Abstract This paper explains that the Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) heavily targets users of English as a second language in the hope that the program will result in higher student achievement. The author points out that reading as an integral part of the child's development impacts on his personal and social development, as well as on his mental growth. The paper outlines the research project: Install a voluntary in-school free reading program for grade pupils; select only those students who are reading below their grade and mental levels, and who manifest a potential for improvement will join the program; and use the Durrell-Analyses of Reading Difficulty to evaluate. Charts.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
General Objective
Specific Objectives
Conceptual Framework
Definition of Terms
Free Voluntary Reading (FVR)
Sustained Silent Literacy (SSL)
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)
Modified Silent Sustained Reading
Reading Workshop
Review of Related Literature
The Ungraded Primary Unit
Special Services
Reading Programs in School Systems
The St. Louis Reading Program
The Philadelphia Reading Program
Evaluation of Reading Programs
Methodology
Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty
From the Paper "In the FVR program, the amount of leisure reading and reading achievement are correlated. Program endorses strongly believe that reading promotes reading ? the more the children read the more their vocabulary grows, the more words they read, the more words they can read, and the more reading they can do. Krashen 1993, opines that listening to stories read aloud promotes independent reading. In the same manner, light reading (comics, romance books) positively correlates with achievement. Reading activities such as teacher read-aloud, freedom of choice of reading materials and owning books were motivational."
Abstract In his novel, "The Razor's Edge", author W. Somerset Maugham, made sure to include deep character development and interactions, which serve to show how the character, Larry, is different from almost everyone else. The paper shows that, sadly, the 1984 movie version, starring Bill Murray and directed by John Byrum, failed to accurately transmit this to film. The paper shows that, as a result of glossing over and changing characters and situations, we are left with a shell of a story, one which fails to compare to the original written version in terms of the depth of several characters and the society Larry is trying to flee.
From the Paper "Another way in which the movie severely does an injustice to the story is in its treatment of the character of Elliot Templeton. In the novel Elliot is a central character, and in fact most of the information we receive as readers comes from first hand conversations between the narrator, Maugham, who is also mysteriously left out, and Elliot. The novel is marked by passages which serve to deepen the character of Elliot and which make him stand out from the others, especially Larry."
