There are many ways to learn the art of reading and writing. You can learn from people, games, tv shows, and much more. Not only do you learn these skills but you also continue to learn new techniques and methods throughout your entire life. Although I have learned a majority of these skills at an early age, I am still learning new ways on how to read and write today. When I started to develop these skills, I was just learning how to recognize letters and how to hold a pencil. Now, as a college student, I can write multi-paged essays with ease and can identify grammar errors within sentences just by reading over the text. Even though I have learned so much from my electronics, family, and schools, I will continue to learn new ways of reading …show more content…
In the beginning of my English adventure, I watched a lot of tv shows like Sesame Street, Blues Clues, and Dora. Even though I was watching them just for entertainment, I was also learning how to read and write at the same time. Sesame Street helped me identify letters and numbers. The show also helped me link words with objects too. For example, associating the word apple with the actual fruit. Blues Clues and Dora helped me read sentences and made it fun to learn and pay attention. As I got older, new electronics helped me advance my skills too. Video games and apps provided me fun and interactive lessons on the alphabet and spelling. I remember playing a computer game called “Spelling with Tarzan”, it was basically a spelling game where you had to spell the word quickly or Tarzan would be caught by a tiger or a dinosaur. This helped me retain the spelling of words but it also helped me learn how to type on a computer too. And even today, apps on my phone help me advance my skills too. Having study apps for college subjects help me retain important words and what they mean and by having a phone that can access the internet allows me to reference English methods and strategies when I am trying to write an essay with a difficult …show more content…
Many of my teachers throughout school have helped me in more ways than I can imagine. In elementary, I learning how to pronounce letters, how to sound out words when reading a sentence, and I learned how to write the letters of the alphabet. I remember in 2nd grade, I learned how to write in cursive. Learning the art of cursive writing was actually really hard for me. I always had a hard time with uppercase letters and connecting them with lowercase letters. Thankfully, I had a teacher who realized I was having trouble and helped me master the problems I was facing. At the end of end 2nd grade, I was writing in cursive easily and continued to use cursive throughout the rest of my school career. But as each year went by, I ended up in middle school. Middle school had many new and different challenges that I faced throughout those years. The one thing I remember the most is the dreaded vocab quizzes. Oh how I hated those quizzes, but in the end they improved my spelling and introduced me to new words that I would use in the future. Even though those quizzes helped me, I’m glad I never have to take one of those again! Another thing that helped my reading skills in middle school was the Accelerated Reader program, or AR for short. The goal of the program was to read so many books in one amount of time and take tests on them to gain points. If you had enough points, you got small prizes
Throughout my childhood, the idea of having a college education was greatly stressed. As a result, it was my duty as the next generational child, to excel in my studies and achieve a life of prosperity and success. Learning became the basic foundation of my growth. Therefore, my youth was overtaken by many hours spent reading and writing what was known to be correct "Standard" English. I first found this to be a great shortcoming, but as I grew older, I began to realize the many rewards acquired by having the ability to be literate.
Writing and reading are two essential skills that we need to have in order to succeed in any field of study that we have chosen. Without these two we would not be here, wouldn’t be writing right now and would be considered the lowest class of our society. There are different aspects of writing that each of us may, or may not, excel at. Some of us are creative enough to write short stories or even novels on fiction while others, like me, are better at writing essays. To accomplish this we have all had a person to inspire us, to drive us, to get us over the hump of confidence that we need to succeed. Still to be successful we need to count on ourselves to succeed.
Foundations of Writing is said to be one of, if not the most, difficult classes offered in the high school. I have thought about why I am taking the class multiple times. I have quite a few struggles when it comes to writing but I also have many strengths. I believe my writing skills can be improved and I can grow tremendously as a writer by taking this class. Good writing is something that is achieved by working hard and practicing a lot.
Every person has their own unique way of writing which makes their writing stand out among the other people’s writing. Weather a person’s writing is full of high leveled vocabulary to a person use of complex sentences. Throughout the semester I had many times where I felt that my writing was weak at certain points or at times where my writing skills to started to improve. The major assignments and the short answer responses helped improve my skills as a writer. Even though all three major assignments helped improved my writing skills, the one that had the most effect in my writing was the report essay as it helped discover new methods while also the short answer response number 4 helped me to analysis images in an aspect that I did not know before.
In this paper, I am to write about my strengths and weaknesses in writing. This is not an easy task for me because I have never considered myself a writer. Reading other peoples thoughts are activities that are more my speed. I simply have trouble putting my thoughts into writing. Since, I do not feel that I have many strengths, let's move on to my weaknesses.
