Mason Moreschi's Relationship With Writing

When it comes to reading and writing the two subjects go hand in hand. Every person is different and everyone has their own way of learning. How someone chooses to advance their skills in reading and writing all comes down to how that individual finds themselves learning best. I believe that in order to become a successful reader or writer you have to ultimately be strong in both. “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn, offers fair examples of various techniques on how to become more of an effective writer. “When you Read Like a Writer (RLW) you work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own writing”, (72). This statement caught my attention almost instantly.

This soon would turn around as he found a new love for reading from his mom as she redirected his thought process about reading. This information can help students, young and old, build up their own self-confidence and motivation. Children socializing was less important than a good education.

Based on his argument using a piece of story from his past, the writer conceptually supported his explanatory point of views on how skills can be developed with a passion of understanding the writer’s intention. I believe that the writer of this article addressed fundamental thoughts that should be useful in the process of reading as a writer, and on how to become a better writer.

I believe a good reader is what makes a good writer. But because I lost my interest in reading, I’ve struggled with writing throughout the years. It wasn’t that I had trouble learning new skills but because I was pushed away from what I wanted to learn, so I decided to pursue other interests. Despite being eager to learn, my writing suffered due to my lack of interest in reading, however my skills in writing have increased as my drive to read has rekindled.

Literacy: Marina is currently setting and working towards learning goals in reading and writing. In reading, Marina is beginning to read word by word and is encouraged to work on using reading strategies to help develop confidence when reading. She would benefit from reading books with repetitive sentence patterns. Marina is in a group for literacy that focuses on letter recognition and sounds, which will help support her in reading and writing. With support, she is able to communicate her ideas by using sentence starters such as I like_____ or I feel_____. Marina is beginning to gain confidence in her writing and often has beginning and ending sounds in her words. She is encouraged to continue to work on sounding out her words by using the strategy of ‘stretchy snake’. She is also encouraged to work on her spacing and organization when writing in her journal. She would benefit from skipping lines and starting at the left side of the page.

In literary education, from childhood to maturity, individuals are taught how to write not to improve themselves as critical thinkers, but to fulfill the requirements given to them in a prompt. Whether to analyze or argue, this form of writing has led to a cease of literary improvement in students today, making many question the effectiveness of writing classes. Mike Bunns, in his article “To Read like a Writer”, explores this topic and stresses the necessity for young readers to critically examine the author’s choices in order to improve their own pieces of work. Bunns effectively argues to his audience of college students that improved comprehension comes from focusing on the rhetorical choices authors decide to make in their compositions by tying personal narratives with repetitive questioning throughout his article.

Throughout my years of schooling, I have become ambivalent about reading and writing. I have struggled in school to make myself enjoy writing. I didn’t mind reading as much, as long as it was to my interest. It has differed throughout the years I have been in school. Some years I have enjoyed both, reading and writing, and other years I have not liked either. Getting myself to enjoy reading and writing has been quite the adventure.

Ever since a young age I’ve enjoyed reading. My mother even read to me while I was in the womb. When I started kindergarten I was so eager to learn how to read. After I learned how to read my reading level was always significantly higher than the others in my class. I was reading chapter books in first grade. Similarly I was very excited when I learned how to write. Ever since then I have enjoyed writing and do it in my free time. I have been told and

When I was eight or nine years old, I decided I wanted to be a writer. By this age, I had already gone through the phases of wanting to be an artist, a cook, an astronaut and was extremely satisfied with my new choice of profession. After all, I loved to read so why not write? Reading was my true love: during second grade, I conquered all of Harry Potter over the course of two months. My mom’s rule was that I had to read the book before watching the movie, so I read and read. I would compete in, and win, all the school reading competitions as well as the summer library competitions. Writing, I decided, was the next natural step.

The author’s main purpose in the article was to express the lonely and helpless feelings Richard had when reading alone. He felt dumb and was frustrated until he was introduced to a remedial reading course. Rodriguez expresses his feelings through his childhood story. He knew reading was important and essential to leaning, but reading alone was something he simply could not do effectively.

Right before Ralph and Annabelle were leaving town to get married they stop to see a new safe. It was the newest version and it was right next to impossible to being opened. As they were admiring the new safe, a small, careless child climbs into the safe and locks herself in. In horror, Annabelle turns to Ralph in hopes he can do something, for if he did not, the child will die. In haste, Ralph makes a quick choice. He threw off his coat, got his tools from his suitcase and started unlocking the safe. “With that act Ralph D. Spencer passed away and Jimmy Valentine took his place.” I think this shows love towards Annabelle because Ralph is willing to give up his perfect life to make Annabelle happy. He changes back to Jimmy Valentine to save

As the year went by, my parents and teachers noticed a decline in my reading and writing abilities compared to my other classmates. They decided it would be best for me to be enrolled in a reading and writing class in and outside of school so that I could catch up to my peers, and would be ready for kindergarten and first grade. Soon after I was enrolled, I was introduced to Mrs. Claire, one of the many people whom I owe my success to. Three times a week, Mrs. Claire and I would spend an hour

When reading silently, he was able to comprehend at a fourth-grade reading level, but he would pout or walk out of the room if asked to read aloud. A few weeks into the fall semester, I noticed that Steven would sneak into the back room during silent reading. It seemed as if he was trying to focus, but I soon discovered that he was actually using technology tools to improve his comprehension. He found audio clips of the novel we were reading on YouTube and he was listening to them as he followed along in his text. With the help of our campus literacy coach, his houseparents, and upperclassmen tutors, I began to push Stephen to practice reading aloud. By the conclusion of his sophomore year, Steven was independently reading grade-level texts, especially teen romance novels. This spring, he passed the California High School Exit Exam on the first try and earned a 4.0 grade point average. He is open about his progress and loves to tell his peers about his improvement. Stephen’s commitment to working hard to improve his skills exemplifies his growth mindset and is becoming one of the most respected students on our

For many people reading and writing are the most fundamental skills a person can learn, it can also greatly influence a persons cognitive thinking capacity and the sharing of information with others. However, in some parts of the world, people still do not have access to education or the ability to learn to read and write. Lacking the skill to read and write can make things tough for some one in todays society, however with the right resources and mentors to support, one can find a hidden passion for reading and writing. For me, reading and writing has never been one of my greatest skills, I had always struggled throughout my younger years of schooling to keep an interest. As of today, reading and writing has made a great impact on my life, especially in the last few years since I began college.

The author uses several writing techniques and figurative language in this article such as process analysis along with description when he describes his development in reading and his enthusiasm for it step by step from picking up random books to getting a dictionary and practicing to becoming a great spokesman and reader that can get hold of any book, read it, and actually understand it well. Moreover, the author uses narration when he is telling the story of how he managed to succeed and fought to win the struggle such as when he used to “stay up to 4am under the glow of light where he can’t be caught by