Organismal Biology - The Application of Biology to Society

Organismal Biology - The Application of Biology to SocietyOrganismal Biology is a field of study that refers to the study of organisms from their origin, through their whole life cycle, and all the way through death. It includes research in ecology, ecology biology, and evolutionary biology as well as cell and tissue culture and morphogenesis. The field is not limited to the study of animals only, but also studies of bacteria, plants, and fungi.In addition to it being a branch of science, it is also the closest we have to live in the animal kingdom. If you think about it, animals and plants seem to be on the same planet. Their life cycles are very similar, even their metabolisms are similar. Therefore, studying these types of life could be beneficial for other types of research in the future. And it helps to further the knowledge of animals and plants that they share our world with us.Although, we cannot be certain that all the theories in this branch of study will prove to be correc t, and as scientists continue to investigate and study animal evolution, it seems like more pieces will come into place. We've all seen the endless amount of movies and television shows dealing with the 'evolution' of animals. It has become a part of popular culture.Most movies and shows that deal with animal evolution will use live specimens of animals. For instance, in the movie 'Finding Nemo', the sea lion character was placed in an aquarium, and this aquarium was filled with thousands of live fish. This aquarium was then used to help research animal evolution. By doing this, we can understand how the fish evolved into what they are today.Not only can we learn from studying how animals in this part of biology to develop, but also how they die and leave behind their parts. This type of information can be very helpful in understanding why animals do what they do, and how they react when things happen to them that they aren't expecting. It gives us a glimpse into what animals are th inking and also gives us insight into their lives.We know that from fossils we can get an idea of what animals were doing in different stages of development, and this provides information in various forms. So if we know that a specific animal was part of a certain phase of its life cycle, then it's wise to keep an eye out for it's descendants in the future. Likewise, by studying the tissues, and cells in those offspring, we will gain valuable insight. Then, if something is wrong, we can find out where the problem is before it becomes too late.If you are interested in this type of research, you should look into trying to figure out how certain types of animal species develop their limbs, teeth, eyes, and ears. Or, if you would like to know how animals are affected by diseases, you can try to find out more information about how certain ones are able to resist such illnesses as HIV and leukemia. And, if you would like to see a new mutation in a certain kind of animal, you can do this a s well.So by knowing all that is involved in the study of life, we can live longer, healthier lives. It gives us the opportunity to improve upon ourselves by learning what animals in this field of study do. But, if you are interested in this type of research, you should see if there is a course or institution that you can attend to get a degree.

Green, Red and Gold Apple to be Replaced by Pay-Per-Lead

Green, Red and Gold Apple to be Replaced by Pay-Per-Lead The vast majority of new tutors sign up for the free Green Apple membership plan. The reason is obvious: tutors dont want to pay for yet another online subscription plan. But this behavior jeopardises the revenue needs of Tutorz.com. At the same time tutors are willing to pay for new clients. So whats the solution? Pay-Per-Lead. In a Pay-Per-Lead (PPL) system, tutors no longer pay anything until they receive a tutoring lead. And even then when presented with the message, name, date, location and quality indicator of a tutoring lead, they have the choice to accept the lead or decline it. A pretty good deal for tutors, or what? This is Internet at its best: no more up-front commitment or payment but 100% transparency and accountability. The PPL system will replace Tutorz.com Green, Red and Gold Apple subscription plans. The (nice) names Green, Red and Gold Apple will become indicator of how quick and well tutor responds to students messages. The PPL system will roll out in April 2011. So mark your calendars!

