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    Source C Primary Sources

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    2008 Source C is a public primary source. It is an excerpt from an article from The Argus Newspaper‚ 19th July 1915. It is from an article which was reporting on a march that took place in July 1915 by women who where demanding the right to serve on the home front by making munitions. The perspective of Source C is that of the publishers and author of the article of the newspaper‚ who where Australians‚ supporters of the British cause in the war. Censorship by the British government would

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    Reading Log

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    ENGLISH 090 BASIC COMPOSITION: CRITCAL LITERACY The Reading Writing Connection & College Success READING LOG Successful college students spend many hours each week reading a variety of texts including common textbooks‚ journal articles‚ source documents and assignment guides. Additionally‚ daily exposure to print‚ radio/television‚ online/internet‚ and other media requires “reading” and understanding information presented in many different formats. Advertising‚ news‚ entertainment‚ and online

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    Close Reading

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    tF ATLANTIC MONTHLY CToSE READIiYG Learning to rarite bg leant;ng to read BY FRANCINE PROSE say. Because if what people mean is: Can the love of lauguage be taught? Can a grft for storytelling be taught? thenthe enswer is no. Which may be why the’question is so often asked in a skeptical leng imFlying that‚ unlike the multiplication tables or the principles of auto mechanics‚ creativity can’t be tansmitted from teacher to student Lnagine Milton enrolling in a graduate program for help virh

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    The Speed Reading Course By Peter Shepherd & Gregory Unsworth-Mitchell Email: shepherd@trans4mind.com Web site: Tools for Transformation Copyright © 1997 Peter Shepherd The Basics of Reading Introduction We all learn to read at school‚ after a fashion. But for most of us‚ this is not an optimal use of our brain power. In this course you will learn to better use the left brain’s focused attention combined with the right brain’s peripheral attention‚ in close harmony. Good communication

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    Reading Strategy

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    Original URL: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48617.html Questions Before‚ During‚ and After Reading What Is It? To aid their comprehension‚ skillful readers ask themselves questions before‚ during‚ and after they read. You can help students become more proficient by modeling this process for them and encouraging them to use it when they read independently. Why Is It Important? Dolores Durkin’s research in 1979 showed that most teachers asked students

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    Benefits of Reading

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    kinds of reading material? Today‚ we enjoy such a wide array of reading materials – books‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ comics and others. Yet we do not seem to make an attempt to read. In a recent survey to find out about the reading habits of our students we discovered that a majority of students hardly read. What a shame! Obviously‚ students do not realize the pleasures and benefits of reading and that is why I am standing here in front of you all – to tell you about the benefits of reading. It has

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    Reading Fluency and its Effect on Reading Comprehension Topic Selection As an elementary teacher‚ I have often thought reading fluency plays a large role in a child’s reading development. Few reading programs give fluency the recognition it deserves. Reading fluency has been a prominent and reliable benchmark for me‚ even when students have comprehension difficulties. Once fluency is assessed‚ the results were used to place students in their reading ability group. Often times‚

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    Primary Source Analysis

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    Primary Source Analysis In order to determine the validity of a source‚ to prove it is a primary source and not a secondary source‚ one must look at several things. There are many aspects about it that show its validity. These include; when the event the source is talking about took place compared to when the author wrote the piece and when they were alive‚ whether or not it was an eye-witness account‚ and the reason the author wrote about it. Also in the evaluation process of the source

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    PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES What is Primary Sources? * Primary sources are original materials. Generally‚ primary sources are not accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. * Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary‚ although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. * Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders

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    Primary Source Essay

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    Primary Source Essay Assignment In my point of view‚ history portrays the past. While reading a American history book‚ people would only focus on the essential events that trigger their emotions; however‚ they should recognize the American history are dominated by three elements- race‚ class‚ and gender. In the rest of the assignment‚ I would use several primary sources documents to analyze how gender had made a big impact in the American history. It would signify the hardships that women endured

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