READING WRITERS READING: Canadian Authors' Reflections (cuRRents)

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Ai Weiweiwrites to his young son during his own internment without trial for 81 days by the Chinese authorities in 2011. To summarise, when identifying a reading and writing learning style, you should look out for the following traits in students: Being able to concentrate and focus for long periods is essential to our success and wellbeing. Cal Newport, the author of Deep Work, writes : The gaol closed in the winter of 1915 as prison populations diminished dueto wartime employment opportunities. Between 1916 and 1919 it was used as an internment centre to hold foreign nationals suspected of spying or having anti-British sympathies, alongside Irish prisoners involved in the Easter Rising.Inmates were interned without trial under the terms of 1914 Defence of the Realm Act and housed in the EWing which, had previously housed female prisoners. Research has proven that just 30 minutes of reading can lower your blood pressure, heart rate, and feelings of psychological distress.

You may not write in these other genres, but writers have something to learn from every work they read—including both wonderful and terrible works and everything in-between. As writers, we must enter the broader literary conversation, or else our work will go unnoticed. Read voraciously, search for inspiration, and never stop learning. Joe Dunthorne not only imagines his own confinement, but also theconstraints of a dystopian world where the use of only one vowel is permitted. I’m currently reading the comedian Alan Davies’s 2020 memoir Just Ignore Him. Davies writes in beautiful, gut-wrenching prose as he tells the reader about the sexual abuse he experienced at the hands of his father, the impossibility of mourning his mother’s death and so much more. Reading the book, it doesn’t feel like Davies is asking for sympathy or attention; he just wants the truth to be told because he was unable to tell anyone at the time.Nelson, N., & Calfee, R. (1998). The reading-writing connection. In N. Nelson & R. Calfee (Eds), Ninety-seventh yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (Part II, pp. 1–52). Chicago, IL: National Society for the Study of Education. Comprehension is another area where reading can help with writing. When you read, you’re practicing understanding complex information and putting it into your own words. This is a valuable skill to have when writing, as you’ll often need to take complex topics and make them understandable for your readers. 4. Improves plotting skills

Ehri, L., Nunes, S., Stahl, S., & Willows, D. (2001a). Systematic phonics instruction helps students learn to read: Evidence from the National Reading Panel’s meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 71, 393–447.In her memoir, Arrangements in Blue, Amy Key totally gets this – she’s been single for over two decades. “It scares me to lay out all the ways in which absence of romantic love touches my life,” she admits in the introduction. “I must be brave enough to say aloud, I did want it. I do want it.” And it is her bravery, this vulnerability, that makes it such a generous read for so many of us who haven’t felt comfortable enough to say, “I like my life but I want more”.

The author John Green said it best: "Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood." Brodney, B., Reeves, C., & Kazelskis, R. (1999). Selected prewriting treatments: Effects on expository compositions written by fifth graders. The Journal of Experimental Education, 68, 5–20. Graham, S., & Hebert, M. (2011). Writing-to-read: A meta-analysis of the impact of writing and writing instruction on reading. Harvard Educational Review, 81, 710–744. There’s no doubt that the style and genre of reading material definitely affect writing. For instance, if you read a lot of books that are written in first person perspective, you’re likely to start incorporating that into your own writing. Likewise, if you read a lot of fiction, your writing might take on a more creative and imaginative tone. Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy - which many believe goes hand in hand with it - will be dead as well."Take a look at this great article on examples of bad dialogue. Most of the examples are hard to read, awkwardly constructed, and a bit cringey. Can you explain why some of these examples are bad writing? If you can, you’re reading like a writer. Casual reader: Jane’s story is very relatable, especially to women who survived their teenage years, and the story’s elements of romance, mystery, and coming-of-age make Jane Eyre enjoyable to read. Of course, it’s not just books that can affect your writing – magazines and newsp

Read/write learners are more detail-oriented than other students. They are analytical and reflective, taking time out to independently process information on their own. Students who fall into the reading and writing style thrive when they learn through the use of notes and textbooks as their primary source of learning. What is a reading and writing learning style? Binyavanga Wainaina writes to his dead mother about the struggle to reveal his homosexuality and to tell her that he is in love.With advancements in technology and online learning, a variety of tools are now available to teachers and learners that enhance and improve their ability to engage with learning materials. Atlas Weyland Eden won the 2023 BBC Young Writers’ award with Cambridge University for his short story The Wordsmith *** Saddler, B., & Graham, S. (2005). The effects of peer–assisted sentence combining instruction on the writing performance of more and less skilled young writers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 43–54.