Sentences with phrase «read for pleasure at»

Some people don't read for pleasure at all while engrossed in a writing project (such self - discipline!)

«Key findings reveal predictors of reading frequency, the importance of reading aloud to children at various ages, how frequently children have opportunities to read for pleasure at school and much more.

Not exact matches

Take time to read books for pleasure, not just for work, and while you're at it, do some writing, too.

Even if Janzen stretches too far at points, his feel for the richness of language as a tool to inform, but also to evoke, makes this commentary a pleasure to read and an experience in rediscovering the ancestral stories.

Commenting on the success of the initiative, BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson said, «Alom's book is a perfect tool for helping young people to think critically about the world around them, whether used in the classroom to stimulate discussion or simply read at home for pleasure, with the warmth and colour that only autobiography can provide.»

The old disclaimer read: «No State agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018.»

Another live, statewide debate on YNN and NY1, which means I'm back at it — live blogging for your reading pleasure.

Either section may, at its pleasure, form temporary or permanent subsections for the reading of papers.

And while a couple of festive kay - gees isn't itself a disaster, the double serve of self - loathing many of us will feel for the (guilty) pleasure can spell the end of festive cheer — or at least a decent misery interval while the scale reading makes its way back to neutral.

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I've compiled a list of random things about myself for your reading pleasure: I'm in my final semester of a double degree in International Relations and Economics at the University of Calgary and am professionally employed in the International Business Development field of which I love.

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Quiet and mature senior who enjoys reading, travel and the company of Asian men for evenings at home, movies and bedroom pleasures.

Until I read Michelle's review, I assumed it was my own life and vision thrown of - track by recent turns of events that was responsible for my lack of pleasure — really depressing considering what a release I had built this up to be for myself in current circumstances... perhaps I had brought preconceptions of a cathartic The English Patient with me, as I my life had undergone a parallel rout at the time of that movie's release.

Hey all, Natasha's review of a refreshingly different Quentin Tarantino piece — Jackie Brown (1997)-- is available for your reading pleasure over at Three Rows Back!

Find out more about the result, How to Get Your Screen - Loving Kids to Read Books for Pleasure, and her other award - winning book at kayenewton.com.

Stay tuned: Next month Teacher will be taking a look at the latest research around what motivates school - aged students to read for pleasure.

It is the first resource I have produced in what will be a short series designed to get pupils «reading for pleasure» and engaged in French literature at a basic level.

It was used to delivery to staff at my school, where we have been focusing on «reading for pleasure».

Stay tuned: Our next Teacher infographic will take a look at what children want from the books they read for pleasure.

I found when I had my own classes and was working in high schools on a full - time teaching load, I would probably read to my students for pleasure at least three times per week.»

Earlier this month, Teacher looked at some of the research around the link between reading for pleasure and higher academic achievement.

Take a snapshot of anyone «caught reading» for pleasure at school, and post photos on a «Caught You Reading» bulletinreading» for pleasure at school, and post photos on a «Caught You Reading» bulletinReading» bulletin board.

Rosemary Johnston: In school, the report found that children who are given time for independent reading at school are more likely to be reading currently and frequently; they're more likely also to say that reading books for fun -[for fun is] the phrase that's used quite often in the report, it's really reading books for pleasure, which is fun.

According to children's organisation Unesco, the biggest single indicator of a child's future success at school is whether they read for pleasure.

This effect can not only reach literacy ability levels (especially in reluctant readers and at - risk students), but can also stand to improve readers» attitudes towards reading for pleasure.

This book is such a pleasure to read that it presents a dilemma for readers who will find themselves racing through it to know the final outcome whilst at the same time, wishing for it not to end.

I then spent three very rewarding years working for the national children's reading charity Readathon, promoting children's reading for pleasure, at home and in hospitals.

As one of the leaders in curricular publishing, too, Scholastic's release of Wilhelm and Smith's title will hopefully hold some level of sway over administrative decision making at the local and state government school boards, allowing more time during the school day to be spent on individualized reading for pleasure rather than simply reading for the sake of the curriculum.

So, by the end of January, the entirety of my insanely romantic and delightfully sensual books written as Mary Anne Graham and as Olivia Outlaw will be available for your reading pleasure at retailers all over the web.

One of the major focuses for the recent event was the emphasis on government spending on education, which translates into higher literacy rates, a better level of English - language instruction which will allow more readers to enjoy English pleasure reading, and a growing interaction with tablet computers thanks to spending initiatives to put more tablets in schools at even the primary levels.

«By offering apps for all the leading operating systems available today, we do not limit the reading pleasure to just a single device», says Ulf Stahrenberg, VP Product and Project Management at txtr.

The entire first four chapters are available at a reduced price for your reading pleasure, along with the collected edition of VOLUME 1: NEW IN SCHOOL.

The paperwhite version only improves on better lighting for those who read at night or places with low lighting, better screen display (again for better reading pleasure).

Not only does the Lighted cover make reading on the Kindle 3 at night a pleasure it negates probably the biggest iPhone / iPad advantage (backlight for reading at night) and gives Kindle 3 a significant advantage over other eReaders.

The tolino App offers a wide range of brightness settings that you can adapt individually to fit the lighting conditions, for ideal reading pleasure with the tolino App — even at night.

Cliff: The battle isn't print vs. digital --- it's reading for pleasure vs. all the other forms of entertainment that now compete for our attention at home and on our mobile devices.

As Plastic Logic has said all along, the Que is based on its proprietary plastic transistor technology (which allows for a large, lightweight, glass - free display), has a screen the size of an 8.5 - by - 11 inch piece of paper, uses a touchscreen interface, and is aimed at businessfolk who «need to read» rather than those who read for pleasure.

I will include some other great articles at the end for your reading pleasure;).

I promise at some point this week there will be some sort of actual content for your reading pleasure.

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Close Readings brings together practices that are by turns invested in uncovering the frailty of language, prodding at cultural anxieties and individual pleasures, excavating and refusing legacies, asking for tenderness, applying pressure, attending to the complications and vulnerabilities of being together while we are implicated — politically, socially, personally — by artworks and their demands on us.

And I still unfailingly read Roberta Smith, Ken Johnson, and Holland Cotter every Friday in the NYTimes; Peter Schjeldahl in the New Yorker; Christian Viveros - Fauné and Martha Schwendener at the Village Voice; John Berger in the Guardian whenever he writes, for sure; Raphael Rubenstein at the Silo; John Yau at Hyperallegic; Jerry Saltz at New York; and I indulge myself with James Kalm Report on YouTube for pleasure maybe once every two weeks.

One needs reference information, in which «lookup» content is often the requirement and this is more effectively done electronically, whereas at the other end, narrative reading for pleasure and perhaps not at a desk, lends itself to print.

My new year's resolution was to make more time to read for pleasure, principally to ensure I was switching off from work in the evenings and to get away from constantly looking at screens.

Just in case you think that I think that the pics are the only point, let me point you to some text resources for your Wonderland reading pleasure: the marvelous Gutenberg has the whole of the book online; if you'd prefer it more in a bed - time story mode, let the voices on LibriVox read it to you; finally, for the need - to - know - it - all in you (yes, I'm looking at you), there's Martin Gardner's splendid Annotated Alice, of which I can only give you glimpses online, thanks to Google Books.

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