Reading,” she makes the argument that reading helps train the mind to become a better writer, develop “the power of imagination”(Winn, 255), and advance concentration skills. One of the major points presented by Marie Winn is that by reading children gain the “rudiments of writing”(Winn, 253). While reading, a child will recognize that a word is said in a certain way that will eventually translate into a child learning how to write words. For children gain writing skills by reading, Winn shows that by reading a child not only gains a beneficial experience but also a chance to improve their writing skills. In addition to improving their writing skills, a child can also develop an imagination through reading books.
Learning to read and write is something we all have experienced. Some experiences being difficult than others. As a kid, I can remember trying to read the daily newspapers, different types of magazines, books, and addresses on mail; basically, I tried reading anything that had words on it. My favorite thing to read were the back of cereal boxes. Nothing made me more excited than sitting at my white and pink Barbie table and chair set eating cereal while eyeballing the back of a cereal box. Only being able to correctly read one or two words, it was the first time I really felt accomplished.
Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden In the biography of Robert Hayden, it states that he “passionately insisted he was not a “black artist” but an American one” (Hayden 1346) This shows the character of Hayden that he didn’t like being confined to anything, which is reflected in his overall writing. For instance, when looking at the style the poem is written in, you notice that it resembles a sonnet poem but does not quite follow all the guidelines of a sonnet poem, as he puts his own twist to the sonnet style showing his “freedom”. Also although it is assumed that the subject of the poem was influenced by the Civil Rights movement as it was written in the nineteen sixties, never in the poem does the poet directly state that the poem is intended
Even when I was too young to read by myself, my parents would read me stories nightly. When I wasn’t entangled with a book, I would watch game shows on television. I could usually be found yelling the answers to Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune. Most of the time, I had the wrong answer, but at least I was attempting to learn something. I gained knowledge of many new facts and phrases, regardless of how useful they would prove to be.
At the age of three I was able to read the television guide to communicate to my parents on what show I wanted to watch. They did not believe I was capable of this at first, but I continued to this and they were in awe. In junior kindergarten my teacher was pleasantly surprised on how well I could read, and how much I enjoyed reading and explained to my parents how I was reading at a grade 2 level at the age of 4. This early involvement in my literature journey and this early introduction to reading made me enjoy reading, and enjoy learning, which continued on into my early elementary school
The process of pen to paper, page to eye(s), is the most crucial aspect of learning to read and write. Dennis Baron, a linguist who has studied literacy, and communication technologies once wrote “the computer, the latest development in writing technology, promises, or threatens, to change literary practices for better or worse, depending on your point of view” (qtd. in Writing about Writing 633). This quote has great significance to me in how one determines
My journey with literacy has been a up and down process. Early on in my life literacy was just a tool used to go from day to day and make it threw my school work. I never saw myself as being one of those kids that could read for hours or write stunning essays. The building blocks of literacy were taught to me at my preschool, where they began to teach us the alphabet and taught us how to read basic books. We also began to learn how to write.
This year, I've written and learned many new topics. I've improved in my writing and reading skills. Every year, writing becomes harder to understand and requires more focus. I have enjoyed a few writing assignments, such as the Wes Moore book project. It was fun and creative, I could draw, color, and do it my way. Although, I have trouble writing essays, I think I should work on that more. My grammar and punctuation also needs to improve. My writing has gotten some what better and my reading is good. I like fiction books that deal with science and fantasy. These are my favorite type of books. So far I've done some writing pieces that required to be written in different modes such as, argumentative me narrative. This is my midyear reflection
My overall writing skills are decent; there is an allowance for improvement. From an early age, I was required to write summarized essays. As children and young adults, my brother and I read an article from the newspaper daily and were required to give a brief report on what we read, and on occasion, it was in written form. Therefore, my critical thinking and writing skills are refined. I was exposed to the APA style of writing in my undergraduate and master degree courses. At times, I still must refer to my manual, although I still consider writing in APA style a strength.
I often think about the first time I realized I could read. That moment when time stops for a split second as I realize that I can understand the little squiggles written on a piece of paper. That magical moment that happens only once in a lifetime. Although I cannot recall the exact moment, I can remember the feeling of pure ecstasy that filled me up and completely overwhelming me. After seeming eternities of “See Dick run. See Jack jump. See May eat,” and so on and so forth, I was finally able to read on my own. I have discovered many purposes for which reading both practical and for enjoyment.