USMLE Student Glenna Wong Endorses TutorZ

USMLE Student Glenna Wong Endorses TutorZ Glenna Wong, a student of USMLE tutor Mayank Gupta endorses TutorZ with the following testimonial: TutorZ is a user friendly, effective service that allowed me to connect with a wonderful tutor in a short period of time. As a medical student, I was looking for a tutor to help me prepare for USMLE Step 1. I immediately went on to Google to search for a tutor. With TutorZ, I was able to find a few potential tutors that seemed like they could be the right fit and my eventual tutor contacted me within a day or so. It was very easy getting matched up and I am more than satisfied with my results. I think that TutorZ is a fantastic place for anyone who is looking for some help with their studies to find the right tutor quickly and reach their goals. Glenna Wong Montgomery County, MD Thank you for your wonderful review and endorsement of TutorZ, Glenna! It also was a pleasure emailing with you and providing customer service for you. Moreover, thank you for your nice review about our USMLE tutor Mayank Gupta. Dirk Wagner Founder of TutorZ LLC USMLE Student Glenna Wong Endorses TutorZ Glenna Wong, a student of USMLE tutor Mayank Gupta endorses TutorZ with the following testimonial: TutorZ is a user friendly, effective service that allowed me to connect with a wonderful tutor in a short period of time. As a medical student, I was looking for a tutor to help me prepare for USMLE Step 1. I immediately went on to Google to search for a tutor. With TutorZ, I was able to find a few potential tutors that seemed like they could be the right fit and my eventual tutor contacted me within a day or so. It was very easy getting matched up and I am more than satisfied with my results. I think that TutorZ is a fantastic place for anyone who is looking for some help with their studies to find the right tutor quickly and reach their goals. Glenna Wong Montgomery County, MD Thank you for your wonderful review and endorsement of TutorZ, Glenna! It also was a pleasure emailing with you and providing customer service for you. Moreover, thank you for your nice review about our USMLE tutor Mayank Gupta. Dirk Wagner Founder of TutorZ LLC

Tennis Teacher Vs Silent Partner

Tennis Teacher Vs Silent PartnerIn the world of coaching, one thing is certain - you should never be competing with your tennis tutor. Coach-vs-teacher is a clear indication that you are not living up to expectations. But when it comes to tennis, you will be competing with your silent partner (your coach) in a very different way. It is important that both sides understand that they need to work together for a common goal.We have all heard the adage, 'You are what you eat', and that is true for tennis as well. If you are constantly striving to improve yourself, then you will improve with your coach. If you do not pay attention to the coach, then you will never improve. But by doing exactly what your coach tells you to do, you will eventually be able to improve on your own.Here is a tip for anyone seeking a good tennis coach. Look at them through a more critical lens. Instead of just watching them play, let's look at them through their eyes. There will be times when they can help you w ith something, and there will be times when they will not.A good coach understands that you cannot do everything. I don't mean that he is too hard on you, but that he understands the fact that you do not have all the answers. If your coach was not in a position to see you as a student, then he or she would probably ignore you completely. Instead, he or she is genuinely interested in helping you improve your game. They want to make you better.Your coach is your silent partner. There is a lot of hard work involved, but they take pride in their work. It is their job to improve your game. At the same time, they also want to improve their own game. If your coach and your partner are not on the same page, then the outcome could be disastrous.If you are going to play tennis, you must continue to coach yourself. There is a lot of work involved, but you do not need to hire someone else to do it for you. Keep up with your program and build on it. It may be impossible to get all of your skills to be where you want them to be, but you are definitely capable of getting them to a place where they are worth working toward. You must know that your coach has a specific path to follow, and that they are committed to sticking to it. So you better start paying attention to how well they have followed through on it.Teaching your coach how to be a silent partner is much easier said than done. But once you get started, it will become second nature. You will both be enjoying each other's company and you will both be improving your game.

Chemistry of Cooking Book Review

Chemistry of Cooking Book ReviewThe Chemistry of Cooking is a new cookbook written by Chef Josephine Roth, who is the Director of Culinary Learning Programs for the Institute of Culinary Education. Chef Josephine Roth is an author, teacher, chef, and consultant in the field of health and fitness. With her books, cookbooks, and website, she talks about health and fitness, teaching, cooking, and more.Cooking with Mother Nature is the next step in learning how to cook. In this book, you will learn to prepare foods that are naturally delicious and can even help you lose weight! Although the title may sound like it is more for women than men, it also applies to both genders. In this book, you will learn how to make your own foods as well as use them to eat.There are many books on how to cook and this one has a lot of recipes that you can choose from. All of these are made with all natural ingredients and have some health benefits. They are low calorie, low fat, high in protein, and low or no carbs. I am glad that I have finally gotten around to reading this book!In this book, you will learn the art of preparing healthy food in such a way that they are healthy, low in calories, and tasteful. The recipes that you will find in this book should not only be good for you, but the food is also healthy.Health foods are usually great for you because the foods have vitamins and minerals that the body needs. Healthy foods help us keep our weight down and also help to protect us from disease.In this book, you will learn to make your own healthy meals that are the best way to eat in order to achieve the best results for you when it comes to your weight loss. You will also learn tips on creating healthy snacks and desserts that are also great for you.In conclusion, there are many books on how to cook out there but in this book, you will learn how to create really tasty and healthy foods that you can eat on a daily basis. You will also learn how to prepare the best foods using the freshest ingredients that are natural and healthy.

