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learn to read
It wasn't until half way through kindergarten until I could fully understand how words could be put together in order to make sentences and more complex in order to make a story. -
additional support
My first grade teacher, Mrs.Muma took a close look at my understanding and ability to read and noticed I was having some troubles. It was this year when it was recommended to my parents that I be pulled from class for about 20 minutes each day to have extra help with my reading skills. -
the end of additional support
Fourth grade was my last year of being pulled from class to have additional support with reading. My teachers and parents both felt as I had made significant improvements to my reading skills that I would no longer need to be pulled from class. Being pulled from class for additional support really helped me in both my reading skills and in finding enjoyment in reading. -
writing
in fifth grade as a "graduation" assignment, which would determine if we were ready for sixth grade, students were responsible for writing either a short story or a few poems. I chose to write a short story about my adoption. I found that writing became much easier for me because of the close personal meaning the message had to my life. -
middle school
In middle school, school clubs were more relevant and advertised for students to join. I decided to join the book club in sixth grade which every month the club would read a new book. Once every week the club would meet in the library after school and go over the chapters assigned. Being part of a club not only helped me break my shell of shyness but also gave me a deeper understanding to how reading can be fun, especially when reading with others. -
too much reading?
In seventh grade, I was given lunch detention for reading my book club book during math class. I wasn't much of a math fan and thought because I was reading a book it was okay to not participate in class...Wrong! I was so upset that I got lunch detention that I never finished reading the book. The book club was upset with me but this was the first time I was ever truly punished in school and was too upset with myself to finish the book. -
additionally in ninth grade.
Along with taking a mandatory english course freshmen year, we were required to take a speech class. Speech class helped me feel more confident in speaking in front of others, especially my peers. I gave ten speeches that year, each on a totally new topic. This mandatory course became less of a requirement for me but a joy. -
story submission
Ninth grade and my freshman year of high school, my english teacher gave an assignment similar to the one I completed in fifth grade. We were to write not a short story but a full length story about an important event in our lives. The aspect similar to my fifth grade story is I that chose to write about my adoption. My english teacher loved my writing so much, she entered it into a scholastics young writers contest, competed by high school students throughout the state of PA. I won 3rd place! -
Junior year
Junior year is when our english teachers were preparing us for college essay submissions. At this point I knew I was going to be attending community college and I did not take this section of the year serious. This was a poor judgment call on my part and I wish I would have tried to excel in writing a college letter, because next year I will be needing to write that letter to Towson. Out of all my significant literacy experience, this one had to be my worst -
senior year
Starting on the first day of senior year, we were given a project titled "senior project", that must have been completed and graded with a passing score in order to graduate. A large chunk of this project was writing and literacy, although I submitted an art portfolio. A 20 page report was to be submitted before the two week mark prior to graduation.