Guided tours of the canyon, donkey rides, hotels and lodges, observatories with pay-per-view telescopes and more things so courteously provided by the Park Service "improved" the sight, letting the average tourist see the canyon to its fullest. ... He uses the situation of a young boy finding a dogfish and exploring it as opposed to the college student studying it for a grade in a laboratory. ... Because the first man reads for the sheer pleasure of reading a great new piece of literature. ... Percy suggests that, while the students studying their respective assignments are good, even necess...

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• Grade Level: High School

Related Objectives • summarize, analyze, respond to, and evaluate print and digital texts • compare and contrast various genres, including essays (academic and popular), literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, proposals, blogs, websites, and reports • identify and use various methods of developing paragraphs • identify and use various organizational strategies • distinguish types of evidence used in essays (i.e. anecdotes, logical reasoning, studies, reports, statistics, interviews, academic or popular essays, etc.) ... Connections: Guide to Firs...

• Word Count: 6229
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• Grade Level: High School