Types of Guitar

Types of Guitar Can You Play These Different Guitar Types? ChaptersFlamenco GuitarJazz GuitarRock GuitarMetal GuitarFinding Lessons for All Types of Guitar PlayingHumans have a deep, instinctual need for music â€" from the sound of the wind soughing through the trees or man-made music, produced through various instruments.While each musical instrument has its strong points and even banging on a drum can have therapeutic effects, no instrument is quite so pleasing and quite so portable as a guitar.There are countless stories of strumming a guitar by firelight; some of our most romantic stories involve guitar music. Or, at least, that is how they are portrayed.Indeed, the guitar features prominently in the soundtrack of humanity; this ancient instrument, moulded in the shape of a curvaceous woman is in turns sensuous and fiery, thought-provoking and jarring, unique yet ubiquitous.Are you a guitar player? Would you like to be one?Here, your Superprof explores four distinct styles of guitar music: their genesis and particularities, technical asp ects of their construction and how they’re played, and the guitarists that made them famous.Why don’t you put down your guitar pick and join us in discovery? 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Several hundred years ago, however, Flamenco consisted of only the first two elements. Flamenco guitars typically have a thinner neck and a hollow body Image by JamesHose from PixabayWas it the gipsies, with their tambourines and violins that inspired some artist to add the guitar? After all, these stateless people had a heavy lyrical influence on the art of Flamenco… but then again, so did the displaced Arabs who brought the oud with them to Andalusia.Migrant Jewish tribes, as persecuted as gipsies and Arabs were, contributed their laments to the genre as well.The guitar became an integral part of Flamenco in the late 1800s, when the first cafe cantantes opened. These singing cafes offered spectacles of flamenco dancing, accompanied by a guitar or two.The dancers themselves handed the percussion elements of the songs, either by clacking castanets or by clapping their hands. The dances were passionate and spirited and the singing was soulful; the guitarists had to fight for their chance to shine.That is exactly what they did. Soon, guitarists were trying to outdo eac h other, by playing faster or more spectacularly, even holding their guitars over their head while furiously strumming away.When the guitar first became a part of flamenco, luthiers made no distinction between the guitars used to play flamenco and guitars used for other purposes.One major difference was that flamenco guitarists only bought the cheapest instruments, made of the lowest quality materials â€" and sparingly, at that!It is that thinner top and fewer inner braces that give the flamenco guitar its bright, crisp sound; it’s nylon strings and size, slightly smaller than a regular guitar, help to minimise the sustain â€" another trademark of flamenco music.When you first pick up a flamenco guitar, you may notice that its fingerboard is a bit narrower than a standard guitar and the strings lay closer to the frets. That is to make chord changes a little easier.Tuning a flamenco guitar is a bit different than for other guitars and playing it involves strumming or plucking the s trings between the soundhole and the bridge; a bit further back than you would play an acoustic guitar.If you are a beginner guitar player, playing the flamenco guitar is a great type to explore; you should learn about the many ways to play it.Jazz GuitarJazz music is, in itself, a history lesson and how the guitar came to take part in telling it is one of the story’s most interesting chapters.Jazz music was born out of slavery in the American south. Its early ‘call and response’ format was a direct reflection of working in the fields, it later had a huge impact on establishing Gospel music as an independent genre of music.Early jazz music melded with ragtime and blues, shearing off the less compatible elements of those genres to become the complex, multi-layered type of music we know today.As with flamenco, the guitar was not originally a part of jazz ensembles; with only acoustic guitars available, those stringed instruments could hardly be heard over the brass instruments, the trumpets and trombones that were essential components of jazz music.Still, jazz orchestras included guitars, albeit in their rhythm section with the upright bass and drums, and occasionally gave particularly talented guitar players a solo of a bar or two.It wasn’t until the Prohibition Era in the US, when the consumption of liquor was forbidden by law, that revellers went underground. There they found lively jazz music playing in the speakeasies where hootch was served.This time coincided with the production of early-model electric guitars.Finally, jazz guitar players could be heard above the horns! Finally, they had a way of leading the orchestra, not being relegated