Reading and Writing Throughout the Years

Born in Austin, Texas

Feb 22, 1990

Reading and Writing throughout the years

Period: Feb 22, 1990 to Sep 28, 2011

Mom loved the classics

Jan 28, 1991

My mom kept thousands of classics around the house

Step-mom read multiple books at once

Nov 29, 1991

My step- mom belives that books that are the most worn are the most loved! The more dog ears, coffee stains and crumbling book bindings...the better!

Goodnight Moon

Feb 22, 1992

Knock-Knock Joke Book

Sep 22, 1992

This Knock-Knock book had movable flaps, which I could not get enough of!

Dr. Seuss

Feb 24, 1993

ANY Dr. Seuss Book!! One Fish, Two Fish; Green Eggs and Ham; Horton Hears a Who

Singing Books

Sep 28, 1993

My step- dad tried to get me more interested in books by singing books, reading in entertaining vioces, and haveing us act them out

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Feb 22, 1994

Loved the imaginative pictures in the book

Sing along tapes/ videos

Dec 29, 1994

Videos that had words running across the screen to sing along with and sing along books that included tapes. Had a Disneyland sing along tape I watched alot!

North Oaks Elementary School

Aug 28, 1995

First day of school picture! Kindergarden- 5th grade
Tracing books for practicing to write letters, mainly entertaining books, simple sentence writing

Stellaluna

Dec 28, 1995

This book was a gift that came with a matching stuffed animal, was an entertaining book with facts on bats

Martha Speaks Books

Mar 28, 1996

Had a series of these books they I would read on my own

Grandparents Letters

Dec 29, 1996

My grandparents would send me letters that they wrote backwards, so I would have to read the letters in a mirror. Loved their letters!

Book Fairs

Sep 29, 1997

Always bought ton of books at the fair to expand my collection

Nancy Drew- Secret of the Old Clock

Sep 28, 1998

For a 3rd grade book report project. Read lots of other Nancy Drew books!

Hatchet

Mar 28, 1999

I think this is one of the first books I got in trouble for staying up reading through the night ;) cant set the book down

The Outsiders

Sep 28, 1999

One of my first school assigned book I can remeber that included a book analysis

Hate writing- love to procrastinate

Jan 29, 2000

Left at home all day in front of a computer and only got a sentence completed. My Mom called me Spongebob based on the episode on Procrastination! haha

Harry Potter Series

Jun 28, 2000

Started reading them late from when they were first released, but catched up quickly! Still reread the Harry Potter series all the time!! The bindings are falling apart! :) love it!

Began Canyon Vista Middle School

Aug 28, 2000

6th through 8th grade
- writing longer papers, learning paper structure (headings, paragraphs, intro, conclusions), how to organize main ideas in papers, content related reading (textbooks)

Murder on the Orient Express

Feb 28, 2001

Loved Agatha Christie mysteries. Also, when I started watching scary movies. Total Middle School thing!

Holes

Dec 28, 2001

Louis Sachar was my neighbor, so liked reading this book and waching the movie... I still like reading the book before watching the movie

The Giver

Sep 28, 2002

Just a good school assigned book

Old Man in the Sea

Dec 28, 2002

Full of adventure to keep my interest

Gone with the Wind

Feb 28, 2003

MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Westwood High School

Aug 29, 2003

9th-12th grade
- writing longer papers with supported data and evidence, how to conduct research and create works cited documentation, writing style for TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge of Skills), different literature readings (poems, short stories)

Great Gatsby

Sep 28, 2003

good short read

Wuthering Heights

Dec 28, 2003

Great Expectations

Sep 28, 2004

Fahrenheit 451

Dec 28, 2004

Gretter instilled my love for books

A Separate Peace

Feb 28, 2005

Since it was short we worked on breaking down the book like, highlighting diction, taking notes in the margin, and discussing what will happen next

Mythology

Dec 28, 2005

First time reading through Mythology

The Jungle

Feb 28, 2006

Enders Game

Mar 28, 2006

Really good sci-fi book and its sequal Enders Shadow

To-do Lists

Dec 29, 2006

I write to-do lists, rewrite to-do lists, and rewrite them again, all the time!!

Little Women

Apr 28, 2007

How I got my name from the character Meg. Great book too!

Pride and Prejudice

Dec 28, 2007

Love the book and the movie

Twilight Saga

May 28, 2008

Read these books ALL the time!!! Over and over again. At least once a year

The Host

Dec 28, 2008

Another good sci-fi based in Phoenix, AZ

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Jun 28, 2009

An example of one of the girly books I like to read over summer time

Chronicals of Narnia

Dec 28, 2009

Never read these books when I was younger, so read all of them recently

Stieg Larson Trilogy

Feb 28, 2010

Fantastic series, cant set these books down! Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Girl Who Played with Fire, and Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Rewriting notes

Dec 29, 2010

I learn better when i reread notes and all materials over and over again and I do even better when I have the time to rewrite my notes

Audiobooks

Sep 28, 2011

Listen to audiobooks on long road trips