Reflection On Independent Reading

Believe it or not, reading will improve your knowledge. Not will it only fill you up with information but it will also enlarge your understanding and comprehension. In the article, Rodriguez mentions how hard it was for him to read. He had to read out loud, but his teacher always hushed him to read silently. Rodriguez began thinking that reading was more of a chore than an education. Later in the article he slowly starts to have a change in his attitude. As he grew his understanding, he set about college level books. “Give me names of important books,” ‘I would say to teachers. They soon found out that I had in mind “adult books”. He started, never gave up and kept going. Soon the books he started reading opened up doors of

One thing I dislike of books are short sentences, I like long, and descriptive ones because they give me the most information to let me understand the book. I read faster if I enjoy the book, and read slow if I dread reading it. The books I like to read is full of drama, and suspense, such as the book Looking for Alaska. I prefer reading in a quiet environment, and when I have food. You may ask why do you eat while you are reading. Well to answer that, is when the book gets intense, I like to chomp on snacks to let me release my

As a kid, I was always really shy and spent much of my free time reading books. In 4th grade, the teacher required that each month we read a certain amount of short stories or books and write a summary for each. I always completed the minimum requirement and read plenty extra books. Throughout the year, I always had the most stars next to my name for top reader, not because I wanted to collect as many gold stars as I could, but because I really enjoyed reading. I had my eyes glued to a book even when I was at home. I

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are,” (Cooley). Throughout our lives, reading has impacted us in many ways. Often times books give people different perspectives on their lives. People with high stress levels often find comfort in reading books to take their mind off of their concerns. Sometimes, people just need to take a step back from their lives and relax for a while; therefore, reading is a great tool. In fact, all kinds of books have also helped me become a better writer. There are many different books that have impacted me over the years.

There’s a lot of things I could do to become a better reader, which I am already doing now. Sometimes there just had to be the right place for it. I get easily distracted, but thats something to work on, like blocking everything out.

Independent Reading Assignment To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a southern gothic novel that has numerous accounts of an innocent character, or mockingbirds. A mockingbird is portrayed as a harmless animal living in a dangerous society. The mockingbird represents the innocent main characters. Out of many characters of this novel, the most alluring mockingbird would be Tom Robinson.

As a reader I have learned that you do not have to always be interested in what you are reading, but be able to read it to your understanding. From an early age I have always loved reading, but as I grew up reading became harder for me, and the literature of the reading became less interesting to me.

Why must we read books? How would life be different without them? We find answers to these questions by dwelling far within multiple stories, using investigative skills, and thinking deep. These scrutinizing attributes we, over time, developed and toned during our discussions about our readings. Is it coincidental that reading helped us evolve our thinking processes? I think not.

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.

I also started reading more, since I received a library card to check out books. I remember rereading books from kindergartner because back then I could not understand what the books mean, so I decided to reread it so I will be able to understand the books. There was a reading test to see what level of books I should read, I remember that I felt like the books that were reading in my levels felt too easy, so I decided to choose a harder level book Harry Potter, which was too difficult for me, so I return it. In fifth grade, I decided to reread Harry Potter, because when I read it before I could not understand it at all, and since I forgot what the book was about I decided to reread to understand it and to challenge myself again.

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all”(by Oscar Wilde). Originally, I disliked reading, but soon did I realize that the only reason I despised reading was because I kept reading the wrong type of books. By reading a wide selection of different types of books this year, it really opened up my eyes. In other words, by reviewing numerous amount of books, it has impacted me by making me realize that a book is just more then thousands of words and hundreds of pages. But instead a story that has dramtically impacted me and how i can look upon situations. That being said, by reading and viewing many different books, it has changed my outlook on how I judge relating to reading and books.

Quote: “If he'd thought about it too much, he didn't know why he saved his father either. It's not as if Richard Lopez has made his life any easier.”

Reading is a wonderful pastime. It allows me to mentally travel to far away lands in the present, the archaic past, or the advanced technological future. Reading allows me to be present during every struggle or joy the protagonist may face. It is a wonderful way to learn about fascinating cultures without physically traveling to other lands. It is a gateway to long, sleepless nights because I can become fully entranced by a story. Favorite books of mine include Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Both of these stories wonderfully illustrate internal human conflict as well as love, loyalty, and emotional and physical pain. These are just a few of the joys of

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'm 60 years old now, but I spent many years hating how slowly I read. I had so many interests in things I would love to read about... but my slow reading made this a tortuously long task.