From this lesson, I want to learn the many skills children develop by reading and how to use books to help them read more effectively. In return, this lesson helped me to learn Pennac's “Reader's Bill of Rights”. My previous knowledge and this lesson helped me also to realize these “Reader’s Bill of Rights” should be mandatory for children who are beginning to read or are readers. Each bill has a logical reason that supports it.
For one example, that is related to this lesson, is the first one. “The right not to read” has its own logical explanation. If children are force to read, it can take away from the pleasure of reading. Additionally, the students might be busy, at the time, learning other skills like socializing or gaining more experiences in life to be able to use their own repertoire to make meaning of what they are reading in the future. The second one, “the right to skip pages”, has additional reasons to make it a “Reader’s Bill of Rights”. Sometimes children might have developed many narrative conventions, which allows them to infer the underlying themes. Therefore, they can predict what will happen in the story. These are important skills for children to develop. It will help them to develop a frame of reference for narrations, and they will be more able to tell or write a well-structured story. By skipping pages, students will maintain their interest in reading. Therefore, students will be more likely to read more and become better readers and writers. In
Children are encouraged to communicate their needs, feelings and thoughts. They are given opportunities to choose and use reading materials.
In the development process of America, its sound that legislative system has a very solid foundation for the construction of American society. The Bill of Rights as one of the successful act in America, its importance position has never been ignored. The Bill of Rights was introduced by James Madison and came into effect on December 15, 1791. It has given the powerful support for the improvements of American society. The Bill of Rights has become an essential part in guaranteeing the further development of culture. The influence of The Bill of Rights can be easily found in its cultural revolutionizing. It can not only guarantee the harmonious relationship among all the walk of society, but can also promote the construction of harmonious
Throughout the pass of time, human history has seen different forms of governments, from the tribal leader, to the Roman Republic, to the absolutist monarchies of Europe. Yet, few of them had centered their main ideals in freedom and sovereignty. Actually, sovereignty is a fairly recent term, grasped among Europeans when they finally decided to stop intervening so much in each other’s affairs. For many centuries, monarchies, especially those with an absolute ruler, had been the top choice for European governments, and, as it should have been expected, they had brought the same governing style to the American colonies. Thus, it was not a surprise to observe European governments where an absolute leader had control over everything and everyone,
was challenged by parents of students attending Cummings High School in the year of 1986. Apparently, the book was arequired reading, and parents pushed for it to become an optional reading assignment. Some parents did not want their children to
Both the right to petition and assemble manifested themselves well before the Bill of Rights existed; they date all the way back to the Magna Carta, which was formulated in 1215. The Framers of the Constitution, using this historical document as well as a myriad of others as a basis, added a Bill of Rights to the end of the Constitution in 1789. Today, people exercise the many rights included in the Bill of Rights to express their opinion on an issue, but the extent to which these rights are practiced is quite controversial. Although some people believe that the right to petition and assemble should be unlimited, leaving these without restriction could be dangerous for the American people as it blurs the line between peace and violence, could
The 13 Colonies fought and won a war against Great Britain to declare their independence. Throughout American History the meaning of an American has changed and evolved over time. To be an American means to have the same rights for all law-abiding citizens regardless of who they are, to pay a reasonable percentage of taxes to the government, and an obligation to contribute to this country in order to improve the United States. Even though the United States isn’t perfect and have its flaws, the United States is one of the greatest countries and one of the few countries around the globe that protect the rights of its citizens.
The aims and importance of learning provisions for literacy development is to give children the opportunities and possibilities open to them and benefit from more effective teaching of reading and to marrow the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers. The importance of reading is at the heart of this insight as pupils that can read are more likely to have a more positive future. They will be more likely to do well in school and get good qualifications and have a rewarding career later on. Compared to those who are constantly at a disadvantage.
Parents should have the right to decide what their child reads, but should not have the right to decide what is right for other children to read because not all parents have the same view on what is appropriate for their child to learn in school; as Jones stated, we must all respect each other’s differences. Educators should also be able to freely decide on what they feel is appropriate for their students to read. If a teacher chooses a book that has caused concerns in the past, they should alert the student’s parents of
The bill of rights is a popular document that was not originally in the US constitution, but anti federalists wanted a bill of rights really bad because supposedly they were afraid of a strong central government. They did not want another king so some states refused the constitution until there was a bill of rights. Along with being afraid of a central government they wanted a limited government so that government could not control them. The anti federalists also thought the government would not protect their individual rights enough so they wanted a bill of rights.
The United States Constitution was recognized to Americans as a vague statement in clarifying the privileges and the rights of individuals and centralizing the power within the government itself. With the passing of the Bill of Rights and the first ten amendments, it grants the people to what is said to be their “natural rights” following additional rights that have significantly changed our society.
School boards, principals, and teachers have a responsibility for protecting the minds of their students by covering grade and age appropriate material in the classroom. However, does this given responsibility cover the act of banning books from their classrooms? As an advocate for each student, does the teacher not have a duty to introduce the students to a these words issues in order to help the student cope with the different problems in the world? How does a school decide which books should be banned and how much say does the teacher have what should be left up to the teacher? Some say that banning books from the classroom, we prevent them from learning about different controversial topics in a safe and secure environment. In this paper I reflect on my research question: Why do schools ban books in the classroom?
After the Revolution, the States adopted their own constitutions, many of which contained a Bill of Rights. The Americans still faced the challenge of creating a central government for their new nation. In 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781. Under the Articles, the states retained their “sovereignty, freedom and independence,” while the national government was kept weak and inferior. Over the next few years it became evident that the system of government that had been chosen was not strong enough to completely settle and defend the frontier, regulating trade, currency and commerce, and organizing thirteen states into one union.
The bill of rights is the ten amendments to the United States Constitution, approved on December 15, 1791, and written by James Madison as a response to calls from several States for greater constitutional protection for Individual freedoms, such as freedom of Speech. It creates many legal principles that have had a crucial effect on law and society. The bill of right was added to the Constitution of the United States to assurance the protection of the people from the government. It was served to achieve the authorization of the constitution as a cooperation between the federalists and Anti-federalists. The bill of right included many Amendments such as the first and the second which are going to be discussed below.
The knowledge gained from a single book lent him power; the capacity to reveal his innocence, self, and of course his unique brilliance. Once again, Aldous Huxley teaches a valuable lesson: the enabling power derived from literacy. Instead of just instructing our students (or more suitably labeled our future leaders) that reading is good for you, show them. Hand them books, perhaps then they can unmask their natural curiosity and creativity. This solution is not derived solely on prediction, but through a funnel of subdivisions from education to literacy to book distribution. Each layer of complexity further narrows down to simple solution for a fundamental problem: the ever-growing issue of education rights. The right to a proper education proves elusive when of all times it need be accessible to all, no matter of privilege. Learning through literacy and reading provides a economic and effective approach to resolving a continuing problem. Ensuring the right to education is worthy goal to undertake, doing so prepares the world collectively for future trials and tribulations by crafting the better, sophisticated generations
This is a way for the students to understand what they are reading and to be able to put what they are learning from this story and from their teachers into what they will learn later on in school.