Many people believe that these skills are important because it is a way to express feelings and
thoughts. People view reading and writing as a way to express oneself and they feel like it is
important to have a way to express feelings and thoughts. Reading and writing helps a person
function in the world whether it be at school, as job, and in society. Many professors have
explained to me the process of writing and how it makes ones thinking visible. Once a person
starts writing one's mind starts to open up to ideas. Reading and writing is a talent that everyone
has. Reading and writing are valuable skills that we all have and should practice every day.
Everyone has practiced the two most important skills, but some people may be better at them then
others. Throughout a person's life and schooling one knows what they are good at and what they are
not. During High school I never had an interest in reading and writing simply because when I first
started I was in honor classes. In honors classes reading and writing were the two things that are
covered and required to know. Back then I was not good
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Essay on Reading, Writing and Literacy
I wouldn't say that I am a good writer, and I really don't like to read books either. Through my
years in school I became literate in these two categories. I was and still am not interested in
writing, or reading books in my spare time. The only writing I have ever done is for school.
Writing just does not interest me, and the only reading I do out of class is reading about sports in
magazines, or reading the news, or looking at web pages. I have only read a couple of books on my
own, 95% of all the books I have read have been for school. The reason for not writing out of class
is probably attributed to the fact that I am a very impatient person, and I have a short attention span.
I have no interest in writing and reading so when...show more content...
The way it helps me out is if I'm starting to get bored typing a paper I don't have to leave the
computer I could go on the internet and look at ESPN for a couple of minutes and after I check
out last nights scores I can go back to writing my paper. Because of my computer literacy there are a
numerous amount of things I know I can do on a computer like listen to music, get on the internet,
check e–mail, watch a movie, talk to a friend, etc. It might take my attention away from typing but
it is only for a little bit, and then I am back to typing. In the long run I can get the assignment done
faster than just sitting in one spot with no distractions around because I will eventually step away
and start doing something else, then someone might call me to go some where and I will forget
about the paper and leave.
I myself am more of a "hands–on" type of learner; I would rather see demonstrations on what I need
to do and be told why it was done that way, and the reason for it. Some subjects don't need to be
taught with the hands–on approach. But now since I am in college the responsibility between the
teachers and myself has shifted, I now have to seek out the information instead of the teacher's
hand feeding it to me. One of my strengths is Restorative, which means that I like to solve
problems. It applies to my style of learning because if I don't understand something I do all I can to
understand it. I now
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Literacy Narrative Essay example
At this point in my life I find myself in an interesting predicament regarding my attitudes toward
reading and writing; more so towards reading. Years ago I used to love reading books for pleasure
but nowadays I find myself reading things that little to no effort to digest. This includes the very
basic posts on facebook expressing one's opinion on something or articles and threads on reddit
discussing topics I find intriguing. Perhaps it's the severe senioritis that has overcome me as I
enter my last semester at Chapman University. As I've gotten lazier I can see it start to reflect in
my everyday life. Deep down I still love to read but I rarely find myself getting truly invested into
the action unless it relates to something I am very...show more content...
You can feed the mind as much as you want and it will never get full of reading. Sadly, I'm not the
same person that I was. I guess you could say it's part of growing up. It never really was
intentional but it's just the way how it ended up. On the other hand my attitudes toward writing
are very different. First let me say that deep down I truly do not like to write. I myself don't
personally like to write for leisure or pleasure but rather I write because I believe it is one of the
most important aspects of being able to communicate with those around you, both personally and
professionally. To put differently, my attitude towards writing is that I write because I need to
write and survive in the world around me. I write because I have to, not because I want to.
Hopefully this somewhat makes sense. To better explain let me make a comparison. When I am
assigned a writing assignment or I am writing because the action is being forced upon me I find
myself not enjoying the process and overall the end result is subpar. The perfect example of this
would be my junior year in high school when I was enrolled in AP english literature. I dreaded the
majority of the class simply because there was so much writing involved in the entire course and
therefore I was constantly writing just to get a grade. Being forced to write in such high volume
every week for an entire school year was not enjoyable for myself and as a result the
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My Journey : My Reading Journey
My reading journey began at a very early age and was kickstarted by my family. My mother and
father encouraged me to read as soon as I could do it by myself. However, I am unable to give all
the credit to my parents. As soon as I could read I devoured books at a break neck speed whenever I
got free time. Books became an island of fantasy where I would take my private jet mind to
whenever I was stressed. I may have been exposed to reading by my family, but I lovingly drowned
myself in a sea of literature as soon as I was able. My first memory as a reader was of "Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone" but ironically, I did not read it. My mother read small portions of the book
every night before I went to sleep. This is truly the beginning...show more content...
