Frank Smith's book Ureading Without NonsenseU was an easy read. ... The following is my account of what I agree and disagree with Smith in his book. ... In chapter seven, Learning Through Comprehension, Smith makes some valid points, however, I found myself disagreeing a great deal with him in this chapter. ... I never really took into account before how I could incorporate what he has talked about in the book into a future classroom, until I read this chapter. ... Finally, I think Smith makes some valid points in this book, and some far out remarks and ways of thinking. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Chapter three in Kieran Egan's book, Imagination in Teaching and Learning, discusses the general characteristics of the imagination that occurs in our students between ages eight and fifteen. ... In chapter three, we look at the prominent features and general characteristics of the imaginations of our students between the ages of eight and fifteen. ... I found the chapter very informative and interesting; it gave me something valuable to take away from it for my own learning. ... My one criticism I have from this chapter is the general assumption of how easy these interests would be ...

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which is chapter four of his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death and "The Necessity of Gods? which is chapter one of his book, The End of Education. When the reader takes these two chapters and combines the ideas, then, new and profound ideas are discovered. ... In this chapter Postman starts of by mentioning the Lincoln- Douglas debates in which these two politicians communicated to the people through the use of language; they spoke to their people. ... In this chapter Postman looks to answer the question,?...

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There are three chapters within this book that have much to do with one another: one titled "Public Baby-sitting" about the state of our education system; one titled "Ward and June Who?" ... In this chapter Bagby goes into the nitty-gritty details of statistical data in reference to how much we use for our chief payables. Meredith Bagby did a wonderful job with this book. ... These three chapters that I have briefly analyzed are all what my generation should start thinking about. ... This book is very easy to read and I have already recommended it to other people of my age. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

What I learned from this chapter is that a person doesn't go through their whole life putting their values in the wrong things and then when you get older realize that they where wrong and should have put their values in something else. ... I really feel that young adults can learn a lot about themselves from this chapter also. ... This book really is an excellent book and although I only wrote about how it can benefit young adults I really feel that it is a book for all age groups. Everyone can learn from this book and I would highly recommend this book for everyone to read. ... I really...

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Imagine you are an incoming college student with a full load of classes and that, at the beginning of the semester, you are assigned to do a book analysis that is due at the end of the semester. You see which book is appointed for the assignment and realize it is an easy read. In this case, you tell yourself, "Oh that book doesn't seem so bad, I can finish reading it within a week and have the analysis written that same weekend; no problem!"" However, the unforeseen pile up of assignments from your other classes and social commitments have made it difficult for you to get around to that b...

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As we traveled further into the book, possessive nouns, personal nouns, and antecedents played a big role. This chapter was probably the hardest for me. Eventhough it was difficult, I still managed to figure it out somehow and get through the chapter. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Meier opens her book, The Power of their Ideas, in a fierce defense of public schools. ... Meier's book is about taking this vision of education and human possibility seriously chapter by chapter. ... Meier's book is the story of how the overhaul of the U.S. public education system might be accomplished with a bit of imagination, creativity, determination, and a healthy dose of common sense. ... (p. 116) The Power of Their Ideas refers to the ideas of those who were at the center of this small- schools movement: the teachers, parents, and students who created what Alternative School...

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The textbook was divided into chapters, with each chapter containing a certain amount of lessons. ... Take some examples of methods to read a book. Say there are two ways to read a book. The first way is read the book one chapter a day, everyday, until the book is completed. The second way is to read the book all at once, in one sitting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of the book, Roald Dahl tells us about his father's everyday life and the things he liked to do. ... The remainder of the book is about Roald Dahl's schools, teachers, friends, family, vacations and careers. Throughout the book, Roald Dahl gave me the impression that his mother was extremely important to him and that he was strongly attached to her. ... Also, in the chapter Goats Tobacco, Roald Dahl shows us that he and his family were easily made jealous. ... Overall, Roald Dahl's Boy is the type of book that really makes you appreciate that teachers are no...

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• Grade Level: High School

I have held many leadership roles throughout my school career: Vice President of National Honor Society (whose chapter received one of ten outstanding service projects in the U.S. with organ donation), representative at Missouri Girls State and Hugh O'Brien Leadership Camp, volunteer at Camp Blue Sky for a period of four years, followed by many other leadership roles. ... It took a full school year for him to comprehend one book, but the joy that he felt after reading the book back to me was something that I had never experienced. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, I now understand that a handicap is the consequence caused by the disability, such as the need for a large print book for someone who has a vision related disability. ... Maybe this will be addressed in a future chapter. ...

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These books are used for BOTH English 1101 and 1102 Fall 2013-Summer 2014 so please do not sell back your book at the end of English 1101. ... You may use a used book or read it on an electronic device such as a Kindle or a Nook. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sissy, daughter of a 'horse breaker', has managed to keep all her imagination throughout the book and hence become the so called heroine of the book. ... Later on in the book Sissy makes amends with Louisa, making Louisa feel good when she admits it was her fault that their relationship got distant over this matter, which is was not. ... This is also proved by when in the third c...

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The assignments were normally just answering the questions at the end of each chapter, which we could easily find the answers, simply some dates, names and locations of each events, in the book because they were usually in bold. Some answers were even in the back of the book, so we just copied. ...

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The pressure to excel is also enormous, and on the first day of the new school year the senior class is informed by their science teacher, "The first twenty questions at the end of chapter one are due tomorrow." ... When they find an old school book, they are curious to find out what their English teacher Mr Keating's involvement was with a particular society, entitled the Dead Poets Society. ... As the opening of the official Dead Poets Society book says "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life!" ... Ripping ou...

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• Grade Level: High School

There was a text book to refer to as well as worksheets supplementing it. ... These objectives are similar in previous chapters; only the text type is different. ... Subsequently, I asked the pupils questions based on the programme in the book. ...

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When we read the chapter on teaching styles, I was struck by the fact that I am outside of the norm. A passage in the book says that typically one's political style will be very similar to the style of teaching that best suits him or her. ...

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The Growing Population of "Unschoolers" Our public school system has become a controversial issue. There are many options for schooling besides the public school system. Many parents do not agree with the public school system. Therefore, home schooling or "unschooling" has become quite popular...

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Yes, having a book, sufficient supplies, and appropriate class sizes is good, but is pointless to have those things if the teachers are not correctly prepared with a variety of instructional strategies to develop a fully working classroom (Intasc Principles). ...

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I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. Gonzalez was also o...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Apple's book Cultural Politics and Education, the main argument that he makes is that because of the capitalist society in which Americans live today, people who start off with lower economic and social backgrounds are less likely to become, say, an executive CEO of a Fortune 500 company. ... In Apple's second chapter, he begins by stating that Americans aren't learning as much as they should, or don't know enough of what they should know, and yet continue to criticize those who they feel are more intellectually inferior to them. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A chapter "Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension written by Nell K. ... Pearson from a book titled, "-What Research Has to Say About Reading Research- by Alan E. ... The understanding of the idea, moral, concept and theme of a book. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

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• Grade Level: High School