... tutor since I was in grade 7, but when I came to high school, she also graduated from university and has work to do. Therefore, she could not teach me anymore and suggested me to study on my own. Because she had been with me for a long time, she knew what my strengths and weaknesses were. She recommended that I should look for problems and sample exams online ... and solve it on my own then send it to her and she would correct it for me. Somehow this way worked brilliantly for me. After three months, I didn't need her ... been wanted for a long time. I've experienced this while reading...

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... better. Ms. Wiseburn would be the one to change all of that. She was unlike many fourth grade teachers; her class always had the most Accelerated Reader points, and would win almost every class contest. She pushed us to read chapter books rather than picture books. That year I managed to read the entire "Ramona " book series. In class we read many books that were higher than our fourth grade ... level books; she knew that we had the potential to read challenging books, and we did. One of the books was called "The Giver "; it was a long book with very small ... "Complicated ". I sang in...

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... on. My friend Helana got me into reading books. She was always reading and she would recommend a good book to me. After reading a couple of books she recommended I got more interested in reading and finding books on my own. My fourth grade teacher, Ms. Marie Tenorio, would read our class books by Roald Daul. She got me interested in his books. A couple of my favorites are The BFG ... and The Witches. I would purchase books from bookstores on Guam and online at ... Amazon.com. Today, I really enjoy reading. I like books I can relate to. Books that ... ...

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... broken down into three main groups based on the grade levels. "Primary grades have been recommended to use a patterned text to create a parallel book and modify the text and create a new story using the author's pattern. Manning said to select a letter of the alphabet that confuses the students and to cover that letter each time it appeared on one or two pages of the book ... all the words that make sense in the sentence. At the end of the session, uncover the author's words" (Manning 130). To continue this process of decoding, the article recommended that texts could be left out on dis...

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... myself burying me into my school work. I had friends, but they knew and came to know how my parents are. I received the highest grades I could and excelled on the field hockey field. I did all this while reading myself to sleep, or finishing three or more books a day that my teachers recommended. Once high school rolled around, when other kids complained about reading stories, I secretly ... delighted in the task. I would read ahead in classes just for fun, while swapping books among friends. At my most stressful time of exams or standardized test ... , I found comfort in a book. During...

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... Books. New York, 1975 Genre: Love Romance Recommended age/grade level: late teens 14-18 roughly. It is sexually explicit so maybe not entirely appropriate for younger children, not yet ready to explore the realm of sexuality. Interest Level/Reading level: As stated above, the story is about first loves and first sexual experiences. It would be interesting to ... is a great writer and the reading level is fairly straightforward. It was a quick read not only because the writing was easy to understand but also the suspense and the story kept me wanting to continue to read. I think that this...

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... afraid. I was afraid of being laughed at and talked about. During this milestone, I spent plenty times reading chapter books. I read a lot of "Junie B. Jones", "All American Girls," basically any book I can get a hold of. I loved reading because it took me to another world. A world away from reality. Two years later, in middle school, Mr. Box helped me make the decision ... very angry and frustrated at the world, which I was because it's hard knowing my father died when I was five months old and having hearing problem in this cruel world. He recommended that I keep praying to God for be...

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... the age of two until I was ten. I still recall, in 5th grade my scary teacher Ms. Feters, would always have us walk into class, sit down, read the prompts, and start writing. It was the last week of the school and the reading was about, "bees." ... ; I read it and did not know what I read, and kept reading it over and over again, and still had no clue. My paper was a mess and I failed the paper and gave up on English ... when I was only ten years old. I remember coming home to my twin brothers, Malikah and Malik telling them I failed and they told me, " ... good life." I was disappo...

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