My Star Reading Score Analysis

During our recent winter break, I started reading as many novels, novellas, and biographies that piqued my interest. Once I sat down, curled up on the couch, I would start a story and wouldn’t stop reading until I was done, whether the book was 80 pages or 573 pages. Even if the book was horrible, I would still finish what I started. Although I’m concentrating on college and succeeding, I’m falling in love with reading again. Just during our winter break, I read over fifty novels, biographies, and novellas ranging from science fiction, paranormal romance, history, and classical horror

My areas for improvement as a reader are speed and analyzing a content. It takes me a great amount of time to finish a book, since I tend to stop and reread the lines if I do not understand what it means. Also, I can not analyze a literature very well or notice the message that author implied in the story. Because I do not have as much experience as other people in analyzing contexts in classical literature, it takes more time for me to fully understand how each character is feeling or thinking.

When I entered the third grade, I had a preschool aged child’s reading level. That was about four years behind my peers. With the new reading program in place and myself gaining a love for reading, I started to broaden my realm of books that I would try and attempt to read. By the end of the school year I was reading small chapter books on a fifth grade reading level. This greatly increased my confidence for reading and was no longer embarrassed to share my accomplishments. I was able to read material that left my mind in an imaginative place. I realized through reading at this age how much of a vivid imagination I truly had. I was able to paint a picture in my head as I read almost like a movie. This greatly helped with my level of reading comprehension as I dove into more difficult reading

In English class during my last year of highschool, I have learned a lot of all these different types of reading. Did I actually read them or did I use all the annotations on line? Well that doesn’t matter does it, the only thing that really matter is that I at least got something out of my English B class. I kinda did, between all the extra hours of homework and the texting in class I should've learned something. Well I did learn that I actually like about three of the stories in this so called literature book, no more or no less just three stories and that's it. The three stories that I found out that I actually like are The Lady of SHALOTT by: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ah, Are You Diggin on My grave by: Thomas Hardy and The Rocking-Horse

Reading is a journey. Some stories span four pages, others run thousands of pages, but each type has the possibility to inform a person in any variety of ways. As a reader I have read many text, from George Orwell, Stephen King, Hayek Friedman, to even Donald Trump, I have dabbled into a bit of everything. However, to help expand my reading wanted to read text out of my norm, out of the style that I am usually familiar with, because I feel that in college, am not going to receive the same types of books, same styles, same vocabulary level. This is where my journey began.

A growing body of researchers claim that if students are not motivated and engaged in reading, they will not achieve their full literacy potential (Gambrell, 2011; Serravallo 2015; Warner, 2014; Irvin et al., 2007; Parsons et al., 2015). How and why would they read a “broad range of high-quality, increasingly challenging” texts if they are not interested? Research now shows that engagement and reading achievement actually have a symbiotic relationship, such that they must exist simultaneously (Guthrie & Wigfield, 2000, as cited in Springer, Harris, & Dole, 2017). As students become more engaged in reading, they develop an increased level of competence, which supports their literacy achievement (Irvin et al., 2007; Springer, Harris, & Dole, 2017). As students’ reading abilities increase, they hold a greater desire to continue reading, along

Even today when browsing for an interesting read I would always be taken away by some captivating picture of an article. However, the more I read the better I became at understanding and visualizing a narrative. This piloted me towards thicker books where stories were more enjoyable and longer.I was in my school’s book club. We had to read three selected books and compete with another school’s club to discern which team understood the books to a greater extent. It was quite embarrassing because I didn’t answer any of the questions right about the books even though I’ve read it. This led me to realize that books were more than just a mere combination of words. This was when writing and reading became difficult for me. I was abruptly introduced to the literary elements of plot, theme, and tone of literature. The more I knew the more I would have to learn. This is something I would come to understand as I was presented figurative language, irony, and foreshadowing. These being literary techniques brought me closer to the understanding of my own literary

I would like to preface this essay by stating that I am not fond of reading books. Starting in elementary school, with the way literature was handled, I began perceiving reading books as an obligation, nothing more. Few of the books we were made to read over the years interested me, so I tend not to read them out of my own volition. There were exceptions, of course – I enjoyed reading Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, for example.

