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Read through the Department of Education\'s report, \"Helping Your Child Become

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Question

Read through the Department of Education's report, "Helping Your Child Become a Reader", available online athttps://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/reader.pdf

What is the purpose of this document? Does the title communicate this purpose? What type of report is this, and what is the report's structure? What prefatory and supplementary parts are included? Now analyze the visuals. What types are included in this report? Are they all neccessary? Are the titles and legends sufficiently informative? How does this report take advantage of the online medium to enhance readability?

Explanation / Answer

The objective of this document is to help parents inculcate learning and reading habits in their children from a very young age. This paper highlights the importance of inclusion and support of parents in their child’s life. Also the aim of the reading is to highlight how lessons and learnings can be drawn from small day-to-day activities and taught to children to make their foundation ethical and strong.

The title follows the KISS ideology and is quite simple and crisp. The title is quite apt as it reflects the gist and objective of the paper quite clearly. The message or the key takeaway from this reading is clearly highlighted in the title.

The paper has been written in the format of a formal report. Immense research has been done before compiling this report and a solid structural flow has been given to the content.

The prefatory of this report highlights the essence or the objective of this writing. In the supplementary part, resources have been provided for families and children which will help them in fulfilling the objective of this paper i.e. inculcating reading and learning habits in children from a very small age.

Not much visuals are used in drafting this paper. Message boxes have been given at the end of each chapter as the primary key takeaway.

The lucidity and structure of content flow is quite apt in the paper, which makes it quite easy to understand. The titles and legends are quite clear and crisp and they also follow the KISS principle of keeping it short and simple.