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Most of the daily reading in school for students today, is the academic reading of nonfiction texts to gain information on a topic, complete a task, or analyze the text. Academic reading is hard 鈥渨ork鈥 for the students. This has caused many students to think of reading in general, as 鈥渨ork鈥. It鈥檚 important that they know the difference between academic reading and reading for pleasure. Pleasure reading is connecting with a text, connecting with characters, it can take you to new places, make you feel sadness, compassion, empathy, joy, fear, anger, and everything in between.
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