As a student, I love to read. Because of this, I have a very high lexile and can comprehend adult-leveled books in many different genres, like fantasy, adventure, and mystery. But with this is one of my weaknesses: I don’t like to take books ‘to a new level’. My only wish as a reader is to get into the book and storyline, know the characters, and figure out the big picture. Basically, the book. This is a giant weakness because I don’t practice seeing changes in characters, or finding out hidden meanings (“Stay golden, Ponyboy), and that means I struggle with finding them on my own. As I said, I love to read books that interest me, which lets me get into the plot a bit better, but I also struggle with the opposite again. I find it very hard

For me personally, I have never reflected on my STAR Reader results as I have this year. I seemed to be more consistent than in the past and because of this I can give an accurate explanation for my scores. My fall score was an 11.4 which I was happy with, but I was not necessarily too surprised. I really wanted to see if I could show some improvement next time I took it or at least not show a loss in comprehension like in previous years. My winter score was an 11.8 which, to my satisfaction, was higher than my previous score. My spring score was where I really made some reflection. Upon getting the same exact score as in the winter (an 11.8), I thought about why I may not have improved but earlier I had. At first is was difficult to see a

Today as a reader I think I am standing in a good spot as choosing what book to read. My reading level and pace is usually 20-30 pages each 30 min I read plus the time I read at home. As I am getting older I notice that books and reading are getting a little more challenging than in the elementary school. From the information from my journal entries and reading I think I need to work on paying attention to the main part of the story and not space of and for my journal I want to get a 4 on everyone of my journals so I will become a better reader in the future.

After reading Strange Tools, I was reminded of how my love of reading began. I have always enjoyed reading for amusement. I began reading when I discovered the library in primary school. As I continued to visit the library, I continued to to develop an adoration for lengthy texts. I think challenging, time consuming books are the most intriguing. Books have an unbounded amount of knowledge waiting to be discovered, and I admire every aspect that one offers. There is nothing like getting lost in a novel while temporarily becoming part of the story.

It is a truth widely acknowledged that book reading makes you more mature, quick-witted, bright, and a bit of a rapid thinker. I presume I own all of these fine qualities. A high-functioning sociopath also owns all of

As an adolescent I loved to read; I was very good at it. So much that my entire childhood revolved around fantasy novels- The harry potter series being a main focus. There in my bedroom did I increase my general sense of literacy , and sparked my curiosity. Since reading had become a passion for me at the time, t was easy to read for hours on end. There did i advance to more complex stories, and greatly widened my vocabulary. Whether it was stories of princess and knights, or of the psychology of the brain, I was able to read and comprehend it. However, I realize now that I was basing m y literacy on my ability to comprehend fantasy novels, rather than academic pieces. I chose only to read writings that had interested me, rather than trying new things and experimenting with new subjects. Because of my perceived literacy, I had made the mistake of going into highschool with a honors class.

In 5th grade, I remember that our visiting times to the school library decreased and so did my urge to read. I almost forgot how it felt to be reading books of my own choice. The only time when I would read was when my teacher would assign a specific chapter to read of the book Wonder, and a worksheet. Filling out a worksheet after reading or while reading is like a punishment, the sheet is not letting me enjoy what i’m reading. Instead it’s made me a working machine, trying to pick out small details throughout the book. As I recall, I stopped reading for my own pleasure at that time. However the next year, 6th grade, in Language Arts we would visit the library once a month, or I would visit during the quiet S.T.A.R time to pick out a book. I picked off where I left off in my reading journey and starting reading again! I realized then, my interest in book genres had changed. Why, I was more interested in books taking place in middle school/high school, meaning that I enjoyed realistic fiction. Continuing on reading, I transitioned into 7th grade. In 7th grade I kept on reading more and more, I even kept a chart of the books I read! My Language Arts teacher also read along with the class with her own books and also encouraged me. Infact, both of my middle school Language Arts teachers encouraged me to keep reading. They would be surprised every time I announced that I finished a book, that made me want to surprise them more. Overall, this time period with my teachers helped me boost my reading