I don't quite understand it. I would pay to have a day just to read a book!! But my boys on the other hand, DO NOT like to read or write and wait to the very last minute to do essays or book reports for school.
I am forever preaching how reading makes them smarter and more knowledgable. As grammar school students years back and even now at high school and almost college level they look at me like I have 2 heads!
Right at this very moment in my 15 year olds life, he has to read “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles and write an essay before schools starts Septemeber 6th. It is August 18th and the book arrived from Amazon this past Wednesday. It is still sitting on my dining room table. I will force him to begin reading it this evening but I know he will have some comprehension issues for the simple fact he IS NOT INTERESTED in reading.
Fortunately, at the perfect timing, I have been introduced to a website called Study Mode that may just help him get the “full picture” of what is going on in the book and enable him to write a quality paper!
Here are some facts about Study Mode
-over 3,000,000 members
-over 4,000 new essays just entered into their database this week!
-almost 700,000 essays and papers to refer to
– and much more!
I looked up his book ” A Separate Peace” and the following list of items with partial summaries that he can access without being a member:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction and Background
- Cast of Characters
- Plot Summary
- An Analysis of Major Characters
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- Gene
- Phineas “Finny”
- Brinker Hadley
- Summarization and Analysis by Section
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- Chapter 1 to Chapter 4
- Chapter 5 to Chapter 8
- Chapter 9 to Chapter 13
- Story Symbols and Themes
- Key Facts
- Significant Quotations
- Points To Ponder
- Discussion Questions
- Take The Quiz
- Further Reading
In order to become a free member with more access, all we need to do is become a contributor by submitting at least one paper! You can also subscribe to their service for a very low cost to get full access to their documents.
I will also be taking advantage of the resources at StudyMode.com to help my older son write essays for College Admissions and Scholarships! And guess what…they even have articles and papers on the history of coupons!
Make sure to check out Study Mode and find essays and articles that will help your children be better students!!
Note: Studymode.com is not about plagiarism. The site is to get a writers creative mind flowing and to help with facts that may have been missed when reading a book or article.
According to their site “…you may legitimately cite these works and use them as reference material and thought-starters to your heart’s content…”