READING WRITERS READING: Canadian Authors' Reflections (cuRRents)

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Uwem Akpan’s debut novel, New York, My Village, is a worthy follow-up to his audacious story collection Say You’re One of Them. It’s a magisterial read, one of those rare novels that – because they are bristly, unsparing, challenging and capacious – are bound for timelessness but take their time winning fans.

It is common for a person to have a combination of two or more learning styles, with one being dominant. For example, you may be a predominantly kinaesthetic learner who also finds it helpful to watch videos to consolidate learning. Is it good to be a reading and writing learner? I have been reading Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad. Having thoroughly enjoyed Wilson’s Odyssey, I was eager to read this. Reading it has been a revelation. Vigorous, with echoes of Milton and a stunning sense of pace, Wilson displays a genuine poetic sensibility combined with meticulous scholarship. The depictions of violence and compassion, loyalty and love in the context of war-weary veterans seeking to find meaning brings this fine translation into the heart of contemporary agonies. I’m also reading Shanghai Immortal by AY Chao. It’s a little bit like my Tiger Warrior series (but for adults and with more sass) as it features many creatures from Chinese mythology. My favourite part of this debut is the cheekiness of the main character, Lady Jing, who is part vampire and part fox spirit. I don’t often read adult fantasy, but this book is humorous and made me smile. It feels like the author had a great time writing this Chinese jazz age-inspired romp. Encourage note-taking– Make sure that you give learners ample time to take notes, especially if you give instructions at the end of a lesson for follow-up work or assignments.Finally, I’ve been loving reading aloud The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers to my mother. It’s a delightfully descriptive book, telling the story of two men in the south of England who create crop circles in the dead of night. Myers interweaves modernity and myth, UFOs and ancient rites. At the heart of the book is the main character’s mantra. “Fuel the myth, strive for beauty.” If you’re wondering how to make sure your reading enriches your writing, or simply how to become a better reader, we’ll cover the basics in this article. Provide creative writing opportunities by giving them prompts which encourage journaling as well as writing stories and poems.

And not just a casual reader. Not just a reader of news or science journals or even this blog. You must be a reader of books, literary journals, and essays on writing. Read in different genres: screenplays and poems, novels and lyric essays, and so on. Reading and writing learning style is one of the four major learning styles, and probably the most catered to learning style in schools. This learning style is sometimes referred to the second visual learning style, because there are some similarities – a reading and writing learner can learn visually, but the information sinks in best if they take detailed notes or read about something in addition to the visual element.. Reading to learn, note taking to memorise Read/write learners use their style of learning to efficiently learn and process new information. This improves their decision-making skills as they can incorporate new data and ideas into their current database of knowledge. How to plan lessons that accommodate reading and writing learners Guided reading training is a method of teaching reading where children share and discuss the reading of a text under guidance from a teacher. This helps to develop reading abilities in children.Now, let's dive a little deeper to better understand the advantages of reading. 1. Gain Valuable Knowledge HM PrisonReading opens for the first time to the public as artists, writers, and performers respond toits most notorious inmate: Oscar Wilde.Wilde’s time in jail was devastating, the work produced in result enduring.Incarcerated in solitary confinement he wrote De Profundis, an extended letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas; on release he produced his last work,The Ballad of Reading Gaol. The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I've read so often that I've internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out."