Literacy Narrative Analysis

Literacy Narrative
My earliest memory of being introduced to literacy is the time before elementary school, when my grandparents were reading me bedtime stories and books like Pinocchio and The Three Little Pigs. After that, I started going to school so reading and writing became part of my everyday life, and they still are. I cannot say that I am a big fan of writing and reading, like some people are. I only write when I have to, and my writing is always connected to school, however, I do not feel the same way about reading. In my free time, I like to read. I choose books which are easy going to read, books which are based on a movie or books that my friends told me to read. Also, because I am an athlete, I have to read some sports motivational

books. For example, my coach told me to read The Hard Hat. This book is based on a true story, it talks about a loyal, cheerful hard-working teammate who made an impact on the whole team, and school and the lessons we can learn from him. Many school essays, life experiences and readings of books have had an impact on my improvement and development of my literacy skills.
In the beginning, in elementary and middle school the teacher gave us short stories and books that were easy to read like Heidi, so we can gain more knowledge about reading.

For homework, usually we had to write short paragraphs or essays on easy topics, which prepared us for the harder and more challenging literacy tasks in high school. When I got in high school, we started reading books like Hamlet and Crime and Punishment, which are far more complicated to understand than the books I read in the past. Now I am in college, and even though I have written a lot of essays, and I have read a lot of books, I am still improving and learning new things about reading and writing. My teacher is giving me assignments, which will help me become better

writer/reader.
Another thing which helped me improve as a writer/reader was my English as a Secondary Language course. The teacher was very challenging, he expected a lot from us. I learned a lot by being in his class that year, I improved my grammar and I was able to write better essays. He prepared me for the upcoming harder English classes I had to take in the future.
However, I believe the transfer of coming from a non-speaking English country to the U.S, is the thing that has helped me the most. Besides reading and writing, I also communicate and share opinions with the people around by speaking English.
In conclusion, based on my previous knowledge and previous experiences, I have concluded that it is lot easier for me when I have to write on a topic that is familiar and interesting to me, other than some monotonous topic in which I have no interest in.

I have the same problem with reading. If I like the book I enjoy reading it and I am able to finish it in a shorter time period. For example, it would be a lot easier for me to write an essay on The Hard Hat, because I can relate to this book and write about the lessons I learned from it. Another example is Iliad, the book I had to read in high school for my English class. Iliad tells us the story of the few weeks in the final year of the Trojan War. It is a great book about the suffering and loss of war, about family, friendship and love. I have always loved to read about Greek mythology, I love their myths and the great Greek poems like Homer and Aristotle. Therefore, I believe that is a lot easier for me to write on a topic I find interesting and challenging. This way, I am able to better understand the given assignment and go in depth with it. In addition, I can say that my life and all of the previous experiences I have had, every English course I have taken, every essay I have written has made me become the writer and reader I am today. I have developed a personal way of writing, I am able to think more deeply than before and make conclusions which are based on my personal opinions and point of

views.