Slightly at my sisters urging, mostly to satiate the endless void I had for books, I took on the
mountain of a book "Brisinger" in fourth grade. This was a big step for me at the time because I
had never read a book that long and needed to test the boundaries of my curiosity. I read
"Brisinger" in, what felt like a record, 3 months. This was the peak of my elementary reading
ventures and I had conquered it. I became a more confident, excited, and deep reader moving
forward. My middle school years were not as eventful as a reader. I almost singularly read fiction
and didn't grow much as a reader besides the level at which I read increased. This is the time at
which I started to have less free–time, therefore less reading time. I still loved reading, however it
wasn't as easily accomplished in middle school compared to elementary school.
I entered freshmen year as a confident reader, choosing "The Kite Runner" for a class project.
That book was very mature and had dark themes, which I was unfamiliar with. "The Kite Runner"
tore the veil from my eyes and forced me to deal with unhappy truths in the world which I didn't
enjoy. This distaste led me to take a break from reading for freshman year. However, my passion for
books was stirred when I read "In Cold Blood". It was the first non–fiction book I supremely enjoyed
and helped introduce me to a new genre. Finally I read "East of Eden" and enjoyed it. This book on
my ideal bookshelf symbolizes that I
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Essay on Why Read Literature?
Nothing teaches us better than literature to see, in ethnic and cultural differences, the richness of the
human patrimony, and to prize those differences as manifestation humanity's multi–faceted
creativity. Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure, of course; but it is also an
experience of learning what and how we are, on our human integrity and our human imperfection,
with our actions, our dreams, and our ghosts, alone and in a relationship that link us to others, in our
public image and in the secret recesses of our consciousness.
The bond that literature establishes among human beings compels them to enter into dialogue. The
bond also makes them conscious of a...show more content...
Without reading and untouched by literature will resemble a community of mutes and those of
lost expressions afflicted tremendous problems of communication due to its crude and rude
language. This is true for individuals, too. A person who does not read, or reads little, or reads
only trash, is a person who speaks much but he/she will say little words such as curse words,
because his/her vocabulary is lacking in the means for self–expression.
Reading Literature is not only a verbal expression, but also represents a limitation on intellect and
in imagination. It is a poverty of thought, for the simple reason to grasp our knowledge and ask
what is the importance of life? We learn how to speak correctly––and deeply and subtly–– from
good literature and only from good literature. No other discipline or branch of the arts can
substitute for literature in crafting the language that people need to communicate. To speak well,
to have at one's disposal a rich and diverse language, to be able to find appropriate expression for
every idea and every emotion that we want to communicate, is to be better prepared to think, to
teach, to learn, to converse, and also to fantasize, to dream, to feel. In a secret way, words repeat in
all our action, even
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Reading Literacy Essay
Reading is a basic skill that students develop and improve throughout their whole life. There will
always be room to improve a person's reading skills; whether they be nine or ninety, one's brain will
always be building and making new connections and like Jonathan Seagull, one should strive to
improve. There was one assignment in particular that I felt was the most fitting for what the Reading
Literacy chart asks for. In this activity students were given a prompt and 1 hour to complete an
essay arguing a point. They were also given articles which the students could read, research, and
take whatever information they feel would be best fitting for proving their argument. As well as
having to read articles they were also asked to connect their
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Reflective Essay About Reading
At this particular moment, I find myself in an unsure realization with my attitude to reading and
writing, even more to reading. I use to love reading, as a matter of fact, I would save my money
just to buy new books to read. It would be right to say that I enjoyed reading in earlier years, and
now I find myself reading things with no effort to try to understand the true concept of the text. I
can still say that deep down I still enjoy reading but I rarely find myself getting truly invested in
it's unless it related to something I am familiar with. One of my earliest vivid memories of reading
would be during preschool, where the whole class would gather around the colorful circular rug,
and one student would pick a book that would be read to the entire class for that day. Dr. Seuss was
a very common pick, I remember the teacher reading slowly and showing the pictures, while every
student listened with such amazement. Afterwards, we would sit at our tables, which seemed big at
that time, and trace our names and letters and numbers, not even realizing that we were taking our
first steps into learning the concept of writing. Kindergarten through Elementary school was where I
learned the concept, of composing sentences and the principals of basic writing. Throughout those
years, I learned how to compose and improve my writing by learning new techniques and rules; this
is where the traditional five–paragraph essay was learned. Gammer and spelling were one of my
biggest
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Essay on My Personal Reading History
Personal Reading History When I was a younger I don't remember if I was read to or not, but I
read a lot of books. I enjoy reading books because they allow me to reach new heights in my
imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it's cool to
read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from
fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella
Funke. It was five hundred and thirty five pages! When it comes to reading I am a superstar!
When I'm reading I am able to get a moral lesson from what I read, so it ends up helping me in the
long run of my life
I have had numerous amounts of positive...show more content...
She also taught me to finish something if I started it, and that carried over to my reading. If I
start reading a book I always finish it and do my best to understand it. So, she instilled what I
know about reading and she influenced the way I read. She always told me, when I was younger,
to pronounce my words right so that when I get older I would pronounce my words right. All that
she has said to me and taught me when I was coming up as a younger child helped me get to the
level of reading I am on today and also to the level of understanding I have of all the words I read.
