Reading is Power

Top left: Directions for how to take medicine
Second in first column: Reading buttons on a laundry machine in order to use it properly
Third is first: Book that I must read in order to do my homework
First in second column: Nutritional facts on the back of a bag of chips so that I know what I am putting into my body
Second in second column: Stop sign so I can stop while I am driving so that the roads are safe
First in third column: Information for when it is necessary to take the medicine
Second in third column: Chinese food menu for when I would like to order Chinese food
Third in third column: Heating instruction for frozen pancakes
First in fourth column: Information about a deal in a store for a bag of chips
Second in fourth column: Washing information of a sweater to make sure it does not get destroyed.

REFLECTION:       For this part, you choose how/where in your collage to answer the questions. You could answer all of them together in one place, or individually for each picture. Your choice! Just make sure to write in complete, grammatically correct sentences. No sentence minimum!

1. What do the data/results show? About your life? About literacy/reading?

Reading is very important in my daily life. Without reading I would miss out on great deals in the grocery store. I could also misuse my medicine and not know how to wash my clothes and heat my pancakes. I would be unable to do my homework or drive properly. This all shows how important reading is in my daily life and allows me to succeed in my daily life.

2. How could you have accomplished the same activities without the text?

To accomplish the activates without the text it would have been very difficult. For example, I would not have been able to read the book to do my homework without the text. I would not have been able to get the deal at the grocery store or stop at the stop sign. To conclude, it would have been nearly impossible to complete my activities without text.

3. To what extent is reading power?

Reading is power because being literate allows a man to have more opportunities. This is shown in my life because I was able to get a good deal on food, do my homework and be successful at it, and also pass my driving test. Being able to do these things have given me more opportunities than I before. Reading is power because without reading some would be unable to be successful at their work, miss out on deals at the grocery store, and even drive. Without reading there are not many things that a man can do.