1.) what does independent reading look like? (paragraph response)

2.)why is reading important.

Independent reading is taking the time to read on your own, without a group, or audio. Reading is important, because it contributes to our understanding of situations.

Explanation:

1) When you are reading independently, it is best to be in a comfortable environment without many distractions. While reading, try to set a goal for yourself, it makes you feel accomplished and want to continue reading. For example if you are reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, you would set a goal to complete one Stave/section each day. Five staves in the book-five days to complete the book. Independent is not with a group, or listening to an audio; you do it by being in your own space, and only need your eyes, not your mouth.

2)Reading is just as important as texting is to a teenage girl. For example, how can that girl text if she can't even read? How can a person drive, or find their way home if they don't understand the road signs? Adolescents have been taught new and improved ways to read since the first day of kindergarten. Our lives are a foundation built around reading. Reading is fundamental, because without it, we would be lost, mentally and physically, beyond words.

"time to steal from the rich and give to the poor"

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)