Without her encouraging me in this way I would have had problems understanding things that I
read and wouldn't be as smart as I have grown to be. I am very thankful of how I was brought up
as a kid. When I'm reading, it doesn't really matter where I read. When I'm reading I go into a
different world and get to a place where I feel as if I'm part of the story and can relate to the main
character and what he or she is going through. Also, when I'm reading I think the best place for
me would be where it's quiet because I find it easier to concentrate in silence. I also read better
when I'm upset because it gives me an outlet to release anger and allows me to get my work done.
All throughout my life, I've had many good experiences reading. When it comes to reading, for me,
good reading just comes
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Essay on Development of Reading Skills
Reading comprehension skill consists of different types of reading which is related to reading styles.
The aptitudes of using these skills conserve a lot of time and helps in understanding the meaning
from the text.
Reading skills can be categorized to four important skills which are, intensive reading, extensive
reading, scanning and skimming which have a significant and substantial role in facilitating reading
activity.
Intensive reading is practicing reading inside the classroom by supervising with a tutor and demands
focusing on details in order to comprehend the text appropriately.
Brown (1994) has been claimed that a reader has to analyze the text by seeking of grammatical
structures and other details for the purpose to build...show more content...
In this type of reading, short texts of no more than 500 words can be used so as to consolidate and
reinforce the ability in reading with satisfaction and pleasure.
Critics such as Macleod (2004) argues that reading short text prevent readers to practice full time
reading and using equivalent materials restricts the independence of select and read different topics
furthermore choosing a text by a tutor neglects the interest of reading as well as reading short texts
does not contain sufficient language diversity which is diminish the language benefits of the text.
Extensive reading is another type of reading style which is practiced outside the classroom and the
material are chosen by readers to warrant appropriate option to increase the chances in reading
activity and the major ideas of this skill is to attain a general understanding of a text with a lesser
amount of focusing on grammatical details and construct a self confident to enhance a high number
of readers to read with enthusiasm. (Brown1994).
As Macleod (2004) states that it is general comprehending without focusing on difficult words.
A large number of learners faced many difficulties in reading but can be developed by means of
extensive reading and continual practice and which is the most effectual way to improve language
proficiency.
According to (Brown 2010) extensive reading is reading materials as much as probable at a suitable
level
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  • 1. Essay On Extensive Reading 6. Definition of extensive reading Extensive reading is a language teaching procedure where learners are supposed to read large quantities of material or long texts for global understanding, the principle goal being obtained pleasure from the text (Bamford, 2004). The term of "Extensive Reading" was originally coined by Palmer (1917) and since different terms have been used to refer to extensive reading; such as: "Supplementary Reading", "Book Flood", "Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading", "Substained Silent Reading", "Reading because you want to", "free Voluntary Reading ", "free reading". Extensive reading is one of the two types: the first type, where language learners read for meaning that focuses on input. The second type, is to read for fluency development. Extensive reading is also defined as "the reading...show more content... This is what students really enjoy about extensive reading, they are also encouraged to stop reading anything that is not interesting or that find it too difficult. 9–4 Learners read as much as possible: The language learning benefits of extensive reading come from the quantity of reading. For the benefits of extensive reading to take effect, a book a week is an appropriate goal. This is a realistic target as books written for beginning language learners are very short. 9–5 Reading speed is usually faster rather than slower: Because of the fact that the material is easy understandable for students, their reading is fluent. Learners are encouraged to ignore or guess the meaning of a few unknown items they may encounter from the context. 9–6 The purpose of reading is usually related to pleasure, information and general understanding: Extensive reading encourages reading for pleasure and information. The aim of reading is not hundred percent comprehension; to meet the purpose of reading sufficient understanding is satisfactory. 9–7 Reading is individual and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. Reflection On My Reading Skills Reflection Before taking this class I thought that my reading skills were exceptional, but I was undeniably wrong about that. Now, after taking this class I can say that my reading skills have greatly improved. I now know how to analyze works of art and find new meanings behind the words that I read. Now, with the knowledge on how to use criticism to my advantage, all types of literature will become wide open to me in a sense that I will be able to understand literature in greater detail. I would certainly say that I learned more in this English class than any other English class I have taken so far, even though it was online. I even improved on my grammar throughout the course of these past six weeks. I learned how to write more comprehensive paragraphs and how to write essays that stay on topic as well. Before taking this class I had not read too many poems so I was not too familiar with quoting or citing them. Now, I easily know how to quote a line or stanza without having to look up what to do every time. I would also say that I am far more appreciative of literature, more than ever poetry. Before this class I did not take poetry to seriously as I thought it was silly and for the most part nonsense that was being spat off by crazy writers. Unbeknownst to me I found out quickly just how deep and emotional some poetry can be. I found out awfully fast that poetry is more than just dilly dally writings and the nonsense that I believed it was. Of course, being as old as I Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. Reflective Essay About Reading Reading is important in all aspects of learning. It widens vocabulary, improves imagination, and is how we discover new things. More than anything, reading develops the mind. It is important to begin reading with children at a very young age, to