Tag: reading
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Reading and Decoding English
Reading and Decoding English 3 Letter 1.3 Reflections If you know people who have Dyslexia, help them learn to read starting with this column. It takes patiences to teach them the individual sounds. This is an excerpt from Title: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley Thez reflekshonz hav dispeld the ajitashon…
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Reading and Decoding English
Reading and Decoding English 2 Letter 1.2 Navigatorz If you know people who have Dyslexia, help them learn to read starting with this column. It takes patiences to teach them the individual sounds. This is an excerpt from Title: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley Ther—for with yor lev, mi sister,…
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Reading and Decoding English
English text has two different forms, which are alphabetic and phonetic. When we read, we decode, recognize, read and each word mentally or subconsciously before reading it in context: vizibal and visible. The better we learn and understand the phonetic and alphabetic relationship, the faster we can decode and process the alphabetic words. People who…
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A Hairy Tail by Lauren and Jeremy
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading A Hairy Tail by Lauren and Jeremy. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own…
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Love’s Deity by John Donne
Today for Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales, we’re reading Love’s Deity by John Donne. Myths, Legends, Folklore and Tall Tales is another one of my podcasts featuring bedtime story readings — in this case the myths, legends, folklore and tall tales of the world. Now and again, I read one of my own stories…
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A Defense of Poetry : Inconveniences Rightly Considered
This Defense of Poetry is the start of a poetry podcast in which I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005.
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The Little Guest by Margery Williams Bianco
For the Best Christmas Stories, we’re now reading The Little Guest by Margery Williams Bianco. Really love the ending to this one.
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My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland
Getting into the momentum here reading one an hour for our annual tradition of the best Christmas stories. You’ll be able to tell Tara and I are enjoying relaxing to the sounds of Christmas all around us… relaxing enough that I botched the intro on My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland like eight times. Here’s My…
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A Christmas Carol Stave 2 : The First of the Three Spirits
Keeping with my pseudo-tradition of reading Christmas stories, this year I’m doing A Christmas Carol. The whole story’s kind of long, so I’m breaking it up into its component staves (It’s a carol, remember?) Here’s A Christmas Carol stave 2, The First of the Three Spirits. I always think of A Muppet Christmas Carol on the first of…
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BOOK CLUB !!!!
For those of you who like reading novels, I host a book club group on Facebook. It’s super laid back with plenty of time to fit a novel into your busy schedule – a book club for people who DO NOT HAVE TIME for book club. As I post this, we’re having a discussion on “The Fault…
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The Book Seer
Plug your most recent read into The Book Seer’s formula and see recommendations of similar reads.