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The Power of Young Adult Fiction
Remember to click on each of the articles and read all seven commentaries.
What is your experience with young adult fiction? Which of the articles do you agree with? Which ones do you disagree with?
In
other news, here are links to the Google Docs versions of the handouts
we looked at in class on writing summaries, evaluations, and comparisons
for your reading responses. The formatting is a little different, but
the information is still there.
Evaluation/Comparison Handout
Summary Handout
Comment to ABC- of E-readings- A lot of my friends use the E readings and love it. Personally though I think its a waste of money to get I pads or ebooks. I love reading a normal book with being able to pick it up, not worry about the batteries and just pick up where I left off. It just seems like you wouldn't be able to get lost in an E-reader device. I love turning the pages. Does anyone have any experience of the two and why do you love using an e-reader device?
ReplyDeleteThe Power OF Young Adult Fiction is very much powerful. I can personally relate to it, especially with the first article. I have personal experience with the fact that there many other things I find appealing and fun besides reading a book. If I really get hooked by a book though, I want to read that book and all of the sequels to the book. If authors can take successful risks with one book, that can lead to lifelong success. Does anyone not agree with the fact that it is hard to compete in the world with many other appealing things, especially the media?
ReplyDeleteI'm the exact same way, i much rather be doing many other things but if a book comes along and catches my attention, best believe you'll see my nose stuck in that book til its done. On most cases those books that have caught my attention have been fiction.
DeleteI am also the same, I don't do much reading but when a book comes along that catches my attention thats all I do until the book is done.
DeleteI personally found the article by Joel Stein to be humerous. However, I did not agree with it. I think it was how naive he came across that I found to be ammusing. Did anyone else feel the same way about his article.
ReplyDeleteI also thought his article was amusing. Im not sure whether he was being serious with his arguement or not. He only goes on about the bad things he thinks about fiction; it seems he has never read a fiction book, so why would he talk bad about something he knows nothing about? It would be like if I were to talk bad about a restuarant, where young adults go and that I've never been to, saying that the food sucks or something, even though I've never been there. How could I know that its not good? I think if he would read a few fiction books then he would have a better understanding and he could give a better arguement.
DeleteIts people like Mr. Stein that make it impossible for me to read Dr. Seuss books in public, i am forced to read these amazing books as a hermit. boo hoo
Delete"The ABC's of E-Reading":
ReplyDeleteI think that the author of this article failed to consider the fact that the statistics used for this article for e-reading may be limited based off income. Not everyone can afford these types of electronics. So, the population that was surveyed for these statistics may be in a certain income class. I personally don't own any kind of e-reader, nor have I ever used one.
I agree with you, which is a huge reason on why My wife or I don't have one because they are expensive devices. We enjoy our regular readings from regular books though. Even though in the long run its more expensive, at least you don't have to fork out a ton of money at once for an E reader device. Plus its more exciting to get the actual book than a piece of memory on the E-reader. A book shelf would look pretty boring with only an E-reader on it.
Delete"Mind Over Mass Media":
ReplyDeleteThis was a descent article. It's completely opposite of all the other articles. This article makes all the bogus statistics and predictions in the other articles about reading seem humerus. They compare this “media scare” to past ones like the influence of “rock videos.” This article pretty much says, don't believe everything you read. Which I completely agree with. Who's with me?
I completely agree to not believe everything we read. Most of the things we read these days have a lot of opinion and inference opposed to pure observation or fact.
Deleteguys, guys i'm from the future and can tell you guys, that professor Whitby gives us the tools to see past the lies and identify true intentions in writings! it's nuts! now we don't have to believe in anything, only YOU can prevent "opinion and interference" interfering with what you read. or something...
DeleteResponse to - "Mind over Mass Media" I don't agree that technology is the thing that is going to be keeping us smart or intelligent. We think on our own and we use our resources available. If I had the only option of using an encyclopedia then I'd use it but since I have other resources, I use those. It would be pretty non intelligent not to. This is almost like saying that encyclopedia's and books keep us up to date and smart, which is true, but once again only to a point. We need to get our knowledge from some where and we could continue to gain knowledge from other sources other than just technology. However, I could be wrong, is there anyone else in the class that goes to the internet for everything for problem solving opposed to using memory or personal intelligence or opposed to asking someone else?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! My husband and I used to watch movies and try to name everything else that the actors and actresses had been in. Now....imdb, anyone? We go straight to movie databases and Google image searches. We're lazy, and (regardless of what Pinker says) I think it makes our brains lazy.
ReplyDeletehaha so true, My wife introduced IMDB to me and now it never is a guessing game... great site though!
DeleteI got to say I am a fan of IMDB. I play the linking actors to other actors through films they are in together with my girlfriend still though. We just use IMDB as a fact checker.
DeleteI get my fiction from cartoons and video games, i read for knowledge not bliss :,(
ReplyDeleteIts so true. I have to read my Goosebumps book with the cover of 50 Shades of Grey on the outside so no one judges me in public.
ReplyDeletei agree!
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