introduce new concepts and words creating a strong basis for the future. Most small children love being read to; they find picture books fun and enjoyable because of the animated pictures and presentation of the words. After each time they read a book, they remember the fun pictures or words, looking forward to the next book. If a good memory of reading is planted in a child, as they grow older not only will reading come more naturally, it will bring more pleasure. I believe the key to successfully getting a student to read is to make it as enjoyable as possible. In reading this article, I was able to relate on a few different levels. I could put myself in the teacher's shoes on some levels, but even more so with the students. In Middle School, one of our reading assignments were reading cards, for which our teacher would pick a new genre each month and we had to read chapter books according to the genre. Reading cards were a tool the students would use to summarize their readings each time they read. The reading cards consisted of a chapter book the teacher chose, each month a different genre. After each section we read, a short summary was to be written and we had to write down and look up any words we didn't know. This was Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. Personal Narrative– My Love of Reading and Writing Reading and writing has always played a vital part in my life. From toddler to adult, pre–elementary to college, I've managed to sharpen both skills to my liking. However, even though it significantly helped, schooling was not what influenced me to continue developing those skills into talent. Many different things shaped and influenced my learning, and now reading and writing have become the safety net of my life. I know that even if I have nothing else in the future, I'll still have my talent and knowledge. To ensure my success, I hope to further develop those skills so that I may fulfill my wishes. I was always a creative child; it was something I just...show more content... Reading was the new outlet for my imagination and the stories I read fascinated me. They weren't too unlike the scripts of computer games or the own stories I came up with on my own, but books actually had the action and emotional aspects written out. And again, while my peers were reading things about growing up, things that had morals and would teach valuable lessons (I remember one book about a shoplifter who had to do community service at an animal shelter), I read real fiction: Jurassic Park, Dragonriders of Pern, Lord of the Rings... Stuff of fantasy and science–fiction that let my mind stray from reality. Stuff that kept my imagination alive while I was being forced to learn multiplication and the names of countries. Of course, my teachers encouraged me to keep reading, as long as I wasn't doing the reading in the middle of their lectures. But it wasn't because of their influence, however, that kept me interested in books. It was because I loved it. It put pictures into my head and made me think. So I kept reading. But even then I knew reading wasn't enough... Yes, the stories were fascinating, but they weren't what I wanted. Back then I wasn't sure what I wanted, but as middle school came to a close, I found it. All eighth graders had to take a career class to determine what we wanted to be when we grew up. I remember telling my teacher that I wanted to be an archaeologist and the strange look she Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 5. Reflecting on my early memories of reading and writing is difficult. I never identified as a strong reader or writer. In fact, growing up I put little importance on reading and writing because, unlike most other parts of school, I didn't feel very good at it. Therefore, I never gave my experience as a reader or writer much thought and when asked to reflect, my mind went blank then filled with mostly disappointing memories and finally questions of why my mindset was what it was and how I can take action to identify and rectify the same mindset in myself and in my students. Reading My have no early home memories of reading. I always did my homework but I remember lying on my reading logs about how much I read because I wanted to go play outside or I had to do chores and didn't have time. My parents had a very busy schedule between raising four children and working sometimes multiple jobs. When they were home I wanted to spend time with them and what they did was watch TV. Although I believe the lack of books in my home and adult models of readers did not help foster a relationship with reading for me, I do not blame my apathy towards reading on them by any means. My parents always reinforced the importance of and respect for school. Without them I would not be where I am today. But I recognize their limitations and my privilege. I do have memories of reading with my father but it's not how most would assume. In middle school I began helping my father read in English. He had Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 6. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Reading Drafting Reading is a part of our everyday living. It is a "master piece of art", a skill that we should cherish and share with others. It is a cognitive process of figuring out a symbols in order to construct or derived meaning. Reading is also a process of communicating and interacting with others. It is a means of obtaining language and sharing information. It is said to be one of the ways that can lead to a better future. It requires continuous practice, development and clarification. In addition, it also requires creativity and critical analysis. For the readers, they also use different strategies to assist with understanding and comprehension. They may use the context clues to identify the meaning of unknown or unfamiliar words. There...show more content... First they define the advantages of the textbooks. All of its content are proven. It enhances your vocabulary, keeps your brain functioning, constructs your mind and helps you more to comprehend. It can also be helpful when it comes to our health. It says that it can help you to relax your mind or release stress and improves a person's sleeping habit. The only disadvantage of it is, most of the books are too expensive. Also, some books are heavy and bulky. While the advantages of the digital books are the following: it may offer lower costs, it is easier to monitor student progress, and are easier and cheaper to revise when needed. It is easy to carry and compact. They may offer better access to quality texts in the developing world and an easy way to look for what are they searching. For this reason, many schools and colleges around the world have made the performance of digital textbooks a central component of education policy. But in contrast, it also has it disadvantages. By using it, you may adapt the habits of skimming and scanning, which can cause a loss in comprehension and can