ENGL 111 September 16, 2014 How to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read What excites me most is when my child wants to read a new book! One important thing you can do to help your child be successful in school and life, is encourage them to read. Raising a child who reads will build listening skills and extend the boundaries of your child’s imagination. In order to raise your child to love reading, there are a few things you can do to help. Read aloud to your child every day. Many families enjoy reading…
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Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Poe’s Annabel Lee, and Chasin’s The Word Plum all display the meaning love and the effects it can have on individuals. After reading these selections, you can be empathetic of the author’s point of view. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, is about a man who is struggling to find a way to approach the women he loves, because he is afraid she will reject the way he looks physically. Annabel Lee, is a poem about a man who lost his lover and after her…
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because I didn’t have to have people read to me all the time. People still read to me but I have some freedom that I could read to myself and by myself. In 1st grade, the first book I read was a book called Charlotte’s Web. It was a good book. Some words I didn’t know so I had to ask the teacher for help. Then I saw the movie. Then I began reading more books as I got older. Now I read a lot of books. I love reading. I read every second that I can get. I love to read romance books, adventure books, scary…
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do is never fun, so why would being told what to read be fun? Throughout high school a student is given many tasks that need to be completed with no choice at all. That should change, they are now almost adults and need choices in their life to make them grow up. In English classes a student should be able to have a choice of what they are going to read in their class time. Many students throughout their high school career are given books to read but never actually complete them. Websites like sparknotes…
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Throughout the text, Alexie is telling how much he loves to read, and how he learns to read. Alexie tells us how he wants to change the reservation and how he wishes, all kids had the opportunity to read or how he wishes all kids wanted to read. The central idea of the text, “While most Indians were expected to be stupid, Sherman Alexie did not adhere to those standards; rather, he harbored a love for knowledge and reading because his dad harbored a love for it as well.” The quote, “I refused to fail…
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I believe that teenagers are not stupid. Early in our lives, our parents read to us. Since we were kids, the messages were simple and concise; be nice, don’t hit, share, etc. It all stuck with us. I remember when I was young and my mom read “Is Your Mama a Llama?” to me before bed. It was your basic children's book. Short, silly, but it also made you feel loved. The llama, Lloyd, would go around asking his friends if their mama was a llama and they would each give descriptive, rhyming details as…
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Writing Assignment #2 During this school year we read The Phantom of the Opera, personally one of my favorites. This story had everything that I enjoyed to read and by reading it caught my attention. By catching my attention there were a few key points that stood out to me and they are as followed: First off, the mystery in the story was noticeable from the beginning. There were numerous times when I the reader was left in the dark due to the great writing skills of the author. I believe by…
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was younger, my mom or dad would read my siblings and I bedtime stories. The books that were read to us always seemed so joyful with colorful pictures and characters that I would often imagine as myself. My parents would read to us in hope that we get something out of the books, like for us get along with each other and to be thankful for the things we had. My mother would always be the one to read Shel Silverstein’s poem, “The Giving Tree” which was a favorite read before bed. As a child, this book…
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this book at the beginning. After I start to read the first 2 chapters I have thrown away the book because it really scared me, but only because I made the mistake to read it at night, after 12a.m and when I was alone in the whole flat. Worst combination ever. I picked it up after a while because I’ve heard many great reviews and I thought I would be good to read it. That was the moment I fell in love with it. I literary felt in love with Anna even before Cas did. She was perfectly described…
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examples, and make conclusions on a daily basis as I manage a pre-teen and a toddler at the same time. I only wish that life sometimes gave us the opportunity to make a rough draft and the chance to make all the revisions necessary. It was refreshing to read through all of the writing processes, and I appreciated how specific each step was in explaining how the process comes together in the entirety. The free writing process is what really caught my attention. I never saw or have been taught this step…
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