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Reading According to Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper discuses how reading is considered in Thoreau's Walden and in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...

Femininity in Seventeenth and Nineteenth Century Art

This paper provides a reading of two articles discussing the topic of femininity in seventeenth and nineteenth century art. The a...

College Students and the Marketing of a Campus Poetry Night

In one page this essay discusses how to plan and promote a poetry night event on a college campus that includes a book signing and...

Reading and Autism

In a paper consisting of ten pages the correlation between reading abilities and autism is considered by way of reviews of current...

Emergent Literacy and Reading Readiness Approaches

In two pages this paper compares the literary instructional approaches of emergent literacy and reading readiness in a considerati...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Its Moral Lessons

In 5 pages this paper discusses the moral lessons a reader can learn by reading this classic Nigerian novel. There are no other s...

Elementary Students and the Teaching of Globe Reading and Map Skills

In seven pages this paper examines how globe reading and map schools can be taught to elementary school students. Seven sources a...

Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Test Scores

In five pages this paper discusses decision making, problem solving, and reading score decreasing as measured by the CTBS standard...

Murasaki Shikibu's Court Diary

In five pages this lady in waiting for the king of Japan from 1007 until 1010 is examined with the argument presented that contemp...

Reading Curriculum Development and Evaluation

In eleven pages the development and evaluation of a rural school district's reading curriculum is examined with a discussion of po...

Lasting Influence of Fairy Tales

In five pages the lasting influence of fairy tales upon attitudes are examined within the context of Writing and Reading Across th...

Holy Scriptures and God's Personal Messages

In eight pages each biblical book is analyzed in terms of the personal messages from God contained within within the context of Ho...

Why Ralph Waldo Emerson Should be Read by High School Students

This paper discusses why Ralph Waldo Emerson should be read by high school students in six pages. Four sources are cited in the b...

Children and Home Reading Prior to Kindergarten

In ten pages this paper examines children's prekindergarten reading in a consideration of its impact and issues that can result. ...

Applying the Literary Lessons of E.M. Forster and Henry David Thoreau

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

Teachers and What They Should Know About Grammar

In thirty pages this research paper provides a literature review supporting a shift in grammar teaching within the reading and wri...

Native American Students' Acquisition of Language and Reading Level and the Effects of Culture and History

In five pages this paper discusses how various cultural and historical factors impact the acquisition of language and reading unde...

Metaphor in the Work of E. E. Cummings

This essay provides a reading of the classic Cummings' poem, "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond." The aut...

Society, the Individual, and Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice And Virtue in Everyday Life

In seven pages various readings featured in this collective volume consider topics of self respect, self interest, dignity, and ch...

Power in the Works of Oscar Wilde

In five pages this paper examines how power is portrayed by Wilde in his poem 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' and in the plays A Woma...

Paperwork and Law Enforcement

In five pages this paper discusses law enforcement in terms of the problem of paperwork and considers such relevant issues as self...

First Grade Reading and Learning Styles

This paper addresses various approaches to learning styles among advanced-level students. The author discusses techniques for tea...

Reading and the Orton Gillingham Phonics Method

In five pages this paper discusses reading in an examination of the multisensory method associated with the Orton Gillingham phoni...

Reading, Language, and Children

In eight pages research articles are considered in a discussion of the correlation between the reading aptitude of a child, vocabu...

Reading and Writing Fundamentals and the 'Hooked on Phonics' Program

say "no" and plenty who will say it is an essential component for assisting a child in learning to read. Origins of the Concept of...

Child Development as Presented in Harry Potter, Pokemon and the Iron Giant

The writer argues that many things can be learned about child development by reading the Harry Potter books, and by viewing the mo...

Comparing Three Passages of Shakespeare's "King Lear," All Outakes From ACT I (I.i.85-93), (I.iv.106-126), and (I.i.148-159),

This comparison paper involving "King Lear" determines the patterns that arise when the passages are read next to each o...

Nature and the Poems of Emily Dickinson

This paper looks at Dickinson's views about and relationship with nature through a reading of several of her poems. The author lo...

Jack Maple's Crime Fighter

In five pages Maple's book is critically reviewed and lauded for its thorough research and is described as an essential read for t...

The Reconquest of Medieval Christendom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provide an overview of what has been described as the Christian Reconquest, from the book e...