actually make more difficult to focus. It can also be a distraction and a bad effect when it comes in your health condition. Having a poor eyesight and sometimes it causes of anxiety and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 7. Reflection About Reading Reading Introduction Reading is one of the main skills for learning a language. Reading is a skill that requires learning. It has its own strategies to be mastered. Although reading skills promote at early age by the support of parents, teachers play an important role in varying strategies of learning reading at children. The way I learned English I learned to read English by scaffolding the long words to know which part of speech they are. I started by reading words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs then whole pages. At the start, I realized the mistake I was making by stopping at each difficult word to translate. This interrupted my whole understanding of what I was reading. Then I moved to guessing difficult words from the context. I...show more content... The second strategy is scanning. It is a primarily quick reading through that allows me to break reading into pieces or scaffolding to reach the main ideas. Scanning is to review what you have read to understand your reading. Deconstructing the material of reading is a direct purpose of reading. It allows to get specific details to connect with general ideas to get a full picture of what is being read. The third strategy is summarizing. I used to give the reading passage again but in my own words to make sure to what extent I mastered it. This develops my understanding of the reading material. Then I answer reading questions and try to get answers from my summary and from the original reading material to make sure my summary lacks nothing. Summarizing makes me understand what I am reading using a simpler language. The fourth strategy to learn English reading is discussing. I used to discuss what I read which an adult or a teacher. Discussing my reading will add assurance and full understanding of it. It will make me more able to apply what I read in life through discussing and analyzing looking for positive and negative aspects in the reading passage. Discussion based reading can also be tested through answering questions related to the passage if reading and commenting on them. The fifth strategy is extracting. It is very important to use it for getting information out if visual charts or timetables. I Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 8. Essay on The Importance of Reading Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge, of happiness, of pleasure and even moral courage. In today's world with so much more to know and to learn and also the need for a conscious effort to conquer the divisive forces, the importance of reading has increased. In the olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged, there was a substitute for it in the religious sermon and in the oral tradition. The practice of telling stories at bed time compensated to some extent for the lack of reading. In the nineteenth century Victorian households used to get together for an hour or so in the evenings and listen to books being read aloud. But today we not only read, we also want to read more and more and catch up...show more content... There is then the serious reading undertaken for research and for satisfying one's longing for knowledge. It may be a subject of scientific significance, or a subject of historic or philosophic importance – varying according to the taste of the person. This kind of reading disciplines the mind and trains one for critical and original thinking. There is yet another kind of reading –reading for pleasure. Though serious reading is also a source of pleasure, reading which is devoted mainly to it differs in one respect. It grows upon one, it gives before demanding and it soothes and relieves tension and loneliness. The only kind of reading which neither stimulates thought nor provides knowledge is one which is approached negatively, with the simple motive of escape and of "killing" time. A person who is widely read is able to mix with others: he is a better conversationalist than those who do not read. He can stand his ground. Reading broadens the vision. it is in a way a substitute for travel. It is not possible to travel as much as one would like to and reading can fill in the gap created by the lack of travel. "Reading", as Bacon wrote in his essay. 'Of Studies'. "maketh a full man: conference a ready man: and writing an exact man". Thus a widely–read man is a better conversationalist and is able to see the other point of view. Literature is a form Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 9. The Importance Of Early Reading Skills Reading is a skill often taken for granted but it is essential in order to progress in life. For a child being able to read well helps them learn new things, give ideas and enables use of imagination. National literacy trust (2015) suggests that children's early language skills can have a major impact on a child's development of literacy skills. Five–year olds with poor language and literacy have a higher risk of underachieving at age seven and beyond. Reading skills encourage more opportunities in life and it can affect a child's wellbeing if they do not achieve this effectively (Finnegan,2015). For a child who is just starting to learn to read, they need sufficient practice in reading a variety of different books to achieve fluency. Reading can be complex and has many different aspects (Burns,1999). It is suggested that children who have problems reading and writing at a young age will find it hard to catch up as they get older and will not reach their full potential as adults, many will withdraw from school or society and some becoming involved with crime (MacBlain,2014). 40 percent of children find learning to read a challenge but with early help, most reading problems can be prevented (Reading Rockets, n.d.). This resource had been created to encourage a child to learn to read through play. It is in the form of a game and it is aimed at helping a child repeat the words that extra practice is needed from a book that has been read. The resource created is a game that incorporates play and praise in which are essential skills to support a child that is learning something new. Games enable all children to develop skills without pressure and are particularly important for children who may be less confident (Lindon, 1993). The 'Let's Read' game can be used for a variety of ages as the words can be changed and personalised depending on the child's reading ability. This game is a good way of helping to teach a child to read and improve on words that they struggle with because it is taught by learning through play, therefore the child is less aware they are learning and it is a fun way to practice. The child is also receiving praise and reward through the star reward sheet that comes with