Dear students of Alpha 5,
This week, we have read a passage called'Paradox of Happiness' that is related to happiness and unhappiness. What do you think about them? Is being happy or unhappy inherited? And, Are you a happy or an unhappy person?
You can comment by using these reading prompts. You can write down any thoughts, questions, or ideas you had while reading.
Write down the way you felt while reading the text.
This reading text made me realize_______________
This reading text reminded me of________________
I would like to ask the author ____________
My opinion of this reading text is ___________
My favorite part was ________________
This reading text made me wonder about ___________________
Make a prediction about what will happen next.
If you were the author, what would you change?
How is this reading text like another one you have read?
Does a character remind you of someone you know?
How is the main character alike or different from you?
Would you want to be the character’s friend? Why or why not?
What did the author do to keep you interested in the reading text?
Illustrate the setting and use five words to describe it.
I like / dislike this reading text because _______________
Would you like to be one of the characters in the reading text? Who and Why?
Does the reading text leave you with questions you would like to ask? What are they?
What are your favorite lines/quotes? Copy them into your reading journal and explain why these passages caught your attention.
How have you changed after reading the text? What did you learn that you never knew before?
Who else should read this text? Should anyone not be encouraged to read this text? Why? Would you recommend this text to a friend or fellow classmate?
Write about the characters? Which one is your favorite? Is there a character you hate/detest/despise? Why?
I think the author is really trying to say ________________
I think the part __________ should be changed because firstly, __________ Secondly, __________.
__________ must be important because it repeats over and over. I think __________.
I really like this sentence / phrase / or this word used in the reading text because __________.
This part is very important because__________. Another thing is that __________.
I noticed that the first thing the author underlines __________. After reading the text, I wonder________ .
The characters in the reading passage seem realistic / unrealistic because__________. Also, __________ .
I love the way__________.
I wish that __________It seems like__________.
I’m puzzled over or wonder about__________.
I learned something about __________The setting of the story is __________.
The author’s words made a picture in my mind__________.
Reading about __________makes me think about__________.
I was very touched / angry when I __________.
The thing(s) I read about was/were shocking / exciting because__________. The other reason why I think so is that __________.
The title of the reading passage is a perfect match because __________.The other reason why I think so is that __________.
____________ is a problem / conflict because first of all, _______. The other reason why I think this way is that __________.
This passage made me realize__________.
This reading text reminded me of__________.
If I had the chance to talk to the author of this text, I would ask him/her__________.
My favorite part in the text__________ .
The author managed to keep me interested in the text because__________.
The author couldn’t manage to keep me interested in the text because__________.
The __________which the author mentioned seems unclear because__________.
The overall message of the text is__________ .
I can relate to the __________because first of all, __________and another thing is that__________.
I was surprised when I __________.
This situation reminds me of something that happened in my own life__________.
This book was an effective writing because__________.
__________was either believable / unbelievable about the texts / characters / events__________
Deadline: 06.02.2012
All the best…
Inst. Elif Meltem BIRSOZ OZKOSE
I learned the cause of unhappiness in this paragraph,but in my opinion, it would be better if the author gave many examples. My favorite part was the last two paragraphs because Arizona State University researches is correct. everyone love going a movie,talking with friends,playing cards. I agree with researchers. This part is very important because everyone shold be happy. This reading text made me realize unhappiness is genetic. It was very excited and important for me because I didn't know them. I am always happy because my family and my friends always make me happy. İn other words unhapiness is genetic, but happiness in terms of environment.
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YanıtlaSilAccording to the paragraph some researches indicate that unhappiness is genetically inherited but happiness is not.I agree with this thought because everybody is born unhappy for example,a newborn baby cries.However,happiness is acquired later.For example,student passes exam would be happy.Also,happiness and unhappiness can coexist at the same time. For example,I am happy because I enrolled to university but I am unhappy because I broke up with my friedns.As a result,unhappiness is genetic but happiness is not.
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YanıtlaSilWe learned The Paradox of Happiness this week. This text says unhappiness is from genes but happiness is not. According to this text, happiness is on our hands. You can understand this from lines 49-50. I was suprised when I read "No one is really born to be happy". I didn't know this information before, but I think people don't born unhappy. Babies cry when they born because oxigen get in their lung for the first time. So researches can't say babies are unhappy when they born.
YanıtlaSilAll people want to became happy in life.We became happy short time because we afraid of finishing at once.We strive for became happy.Generally we personality change for feel like.Why are we thinkıng?for no particular reason at all.I always wonder.I find this is answer in pass.I'm very suprised.In a study at the Unıversty of Illnais the feeling of unhappiness may be genetic.When er are happy we are more responsıve to people and keep up connectıons better than when we are feeling sad.I refuse this is inheritance.I will do something for happy.Everything is in our hands...
SilThe text includes the paradox about happiness.Before I read the text, I never thought that unhappiness is inherited.I think unhappiness can not be inherited because being happy or unhappy depends on the people.My favorite part is third paragraph because it announced a very nice topic of this paragraph.Why is not it possible to transfer happiness by genes?In my opinion, happiness may be genetic.For example, when one of my family is happy, I'm happy.Finally, we can control our own happiness and unhappiness.I like this text.I wish to be happy all the time...
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YanıtlaSilMany of us learned to believe early in life that other people determine our happiness. We might learn to live by this belief before we learn to talk or walk. This is the first false belief we create about our relationships. We can find a clue to this in our subconscious behind comments we make such as he makes me so happy.The truth is that you make yourself happy. You probably just don't know how anymore. In the midst of life experience we lose track of how we become unhappy and who is responsible. We have created so many automatic emotional reactions over the years that we have become unfamiliar with how to make ourselves happy. When we come back to the the idea that we make ourselves happy it may even seem foreign.
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YanıtlaSilAccording to researchers unhappiness is inherited.People are unhappy when they were born.According to researchers happiness dosen't appear to be anyone's inhareted , but unhappiness appears to inhareted.Researchers have examined the role of genetics in happiness and unhappiness with identical and fraternal twins.Identical twins were much closer than fraternal twins in unhappiness.I didn't know that before reading this text.I think unhappiness isn't inherited.I think being happy is up to people.According to researchers happiness doesn't happiness.I think we should happy in the simple things.As a result be older or younger the important being happy.
YanıtlaSilBE OLDER OR YOUNGER , BE HAPPY WİTH HARIBO.
Everybody wants to be happy in life in other words, nobody wants to be unhappy but we learnt this week 'we can control happiness but we cannot control unhappiness'.I learned this, after that, I want to be happier so I will work to be happier.
YanıtlaSilBesides, we learnt; happiness is heritage.I didn't know it, and this information is amazing for me.
My mother has two nephew.They are identical twins.I will say this information them.I hope, they take it seriously and they work to be happy.They need to be happy these days because their father has terminal illness.
In addition, this topic was very good but this article was written good.My last sentence is it true?I don't know because I learnt this mourning but I will ask 'Pınar Hoca'.
By the way, I hope,new term of reading journal is easier than term of fall semester.
not finished yet, see you soon.