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    As I Read Graphic Organizer In the first column below‚ type any questions or thoughts you have as you read. In the second column‚ record an example or detail from the story that brought about your question or thought. In the third column‚ note any answers you find or conclusions you make about the examples or details you recorded in the first column. Your completed graphic organizer should have a minimum of five complete entries. As I Read Graphic Organizer My Questions and Thoughts as I Read Example

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    When I was little I liked to watch cartoons‚ but I absolutely loved to read. On Mondays I would spend hours at the library gathering a pile of books I would read that week. I always enjoyed reading because I would usually learn a few new words per day. As some one with English as their second language‚ this meant a lot to me. I learned how to figure out what a word meant from context clues‚ and after that I almost never had to pick up a dictionary. Reading was my way of passing the time till my parents

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    learned to read and write‚ one’s memory isn’t momentous as it once was. Although activists Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X are two different men with two different stories written more than a century apart‚ they share a common perspective about the importance of basic reading and writing skills that so many take for granted. These simple tools lead to immeasurable and eternal‚ personal and social changes. In fact‚ Frederick Douglass’ “Learning to Read and Write” and Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”‚ collectively

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    Shelby Oglesby Question one. Chapters five of ’ how to read literature like a professor’ tells us that ; nothing is original‚ that everything is taken from something that has previously been told of a or wrote about. The road by Cormac McCarthy abides by this. When i was in the eight grade I read The Picture of Dorian Grey‚ When i was in the ninth grade i read The Twilight Saga‚ and last week i read Fifty Shades of Grey. All three of the listed books are derived from one another ‚ in all three

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    – What are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous? Reaching fame is one of the most desired achievements for many people nowadays. In fact‚ since childhood‚ children identify themselves with the celebrities they see on television and they aim to be as popular as their idols. Even though‚ sometimes‚ children (and also adults) are not aware of the fact that fame can bring either advantages or disadvantages. The main advantage of being famous is that you can make money very easily‚

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    In “Learning to Read” Frederick Douglass recounts his journey of becoming educated as a slave. Douglas describes how his slave owners wife treated him with compassion‚ as one should treat another human‚ and began teaching him how to read. Under her husband’s instruction she stopped‚ and treated him the same as any other would treat a slave. She would not allow to even hold a newspaper let alone read it. She soon adapted the mindset that slavery and education were incompatible. “If I was in a separate

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    display a tone within a written piece the speaker needs to use a mixture of literature styles such as diction‚ language‚ and syntax. In the essays “The Joy or Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X‚ and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglas‚ the authors use a plethora of writing styles to prove how effective their tone is. In Sherman Alexie’s “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me‚” he uses many different characteristics of

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    not everyone can relate to being homeless‚ I am sure (almost) everyone can relate to being guilty of ignoring a homeless person‚ giving them a weird look‚ or a remark that may or may not have

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    Why many Americans should read poetry Americans should read poetry because it inspires‚ challenges‚ and tells stories of emotions that can help you find deep meaning inside yourself. Even though much of the famous poetry in the world came from Europe during the renaissance‚ students around the world study it. Yet in America we lack courses that effectively explain the meaning and importance of poetry. Poetry can change your life around because it makes you search your soul for answers that otherwise

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    How to Read Music Notes By: Kelly Shearer Today I am here to talk about the process of reading music notes. The first thing you must do is be able to recognize the different placements of notes. This is a standard five line music staff in which the notes will be placed on so that a musician can read and play at the same time. Each line on the staff represents a different note. This is a Treble Clef (Show prop). For a staff with a Treble Clef on the far left side‚ from bottom to top‚ the

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