the game. By Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 10. The Importance of Reading and Writing The Importance of Reading and Writing Reading and writing are both important; you can't have one without the other. They are skills that are increased constantly due to little things that most times are not noticed. Whether it is from a book to a poem, there will always be a way that it helps out your school performance. Reading and writing in general only helps absorb information, and enhance leisure or school related writing tasks. It has also made life itself so much easier because reading and writing are so beneficial for school and for life. How much you read and write today, will somehow affect your future job, family, position, or even your salary. Despite the fact that most people feel that reading is a leisure...show more content... So writing itself is a form of art, I'd say because it has to appeal to the reader, you won't be writing something to put it on shelves only or for your literature teacher to read, it's for the people so they can get enlightened. Reading comes as the second commandment, you write first and then you read, and the more you read what you write, the more you get better in writing. Reading helps in mental development and is known to stimulate the muscles of the eyes and it is also an activity that involves greater levels of concentration and adds to the conversational skills of the reader. The habit of reading also helps readers to convert new words and phrases that they come across in everyday conversations. It helps us to stay in–touch with contemporary writers as well as those from the early times and makes us sensitive to global issues. Reading develops a person's creativity. Unlike movies where everything is determined by the producer, writer and director, books allow students to create in their minds how a particular character looks like or imagine how a scene plays out. In conclusion, writing and reading can't be created in vain, there was a fine good reason behind it and of course it was to help the humanity acknowledge life Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 11. Reflection On Academic Reading Reading is one of my favorite pastimes. I am a tuned–in Reader, and I appreciate well written biographies. Enjoyable reading takes my mind off school work and relaxes me. I enjoy academic reading as well, but sometimes it is intense and requires much concentration. Moreover, I am a tuned in reader when it comes to academic subject's such as; psychology, nutrition, health and history. Every spare moment I have; I pick up a book or magazine, and get carried away, by the text. I visualize the story and its' characters as if, the story is taking place right next to me. Furthermore, I predict the outcomes of the stories and pose questions in my mind about the characters. I enjoy reading biographies about famous people like Charles Dickens and Anne Frank. Additionally, I enjoy reading short stories and magazines such as; Binah, Ami, and Mishpachah. I am fascinated by the astounding articles in the Ami. For example, the article about a "Journey to North Korea", makes me feel as if I had experienced it myself. Academic reading gives me a sense of accomplishment and joy. Generally, I am a tuned in reader, when it comes to reading information. When I am reading, I analyze and visualize the ideas of the passage. When I stop and think of what I am reading, it enhances my level of comprehension. My appreciation is also increased, to understand and learn new information. Furthermore, I enjoy taking my academic reading to a different level, by discussing and asking questions to my Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 12. The Importance Of Reading And Writing As A Person In life we always think about the different skills a person has. As human beings our curiosity starts evolving more and more, but what are the two most important skills that we all carry and progress? The two most important skills are reading and writing. It is a talent that every single person has and become very important developmental skills that progress as a person gets older. Many people believe that these skills are important because it is a way to express feelings and thoughts. People view reading and writing as a way to express oneself and they feel like it is important to have a way to express feelings and thoughts. Reading and writing helps a person function in the world whether it be at school, as job, and in society. Many professors have explained to me the process of writing and how it makes ones thinking visible. Once a person starts writing one's mind starts to open up to ideas. Reading and writing is a talent that everyone has. Reading and writing are valuable skills that we all have and should practice every day. Everyone has practiced the two most important skills, but some people may be better at them then others. Throughout a person's life and schooling one knows what they are good at and what they are not. During High school I never had an interest in reading and writing simply because when I first started I was in honor classes. In honors classes reading and writing were the two things that are covered and required to know. Back then I was not good Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 13. Essay on Reading, Writing and Literacy I wouldn't say that I am a good writer, and I really don't like to read books either. Through my years in school I became literate in these two categories. I was and still am not interested in writing, or reading books in my spare time. The only writing I have ever done is for school. Writing just does not interest me, and the only reading I do out of class is reading about sports in magazines, or reading the news, or looking at web pages. I have only read a couple of books on my own, 95% of all the books I have read have been for school. The reason for not writing out of class is probably attributed to the fact that I am a very impatient person, and I have a short attention span. I have no interest in writing and reading so when...show more content... The way it helps me out is if I'm starting to get bored typing a paper I don't have to leave the computer I could go on the internet and look at ESPN for a couple of minutes and after I check out last nights scores I can go back to writing my paper. Because of my computer literacy there are a numerous amount of things I know I can do on a computer like listen to music, get on the internet, check e–mail, watch a movie, talk to a friend, etc. It might take my attention away from typing but it is only for a little bit, and then I am back to typing. In the long run I can get the assignment done faster than just sitting in one spot with no distractions around because I will eventually step away and start doing something else, then someone might call me to go some where and I will forget about the paper and leave. I myself am more of a "hands–on" type of learner; I