Reflection About Reading And Writing

I sat in my fourth grade classroom staring at the bookshelf when suddenly I caught a glimpse of a dark blue book with a heroic being on the front. I lifted the heavy book and began reading Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. As soon as I started I fell into this mythical world where gods, monsters, and heroes all existed. It was a rollercoaster through my emotions. The thrill. The suspense. The surprising new book had a grasp on me, to stop reading it would be difficult. I felt attached. As soon as I started, I finished. Devastated, my chase of this feeling has never stopped, no other book has given me the same fulfillment as Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. As a young reader I would love to find the same joy and thrill (as I did back

In my second attempt at English class I realized after the first couple classes that writing was no longer some magical formula you could follow and if you did you would pass. “For some it will come as a surprise to learn that reading and writing have no transformative powers.”

Many students hate reading and writing with a passion. They fail to realize reading and writing plays an important role in life. It helps an individual communicate, gathers information, and gain more knowledge. Writing and reading not only helps me gain more knowledge but also helps me show who I am by signing my signature. Reading and writing involves all class subjects. My experience with reading and writing have influenced the college student I am today.

As I began this course, reading and writing was a struggle. I never put an effort forward to improve myself in this subject, so my English was naturally impacted throughout my studies. The people I admired within school and throughout my life, never put an emphasis on reading and writing, which affected my reading and writing, coming into this class. The difficulties start from procrastination and continues on to word usage within my writing. Starting from grade school I’ve always had a struggle with reading and writing, but I could confidently say that after taking this course I am a better reader and writer.

Looking ahead into English 101, I want to learn more about the concepts of different writing’s,

The challenging component this semester, was the transitioning part from high school level english and writing to college level. High school writing did not have many expectations, its main focus was on the ideal five paragraph essays. As compared to college, writing is mainly geared and focused on one’s ability to thoroughly answer the prompt. However, I quickly adjusted to the change. In English 10, I have learned many valuable elements that I can incorporate in my everyday writing. I have chosen to include my writing from project 1 “Why English 10” and project 2 a rhetorical analysis on, “Black Lives Matter. These works effectively demonstrates my growth as a writer.

Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s

How I learned to read was with my mother who would read Dr. Seuss books. I would listen to her read the books and look at the pictures to help me understand what she was saying to me. We kept working and working, learning how to read before kindergarten. We would read about every night when she got off work to help me.

When I was little boy around the age of 4, I remember that everyday after morning announcements were over that my teacher at the time Mrs. Euwing would always have bellwork right before class started and I just have a vivid memory of not knowing how to form a proper sentence. I would just end up writing random letter in the alphabet hoping that I would form a sentence but sadly I knew that it was not possible because I could barely speak English yet I thought that I could write in my journal. My teacher started to notice that issue and that’s where my tutor came into play.

I have always been a part of conversations where people are talking about which books to read next. I always felt like the outcast as I did not enjoy reading, nor did I understand why people found pleasure in such a “boring activity.” People would say oh my gosh you will never be able to put this down. I persistently asked my mom what it was about reading that caught her focus, and how could I learn to love it. She told me I needed to find a book that caught my interest. I seldom found one.

In my previous English courses, I have learned to rectify problems that had always occurred prior. My biggest problem was always lack of organization, which caused me to struggle to write effectively, as I did not know where to begin. I realized that reading and writing is important because in my chosen career, there are many instances where I will need to be able to read and write coherently and accurately.

As a child, reading was always a endeavor to look forward to. It all started when I was in Kindergarten and my teacher would read us books at story time after lunch. The whole class would sit in a circle, sitting crissed-crossed-apple-sauce, lingering on every word she spoke from the colorful pages of a lucky book. I remember thinking to myself, “I wish I could read books and create a world in my head that only I could interpret.” The following year, as a class, we would go to third grader's hallway and one class would improve our reading skills by reading books with us. I was excited that I could finally start to learn how to read to myself and explore an author's work of fiction. By third grade, I could read any book that I wanted to. As a class we would go to the library once a week and check out any book. However, I read a book in a couple days so I went more than one day a week. The best parts of the year were when we had a book fair. It was exciting to see all the new books that had recently come out. I loved to cast my vote on which books they should purchase and add to the library. In addition, there was always a jar filled with candy or little toys that we had to guess how many were in the jar. The person who guessed the closest got to keep the jar and got a free book. Honestly, no one could resist buying something from the school supply section. It was filled with things such as food shaped erasers or pens with poof balls attached to them. Those were the times

The reading and writing practice that were done in class help me implement new technique in my writing. There were presentations in class that discussed different ways to become a better writer. The skills that were developed help with my writing and can use the skills to implement in others course, helping to form better essay. I learned about words that are not recommended of being used, how to transition, and where to look for good scholarly articles. A practice that was done for every assignment was to go over the first draft and finding new ways to improve upon it. Going over the first draft help me improve my writing.

Ever since I was younger I loved writing and reading. I would write short stories when I was younger, and you could always find me with a book in my hand. But as I was growing up that love faded because I soon found grammar and spelling hard to get correct. Also, when I would read out loud some words I could not pronounce so there were times when my peers would make fun of me. These experiences have turned me away from writing and reading, but I believe that this class had helped me get some of that love back. This class made me like reading and writing again because it has helped me improve my grammar, thought process, and critical thinking.

Throughout this semester I learned a lot about writing essay. Before this course I knew only one style of essay, because in high school, I wrote essay only for Literature classes. In this class I found that writing could be structured in many ways. Moreover, all reading that I have helped me to think critically and analyze all information that I get. A large number of examples in these readings and my own experience in this course introduced me that sometimes people are getting mislead, because of misinformation or setting wrong belief into the reader. All of these I get from this class, including practicing writing in the formal style and improving my English.