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When it came about reading and writing I've never liked either of them. I always proffered math or any other subject in general since they always seemed less challenging and gave me less of a hard time. I never used to read anything and when it came to writing I
never really bothered with it. My reading teacher during 4th grade was Mr.Segura he was always very professional with very high morals. He gave us 30 minutes during class dedicated to reading and after we are done reading a book we take an AR test. My problem was that I never took an AR test because I was to afraid to fail as I did the first time I tried it. I had kept reading the same book over and over again until he called me out one day in class and told me to step
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Anyway I really enjoy reading it is one of my favorite past times mostly consisting novels, how to books, and anything else that catches my interests. Now when it comes to writing I never had any big experience for it at all nor do I like to write. When I got into my 2nd year of high school I realized how difficult it is to write an essay especially when identifying CAPPS: Context- figuring out the time and place plus
motivational force, audience, purpose, persona- how the author wants to be perceived as, and tone. I always have a hard time identifying this plus a harder time trying to read. I'm unable to stay focus while reading a passage. My mind becomes a blank with no
recollection to what I've read. I can't stay focus while reading something I don't want to. It is for this reason my writing can be so bad at times or why I take a long time to come up with a response. It is also because of this that I began to hate writing in general, but even
however I will still try to attain a higher level of writing since it is a necessity. While I begun to love reading I feel like its getting ruined for me with all of the annotation and work that comes with it. My past experiences have led me to enjoy reading but I will always hate having to
I started with the “Elementary Reading Attitude Survey,” in which Jax scored a full scale raw score of 62, showing that he is indifferent to reading. In the recreational reading section, it was found that Jax finds it tolerable reading on rainy days, during school, free time, at home, receiving a book for a present, starting a new book, reading during summer vacation, reading instead of playing, going to the book store, and reading different types of book. In addition, Jax’s attitude toward academic reading was similar to his recreational reading. He is indifferent about teachers asking him about what he reads, reading worksheets, reading during school,
Going through the alphabet day after day, practicing each letter of the alphabet, is probably what made me dislike writing so much. The summer after third grade, my parents, made me work in reading and writing books to help me improve, but I hated doing them so my skills never really improved. Ever since then, my ability to comprehend what I read has been very difficult.
In the past I did not enjoy reading because I never wanted to ever sit down and take the time to read and think about what the author was actually trying to say. I was never really taught how to evaluate and solve the authors mysteries until this semester. Until now I never knew to pay attention to the figurative language, style, and structure because those can really express hidden things about the author. Now that I know how too, I enjoy reading a lot more. I plan on reading more in the future.
My literacy journey began long before I had actually learned how to read or write. While recently going through baby pictures with my mother, we came across a photo of my father and I book shopping on the Logos boat, a boat that would come to my island every year that was filled with books for our purchasing. Upon looking at this picture, my mother was quite nostalgic and explained how they began my journey to literacy through experiences like this. My earliest memory of experiencing literature was as a small child. My parents would read bedtime stories to me each night before I went to bed. I vividly remember us sitting on the bed together with this big book of “365 bedtime stories for 365 days” and we read one story each day until we had
I really did not like books they made us read in school. The books were not interesting. They were very boring. I just did not read them. Instead, I got somebody else to do the work for me when the books were assigned. For example, when they
When I was younger, I was interested in reading. I loved leisure reading and used to get different books from the library at least once a week. As I have grown older, I read dramatically less and reading is more irritating. I hate reading and sometimes get annoyed when I have reading assignments in class. Through the years, there were readings that I was forced to read and did not enjoy. It has turned me off from reading for the most part. I know that reading is something that is important, but I also know that it is something that I hate doing most of the time.
A, B, C’s or 1, 2, 3’s? Reading has never really been my strong suit. I’ve always been more of a mathematical individual if I had to categorize myself. Numbers made more sense to me as a kid, because I spent so much more time with numbers and math. I was not an active reader. Reading was harder to grasp my attention. As a child, my mother would try to get me to read things, to write a lot, to practice my math skills, and to do anything that would prepare me for school. This would give me an extra step ahead of other kids or would keep me at the proper education level. If I was incapable of reading something, I wouldn’t spend the time to trying to figure out what it said. If I could read it, I
Clearly, I’ve had my ups and downs with reading. I still have my own personal obstacles with reading that I plan on improving in my English class. I enjoy reading more now than I have in my school years. I know reading is a great way to escape as well as learning. I see reading in a different light than I have before. Like Dr. Seuss said, “The more you learn, the more places you’ll
Writing has been my most challenging requirement through school. I am not a very experienced writer. I was not required to write much in high school until my last semester. My last semester in high school, about a year and half ago, I took GENR-091 which is the last time I have written a paper longer than one page. That was my most recent writing class; I am rusty to say the least.
Overall I like doing this project. I find a lot of new things. Also I love being able to talk about what I have read. I could talk someones ear off about books if they were willing to listen, a lot of people aren’t. Sometimes I do it anyway. I don’t think that I will ever stop reading. I can’t wait until I get a job and I don’t have homework. Then I can just come home and read all night. It would be perfect. Especially perfect if I got a writing job like I want. Reading and writing all day, that is something I could get used to.
There are many different types of events that shape who we are as writers and how we view literacy. Reading and writing is viewed as a chore among a number of people because of bad experiences they had when they were first starting to read and write. In my experience reading and writing has always been something to rejoice, not renounce, and that is because I have had positive memories about them.
My relationship with books and reading has not been the greatest adventure for me thus far. I will not say that all my experience has been terrible but for the most part not that great. I know for me it started when I was little and unfortunately it has carried to my adulthood.
Reading has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was a little child. I grew up as a normal child should grow and eventually I had to start learning for me to fit in society. My literacy started many years ago, after I knew how to talk and communicate with people. Reading my alphabet was quite stressful and I had to be given a hand by my family members. I remember my parents reading with me and it was the most meaningful and memorable way to spend time with me. This is because I liked reading a lot and I was eager to learn so that I could fit in with my older siblings. My favorite books were storybooks taking about adventures and fairytales
Growing up as a child, I have always enjoyed reading books and writing. As I got older I began to lose interest in reading. It seemed to me that the words were becoming harder to pronounce, and the long words were discouraging for me because I didn’t know the meaning of them. I have always been good at writing, but I have never been a huge fan of reading. Reading and writing are both significant skills that are needed in life. Having the knowledge to read and be highly educated in this world today will get you a long way. Reading and writing both play a major part in our daily lives today. We communicate by using both skills whether you are texting, or emailing, and if you are unable to do these, it can impact your life.
“English teachers usually ask about reading assignments- questions designed to bring out the points that I had decided they should know.”, this is what started to turn me away from reading and writing. By the 8th grade I had drastically reduced the amount of reading and writing I did to a minimum of what was assigned. Personal expression and the freedom to learn what I was interested in became limited. My love, the passion, it dimmed in comparison to seeing the moon out in the morning when the sun is coming up, hardly there, but still noticed.