Why Read Aloud?

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-JIM TRELEASE- One day back in the 1980s I visited the kindergarten room I had attended years earlier as a child at Connecticut Farms Elementary School, in Union, New Jersey. Gazing up at me were the faces of about fifteen children, each of them seated expectantly on their story rug. “How many of you want to learn to read this year?” I asked. Without a second’s hesitation, every hand shot into the air, many accompanied by boasts like “I already know how!” Their excitement matched what every kindergarten teacher has told me: Every child begins school wanting to learn to read. In other words, we’ve got 100 percent enthusiasm and desire when they start school—the first chapter in their life. In subsequent years, when the National Reading Report Card surveyed students, they found very different attitudes and behavior as the students aged: Among fourth-graders, only 54 percent read something for pleasure every day. Among eighth-graders, only 30 percent read for pleasure daily.   By t...

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Mata semesta mulai merajarela,
menikam mangsa yang layak tersiksa
Berdiam terhanyut nuansa kelabu,
melihat karangan bunga penuh duri nan tabu

Melirik tajam kepada pembisik buta,
punya mata berdarah hingga tak mampu melihat dunia
Mulutnya menganga bersiap memangsa,
saat telinga mendengar pecahan kaca tak sempurna

Memetik kata yang tertanam dalam kebun duri,
gila menyahut tak peduli ilusi
Menghentak retakan yang entah tercipta dari mana,
fakta tak lagi menjadi syorotan keyakinan dunia

Meretas otak yang kian menjalar,
ucapan menderu kian berontak
Menjelajah ruang merah tak bertuah,
hingga redup binar kehidupan manusia 

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