Work individually. Think of your own reading experience and write a paragraph of 150 – 200 words. Use the following questions to guide you. 1. What books or texts did you read when you were in high school? 2. How did you read them? Did you read them all in similar ways? Did you use different ways of reading? If different, what were the ways? 3. Do you think your reading in the past was effective? Why or why not? 4. Do you think you will need to change the way you read for your university study? Explain.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

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because he wants to address citizens immediate concerns