to the rhythm section!Today, jazz is as legitimate a genre of music as any other; indeed, since the end of the Second World War, it has proliferated into many styles:BebopAfro-Cuban (also called Cu-bop)Revival, or Dixieland revivalHard BopModal JazzFree JazzLatin JazzJazz fusionSmooth jazz, punk jazz and jazz cor eAcid jazz, nu jazz and jazz rapThe jazz of today is more pluralistic; no particular style dominates and virtually everything goes except for playing the guitar badly.In fact, jazz guitar has not changed terribly much from when the Gibson ES175 was the guitar of choice for jazz musicians… Kiss may have shocked with their wild makeup but Tom Thayer was wicked on his Epiphone! Image by Carabo Spain from PixabayYes, himself. Women seldom played guitar in the early days of rock’n’roll because, while singing was seen as acceptable, playing an instrument (or writing songs) was simply not done.Most early rock groups were male; women tended more toward country music and gospel.The artist widely considered to be the father of rock’n’roll was Chuck Berry; his under-three-minute rockabilly song formula was copied by subsequent artists all over the country, from Elvis Presley to Jerry Lee Lewis.On the other side of the pond, we Brits had our own music revolution going on; soon four mop-tops would rule the rock’n’roll world. They would be only the first shot in what became the British Invasion…Playing rock guitar takes a bit of skill and determination but it is one of the most flexible genres of guitar music.You may play rock and roll on an acoustic guitar if you hav e a good microphone setup but the better bet would be to learn how to play rock guitar on a solid body electric guitar.You may opt for a chambered-body guitar if you’re concerned about the weight but the sound and tone would be the same.Tuning your guitar for playing rock’n’roll is easy; you could start with the standard E-A-D-G-B-E or you could go for alternative tuning; a Drop-D tuning is fairly popular among rock guitarists.Rock music is immensely popular so you have a lot of guitarists to look up to, idolise and emulate.Eric Clapton has enjoyed a long and storied career from his early days as a Yardbird to his solo ventures while Joe Satriani was a guitar teacher before finding fame as a guitarist himself. Steve Vai, himself an excellent rock guitarist, was one of Satriani’s early students.Looking to a great guitarist for inspiration is a good idea but, to learn rock guitar, you have to take guitar lessons and practice, practice and practice more. To play guitar in a metal band, you should learn all of the tricks an electric guitar is capable of Image by SeppH from PixabayMetal GuitarMy misspent youth was filled with the strains of headbanging metal music; all of my friends wanted nothing more than to make a guitar scream like Lita Ford or Angus Young.To be a metal guitarist, you have to have an electric guitar; six strings will do to start but you might want a seven or 12 string guitar once you really get good at playing.Metal guitars, like all electric guitars, come with transducers built-in.These pickups are generally installed at the base of the fretboard and close to the bridge to sense the vibrations of the strings, convert them to electrical signals that are then amplified and projected through a loudspeaker.Additionally, the bridge should be equipped with a tremolo arm that permits the guitar player to distort the pitch of the guitar or create a vibrato effect that is so popular in metal music.Learning to play metal gu itar is an excellent gateway to playing other types of metal music like doom, thrash or speed metal.If you are as keen to jump in the metal scene as I and my mates once were, you will probably want to find metal guitar lessons as quickly as possible…Finding Lessons for All Types of Guitar PlayingIf you feel so inspired and have the means to do so, we sincerely hope that you will seek out guitar lessons with a guitar teacher.That doesn’t mean that those free guitar lessons on YouTube are worthless; it is quite generous of those guitar players to impart their knowledge for free.There is just one problem with them: a video cannot tell you what you’re doing right or wrong. Those instructors are not in the room with you to remind you to warm your arms up before playing your scales or to chastise you if you don’t do warmup exercises.A video cannot correct your posture or how you hold your guitar, correct your fingering or minor tuning errors. But a teacher can.If you are opposed t o group lessons and you think private guitar lessons would be too dear, take a moment to consider Superprof guitar tutors.Most Superprof tutors do not charge for their first hour of instruction and their average price per hour is £22. If you’d like, your Superprof tutor could come to your home for lessons or, if that doesn’t work for you, would likely teach you via webcam.No matter whether you want to learn classical guitar or thrash metal, Superprof has a guitar teacher for you.

