Ever since I was a little girl I have avoided writing. I have always seen it as a daunting experience. I did not like writing my own stories, unlike other kids my age. I much more enjoyed reading and escaping to new realms. Writing has never interested me even though I believe I’m pretty good at it. However, as I was forced to write as I grew up I had to learn how to cope with writing and learn how to write well. I always write in silence because it makes me focus on my assignment, but right now
I remember reading by the age of 3. My mom taught English to preschool and middle school students. Looking at albums that had pictures of my childhood, I found that since age 2, I was already surrounded by educational charts, such as the alphabet, shapes, the different land forms and water forms, the traditional attires of men and women across the globe, etc. My mom would tell me about how much I loved to learn since I was a child. At the age of 3, she and my dad would take turns to read me a story
shaped my own character and made me the young lady that I am today. Language allows us to negotiate. Without language, society would not be able to function because there is no communication. We cannot learn properly because it hinders our well-being that enables us to evoke feelings and thoughts. Even though language has made an impact in my life through interacting with individuals on an interpersonal level, it has improved my reading and writing abilities because of two major events in my life.
When I was in the first grade there was a state mandated test that all first graders took to determine what skill level we were at with our reading and writing. I was really excited about this test because, I loved reading and writing so I felt I was good at it. However after the test results came back I was put in a reading and writing recovery program. For obvious reasons I was extremely disappointed, and determined to get back into my regular class. As the year progressed I became increasingly
Memories I, like many others my age have lost track of reading and writing as we start to progress more in life. In my own mind I believe that everyone is a reader and writer no matter if they read for the experience or they write journal entries, each of these is a form of reading and writing. Once doesn't need to get paid to read or write to be considered a reader or writer. Quite simply we all are, but we all lose a sense of creativity to allows us to understand this. We stopped reading and writing
Writing is an art that improves through time with consistent practice and exploration of one’s skills. Prior to this class, I have always considered myself to be an efficient writer. However, my writing was limited in the scope of academic writing, due to the fact that throughout my high school career, that is the most of what was expected to be written from me. In this class I was able to dive further into my writing and explore with my skills in the context of creative writing, poetry, as well
When I was in middle school, my ambition was to become a renowned author, like J. K. Rowling. Since that time, my academic focus has changed but my interest in story crafting and written reflection remains a part of my life. Creative fiction is where most of my writing ambitions lie. I enjoy the process of building fictitious world, characters, and scenarios, although, unfortunately, I have not yet found a story I am passionate enough about to turn into a long-term project. In high school and my first
level of effective reading and writing. This “sponsor of literacy” can be found among all readers and writers. They are the individuals who had nurtured growth in education and formed the bricks of your first step towards literacy. Through identifying and studying this process, an individual can proudly take the next step upward towards effective and refined writing. Through pain and agony, I was a very resistant child and most of my reading experiences were forced upon me. I remember having to
reflecting on what made me the writer I am today, my first thought was, “Well clearly, I’m a writer because I’m a reader.” As a child, I devoured all kinds of books and spent hours on exploits in different worlds, with Harry and the gang at Hogwarts, or with the Pevensie kids in Narnia. And I thought that inevitably and gradually, reading is what led me to create my own universes and stories through writing. In fact, one of my first memories associated with writing was winning third place at a story
After experiencing English 408, I am confident in my ideologies as a future educator and am excited about utilizing them in future secondary English Language Arts classrooms. At the beginning of this course, I came to the realization that there are often times a cookie cutter model teacher that administrators often look for. Even the College of Education at Michigan State has an idea of what types of teachers they want to produce, not to say that it is a bad thing, simply a philosophy on teaching