Reading And Writing Of Reading

At this point in my life I find myself in an interesting predicament regarding my attitudes toward reading and writing; more so towards reading. Years ago I used to love reading books for pleasure but nowadays I find myself reading things that little to no effort to digest. This includes the very basic posts on facebook expressing one’s opinion on something or articles and threads on reddit discussing topics I find intriguing. Perhaps it’s the severe senioritis that has overcome me as I enter my last semester at Chapman University. As I’ve gotten lazier I can see it start to reflect in my everyday life. Deep down I still love to read but I rarely find myself getting truly invested into the action unless it relates to something I am very

he most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read. Indeed, the future success of all students hinges upon their ability to become proficient readers. Recent scientific studies have allowed us to understand more than ever before how literacy develops, why some children have difficulty, and what constitutes best instructional practice. Scientists now estimate that fully 95 percent of all children can be taught to read. Yet, in spite of all our knowledge, statistics reveal an alarming prevalence of struggling and poor readers that is not limited to any one segment of society:

I have acquired many literacy opportunities throughout my literacy life my parents, grandparents, and teachers ,I hold them very close to my heart because if it wasn’t for them pushing and encouraging me to read and write I wouldn’t be the literate person I am today. I bear a huge family so there are always many voices going through my head so it wasn’t long until I started speaking, as well as comprehending what all these strange words meant recognizing the words was very difficult before I started practicing them. My parents always encouraged me to read and write in a way no child can resist with toys and candy who could say no to that. Every chance they got to help me read they would read with me. I wasn’t forced to read on my own because I didn’t know how.

Reading and writing have been in our lives and around our lives ever since the beginning of time. It is something we are naturally born into. Almost every human being has performed some type of reading or writing, whether they live in the big city, or whether they live in the woods. They have all performed some form of reading or writing in their life. It is human nature. We are born into it. I have many memories of reading and writing, though I may not be very fond of it when it concerns schoolwork, it is something I have naturally adjusted to and it somehow has made me, and probably everyone else around me as well, who we are today.

I have my journey in learning how to read and write never stops. Understanding the importance of literacy came to me at the high school, when I faced real challenges and understanding how important that is to learn, to create, to dream and to help others.

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.

In the article “Why Liturature Matters” by Dana Gioia, the author persuades his audiance by giving us real facts or statistics about how reading and writting can really help people in all subjects.

As a teenager, I now look back and realize how vital it is for children to learn to read and write at such young ages. I am so thankful for parents that read books with me before I even started school, and I am also thankful for the teachers who taught me vowel sounds, prefixes, suffixes, and much more. Teachers also taught me that reading could be fun, which encouraged students to want to read in their free time. Reading and writing are unique activities to me because these activities can be used academically or for personal entertainment. Reading has had a huge impact on my life in the past, present, and hopefully in the future.

How Literacy Shapes the World About 67 percent of students who cannot read proficiently by fourth grade will end up on welfare or in jail (dosomething.org). One of the most crucial factors in kids’ lives is literacy. If kids cannot efficiently read and write, how are they supposed to apply for scholarships, write essays, or compose resumés for job applications? Not being exceptional at reading and writing can prevent children from reaching their maximum potential in life.

The ideas of reading and writing seem intertwined, in order to do one of them you must be able to do the other. Which, makes both equally as powerful as the other in language and literature. Most authors who talk about the ideology of reading and writing, compose their works mainly based off of outside sources, mainly. However, author/comic writer Alison Bechdel composes a story about writing the story and the troubles and hardships she encountered while writing. This oddly more intricate story, though offers a deeper look into Bechdel’s personal life in which she explains her own thoughts as an omnipotent narrator. As the narrator of her own story – showing the character’s (herself) actual thoughts apart from dialogue –

I would read for hours on end and still get frustrated when I reached a word that I could not understand or pronounce. Twelve years later, I am confident in my ability to read and write, and interpret language in a meaningful way that makes sense to not only me, but others. A solid education and the ability to read and write is something that we often take for granted in the United States, but it is important to take time to reflect on how fortunate we are as a society. It is true that a person can use the gift of literacy to make an impact in the world, just as I have tried to do by being a leader within my school and donating my time to charity. Knowing how to read has made me a better person and a better

Reading is a skill often taken for granted but it is essential in order to progress in life. For a child being able to read well helps them learn new things, give ideas and enables use of imagination. National literacy trust (2015) suggests that children’s early language skills can have a major impact on a child’s development of literacy skills. Five-year olds with poor language and literacy have a higher risk of underachieving at age seven and beyond. Reading skills encourage more opportunities in life and it can affect a child’s wellbeing if they do not achieve this effectively (Finnegan,2015).

Picture this: a four-year-old frizzy haired child waiting for when the clock would read 3:30, a burst of excitement running through her as she knew that in just a few minutes the front door would open and she would see her older siblings walk through. Expecting them to be ready to play, every day she was disappointed when they would put their backpacks on the dining table and take out their books freshly signed out from the school library. She would watch them read and write for what seemed like years until her mother allowed them to get changed and ready for snacks. Well, you are probably aware that the four-year-old frizzy haired child is me, and yes my mom made my siblings and I read every day after school for an hour. At the time I didn’t know that this simple event was shaping my literacy in any way. Now it comes through full circle as I realized that growing up in a household where everybody read frequently, instilled in me the value of reading and writing from an early age. My family provided me with what seemed like unlimited access to books and articles, as well as constantly enforcing the importance of reading and writing. As I grew my extracurricular reading expanded into an appreciation for literature and articles of all types, both in and out of academic settings.

Reading and writing are both important; you can’t have one without the other. They are skills that are increased constantly due to little things that most times are not noticed. Whether it is from a book to a poem, there will always be a way that it helps out your school performance. Reading and writing in general only helps absorb information, and enhance leisure or school related writing tasks. It has also made life itself so much easier because reading and writing are so beneficial for school and for life. How much you read and write today, will somehow affect your future job, family, position, or even your salary.

Reading is one of the first things we learn as we grow up. Whether it’s stories our mothers read to us or the little captions in our picture books. Along with reading, writing is another skillset we learn. Writing allows us to create our own stories so that one-day mothers will read our stories to their children. Putting letters together to form words and words together to form sentences is one of the most important skills we learn in order to advance in our educational systems. Reading and writing are needed in every aspect of life whether it’s for school, or a part of everyday life. There is a big part of the world that doesn’t have access to the education they deserve. Reading and writing is needed in order to create a prosperous future for yourself and others.