ACT Reading Tips

ACT Reading Tips The Reading section on the ACT can certainly seem daunting there are long passages to comprehend, as well as complex questions to answer. Often, the selections will be about a subject or topic you are unfamiliar with, which can be frustrating. However, the ACT does not test your knowledge of content, but instead your skills in identifying point of view, the meaning of specific words, and the main ideas of the passage, among other things. You may want to take a few ACT practice teststo help you prepareand also check out thisgreat information on how the ACT is scored. Here are several tips for increasing your score on the Reading portion. 1. Skim first As you will surely reread the passage in order to answer the questions, skim the selection first, devoting only a few minutes to it. As you practice for the ACT, you will develop a general sense for what the questions ask - main idea, theme, tone, etc. It is generally more useful to read the passage quickly before looking at the questions, rather than the reverse.Try using a prep bookto help with your reviews. 2. Summarize Reading selections is, for many, the dullest part of sitting for the ACT. It is a significant contrast to the active work of the English, Mathematics, Science, and even the Writing sections. To remain alert, write a short summary after reading the passage. Attempt to distill each paragraph into a sentence. Do this as quickly as possible, and do not worry about grammar or sentence structure. Consider the main idea being proposed or criticized, or the particular example offered by the author. Your summary will be useful in addressing questions, particularly those that ask about the main idea or structure of the selection. Here are some great ACT reading test prep tips. 3. Mark up the text Another way to remain active is to underline, circle, and even cross out key terms, phrases, and sections as you read. While the summary is a map for the selection, these notations are guides to important portions of the text. Even if you are not able to mark up the entire passage, ensure you identify and underline the topic sentence the main idea of the selection so you understand what the author is advocating or criticizing. 4. Rephrase sentences Certain questions will require you to define a particular word within the passage or to choose an appropriate synonym. Try this technique: cross out the word, and then rely upon the context of the sentence to insert a term of your own. Then, compare the answer choices with your solution. Choose the closest match. Often, the ACT will include synonyms of the term that do not suit the context. By providing your own word, you can avoid being duped. 5. Do not frequently move from piece to piece Unlike other sections of the ACT, the Reading portiondoes not order its questions by difficulty. Instead, each passage possesses easy, medium, and hard questions. Since answering the problems requires memory of the passage, and perhaps revisiting it, try to avoid moving from one text to another without finishing all questions. Otherwise, you may waste too much time by continually and unnecessarily returning to passages. If you find yourself struggling in your ACT prep you may want to consider an ACT Reading tutor.

