Literacy Narrative The earliest memory I have of reading is with my grandmother at her house. When I was a toddler, she would read to me every time I spent the night with her. My favorite book for her to read to me was Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone. I 'm not too sure why this was my favorite book, but my grandmother says that I "insisted on having it read to me" every single time I was with her. She would also read the Bible to me, which was quite confusing and complicated for a child to comprehend, but she explained the stories to me in a child-like format. Having these stories read to me when I was young sparked my interest in reading from a young age. I consider my grandmother one of my most beneficial literacy sponsors because without her, maybe I wouldn 't have had such an interest in reading and writing.
Learning to read was way harder than I had expected it to be. Of course it wasn 't rocket science or anything, but it seemed to come naturally to my family members and others who read to me. I understand now that it was because they had been doing it for years, but learning was definitely a struggle. Even though reading interests me and I love to do it, it has never been my best subject. I have a vivid memory from elementary school of being put in groups based on reading levels. I remember that I was put in a group with other students that weren 't very good at reading either. I think this specific memory is what motivated me to try harder and expand my vocabulary. I wanted to excel with reading because I really enjoyed it; it just didn’t come naturally to me like it did to others. Another literacy sponsor that has influenced my reading and writing skills are APEX/honors/AP classes. When I began to challenge myself more with reading, it became even more frustrating. Being in APEX/honors English class meant that we had to read more difficult novels with bigger words and deeper meanings. Many times when we would have to read, I would get confused by what the author was trying to say. This was very frustrating for me because almost everyone around me understood completely, yet I was still struggling. Not understanding the text or knowing what a word meant made me feel incompetent compared to my peers. This particular feeling put a negative connotation on reading for me for a while. Later on I realized that not everyone is on the same level in certain things and it was normal that I didn’t comprehend everything right away. I was in a challenging class for a reason. When I came to this realization, it helped me to gain more knowledge and shape my writing because I would look up a definition for a word I didn’t understand or ask questions about whatever we were reading in class. After learning more words and their meanings and different writing techniques, reading and writing turned into things I actually enjoy. They are both pleasing to me because it 's an outlet to express how you feel, to tell a story, or just to communicate with other people. Writing is a way you can touch and teach other people and reading is a way you can be touched and taught. In my junior year of high school, I was assigned an English project called "Follow A Columnist." The instructions for this project were extremely detailed and extensive. We had to choose a columnist and find 30 of his …show more content…
It 's critical for anyone to have experience reading and writing. My current feelings toward reading and writing are 100% positive. Reading can provide you with an escape from the real world while gaining knowledge and learning new things. Writing can also give you an escape because you can let everything that you 're feeling out and put it on paper. The feelings I have about reading and writing come from what I have experienced doing these things in the past. I have a positive attitude about them because I 've learned so much from writing and reading that it is an enjoyable experience for me. I consider the fact that I can read and write a blessing because everyone doesn’t have the opportunity to learn these things like I
Learning to read was way harder than I had expected it to be. Of course it wasn 't rocket science or anything, but it seemed to come naturally to my family members and others who read to me. I understand now that it was because they had been doing it for years, but learning was definitely a struggle. Even though reading interests me and I love to do it, it has never been my best subject. I have a vivid memory from elementary school of being put in groups based on reading levels. I remember that I was put in a group with other students that weren 't very good at reading either. I think this specific memory is what motivated me to try harder and expand my vocabulary. I wanted to excel with reading because I really enjoyed it; it just didn’t come naturally to me like it did to others. Another literacy sponsor that has influenced my reading and writing skills are APEX/honors/AP classes. When I began to challenge myself more with reading, it became even more frustrating. Being in APEX/honors English class meant that we had to read more difficult novels with bigger words and deeper meanings. Many times when we would have to read, I would get confused by what the author was trying to say. This was very frustrating for me because almost everyone around me understood completely, yet I was still struggling. Not understanding the text or knowing what a word meant made me feel incompetent compared to my peers. This particular feeling put a negative connotation on reading for me for a while. Later on I realized that not everyone is on the same level in certain things and it was normal that I didn’t comprehend everything right away. I was in a challenging class for a reason. When I came to this realization, it helped me to gain more knowledge and shape my writing because I would look up a definition for a word I didn’t understand or ask questions about whatever we were reading in class. After learning more words and their meanings and different writing techniques, reading and writing turned into things I actually enjoy. They are both pleasing to me because it 's an outlet to express how you feel, to tell a story, or just to communicate with other people. Writing is a way you can touch and teach other people and reading is a way you can be touched and taught. In my junior year of high school, I was assigned an English project called "Follow A Columnist." The instructions for this project were extremely detailed and extensive. We had to choose a columnist and find 30 of his …show more content…
It 's critical for anyone to have experience reading and writing. My current feelings toward reading and writing are 100% positive. Reading can provide you with an escape from the real world while gaining knowledge and learning new things. Writing can also give you an escape because you can let everything that you 're feeling out and put it on paper. The feelings I have about reading and writing come from what I have experienced doing these things in the past. I have a positive attitude about them because I 've learned so much from writing and reading that it is an enjoyable experience for me. I consider the fact that I can read and write a blessing because everyone doesn’t have the opportunity to learn these things like I