Reading

Question 1

Only 14% of the world today is illiterate- cannot read

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which of the following books has been banned in American schools

Accepted Answer

Harry Potter

Question 3

A jogular was a person who

Accepted Answer

visited villagers and sang them songs

Question 4

If you had to summarise the most important information in the Reading power point, which answer would you choose?

Accepted Answer

reading offers independent thought and remains dangerous and exciting, Reading has been around for a long time and now more people can before., governments like to control what people read so they can keep them quiet

Question 5

Only certain people were allowed to read because

Accepted Answer

independent readers were seen as being dangerous

Question 6

Who or what has banned or burned books?

Accepted Answer

The Roman Catholic Church, The Nazis and Gobbels, America, Chile

Question 7

At first people thought reading was

Accepted Answer

spirits coming out through the eyes

Question 8

In early texts there was no

Accepted Answer

punctuation

Question 9

People were comfortable with silent readers in the past?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

BA's SLACKER stands for

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school, learn, activate, curiusity, kind, empathy and respect

Question 11

Why was reading so dangerous?

Accepted Answer

because people could develop independent though

Question 12

Instead of reading , people used to

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have picture books instead, sing / tell stories to each other

Question 13

Which one/s of the following risked their lives to learn how to read?

Accepted Answer

slaves

Question 14

Most early books were related to religion and told stories which

Accepted Answer

were illustrated very beautifully and could tell stories through picture, were chained in churches so people had to go there to engage with the book, reinforced the authority of those in religious power, reinforced strong moral codes that we still live by

Reading

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