ACT Science Tips

ACT Science Tips Are you concerned about ACT Science? Even if you are not strong in the scientific areas assessed biology, chemistry, Earth/space sciences, and physics you can still perform well on this section. You may also want to consider enlisting the help of anACT science tutoras well as taking a few ACT practice teststo help you prepare. The ACT primarily measures your ability to reason scientifically, not your recall of concepts. Here are several tips for the Science section: 1. Write on the exam The majority of questions involve reading lengthy passages or viewpoints, and the involved information can be dense. Underline or circle key terms that are frequently utilized, and mark key points. Writing on the test has two purposes: it keeps your mind active while you read the passages, and it highlights important parts that you can reference when you address the questions. Here are some great tips on how to prep for the ACT science section. 2. Eliminate With more difficult questions, it is often simpler to identify the wrong answers than to choose the correct ones. Eliminate responses you know are incorrect, and probability will be in your favor even if you must guess between the remaining choices. If an answer seems correct, mark it but read the other options you may locate an even better response. 3. Summarize This strategy is very useful with Conflicting Viewpoints questions: separate views about the same subject are provided, and seven questions test your ability to evaluate the argument and differentiate opinions. After reading, summarize as quickly and accurately as possible the main argument of each viewpoint. Note where the authors disagree, but also where they agree. When answering questions, refer to your summaries first, and then consult the original passages if the answer isnt apparent. 4. Translate the question The ACT measures your ability to interpret complex or confusing questions. A wrong answer will frequently appear appealing because of a difficult question. Do not permit a strange question to phase you. Instead, translate the question into your own words, and use it to determine the correct choice. 5. Ignore the answers, briefly Not only are questions complex, but the answers on the ACT are intentionally constructed to mislead you. It can be beneficial to initially cover up the multiple-choice answers and attempt to respond to the question in your own words then, with the answer choices revealed, choose the one that most closely matches your own response. This method works best with general questions on the Research Summaries and Conflicting Viewpoint sections problems that ask about the general purpose or main idea of a passage. 6. Skim charts and graphs Part of the ACT Science section, Data Representation, assesses your ability to read and interpret scientific charts and graphs. Spend several seconds examining the chart, noting the important parts the title, subtitle, and units then move on to the questions. You likely will not have to answer questions about every part of the chart or graph, and you will certainly have to refer back to them regardless. Do not waste precious time at the beginning analyzing them. You may want to take a look at these tips on how to improve your ACT scoreas well.

