As customers pulled up to the drive-thru menu, they were met with a sign reading only gibberish. Many were confused and clearly upset when they could not effectively communicate their order and after a few moments, the Burger King employee would ask them to pull forward so the problem could be straightened out. After the big reveal, customers were treated to a free meal but as well, a major lesson. Reading should never be taken for granted.
This initiative reminded me of my struggle with reading and comprehension as a child and the path that I took to become a better reader, writer, and overall learner. Can anyone guess what that path was? You guessed it - comics! Half the battle is finding something that you enjoy and taking it from their so, since I loved watching superheroes so much, I figured I would love to read about them as well. I was right. Not only did reading comics help me become a better reader but it made me read faster, grasp concepts quicker (seriously, have you read a DC comic before? It gets a little crazy...), and majorly improved my range of vocabulary. By the time I hit high school, I was reading at a college level. Yeah, comics aren't all bad.
For me, reading became less of a chore and more like a first love. Every Friday after school, my mother would take me to Borders (by the way, does anyone remember them?) to purchase the comic books that I wanted to read the the weekend. I couldn't wait to get a good comic every will because it allowed me to be entertained...but reading. It opened so many doors for me, made me more imaginative, and made me want to learn more. Combining my passion with a necessity as important as being literate in the 21st century was one of the best things I could have ever done for myself.
- W
I think you have some great ideas in your blog! The blog itself is set up nice and clean which really helps with your topic. This post was very interesting because although I have seen many cinematic versions of these hero, I have not read the comics and did not know how much they can help with learning to enjoy reading. I think that providing more of a description of some of the characters would be beneficial to some readers that are less familiar with the subject.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that September was world literacy month and I thought it was cool that Burger King tried to promote that. I like how you incorporated that reading is one of your favorite past times and how you put a personal story in from your childhood.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this blog - and BE ABLE TO. Like Morgan said I did not know that September was the World Literacy Month. Your idea about taking something that you love and and read about them as well was a great suggestion. Keep up the good work, I really like how your blogs are all different but still have the same comic book/superhero theme!
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