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" My Literacy Autobiography"

Click "Edit" (right hand corner) to begin your post. Be sure to include your name. After posting, don't forget to click "save" or your post will be lost! Be creative! Be careful not to delete the work of others. However, if you do, I can restore what is deleted. For new posts, please scroll down (with arrow key) below the last posting to begin a new story. By the way, enjoy reading the stories of your classmates! Remember that the only way to add and delete is if you're in the EDIT mode. =//My Literacy Autobiography //= =//By: Donisha Garner //= =//I love to read and write. My grandmother told me about how I always wanted to read even when I didn't know how. I think everyone has a picture of them holding a book upside down as a kid. I have one of me holding Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. At age 9, I started me a diary. My diary has grown over the years and it is something that I cherish dearly. I do not want to publish it, but I do plan to leave it behind for my children and grandchildren to have access to. I have read my diary and it is interesting each time I read it. It seems like it brings me back to that exact time and place when it happened. //= =//Learning to read came very natural to me. I remember learning my alphabets and then using them to make simple words such as cat,is,are,and,walk,etc. We soon moved on to putting those words into sentences. Before I knew it I was reading like a pro. At our elementary school, we were required to take a reading proficiency test to see what reading level we were on. My reading level always exceeded my grade level. Our reading level determined what books they allowed us to check out of the library. I remember wanting to check out books such as Bernstein Bears and The Cat in the Hat, but because of my reading level I was always encouraged and persuaded to check out larger books. I soon grew very fund of The Babysitter's Club and Goosebumps books. During my middle school years, I read every Anne Schraff's book in the Bluford Series. My favorite one still and always will be Until We Meet Again. As I matured, I became interested in Harry Potter and Zane books. Reading will follow me for the rest of my life. //=

My Literacy Autobiography __ By Natasha Hargett __ As as child I enjoy my mom reading me Dr Seus book, " The Cat in the Hat." I would want her to read to me every night. Then I got a little older and I begin to hate reading. My mother would always say, "Put down that phone and read." I would never listen to her. As I got in high school, I begin to pick up a reading habits because of research paper. I think if I never had research paper I would've never pick up a book again. I begin to volunteer at elementary school and read to different classes, and younger kids really enjoy reading alot now. I do enjoy reading alot more. I love reading book full of drama and I am a big fan of Zane books! If it wasn't for school and my mother pushing me then I probably would have really bad reading habit. I have learn that I can really get a meaning out of any kind of book. ﻿ ﻿﻿My Literacy Autobiography﻿By Courtney Kling﻿When I was in first grade, I could remember my teacher reading boxcar children books to the class. I absolutely loved listening to the stories. It made me want to read more and more. However, I have never been able to read well. I was put in LD (learning disability) classes from first grade to the beginning of fifth grade. As time went, I would read here and there, mainIy only if I was told by one of my teachers. I like knowing why people do things and weird facts. As of right now, I am reading a book called "Why are There More Women Than Men?" It has many questions with answers but that is not all. Also, in the book, it has a little brief history or story and explanation about the questions and answers. I do enjoy reading just not comfortable reading for someone. Reading is an important part of life. I will always need to read, so guess who will continue reading...

 __My Literacy Autobiography __**By Manal Qasem, January, 26, 2011 ** I honestly can’t remember exactly when I have first learned how to read, but I do remember that I have never liked to read. I would be so embarrassed and stutter horribly when I would be asked to read in class out loud. I felt this way about reading because I did not think I was good at it. Despite that fact that I hated reading in class it did not stop me from reading books at home. I was not really into reading so there was no specific author or type of book I chose to read. I read books that we had around the house or books people recommended. I enjoyed reading romantic stories the most. I do remember when I was in my early teens I read a few Babysitter’s Club books. I knew to face my fear of being chosen to read in class I had to read more, because practice makes perfect. As a college student and a mother of two and a wife, I find very little time to read books. Therefore, I cannot remember the last time I read a book that I was not assigned to for a class. I do not want the same experience I had with reading for my kids, so I try to introduce them to new books as often as I can. We read books together every night before bed, and have trips to the library once as I can take them.

My Literacy Autobiography By: Marissa Danielle Sims As a little kid I use to hate reading with a passion. I do remember reading books like The Giving Tree and See Spot Run. If I had to read books I would try my hardest to enjoy the book. I remember I use to pretend I was one of the characters in the story, most of the time it was the main character. To stay focused long enough to finish the book, which for me was really hard, I would read out loud and reenact the scene in the book. One book that I was taught to read as a child was the Bible. I had my very own Bible. I loved it because it had beautiful illustrations of African American characters. I would put myself in the book as if I was a character in that time. I would spend hours doing this without really realizing I was reading. Those would be some of the best times I had as a child just me and my imagination. I recall my mom’s favorite quote. “A better reader means a better writer and a better writer means a better reader.” Most of the time what she said would go into one ear and out of the other. As I got older I still sometimes feel like reading is a chore. Now when I read just to read I tend to read horror and suspense books as well as romantic and drama books. I love a book that leaves me wanting more. Those are the only ones I’ve found that will keep my attention until the very end. There are countless books out there that I have read but never got to the end. My favorite books that I’ve read in their entirety were the Twilight Saga series by Stephanie Meyer. I could read those books over and over and over again. I remember staying up all night reading those books. It use to kill me because I was reading them when they were really popular and everyone would check the books out of the library and I would have to wait weeks for the next book. I rarely say I enjoyed a book but I can truly say I really enjoyed those books. I’m trying to find more books that I enjoy to read because I’ve learned that reading influences other areas in your life which is something I’ve learned the hard way.__**<span style="color: #3e0a8f; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My Literacy Autobiography **__ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #3e0a8f; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">By://Rebekah Smith// ** **<span style="color: #3e0a8f; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">When I was little, I remember reading many books in class. One very special book was "The Missing Piece", by Shel Silverstein. I found it very interesting and entertaining. While reading that book my mind began to travel. I wondered,"Will he ever find his missing piece!!?". Also, as a child, I had a very broad imagination. Reading books took me to a different world! After school I would always come home and read to my dad. That was something I looked forward to every day. I believe that reading at home and at school has helped me become a stronger reader today. ** __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">My Literacy Autobiography __ //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">By: Keaundra Knight //

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">When I was younger I remember my mother reading to me. She would read books such as: Goldilocks and The Three Bears, The Cat In The Hat, and The Three Little Pigs. I enjoyed listening to my mother read to me. I remember starting to read on my own in kindergarten. I didn't know how to read to well then, but I got better by first grade. I enjoyed reading books that told short stories and had alot of pictures. When I got to highschool I didn't read as much as I did when I was in elementary school. The only time I really read is if I had to do a book report or something. Well I did read Zane books from time to time. They were very interesting to me, and now that I am older I enjoy reading books such as Zane. I can say that my life's journey in reading has been very pleasant. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">My Literacy Autobiography // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">By: Bernard Steward // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**As a child, I was taught to read by my grandmother. She sat me down and just read books to me all the time. The main types of books she read to me were Dr. Seuss books. From The Cat In The Hat to One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish she read them all. I appreciate all the things that my grandmother has done for me. She gave me books to write summaries for at a young age shortly after she let me started to let me read on my own. She never forced me to read she always told me "You are only gonna read if you want to, just because your saying the words out loud doesn't mean that your reading it just mean your making noise, you have to understand the words your saying and what they mean" That quote sticks with me everyday and it just reminds me of how i learned to read.** //