Author: Amy Law
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DRAFT How We Learn — Steps to Scripts
This time when I present how we learn, I point out the individual steps we all go through to learn a script like reading, opening the refrigerator or driving a car. I go back and forth with myself as to if this is too much detail. It sure feels like it, but in the next…
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DRAFT How We Learn — Scripts Let us Take Short-cuts
How the two sides of the brain process information while they learn a task is central to dyslexia. But it is also rather abstract. Because of that, I go over it several times in the graphic novel. Here is the first time I present How We Learn. Is it clear that once you learn a…
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DRAFT A Tale of Two Hemispheres — Character Attributes
With these images, I’ll have put up 99 pages. Am I keeping your interest? Do you feel like you understand what I’m trying to say? * I say that which traits you get are as random as a roll of the dice. But on PAGE 67, I say that there are several genes that influence…
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DRAFT A Tale of Two Hemispheres — How We Read
This section talks about a little brain science. The take-aways I want the reader to get is that 1) human brains were designed to process language verbally, 2) most people can adapt to processing language taken in visually, 3) people with dyslexia use both sides of their brains to process visual language. Do these ideas…
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DRAFT When Reading Went Wrong
I had a good time drawing this section — perhaps too good a time. Do I get too cute? Do you understand what is going on in each panel? I also traced some things — Malik’s head in the first frame is a good example. I needed to be able to zoom in on his…
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Bunch of unusual birds this morning
Last night, another thunderstorm came through and brought our total precipitation amount to an even 6″ for May — fully one third of what we can expect to receive in an entire year! It’s been a wet month after a cold, wet winter. And evidently, these conditions are good for a several birds we don’t…
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DRAFT Dyslexia Runs in Families
There is an asterisk on Page 67 that suggests that you flip to the end of the book for more information. I don’t have the book finished, so I’ll provide you with the information here: The many genes needed for a complicated trait like reading or dyslexia are spread across several chromosomes, not all on…
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DRAFT What It Takes To Read Fluently — Hearing the Sounds
I actually like this section pretty well. It is clear, doesn’t have too many words, and has several human elements in among the information. What do you think?
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DRAFT What It Takes to Read Fluently — Rapid Word Recall
I’m trying to not overwhelm readers as I present new ideas, so I have broken What It Takes to Read Fluently into two parts. As always, does this section make sense? Is this a good pace, or can I go faster?
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Black-headed Grosbeak
We got over an inch of rain yesterday! We normally get about 16″ in the whole year, so that’s a lotta water comin’ down. We are expected to get at least that much again today, with some parts of the eastern plains getting more than 2″! That works out to 1/8-1/5 of our total water…
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