Literacy Journey
My literacy journey has been a long one because I haven’t always enjoyed reading and writing but I have got used to a lot of things because of all of my teacher and English classes I’ve done over the years. I have written thousands of essays I’d say over my high school career and I’ve just learned to just buckle down and try to keep focused on what I’m doing so I can get my work done. Some of the teachers that have helped me with my writing are my 6th-grade teacher and my English teacher I have now. I think I’ve improved a lot just because of those two people because they made me write a lot. They have made me write a lot so it made me think and work harder because I had to write a lot more. I have gone from writing small paragraphs to being able to write complete essays in one class period. I would have to say that my roots have grown deep into the soil when it comes to reading and writing. I’ve come a long way from where I was. I still do not like reading and writing and I still do struggle with it and I am not the best at it but I still just buckle down and just keep on going.
Reading Survey
I have had a lot of experiences in and out of school. Some experiences I have had in school would be an English class you have to read a lot in order to do your work. Sometimes we have to read a book and then write about it. My current reading life is all on my phone. I read books sometimes on my phone and I read articles on my phone all the time. The ways I read are on my phone and I read books at school. Reading on your phone and reading a book is the same thing you just reading off a device instead of a book. I am a more on and off again reader. I get caught up and get busy and sometimes don’t have time to read a book. The only thing that keeps my reading alive is the stuff I am interested in knowing about or learning about. I am a slow reader. I don’t read books fast, it can take me a while because I get busy sometimes so it can take me a long time to get through things. Things that hold me back when I am reading is I am a slow reader and I won’t read things if I’m not interested in them. I have had a hard time finishing books because sometimes I lose interest in them. I don’t have a favorite author but I like comics that are about the only thing that I will read because it interests me. I learn the best by reading off my phone. Things that pull me into reading are the new topics that I haven’t heard about and want to learn about them. Reading can make you think differently about the things you just read about. That’s why it might make you write different things.
Writing survey
Things that shaped me as a writer was writing essays in the classes I took and texting people on my phone. The only writing I do as of right now is on my phone and in English class. I do a lot of writing about books and that’s what we do in school. My relationship is on and off again with writing. I don’t do a whole lot other than in my classes and on my phone. Writing on my phone is the only thing that keeps my writing alive. I am a writer who doesn’t write all that much unless I have to. It takes me a long time to write and I am not that good of a reader so it takes me some time to reflect on my writing to fix it. The Challenge I struggle with is being able to keep my writing moving on instead of talking about the same thing. I like writing about the books I have read. I learned the best writing through school and on my phone. Things that pull me into writing is wanting to tell me about the things I have done. Your writing can influence what you want to read.
Goals
As a reader and writer, I want to move forward in reading more books before the trimester ends. I would like to be able to finish three full books before I am done with this class this trimester. I would like to finish three full books without stopping and starting them again. I need to stop putting books down and then picking them up again. I would say that my worst habit. As a writer, I would like to be able to write a whole page without stopping and starting. I wrote creatively in my English class last trimester towards the end. I think that I could stretch my writings out more and go more into depth. I would not like to write for real audiences. I don’t really like to share my writings. I just like writing about my stories sometimes and maybe share it with one or two people. I have never considered any form of publication and I think I would ever be interested in that. I would like to be able to write non stop and stretch my writings out. These are my goals from last year that I had set for myself I would like to achieve those same goals but do a lot better of a job at doing them.