would rather see demonstrations on what I need to do and be told why it was done that way, and the reason for it. Some subjects don't need to be taught with the hands–on approach. But now since I am in college the responsibility between the teachers and myself has shifted, I now have to seek out the information instead of the teacher's hand feeding it to me. One of my strengths is Restorative, which means that I like to solve problems. It applies to my style of learning because if I don't understand something I do all I can to understand it. I now Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 14. Literacy Narrative Essay example At this point in my life I find myself in an interesting predicament regarding my attitudes toward reading and writing; more so towards reading. Years ago I used to love reading books for pleasure but nowadays I find myself reading things that little to no effort to digest. This includes the very basic posts on facebook expressing one's opinion on something or articles and threads on reddit discussing topics I find intriguing. Perhaps it's the severe senioritis that has overcome me as I enter my last semester at Chapman University. As I've gotten lazier I can see it start to reflect in my everyday life. Deep down I still love to read but I rarely find myself getting truly invested into the action unless it relates to something I am very...show more content... You can feed the mind as much as you want and it will never get full of reading. Sadly, I'm not the same person that I was. I guess you could say it's part of growing up. It never really was intentional but it's just the way how it ended up. On the other hand my attitudes toward writing are very different. First let me say that deep down I truly do not like to write. I myself don't personally like to write for leisure or pleasure but rather I write because I believe it is one of the most important aspects of being able to communicate with those around you, both personally and professionally. To put differently, my attitude towards writing is that I write because I need to write and survive in the world around me. I write because I have to, not because I want to. Hopefully this somewhat makes sense. To better explain let me make a comparison. When I am assigned a writing assignment or I am writing because the action is being forced upon me I find myself not enjoying the process and overall the end result is subpar. The perfect example of this would be my junior year in high school when I was enrolled in AP english literature. I dreaded the majority of the class simply because there was so much writing involved in the entire course and therefore I was constantly writing just to get a grade. Being forced to write in such high volume every week for an entire school year was not enjoyable for myself and as a result the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 15. My Journey : My Reading Journey My reading journey began at a very early age and was kickstarted by my family. My mother and father encouraged me to read as soon as I could do it by myself. However, I am unable to give all the credit to my parents. As soon as I could read I devoured books at a break neck speed whenever I got free time. Books became an island of fantasy where I would take my private jet mind to whenever I was stressed. I may have been exposed to reading by my family, but I lovingly drowned myself in a sea of literature as soon as I was able. My first memory as a reader was of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" but ironically, I did not read it. My mother read small portions of the book every night before I went to sleep. This is truly the beginning...show more content... Slightly at my sisters urging, mostly to satiate the endless void I had for books, I took on the mountain of a book "Brisinger" in fourth grade. This was a big step for me at the time because I had never read a book that long and needed to test the boundaries of my curiosity. I read "Brisinger" in, what felt like a record, 3 months. This was the peak of my elementary reading ventures and I had conquered it. I became a more confident, excited, and deep reader moving forward. My middle school years were not as eventful as a reader. I almost singularly read fiction and didn't grow much as a reader besides the level at which I read increased. This is the time at which I started to have less free–time, therefore less reading time. I still loved reading, however it wasn't as easily accomplished in middle school compared to elementary school. I entered freshmen year as a confident reader, choosing "The Kite Runner" for a class project. That book was very mature and had dark themes, which I was unfamiliar with. "The Kite Runner" tore the veil from my eyes and forced me to deal with unhappy truths in the world which I didn't enjoy. This distaste led me to take a break from reading for freshman year. However, my passion for books was stirred when I read "In Cold Blood". It was the first non–fiction book I supremely enjoyed and helped introduce me to a new genre. Finally I read "East of Eden" and enjoyed it. This book on my ideal bookshelf symbolizes that I Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 16. Essay on Why Read Literature? Nothing teaches us better than literature to see, in ethnic and cultural differences, the richness of the human patrimony, and to prize those differences as manifestation humanity's multi–faceted creativity. Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure, of course; but it is also an experience of learning what and how we are, on our human integrity and our human imperfection, with our actions, our dreams, and our ghosts, alone and in a relationship that link us to others, in our public image and in the secret recesses of our consciousness. The bond that literature establishes among human beings compels them to enter into dialogue. The bond also makes them conscious of a...show more content... Without reading and untouched by literature will resemble a community of mutes and those of lost expressions afflicted tremendous problems of communication due to its crude and rude language. This is true for individuals, too. A person who does not read, or reads little, or reads only trash, is a person who speaks much but he/she will say little words such as curse words, because his/her vocabulary is lacking in the means for self–expression. Reading Literature is not only a verbal expression, but also represents a limitation on intellect and in imagination. It is a poverty of thought, for the simple reason to grasp our knowledge and ask what is the importance of life? We learn how to speak correctly––and deeply and subtly–– from good literature and only from good literature. No other discipline or branch of the arts can substitute for literature in crafting the language that people need to communicate. To speak well, to have at one's disposal a rich and diverse language, to be able to find appropriate expression