Essay - Reflection Paper Art Reading and Writing - a Review of...

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Reading and Writing - A Review of Experience and Reflection

This paper reflects on my experiences tutoring two 6th grade students for 10 sessions. Half needed reading comprehension help ***** half needed help with writing skills. Overall the experience tutoring others was positive. One ***** the *****, Jessica, was an exceptional reader, but *****d difficulty when trying to put her thoughts to paper to provide adequate ***** samples. Nathan had ***** with both reading and writing. The course taken introduced principles of learning that enabled me to tu*****r these students positively. Reading ***** Writing in the Content Area helps students understand why content is so important to reading and writing. ***** helps shape a story in the mind of a reader, whereas when writing, ***** helps form the foundation ***** one's written word, whether they write an essay, a reflection *****, a novel or any other ***** of writing. At the beginning of ***** course I felt I did not need to review my reading and ***** skills because I had already been a student for a dozen ye*****rs; each year I learned I ***** to take ***** and writing ********** or had to turn in papers relative to the subject I studied (like Hi*****). However, this course introduced new theories ***** writing I had not learned and ***** surprised about. These key ***** or concepts I learned included KWLS the*****y, pre-reading strategies, and ***** for composing, drafting, revising and evaluating ***** using a proper critiquing methodology.

Previous ***** this course I assumed that there were universal guidelines that govern the evaluation of *****. Now I realize this is only partly true. While ***** are guidelines ***** govern writing, ***** guidelines may vary from ***** to subject. They may also vary depending on ***** type ***** writing or reading *****e engages in. For example, a scientific paper would have different content than a ***** written for a h*****tory class. The writer would ***** to present information for the science paper in the *****m of brief narratives, tables and graphs to help make a po*****t. For a history review however, the ***** must incorporate a thesis or main idea, and then support that idea with adequate content. The information ********** must also be verified; the writer can incorporate verification into the body by citing authors or the research of other *****s that influenced the writer's w*****k. All ***** should encourage students to engage in oral reviews, or ***** review ***** material ***** read or write aloud, so they better understand ***** comprehend, and better remember what it is they are learn*****g. This is a le*****rning strategy that ********** solidify what is learned in the classroom with ***** one thinks in ***** mind. Far too often it seems students drift in and out of lecture; they may or may not pay attention. However, if one must read aloud, then they must ***** attention; and, if they wr*****e something they then read aloud, they might be able to discover *****