Value Summer Reading

In my early elementary school years, I enjoyed library days more than the other specials, unlike the majority of the other kids who enjoyed music, PE, art, or computers more. Going to the library was always exciting

Choose passages that speak to you. Consider the parts of the book that made you stop and reflect on what was read. Consider what you may highlight or annotate. Consider the text that may lead to thematic, character, or literary convention analysis. Make connections to the text (text-text, text-self, and text–world). Analyze the style of the text—reflect on elements like symbols, imagery, metaphors, point of view, etc. Apply the different literary critical approaches with which you are familiar.

On the first week of school in second grade, my teacher, Ms. Byrd, took us to the library to check out a book. I wasn’t very excited at the time because reading used to bore me. I viewed reading to be a hassle rather than a way to gain knowledge. As our class marched up the ramp leading into the library, we were immediately greeted by a fragile old woman with hair as grey as a pack of Alaskan wolves. The old lady turned out to be the school librarian. She was extremely enthusiastic about reading and asked the class “who is excited to pick out a book today?” All of my classmates swung

The alluring idea of being able to access so many books at the click of a button is enough to drive any book-worm crazy. The next step is to choose which God-given device to pick. The futuristic and tempting slogan on the Kindle website reads, “It’s not screen time - it’s book time.” On the Nook

When learning to read i’d received a Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas for a week in my rooms closet read just, read. Later in life learning my numbers in both English along with Shoshone and Spanish.

The book that I decided to read over the summer was A Long Walk to Water. To be honest, I chose this book because it had the least amount of pages compared to the other books listed. It’s nearly August and I haven’t finished all of my summer homework, so I thought that I might as well pick the shortest book, making the work quicker and easier for me to do. As I read the book though, I felt myself getting more drawn and interested to the story. The book starts with an eleven year old boy named Salva who had to leave South Sudan due to rebels from the North attacking his village. He flees to Ethiopia and Kenya by foot with others to live in refugee camps. During these years, he encountered many hardships: having to travel without his family,

It is probable that books will become obsolete. Printed books are not the most effective nor economical way of transmitting information. Books are vulnerable to being easily destroyed or

This is because many schools believe that in today’s age of technology, teenagers prefer reading through a digital platform. However, Merga discovers that reading habits amongst adolescents are not homogenous, and they do not all prefer digital books. Rather, she finds that the individual reading preferences of adolescents vary and educators must take these varying preferences into account.

As a child I used to beg my mother to take me to the bookstore, because I had finished my newest Junie B. Jones book the night prior. I owned and read every Junie B. Jones ever made. As I got older I read through many other series. Such as the Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley High, and the Boxcar Children. I would stay up all night reading

As humans, we have always looked to develop our environment solely based on tangible content, all done without any dividing barriers. However, throughout recent history, we have been at the forefront of a complete shift in the way that our society functions as a whole. Our newly founded dependency on technology has been more than evident, with it now taking up a substantial chunk out of our daily lives. What once was done exclusively with just pen and paper now has taken the form of something so much more complex and seemingly infinite. As a result of this, our reliance on physical text has transformed into an interest in something much less personal, adding further to the convenience and appeal that books offered. Into the Electronic Millennium by Sven Birkerts dives into this idea head on,

My mom had an addiction, she LOVED to read and collect books, we had the largest private library I can think of, over 1,500 books, all classics, philosophy, engineering and science titles. By age of 15 I already read all of them, just to mention some, that make great impression to

The kids at school make fun of Scout and Jem because of her dad defending Tom Robinson and her dad being all for equality.

The goal of Choice-Making Strategies allows the child to indicate their preferred want as well as provide an opportunity to communicate. Choices can be presented throughout the day in a variety of settings such as meal time, playtime, and daily routines. This goal consists of offering two favorable objects to encourage the child to participate in play. The communication process will be determined and accepted when the child reaches out to touch the desired item at least five times a day for 2 weeks.

What did mankind do before the internet? Educational technologies are changing the lives of current and future generations. For years, technology has been flooding into the classrooms of youngsters. On an average, a student uses up to three devices daily. Teenagers count on a cell phone to do things, from waking them up in the morning to giving them any information needed during the day. The incredible World Wide Web saves many hours of research for a paper compared to three decades ago when days were spent looking up research that is now available almost instantly. The floppy discs of a few decades back cannot compare to digital textbooks on mobile devices, e readers, laptops, or tablets of the day. Technology plays a huge role in today’s world impacting education on major levels in regards to accessibility, communication, and opportunity. Education will continue to be part of people’s lives, regardless of age or lifestyle.

1. How would you describe Okonkwo’s life and background as portrayed in the beginning of the novel? What role did his father play in this?