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Pre-K
One of my first memories with writing is when in pre-k my mom, who was my teacher at the time, was teaching all of the kids to write. When it was my turn to go and write I remember my mom giving me one of the fat pencils and helping me trace the letters, as well as learning how to write my name. -
There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
One of the first books that I remember enjoying reading is "There's a Wocket in My Pocket! " by Dr. Seuss. When I think of this book I think of sitting with my grandma reading this book at her house. I think this book was one of the many books that i picked up and read many many times, which helped grow my reading skills as a child. -
4th Grade
One of the memories that comes to mind when I think about elementary school is when I was in fourth grade. In fourth grade I remember always getting excited to go to the computer room because I knew that I was going to have the chance to play fun literacy computer games. This was one of those times when reading and writing became fun for me. -
5th-6th grade
Another memory with learning to write is when in both 5th- and 6th grade during the computer lab our teacher would set us up in a typing lab to help us learn how to type with efficiency. This is an important moment because it has helped me to become the writer I am today especially because a lot of the writing assignment today are on computer. And it also helped me to learn to like typing on a computer. -
9th grade
My freshman year was really the first year when I really had to put in the work on my reading and writing. Throughout freshman year I read many book (some of which were challenging) and wrote many essays. As I wrote these essays and got them corrected, I feel that my writing skills really improved especially since we were constantly writing in both Social Studies and ELA classes. -
10th grade
During my sophomore year of high school I took honors ELA and I feel this was one of my toughest years for my reading skills. This class really challenges me because of the type of literature that we were reading. During this time I found that these readings were written in a way that was hard to understand and since I found them hard to understand, I was often bored when reading. In the long run this class taught me to push through challenging reads. -
Dear Evan Handson
Dear Even Handson was one of the first books that I really liked and got into. I picked this book for in school independent reading but little did I know that I was going to love it. This book really got me into reading for fun and not just for school. For the first time I was so invested into a book that I was actually emotional while reading it. -
Writing Skills
During my sophomore year in ELA I was constantly writing paragraphs as well as essays. Throughout this time my writing skills were challenged all the time. As I was challenged by timed essays and short time spans for writing assignments, I noticed my writing skills improve more and more as I went on through the year.