Reading Now Analysis

Reading can provide many benefits to the reader. One of those benefits is the expansion of the reader’s vocabulary. The more a reader reads, the broader the reader’s vocabulary.

As the years went on, I continued to read. I would read books any time I got the chance. Sixth grade was one of my favorite years. We were able to read for half an hour every day. We also read in book club. We were required to read two books a month, but I usually read four or five. I loved to find new series that I liked.

Over the summer, I have been reading weekly and sometimes a day to day basis.

In elementary school, I loved to read. Writing was not a big deal either due to the fact that we did not have to write four page essays. It was in first grade when I started to like reading. Reading has just been freshly introduced, considering we had only completed one year of school. My teacher always read to us and I wanted to read those books as well. Throughout elementary school I started to read Junie B. Jones books, which were my favorite. All of the books were about a first grade girl and her different adventures. I had always enjoyed reading those books. Each book had a different topic which I would always relate to in some way. Although I liked to read, I did struggle with reading comprehension which made me dislike writing as well. I hated having to read and then go and write about it. To this day, I still do not like reading comprehension, but my feelings toward reading and writing have changed.

When I was a younger I don’t remember if I was read to or not, but I read a lot of books. I enjoy reading books because they allow me to reach new heights in my imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it’s cool to read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke. It was five hundred and thirty five pages! When it comes to reading I am a superstar! When I’m reading I am able to get a moral lesson from what I read, so it ends up helping me in the long run of my life

Starting this year, every day we start class with ten minutes of independent reading time. I really enjoy this time. It allows me to choose genres that interest me, which in turn encourages me to read more. As I start reading

On class SWK 319 we got to read Having My Say from Delany sisters and Hearth A. book. In the last day of class, we saw the movie of the same title. Now I will talk about the differences and the similarities of both, book and movie. It was very interesting to read the book and while reading I was imagining how they look, the place and the way they father talked to them all. The book was long in my opinion and was little confusing because it was back and forth. I have heard that sometimes the book is better than the movie, maybe because the movie doesn’t cover much of the information in the book. I really wanted to see the movie because it is the first time on read a book and then watch a movie. I was expecting to see everything that I read in the book, but it didn’t happen.

When I look at my reading log today I can see that I am averaging about 25 pages in 30 minutes. I think that in the future,I will at the most be reading 40 or even 50 pages in the 30 minutes.I think this because today I am at the lexile number of 1225.In the future,I think that The lexile umber will increase drasticly.I am going to make this happen by reading more and more every year and using the reading strategies that I have learned more and more making it easier to read a higher level book and expanding my range of books into a higher place.

The most important reading benefit in my opinion is knowledge; Knowledge is considered to be priceless and lasts forever. A British writer by the name of Laurence Sterne once said, “ The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.” This is what allowed us to progress farther than any other species. The continuous zest and hunger for knowledge is what drives mankind to keep going and looking for more.

If I'm not busy with school, extracurricular activities and homework, I enjoy reading, going outside, and watching television. My favorite show to watch is called "Survivor". It's a show about 16-20 "castaways" who compete over the course of 39 days to eliminate the other players and win the 1 million dollar grand prize at the end. I absolutely adore this show because there are so many twists and turns throughout the game, so you never know who will be voted out next, and who will win it all. My favorite type of books to read are dystopias, particularly, "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. These books are fantastic because the author leaves so many holes in the story, and it takes some imagination to comprehend

I have found out that I read more fiction because I love the dystopian books like the Divergent, The Hunger Games, and The Maze Runner. I love being inside the author's imagination by reading these books and series. I plan on challenging myself as a reader by writing down all the good books so when I finish one book I can pick up another right away. My goal is to read five books this quarter and to read a little over thirty minutes each night.

The book What We Saw is one of my favorite books after I read it. It really grabbed my attention, I pictured it and acted like it was a movie. I’m living in the 21st century when you wrote this book so I understand everything that was going on in it, but I would want to know why you wrote a book about someone getting rapped and having kids read it? I understand that every kid will probably go to a party with under age drinking and no parental supervison, but there might not have something like this go on.

I believe everyone deserves to read a book. Throughout my life as a middle schooler, I understood some of the meaningful definitions in a variety of books. From children to poetry to essays, each written work has a personal purpose to it. I believe there are different lessons taught.

Tom was able to positively experience the “here and now” when he and Mary make love for the first time. In that moment he was able to feel the sensual attitude that radiated from that little time. He also had a negative experience with living in the “here and now” when he realizes that he is looking at Freddie Parr’s death body floating in the river. Living in the “here and now” allows for humans to experience both the love and terror that comes along with it. Price, Tom’s rebellious student also questions the need for human to drive themselves to excruciating pain in order to come to terms with the ways of the past in order to conduct their present situations. Tom also describes loving in the “here and now” on many different levels. He states

A, I practice my reading-by-reading non-school books. My favorite type of books are action books, for example The Hunger Games.