Reading timeline

  • Learning to read

    Learning to read
    I learned to write in pre school using interactive children's books such as the Cheerios Play Book.
  • Reading comic books

    Reading comic books
    I loved to read comic books in the first grade. I would read the ones my brother already had. I would read Amulet, Bones, and some others that I can't remember.
  • Writing my first essay

    Writing my first essay
    In the third grade, I wrote my first essay. We had to create a story and write a few paragraphs about it. I wrote about being in a snow storm and finding an alive snowman.
  • Fourth Grade

    Fourth Grade
    I started reading books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid when I was in fourth grade. These books got me into reading even though they were very small and easy to read.
  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter
    When I was in sixth grade, I started reading the Harry Potter series. I had always watched the movies, but when I started reading the books, I fell in love.
  • Poetry

    Poetry
    In 8th grade, I read a lot of poetry in my English class. We read William Shakespeare, and my favorite, Edgar Allen Poe.
  • Freshman year.

    Freshman year.
    In my freshman year English class, we read books that discussed the American Dream, such as Of Mice and Men.
  • Sophomore year

    Sophomore year
    In my Sophomore English class, we read multiple interesting books to study rhetoric. We read The Crucible, Great Gatsby, and The Things They Carried.