The Effects of Cooperative Reading Strategy-2

The difficulties I encounter while I am using strategies are: First of all, vocabulary I knew is not enough. Also, the pronunciation for some words is hard for me to read especially the longer words. These two difficulties are influenced each other and when I don’t understand the meaning of a vocabulary it is hard to realize and pronounce. Next, my English grammar is not good enough. So when the sentence is too long it’s not easy to know what’s the actual meaning that writer wish to express.

The Effects of Cooperative Reading Strategy-1

There are several reading strategies, for instance, applying text structure, summarizing the gist, using context clues, using visualization and so on. You can use any of them but I think we should not just use one single reading strategy while reading. Moreover, how to choose the reading strategy I suggest it is depend on which kind of theme, essay or the structure of text. I prefer to use summarizing the gist and combine using context clues normally. Sometimes I will also use visualization to imagine and guess what the author wants to tell us.

What I did to reduce our own carbon footprint?

1. Separate the garbage and recycle paper, plastic bag, plastic can….

2. Eat at home: Try to cook at home and bring lunch box to office

3. Eat out: Bring our own tableware, like chopsticks and spoon

4. Go to work by riding bicycle when the weather is nice.

5. Usually bring my daughter to school by walk and sometimes by bike.

6. Don’t drive car to Taipei City instead of taking train and MRT.

7. Set the temperature of air conditioner at 27-28 degree C.

What are people doing to reduce carbon emissions?

Government and some environmental groups pass leaflets or take films to let people understand the world is changing now. Everyone has to do something to protect our environment and it’s not for you only good it’s all for everybody who live in the earth.
Government ask citizens to “ keep trash off the ground” the garbage separated, recycling program..
We have to buy garbage bag to pack our trash
These policies are all for reducing the quantity of garbage.
Some people don’t drive car or ride motorcycle to go to work instead of taking MRT or train.
If the distance is not too far they will ride bicycle or work to the office.

Global Warming

We have read a lot of articles and papers about global warming. It is really happening and whether we like it or not we are part of it. We might be just an ordinary citizen, but we can do something about it. There are many environmental issues attributed to global warming like climate changed. There is so many the increased in frequency of extreme weather events. The temperature becomes higher and higher and climate changes year by year.
Ex: We don’t have cold weather in winter.
However, sometimes the temperature is extreme cool in spring and summer.
The weather is very unusual during these years.
EX: Tsunami in Southeast Asia;
Hurricane Katrina in America;
Earthquake in China
Volcano eruption in Iceland

Morning People / Night People

There are two types of people in this world, morning people and night people. Both people’s sleep needs and preferences seem to vary quite a bit. For example, morning people need a lot of sleep, while night people seem to get along fine on five or six hours a night. Furthermore, morning people follow the maxim of “early to bed, early to rise”. Night people often called “night owls” because they prefer to stay up late. These night people feel that they function better at night and are often very productive during the evening hours. In other words, a night people is often tried at the breakfast table, while a morning people is ready to face the day. In the evening, a morning people will be ready to get to sleep. At that time a night people starts to feel energetic. People said an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. To sum up, I recommend being the morning people personally. While night people still sleep in the morning and early risers can get ready from the beginning of the day. Don’t you think so?

Conclusion of Summarizing the Gist

A good summary gives only the most important events or ideas in a story.
Summarizing is vital to reading understanding.
It serves as a way to make sure you understood what you have read.
Summarizing can teach us to be better and more attentive.
Summarizing can teach us to write and think clearly.
Summarizing is a very useful skill.
Thank you all for listening.