How to Teach Reading

How to Teach Reading The Method of Teaching Reading for Beginners ChaptersEncourage And MotivateTeach Them To PrepareGive Them Writing Tasks To DoEncourage Them To Read Widely“Of course I can read!”, one might say defensively.A lot of people take for granted the fact that they are able to read because in their view, practically everyone in the country has basic reading skills. However, if they knew how much of a multifaceted process reading actually is, I wonder if they would rethink the meaning of this word and be filled with awe about what their brains are faced with on a daily basis.Reading is a complex process that requires our brain to take on many functions at once. Photo credit: A Health Blog via Visual HuntIs The UK Really A Nation Of Readers?The Literacy Trust published statistics in the early 2010s which suggested that around 16% of adults in England (that is the equivalent of over 5 million over eighteens) were at that time 'functionally illiterate'. This means that they would have had the literacy levels of a child in primary school and would therefore not have had the academic ability to pass GCSE English exams like those still in situ today (the primary exam boards for English being AQA, OCR, Edexcel, among others).Adults possessing this poor level of literacy would have struggled to find employment which means that many of their choices in life would have been limited as a result. If they had gone on to have children, they may consequently have found it hard to support them financially and failed  to be able to help them with everyday tasks like homework.There are other benefits to reading well, too!Although it is hard to distinguish just how many people would be classed as illiterate in today's world, we can expect that this figure would have continued to increase. This is why it is so vital to introduce reading to children's lives at an early age and to never stop encouraging them to read, no matter how their interests develop. Studies have shown that by learning to read from an early age, children will g o on to become more fluent readers with improved attention spans.Although those with extremely poor reading levels may need to go back to school or hire a private tutor to accelerate them through the basics of English reading, those who have already acquired a set of basic skills but wish to improve on these can benefit from evening classes or online courses to help them to become more advanced readers.Find a good GCSE English tutor here.Simple tasks like story time can be a challenge for those with poor literacy. Photo credit: Neeta Lind via Visual HuntWhat Is Reading?Reading is a complex, ‘cognitive’ process which involves our brains decoding symbols (usually letters of the alphabet for English readers) and deriving meaning from the order in which they are structured.The act of reading requires a number of skills applied in combination - word recognition, comprehension, fluency and motivation â€" a lot of people don’t even realise they possess these attributes!If all of the above come into play when reading a very basic text, it is hard to imagine just how active our brains become when they are faced with an action-packed story to interpret. While making sense of the words before you, your brain will additionally be taking into account any known context, grasping the style of the text and noticing all other sorts of minute details presented between the lines.How can you get your children to read more?  Check out more about English tuition.As part of their Teaching English series, the British Council recommends a series of steps be taken when teaching beginners to read. Following along these lines, this article explores some of the different stages that teachers of English, particularly English Reading, can adopt to help learners explore different ways of developing improved reading skills. 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To build up their confidence and raise their own expectations of what they can achieve, teachers are advised to encourage students to read and write on a regular basis.Some pupils, however, despite having good intentions, struggle with focus so course leaders would be wise to set reading tasks to be completed before the next class, yet ensuring that these targets are achievable for all. By keeping class activities fun and engaging, pupils will be more likely to want to keep up with their reading and be able to join in.Poetry is a fantastic way to motivate reluctant readers!  Get some help for English on here.In addition, you might like to ask members of your class to start or join a monthly book club, to make reading a much bigger part of their lives. The benefits of book clubs are that every reader offers their distinct take on a chapter and can help to make others realise how differently one person can interpret a book from another.The pupils will also gain an insight into other people’s lives, read stories that they wouldn’t otherwise have chosen to read and perhaps even make new friends who share the same passions and likes. Also, some books just need to be discussed â€" have you ever read a book and been desperate to talk about it with someone who has read it, but can’t find anyone that has?!Motivation is vital to encouraging students to be more active with their reading. While some are only passive readers, explaining what they can gain from being a skilled reader could influence the way they approach the task. For instance, talk passionately about a previous reading experience that has stayed with you could and this positive ener gy could rub off on your class.Any keen reader will agree that there is no better feeling than reading a really amazing book, unable to put it down but equally not wanting it to ever end. A character in one of George R. R. Martin’s novels says “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies […]. The man who never reads lives only one.”. Your goal as a teacher is to make your pupils want to experience this fondness for reading themselves.You may find kinship with characters in literary works!Teach Them To PrepareAn important stage in the process of learning to read  better is knowing how to prepare to read. Scientists have proven that we are much more perceptive if we take the time to prepare before reading a text. Just like with physical tasks, such as running a race, we must do warm up exercises.First of all, ask your students to ask themselves why they are about to read the text, as the reason that we read has a big effect on how we read.Being clear on the purpose of readi ng, whether it is to find details or to be entertained, can be surprisingly helpful in understanding the text and remembering details in what you read. After all, active reading means reading that involves thinking, engaging and retaining as a direct result of having a particular purpose.Moving on, you should instruct your readers to enter the ideal state for reading, to allow them to relax and maintain alertness during the task at hand. For most people, this means eliminating any distractions like mobile phones, background noise or music. Then, it is important for the reader to become aware of themselves and mentally remind themselves of their purpose before setting about the task.Get ready for your reading adventure with this helpful guide!Dyslexic readers are said to have difficulty focusing on a point of attention, while skilled readers are quite the opposite. Training oneself to redirect his or her attention, whether suffering from  dyslexia or not, could raise the pupil’s re ading level. Visualisation techniques, one of which is known as the ‘tangerine technique’ can help these passive readers to be more aware of certain points in space.Finding a place of inner peace can help you to prepare for reading. Photo via VisualHuntGive Them Writing Tasks To DoReading is often taught alongside writing, as the two skills are very closely linked for obvious reasons. Getting learners to face writing tasks and learn how to follow processes required for writing can change the way they think about both how they read and write.For instance, ask your class to come up with short stories for different audiences or with different themes to help raise their awareness of the details required in writing. If they have never attempted to write before then they may develop a renewed respect for how writers present information to readers.Giving them writing prompts may additionally help them to delve deeper into their imaginations, and further understand what it means to try to illustrate a meaning using only words. Being on the other side is one of the best ways to get them be more perceptive and thus become more skilled as they themselves read content.Encourage Them To Read WidelyFinally, introducing learners to a wide range of genres and writing styles can help as they practice their reading, as it will let them see that different types of texts engage with their audiences in different ways. For example, the experience of reading instructions is very different to that of reading a romance novel.If your learners have preconceptions about the types of texts they would like to read, attempt to take them out of their comfort zone and  ask them to give a wide spectrum of writing a try. After all, inexperienced readers can't possibly know what they like and dislike.On the other hand, don't be too harsh on your learners as if a novice begins to feel disheartened during the learning process, then they could lose their determination and willpower altogether.F ollow these suggestions for becoming an active reader!