Scholars could study and brainstorm the possible meanings and metaphors for years on end; and yet a child can read through it and understand the meaning of almost every word. ... "Through the Looking Glass- would serve as a guide through adolescence, deception and addiction. ... All that is known for a fact is that this is an excellent piece of literature and an introspection into the mind of a would-be addict. ...

• Word Count: 599
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

There are three main components of a balanced literacy approach; reading, writing, and word study. ... The reading workshop consists of a read aloud, shared reading, guided reading, reading conferences, and independent reading. ... Guided reading is next during the reading workshop, and during guided reading, I will select a text to introduce to the students while working on one of the comprehension strategies or concepts that they need to know in the first grade, such as character traits. ... Lastly, in the reading workshop, I will do literature study. Children's literature should be p...

• Word Count: 3469
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Ernest Hemingway's prose has left a lasting impression on the way American literature is written and taught. ... It is a truly gripping story, told in a lean, hard, athletic narrative prose that, in a way, puts other great works of literature to shame". ... As we have shown, it was praised almost immediately in The New York Times as being "unquestionably one of the events of an unusually rich year in literature"." ... He absorbed the objective, fact-based writing style of the newspaper article and made it his own, applying the lessons from the Kansas City Star's style guide...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It has not only become the milestone in the history of Asian American literature, but also become one indispensable part of American literature. ... It has not only become the milestone in the history of Asian American literature, but also become one indispensable part of American literature. ... The other similar examples are enormous in this book such as the description of the roadside scenery on the way up to the mountain to study martial arts. ...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2207
• Approx Pages: 9
• 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
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School