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Age 6
When I was around six years old, I started to read more fluently in English. The first book I remember reading is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I added this to my timeline because I learned to read in English first, then Spanish. -
Age 7
At the age of seven, I moved to Mexico. I continued schooling there and learned reading in Spanish. My first language is Spanish, so it wasn't difficult. I added this to the timeline because, during this time, reading and speaking in English were interrupted. -
Age 8
At the age of eight, I moved back to the U.S and had to relearn everything, including reading in English and writing. I added this to my timeline because I took my first second language learner assessment. -
Third Grade
I'm adding this to my timeline because my third-grade teacher is important to me. After all, she encourage and provided many reading opportunities that have contributed to my education. -
Age 10
I'm adding this to the timeline because when I was around ten years old, I was taken out of ESL classes and put into full-time regular classes with my teacher. I believe this meant I was able to read and write enough to comprehend the lesson independently. -
Age 13
I'm adding this event to my timeline because in 8th grade. I had a teacher who had a strict class. Her class was hard, but I learned to read actively and engage with the reading material. -
Age 15
I'm adding this to my timeline because, during this time, reading was difficult to understand. Poems and authors like Shakespeare were difficult to understand because of the wording. -
Age 16
In 11th grade of high school, I took my last ESL Assessment. I'm adding this to the timeline because it took me many years to score out on the assessment. This assessment involved mostly reading with a small speaking section. -
Age 19
In 2018, my first year of college, I had to take a noncredit class because my English reading/writing score wasn't sufficient to take a regular English college-level class. I'm adding this to my timeline because I still had to improve my reading/writing skills after graduating high school. -
age 20
I'm adding this year to the timeline because I realized I enjoyed reading independently. I have many books I enjoyed reading through school assignments, but I always thought of it as a task.