for every idea and every emotion that we want to communicate, is to be better prepared to think, to teach, to learn, to converse, and also to fantasize, to dream, to feel. In a secret way, words repeat in all our action, even Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 17. Reading Literacy Essay Reading is a basic skill that students develop and improve throughout their whole life. There will always be room to improve a person's reading skills; whether they be nine or ninety, one's brain will always be building and making new connections and like Jonathan Seagull, one should strive to improve. There was one assignment in particular that I felt was the most fitting for what the Reading Literacy chart asks for. In this activity students were given a prompt and 1 hour to complete an essay arguing a point. They were also given articles which the students could read, research, and take whatever information they feel would be best fitting for proving their argument. As well as having to read articles they were also asked to connect their Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 18. Reflective Essay About Reading At this particular moment, I find myself in an unsure realization with my attitude to reading and writing, even more to reading. I use to love reading, as a matter of fact, I would save my money just to buy new books to read. It would be right to say that I enjoyed reading in earlier years, and now I find myself reading things with no effort to try to understand the true concept of the text. I can still say that deep down I still enjoy reading but I rarely find myself getting truly invested in it's unless it related to something I am familiar with. One of my earliest vivid memories of reading would be during preschool, where the whole class would gather around the colorful circular rug, and one student would pick a book that would be read to the entire class for that day. Dr. Seuss was a very common pick, I remember the teacher reading slowly and showing the pictures, while every student listened with such amazement. Afterwards, we would sit at our tables, which seemed big at that time, and trace our names and letters and numbers, not even realizing that we were taking our first steps into learning the concept of writing. Kindergarten through Elementary school was where I learned the concept, of composing sentences and the principals of basic writing. Throughout those years, I learned how to compose and improve my writing by learning new techniques and rules; this is where the traditional five–paragraph essay was learned. Gammer and spelling were one of my biggest Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 19. Essay on My Personal Reading History Personal Reading History When I was a younger I don't remember if I was read to or not, but I read a lot of books. I enjoy reading books because they allow me to reach new heights in my imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it's cool to read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke. It was five hundred and thirty five pages! When it comes to reading I am a superstar! When I'm reading I am able to get a moral lesson from what I read, so it ends up helping me in the long run of my life I have had numerous amounts of positive...show more content... She also taught me to finish something if I started it, and that carried over to my reading. If I start reading a book I always finish it and do my best to understand it. So, she instilled what I know about reading and she influenced the way I read. She always told me, when I was younger, to pronounce my words right so that when I get older I would pronounce my words right. All that she has said to me and taught me when I was coming up as a younger child helped me get to the level of reading I am on today and also to the level of understanding I have of all the words I read. Without her encouraging me in this way I would have had problems understanding things that I read and wouldn't be as smart as I have grown to be. I am very thankful of how I was brought up as a kid. When I'm reading, it doesn't really matter where I read. When I'm reading I go into a different world and get to a place where I feel as if I'm part of the story and can relate to the main character and what he or she is going through. Also, when I'm reading I think the best place for me would be where it's quiet because I find it easier to concentrate in silence. I also read better when I'm upset because it gives me an outlet to release anger and allows me to get my work done. All throughout my life, I've had many good experiences reading. When it comes to reading, for me, good reading just comes Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 20. Essay on Development of Reading Skills Reading comprehension skill consists of different types of reading which is related to reading styles. The aptitudes of using these skills conserve a lot of time and helps in understanding the meaning from the text. Reading skills can be categorized to four important skills which are, intensive reading, extensive reading, scanning and skimming which have a significant and substantial role in facilitating reading activity. Intensive reading is practicing reading inside the classroom by supervising with a tutor and demands focusing on details in order to comprehend the text appropriately. Brown (1994) has been claimed that a reader has to analyze the text by seeking of grammatical structures and other details for the purpose to build...show more content... In this type of reading, short texts of no more than 500 words can be used so as to consolidate and reinforce the ability in reading with satisfaction and pleasure. Critics such as Macleod (2004) argues that reading short text prevent readers to practice full time reading and using equivalent materials restricts the independence of select and read different topics furthermore choosing a text by a tutor neglects the interest of reading as well as reading short texts does not contain sufficient language diversity which is diminish the language benefits of the text. Extensive reading is another type of reading style which is practiced outside the classroom and the material are chosen by readers to warrant appropriate option to increase the chances in reading activity and the major ideas of this skill is to attain a general understanding of a text with a lesser amount of focusing on grammatical details and construct a self confident to enhance a high number of readers to read with enthusiasm. (Brown1994). As Macleod (2004) states that it is general comprehending without focusing on difficult words. A large number of learners faced many difficulties in reading but can be developed by means of extensive reading and continual practice and which is the most effectual way to improve language proficiency. According to (Brown 2010) extensive reading is reading materials as much as probable at a suitable level Get more content on HelpWriting.net